A1:use an icon changer to change acknex.exe and then publish;Use the GSmyICO dll
to change the task bar icon
A2:I don't own pro so I'm not sure but why dont you just use TEXT "Searching for Servers...", x, y;instead.
A3:according to me manual this should do COMMAND "-sv";
A4:I believe it is too.
A5:I don't know but but ifdef may work.

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