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Best for: Pulling icons out of Windows programs and libraries for reuse

Best for: Pulling icons and other embedded resources out of Windows program files

Freeware from NirSoft, free to use and distribute unmodified.

Freeware from NirSoft, free to use and redistribute unmodified at no charge.

• Scans whole folders or drives for embedded icons and cursors
• Filters by icon size and number of colours
• Saves to ICO or CUR files or copies to the clipboard
• Portable, with a command-line extraction mode

• Batch extraction from many files with wildcards and subfolder scanning
• Handles icons, cursors, bitmaps, AVI, HTML, manifests and binary resources
• Full command-line mode for scripted use
• 32-bit, 64-bit and Windows 98 builds available

• Cannot extract icons from 16-bit files
• Official requirements list Windows versions up to Windows 10
• Last version listed dates from 2010

• Official requirements list Windows versions only up to Windows 8
• Extracts resources only; it cannot edit or replace them

• Official website
• Full listing and sources

Sources for IconsExtract

• nirsoft.net/utils/iconsext.html

Catalog checked October 8, 2026

• Official website
• Full listing and sources

Sources for ResourcesExtract

• nirsoft.net/utils/resources_extract.html

Catalog checked October 8, 2026