Free windows icon extractor

Highlight the required size and color depth then click the Save As button below. You can also multi select files and get the icons listed from all of them in the same window. Separate bit and bit versions are available on the website. Download IconViewer. Despite the name, Quick Any2Ico is able to extract icons from executable files and other binary files and save them to an image format, in this case PNG.

After choosing a save to location drag and drop will auto choose check the box for the image size. Note that saving as PNG will save to the largest checked size irrespective of the actual size of the icon.

Click the button and the image will be saved. Download Quick Any2Ico. There are also icon creation and editing tools that can do the same, such as IcoFX Portable , although they are possibly a bit overkill for a simple and quick conversion. Thumbico portable is a freeware, extremely simple, which enables you to extract any icons of folders with its thumbnails, whether the other apps mainly enables you to extract system dll icons only. The best one from this like is Icon Viewer.

One want? You may have missed it, but we mention in paragraph three that these tools are all free. Thank you so much, very useful informations about icon complementary tools, of ressource hacker and IcoFX 1. Thumbico is the only app I discovered, which is able to extract icons of folders with thumbnails created by the system. Exactly what I was looking for, and this particular extraction seems pretty rare and hard to find.

I really appreciate you share it. Many thanks :. You can freely use and distribute it. If you distribute this utility, you must include all files in the distribution package including the readme.

Disclaimer The software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages due to loss of data or any other reason.

Using the IconsExtract utility This utility is a standalone executable, and it doesn't require any installation process or additional DLLs. Just run the executable iconsext. Immediately after you run this utility, the "Search For Icons" dialog box will be appeared. In this window, you should select the files or folders that you want to scan, and the resource types you want to find icons, cursors, or both.

You can also filter unneeded icons and get only icons that contains images with specific size and number of colors. You have 2 main search options: Select only single file. Select multiple filenames by using wildcard characters?

You can select the folder that you want to scan by clicking the "Browse Folders" button. If you check the "Search Subfolders" check-box, all the subfolders of the main folder will be scanned also. Notice: Searching for icons in an entire drive might take a few minutes, and consume a fair amount of system resources. However, you can always stop the search by pressing the "Esc" key or by clicking the "Stop" menu item in the top-left corner of the window.

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