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Document how to create an .ico file from a set of images using ImageMagick 

I had to do this recently, and trying to use Visual Studio to create an .ico
file using my existing images was a nightmare. The various online converters
didn't do what I expected, either.

Change-Id: I3f001a006156545205a9cb9869321e9fb521d936
Reviewed-by: Simon Hausmann <simon.hausmann@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Liang Qi <liang.qi@qt.io>
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to load your application into Visual C++; here we are only using
the icon editor.)
Alternatively, an \c .ico file can be created from a set of images using
ImageMagick's \l {https://imagemagick.org/script/convert.php}{convert}
tool:
\badcode
magick.exe convert icon-16.png icon-32.png icon-256.png icon.ico
\endcode
Store the ICO file in your application's source code directory,
for example, with the name \c myappico.ico.