Extract icon from file

Extract icons from any exe and dll files. There is 2 way to extract an icon from a file in Windows : the easy way and the hard way.

Today, I’ll show you the easy way using the ExtractAssociatedIcon from the System.Drawing.Icon Namspace.

Let’s say you have a form in Visual Basic Express 2010 or Visual Studio 2010 and you would like to change the default icon for another one.

[Default icon]

You have to choose the icon from the file. Identify the path and the full file name. In my example, I choose the logo from Windows about :

C:\Windows\System32\winver.exe

Here is what your code would look like:

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

'C:\Windows\System32\winver.exe

If System.IO.File.Exists("C:\Windows\System32\winver.exe") Then

Me.Icon = System.Drawing.Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon("C:\Windows\System32\winver.exe")

End If

End Sub

The final result if you run your code, the logo from your file is reused in your project or your form.

Posted by bandrux