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Extract program icons with IconsExtract
by Brad Linder Jan 16th 2008 at 3:00PM
Here's how it works. You choose a directory to scan and IconsExtract will search through any files that might contain icons. If you search a particular file, like say C:\WINNT\System32\shell32.dll, the search will be super-fast. If you scan your entire program files directory it might take a bit longer.
When IconsExtract is done scanning it'll display a list of available icons. You can save them to ICO or CUR files, or copy an image to your clipboard.
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James said 5:18PM on 1-16-2008
For those who don't know, Visual Studio can (kind of) do this too. If you File -- Open a DLL, EXE, or other compiled file that contains icons as resources, it'll give you a resource explorer that lets you save individual resources as separate files.
Also, if you create a shortcut on the desktop, you can "Change Icon" for the shortcut, and point to any EXE/DLL/etc as the icon source. You can't *save* the icons this way, but you can see the icons that are contained in the file.
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