Extracting Icons from EXE/DLL and Icon Manipulation

Abdallah Gomah

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How to extract icons from EXE/DLL, split/merge icons, and get icons associated with files.

iconpack_demo.zip
- IconPack
  - IconPackDemo.exe
  - TAFactory.IconPack.dll
iconpack_src.zip
- IconPackSln
  - IconPack
    - bin
      - Release
    - IconDir.cs
    - IconExtractor.cs
    - IconHelper.cs
    - IconInfo.cs
    - IconListView.cs
    - IconListView.designer.cs
    - IconPack.csproj
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - ResourceName.cs
    - Utility.cs
    - Win32.cs
  - IconPackDemo
    - bin
      - Release
        
        IconPackDemo.vshost.exe
    - frmIconList.cs
    - frmIconList.designer.cs
    - frmIconList.resx
    - IconPackDemo.csproj
    - Program.cs
    - Properties
    - Resources
      - icon.ico
  - IconPackSln.sln


Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 9.00
# Visual Studio 2005
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "IconPack", "IconPack\IconPack.csproj", "{92E382A2-74B6-4342-B9D9-BE6843F2CE22}"
EndProject
Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "IconPackDemo", "IconPackDemo\IconPackDemo.csproj", "{BC931965-648C-4FAD-BD79-8F6B35D4C28A}"
EndProject
Global
	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
		{92E382A2-74B6-4342-B9D9-BE6843F2CE22}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
		{92E382A2-74B6-4342-B9D9-BE6843F2CE22}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
		{92E382A2-74B6-4342-B9D9-BE6843F2CE22}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
		{92E382A2-74B6-4342-B9D9-BE6843F2CE22}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
		{BC931965-648C-4FAD-BD79-8F6B35D4C28A}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
		{BC931965-648C-4FAD-BD79-8F6B35D4C28A}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
		{BC931965-648C-4FAD-BD79-8F6B35D4C28A}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
		{BC931965-648C-4FAD-BD79-8F6B35D4C28A}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
	EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

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Abdallah Gomah

Architect RoboteQ

Egypt

Abdallah Gomah
Master in Computer Science, 2013, Faculty of Computers & Information, Cairo University (Egypt)

- Working as a developer since I graduated from the faculty.
- Like coding in C++ aloso like to code in assembly.
- Have a great experience in coding with .NET (C#/VB), but I prefer the C# notation.
- Had written a lot of applications Desktop and Web.

I love playing football as much as I love the programming.

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