How to add an icon to a shortcut in Window

adding icon,first you need to create a new shortcut.

To add shortcuts to the desktop

1. Press and hold (or right-click) the desktop, then select New > Shortcut.
   
2. Enter the location of the item or select Browse for file or folder, then select the location and click Next.
   
3. Enter the name of shortcut, then select Finish.
   
4. right-click on shortcut that was created > properties > change icon
   
   
   
5. the icon must be .ico extesion
   if you have icon as .png,.jpg or .jpeg ,you need to convert it to .ico.

   

    

Notes:
deleting a shortcut from your desktop,Only the shortcut is removed,
not the original item.