I think the issue with the game window icon not changing is that you need to call set_icon before set_mode, as vaguely alluded to in the docs: http://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/display.html#pygame.display.set_icon
as far as the glitchy white static icon for alt-tab goes I have no idea, if you send a simple test script with the icon in question to the list, it will be much easier to see what you mean and investigate further On Dec 24, 2007 12:37 AM, Kris Schnee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I notice when calling "pygame.display.set_icon()" that this function > changes the icon displayed in the Windows taskbar, but not on the actual > game window. Also, when hitting Alt-Tab to switch between programs, my > game window is represented by a glitchy version of the icon -- shot > through with white static. How do I fix these problems? >