error RC2175 : resource file res\icon3.bmp is not in 3.00 format?

c++ mfc visual-studio-2005 image-formats
Bart picture Bart · Aug 2, 2010 · Viewed 12.1k times · Source

HI,

what does this mean, and how to resolve it?

error RC2175 : resource file res\icon3.bmp is not in 3.00 format

Answer

Ben Voigt picture Ben Voigt · Aug 2, 2010

Your .bmp file is corrupted or using a compression format not supported by vs2005. Trying opening it in another program, such as mspaint, and then save as uncompressed bmp.

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