Here try it yourself-
1. Right click on desktop
-New
-Shortcut
2. Put the same targetname as half-lifes in it and add your mods name
-([Target] -game ____)
3. Now once finished open paint and make a rather small square bitmap
for your icon, once done..
4. Click "Save As" And save it as "example.ico"
5. Now you have created your icon, one last step, Open the shortcut(completed in step 1 and 2) and click change icon, and there you go,
...now, my problem,
try rebooting your computer, you will now notice that your custom icon has taken itself off of your Shortcut, Oh and thanks for the install programs they work great. What I need Is for them to stay like when you left it before rebooting..