Icon Extraction

Technical Documentation for PowerShell Script

Title/Script Name

• Script Name: New-Icon.ps1

• Version: 1.0

• Author: Preethi B M

• Last Updated: 20-April-2025

• Purpose: This script is to extract Icons from .exe into 5 different formats.

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Overview

This document provides an overview of a script designed to extract icons from .exe files and save them in five different formats: ICO, PNG, JPG, BMP, and GIF. The script offers a straightforward solution for extracting and converting application icons into various image formats, useful for software customization, documentation, or creating app icons.

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Prerequisites

List any requirements needed before running the script, such as:

• PowerShell must be installed on Machine.

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Parameters

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Script Description

Provide a detailed explanation of the script’s logic, including:

• The script retrieves embedded icons from Windows executable (.exe) files, capturing all five formats.

• Extracted icons are automatically converted and saved in any of these five formats which you need to choose — ICO, PNG, JPG, BMP, and GIF.

• Ideal for creating app icons, customizing software visuals, or preparing UI mockups, the script offers a quick and flexible solution for handling Windows app icons.

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Example Usage

Press the Windows key or click the Start button on the taskbar.

Type PowerShell in the search bar.

From the search results, right-click Windows PowerShell and select Run as Administrator.

If prompted by the User Account Control (UAC), click Yes to grant administrative privileges.

Once PowerShell is running with elevated privileges, you may proceed by pasting the script into the PowerShell window and pressing Enter to execute it.

This script imports a PowerShell module into the console and then execute a specified command from the module.

New-Icon -FilePath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" -Format PNG

Note - You have drop down to choose -format

This will create a folder named Icons in the script's root directory, where the extracted icon will be stored.

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Dependencies

Powershell should exist in the machine

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Testing and Validation

This command imports a PowerShell module into the console and then executes a specified command from the module.

Folder Structure:

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Conclusion

This PowerShell script automates the extraction of icons from executable (.exe) files.
It streamlines the process, eliminating the need for manual intervention.

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Code

<#

.SYNOPSIS

This is a Script which will help us to Create multiple IntuneWinFiles

.DESCRIPTION

Creating bulk intunewin Files

.PARAMETER FileName

No Parameters required

.NOTES

Author: Preethi B M

#>

function New-Icon

{

Param (

[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$FilePath,

[Parameter(Mandatory)][ValidateSet("ico","bmp","PNG","jpg","gif")]$Format

)

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing

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

$IconFolder = New-Item -Path $PSScriptRoot -Name "Icons" -ItemType Directory -Force

[System.Drawing.Icon]::ExtractAssociatedIcon($FilePath).tobitmap().Save("$IconFolder\$baseName.$Format")

}