Creating custom icons

I've created a series of custom icons for Acrobat files and burned them to a CD. When a PC user uses the CD the custom icons don't show up. Any ideas?

Thanks, Tom for your prompt reply.
Yes, the files do have proper extensions. They show up on the PC and work fine, just with the standard icons rather than my custom ones.
I used Mac's Finder for burning to an external LaCie CD/DVD burner.
Could the problem be on the PC?
I've got a G4 1.42 GHz operating OSX 10.4
JD, welcome to Apple Discussions.
Do the files have names as icon.pdf? the PC needs the
".pdf".
What burn app did you use? Did you use the HFS+/ISO
9660 format on the discs?
Cheers, Tom
PS: You need to add your Mac model & OS to your
Profile.

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