Here is an updated version of a solution above. I added a missing assembly that was buried in a link. Novices will not understand that. This is sample will run without modifications. <. SYNOPSIS Exports an ico and bmp file from a given source to a given destination. Description You need to set the Source and Destination locations. First version of a script, I found other examples but all I wanted to do as grab and ico file from an exe but found getting a bmp useful. Others might find useful. EXAMPLE This will run but will nag you for input.\ Icon_ Exporter.ps1. EXAMPLE this will default to shell32.dll automatically for - Source EXEFile Path.\ Icon_ Exporter.ps1 - Target Icon File Path ' C:\temp\ Myicon.ico' - Icon Index No 238. EXAMPLE This will give you a green tree icon (press F5 for windows to refresh Windows explorer).\ Icon_ Exporter.ps1 - Source EXEFile Path ' - Target Icon File Path ' C:\temp\ Myicon.ico' - Icon Index No 41. Notes Based on Version 1.1 New version: Version 1.2 ( Added missing custom assembly and some error checking for novices) > Param ( [parameter( Mandatory = $true)] [string] $ Source EXEFile Path = [parameter( Mandatory = $true)] [string] $ Target Icon File Path, [parameter( Mandatory = $ False)] [ Int32]$ Icon Index No = 0 ) $code = @ using System; using System. Drawing; using System. Runtime. Interop Services; namespace System public class Icon Extractor public static Icon Extract(string file, int number, bool large Icon) Int Ptr large; Int Ptr small; Extract Icon Ex(file, number, out large, out small, 1 try return Icon. From Handle(large Icon? large : small.
Icons Extract v1.47 - EXE/ DLL/ OCX/ CPL icon grabber/extractor Copyright (c) Nir Sofer The Icons Extract utility scans the files and folders on your computer, and extract the icons and cursors stored in EXE, DLL, OCX, CPL, and in other file types. You can save the extracted icons to ICO files (or CUR files for cursors or copy the image of a single icon into the clipboard. Windows operating system: Windows 95/98/ ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, or Windows Vista/7/2008. Icons Extract can only extract icons from 32-bit executable files. It cannot extract icons from 16-bit files. 1.47 Added -scanpath command-line option, which allows you to start Icons Extract with another base folder or wildcard. ( For exmaple: iconsext.exe -scanpath c:\windows ) 1.46 The size of PNG based icons is now displayed properly. ( In prevoius versions, the size was displayed as 0x0). 1.45 Fixed bug in scan mode selection. 1.44 Fixed the tab order in all dialog-boxes. Fixed the Esc key and 'x' close buttons of search and properties dialog-boxes. 1.43 Fixed the filename length limitation in the ' Search For Icons' dialog-box. Added support for typing filenames with environment strings ( For example: % System Root%\ System32\shell32.dll) 1.42 The configuration is now saved into a cfg file, instead of the Registry 1.41 Fixed bug with large icons (256 X256 or graeter) on properties window. 1.40 New option: Loaded all icons in the selected process. New option: File Properties. New column: Total size of the icon. 1.32 Added support for Windows XP visual styles. 1.31 Added support for translating to other languages. All dialog-boxes are now centered. 1.30 Added command-line support. 1.21 Automatically saves your last settings (windows size.
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