PowerShell - Extract Icon from EXE¶

Contents¶

Function¶

Source: Originally from Extract Icon from .EXE Powershell (spiceworks.com) but altered for my needs.

Function Get-ExeIcon {

    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Get-ExeIcon extracts the icon image from an exe file and saves it as an Icon (.ico)
    file in the defined `-OutputDir`.

    .DESCRIPTION
    Get-DiskInventory will run on the .exe file and then save the .ico file for and images discovered.

    .PARAMETER ExePath
    Path to the .exe file

    .PARAMETER OutputDir
    Directory to output the extracted ico.

    .EXAMPLE
    # Extract Google Chrome's Icon and Save under ~/Pictures/Icons:
    Get-ExeIcon -ExePath "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -OutputDir "$env:USERPROFILE\Pictures\Icons"
    #>

    Param ( 
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string]$ExePath,
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string]$OutputDir
    )

    [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.Drawing')  | Out-Null

    $baseName = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($ExePath)

    $outputFile = Join-Path $OutputDir "$baseName.ico"

    [System.Drawing.Icon]::ExtractAssociatedIcon($ExePath).ToBitmap().Save("$outputFile")

}

Extract Multiple Icons from Exe’s in a Folder:¶

Function Get-ExeIconsFromFolder {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Retrieves icons for each exe file in a folder and saves it as an icon (.ico) file in the same directory as the .exe file.
    .DESCRIPTION
    Get-DiskInventory will run on every .exe file in the specified directory by the folder PARAMETER then save a .ico file for every .exe discovered.
    .PARAMETER Folder
    The directory containing the .exe files.
    .EXAMPLE
    Get-ExeIconsFromFolder -Folder "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application"
    #>

    Param ( 
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string]$Folder
    )

    [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.Drawing')  | Out-Null

    md $folder -ea 0 | Out-Null

    dir $folder *.exe -ea 0 -rec |
      ForEach-Object { 
        $baseName = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($_.FullName)
        Write-Progress "Extracting Icon" $baseName
        [System.Drawing.Icon]::ExtractAssociatedIcon($_.FullName).ToBitmap().Save("$folder\$BaseName.ico")
    }

}

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