[bug] failed to compile `icons/icon.ico` into a Windows Resource file during tauri-build: program not found

[TechStudent10]

Describe the bug

I generated a new Tauri project and attempted to run it. After it built all the external deps and tried to compile the app itself, it errors out consistently.

Reproduction

Follow the docs
See error

Expected behavior

The app compiles and lauches

Platform and versions

Environment
› OS: Windows 10.0.22000 X64
› Webview2: 109.0.1518.70
› MSVC:
- Visual Studio Community 2019
› Node.js: 19.1.0
› npm: 8.13.2
› pnpm: Not installed!
› yarn: 1.22.10
› rustup: 1.25.2
› rustc: 1.62.0
› cargo: 1.62.0
› Rust toolchain: stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc

Packages
› @tauri-apps/cli [NPM]: 1.2.3
› @tauri-apps/api [NPM]: Not installed!
› tauri [RUST]: 1.2.4,
› tauri-build [RUST]: 1.2.1,
› tao [RUST]: 0.15.8,
› wry [RUST]: 0.23.4,

App
› build-type: bundle
› CSP: unset
› distDir: ../ui
› devPath: http://localhost:5173/
› framework: React
› bundler: Webpack

App directory structure
├─ .git
├─ .github
├─ .vscode
├─ build
├─ dist
├─ logs
├─ node_modules
├─ src-tauri
├─ ts-build
└─ ui

Stack trace

error: failed to run custom build command for `app v0.1.0 (C:\Users\moham\projs\ProtonDesigner\rewrite\src-tauri)`

Caused by:
  process didn't exit successfully: `C:\Users\moham\projs\ProtonDesigner\rewrite\src-tauri\target\debug\build\app-f0d0dbc026f4c986\build-script-build` (exit code: 1)
  --- stdout
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=TAURI_CONFIG
  cargo:rerun-if-changed=tauri.conf.json
  cargo:rustc-cfg=desktop
  cargo:rustc-cfg=dev
  failed to compile `icons/icon.ico` into a Windows Resource file during tauri-build: program not found

Additional context

Related: #2871

[TechStudent10]

Recreating (deleting src-tauri and running yarn tauri init) the project didn't work.

[TechStudent10]

Here is what I needed to do:

1. Delete the old project (src-tauri)
2. Uninstall all Windows SDK versions and Rust itself
3. Reinstall Rust and install Windows SDK 10.0.19041.685
4. Recreate the old project (yarn tauri init)
5. Run yarn tauri dev
6. Your application should launch

Hope this helps anyone who's been stuck on this error :)