How to extract an icon from executable and save it on disk properly ...

Right click exe file → 7-zip → Open archive Inside there is a .rsrc folder, open that, and inside you will see an ICON folder.

It looks like what it's going to do is create a folder, and then search that folder for exe's but if the folder already exists it will search that folder ...

An outline of how you can extract icons from Windows binaries and dump them into a local folder.

The best way to get the best icon is to find the largest file. Numbering is unreliable, Windows Terminal for instance has 0 as its lowest resolution.

This guide will walk you through extracting icon images from an executable (EXE) file using 7-Zip. This method allows you to access icon resources within ...

I want to display the icons regardless of whether the exe is still there, so I want to save the icon; only 1 size is enough.

Yo can use wrestool to extract the windows icons from .exe file sudo apt-get install icoutils wrestool -x -t 14 source.exe > output.ico.

1. IconViewer · Right-click the EXE or DLL file. · Click on 'Properties. · Select the 'Icons' tab. · Click on the icon that you want to extract.

Right-click the EXE, select Properties, then go to the Icon tab. Select the icon you want to extract, then click the save button.

The IconsExtract 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.