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Extract .ico icon file from .exe with 7zip
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You can extract .ico icons from an exe with 7-zip!
@geextahslex
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awesome info, thank you :)

@ShahriarKh
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Cool trick! thanks

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cbrunnkvist commented Oct 8, 2024 •
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You can do of course do this on the command line using 7z with e and the -o flag while telling it to extract only the .rsrc/ICON path ...

Example: I just used in order to get my WINEskin Bookworm Adventures shortcut to look proper :)
7z e -oBWA-Icons /Users/conny/Applications/Wineskin/Bookworm\ Adventures\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/prefix/drive_c/Bookworm\ Adventures\ Volume\ 2/BookwormAdventuresVol2.exe .rsrc/ICON

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yes I am on macOS, using the Homebrew package p7zip ...

I was using p7zip but as @WinkelCode mentioned, the 7-zip dot org implementation is also available through the sevenzip(aliased as 7zip) package.

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WinkelCode commented Oct 8, 2024 •
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@cbrunnkvist FYI, 7zip has an official Linux/Mac CLI port. The Brew bottle is called sevenzip and the binary is called 7zz. I just tested it and it works the same way for extracting icons.

My understanding is that the official port (sevenzip/7zz) is the preferred program nowadays as it is actively maintained, which is important for stuff like security issues that crop up every now and then.

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This is why I love the internet, thankyou kind strangers

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