Hello ..

hello mohdtmn

this will be good sample

http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/Extracting_Embedded_Image.asp

thanks for your replay ..

but this was not helpful ..

It Can't work with all files ..

for examble i tried to open :

c:\windows\explorer.exe

c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll

it says : the specified file is not a .net assembely ..

and it's made only to take icons from .net Programs only !!

waiting for a solution ..

regards , and thanks

There is a API to extract icon, you can try. To call this API, you need import shell32.dll

HICON ExtractIcon(
   HINSTANCE hInst,
   LPCTSTR lpszExeFileName,
   UINT nIconIndex
);

I have a bit of code that uses windows ImageList cache, but it's way to big to put here.

Contact me at andrew(dot)vos(at)gmail.com and I'll send you the source... (It's in vb.net)

It can extract small, medium and large icons from associated files.

Oh wait a minute, from exe files this will only extract the associated icon :( sorry.

Check out Steves' Icon Extractor utility, really nice implementation...

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NET/Utilities/Icon_Extractor/article.asp

Wang Chi
how to do it in vb.net ? i really tried ..

AndrewVos
I Sent you an e-mail

Dylan Morley
That's a very nice sample , but it's in c language also it's made for vs 2002 and when i converted it to vs 2005 the project is full with problems ..

thanks guys for help ..

regards .