Batch Icon Extractor 1.0 September 5th 2005

An easy to use and free tool for batch extraction of icons. Windows Vista compressed icons are supported!

How to use it? Download BatchIconExtractor.exe and place it on your desktop. Drag and drop a file or a folder on the application icon. All icons from the file or from all files under the given folder are saved to a new folder called "icons". This folder is created in the same folder, where the application resides (Desktop by default).

Notes

• The application is provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Authors are not responsible for any damage.
• The application is designed for Windows NT4, 2000, XP, and Vista. It will NOT run on Windows 95, 98, or Me.
• When using the application from command line, specify absolute path to the source file or folder. Relative paths will result in undefined behavior.
• Files in the destination folders are always overwritten unless they have the readonly flag set.
• To extract all icons on the whole drive, drag and drop the drive on the application and then choose to scan for icons recursively.

Download

Version 1.0 from September 5th 2005: BatchIconExtractor.exe for Windows NT4, 2000, XP, and Vista.

Other resources

Learn more about icons in article 'What is a Windows XP icon?'.

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Unknown author (2008-02-03): Vlasta, Strange, I wasn't getting the "Window" yesterday except when clicking the Icon. When dropping a folder on top, it created the Icon folder and put the icons inside and then hung. Today, it is creating the window properly. Must have been a temporary condition, (but on two computers?). I was Copy/Pasteing the program to other folders, maybe this is a factor. David

Dario1265 (2008-03-02): Hi Vlasta,
I have recently discovered and really enjoy Batch Icon Extractor
and I wonder whether there is a way to define its destination folder, for instance as a parameter from the command line? It is a bit inconvenient for me to have the .exe on my desktop, I would prefer to be able to add a shortcut to Batch Icon Extractor with an argument (specifying the destination folder)to my SendTo folder.
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
Dario

tulsab (2008-03-02): Vlasta-
What a great program! I'd been looking for one just like this for 3 or 4 years. It works great for me but I've got a question. Is there any way for your program to extract the icons used for .exe programs? I use another program, Icon Viewer, to locate icons and it will show the icons for .exe programs but it, of course, has no means of extracting icons. Again, I love what you've created. Thanks much,
Blaine (tulsab)

Vlasta (2008-03-03): Using custom output folder is currently not possible, but it might be added in the future (no promises).

Extracting icons from exe files or any other Windows PE files should work without problems.

programmer-in-training (2008-03-15): What language is it written it?

Vlasta (2008-03-16): C++

Unknown author (2008-04-19):
Re:
> > Dario1265 (2008-03-02): ... a way to define its destination folder ...?
> Vlasta (2008-03-03): Using custom output folder is currently not possible, but it might be added in the future (no promises).

In the interim, perhaps this would be easy: Current scheme finds or creates a local directory named "icons" and extracts icons from given "FileName" to files named "icons"\"FileName"_<whatever>.ico

My recommendation is to find or create a local directory named "FileName" (or _"FileName"_ or something like that) and to extract icons into "FileName"\<whatever>.ico

The change should be just a few strings in the source, and the result will be that the user doesn't have to rename the result directory after each use (plus less cumbersome filenames as an added bonus)...

Unknown author (2008-04-25):
Re:
> > Dario1265 (2008-03-02): ... a way to define its destination folder ...?
> Vlasta (2008-03-03): Using custom output folder is currently not possible, but it might be added in the future (no promises).

In the interim, perhaps this would be easy: Current scheme finds or creates a local directory named "icons" and extracts icons from given "FileName" to files named "icons"\"FileName"_<whatever>.ico

My recommendation is to find or create a local directory named "FileName" (or _"FileName"_ or something like that) and to extract icons into "FileName"\<whatever>.ico

The change should be just a few strings in the source, and the result will be that the user doesn't have to rename the result directory after each use (plus less cumbersome filenames as an added bonus)...

Unknown author (2008-05-10): Unknown author said:

"After extracting the Icons, either on the desktop or in a folder, the program would not end it's association with the Icon folder. They were linked to the point I couldn't move the folder or move the program to end the association."

Typical Vista woe:

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Unknown author (2008-07-23): Great tool, thanks for making it free.

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