Icon Extractor1.8

Every file and folder on your computer is fitted with an icon to directly represent its functionality, or at least something to indicate its type. You might want to use particular icons already included in some files, case in which applications like Icon Extractor help you get the job done in the blink of an eye.

Lightweight enough to be carried around on a USB flash drive

On the bright side of things, the application comes in a lightweight package and doesn’t even take you through a setup process to make things work. This means you can easily carry it around on a thumb drive in case you quickly want to use it on other computers. Just make sure that the target PC is fitted with .NET Framework.All the application has to offer is found in a pretty minimalistic environment. Features are wrapped around a classic window frame, but things are intuitive overall. Most of the space is where you explore the icons inside the selected file, with necessary options to select and export the ones of interest.

Export individual files or as a whole

Adding a file can either be done through a drag and drop operation, or using the dedicated browse dialog. Only one item can be processed per operation, and it doesn’t really matter what format the target is under as long as the icon is stored inside. You immediately see icons with thumbnails in the list, as well as their original size value.Items you don’t want to export can easily be selected and removed from the list. Although there are no editing operations, exporting is a straightforward function, letting you save selected items either as a whole under a single icon file, or each item as a stand-alone ICO file. Sadly, there’s no possibility to adjust or change icon size.

To conclude

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Icon Extractor is a pretty straightforward icon extraction tool. You can target just about any file format, select the icons to export, and save either as a whole or individual files.