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

Question

HI,

what does this mean, and how to resolve it?

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

Answer 1

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.