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description: "Create an Icon or Other Image"
title: "Learn how to create a new image, bitmap, icon, cursor, or toolbar, and then use the Image Editor to customize its appearance."
title: "Create an icon or other image"
description: "Learn how to create a new image, bitmap, icon, cursor, or toolbar, and then use the Image Editor to customize its appearance."
ms.date: 03/21/2025
ms.topic: how-to
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ms.assetid: 66db3fb2-cfc1-48a2-9bdd-53f61eb7ee30
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# Create an icon or other image

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