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QApplication app(argc, argv);
app.setAttribute(Qt::AA_DontShowIconsInMenus);  // Icons are *no longer shown* in menus
// ...
QAction *myAction = new QAction();
// ...
myAction->setIcon(SomeIcon);
myAction->setIconVisibleInMenu(true);   // Icon *will* be shown in menus for *this* action.
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