Windows 7: Finding the icon index number in dll/exe file

jrsweets · 17 Nov 2009

Hi,

Does anyone know of a program that will list the icon index for dll and exe files? Most icon program will display all the icons but I cannot find one that displays the actually index. This is helpful when trying to set drive images and using the icon files inside shell32.dll or imageres.dll.

Thanks...

Brink · 17 Nov 2009

Hello JrSweets, and welcome to Seven Forums.

IconViewer is a great free program for this. After you download and install the correct 32-bit or 64-bit (yours) version for your computer, it adds a Icons tab to the Properties page of the file to see the icons.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

jrsweets · 17 Nov 2009

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I had already tried that program but the it does not display the actually index that windows using when setting the drive icons in the registry.

For example:
c:\windows\systems32\shell32.dll,189

This is the attached icon, however IconViewer shows it as #303.

Thanks,
Jeff

Brink · 17 Nov 2009

Strange, it has always been accurate for me with these numbers.

reghakr · 17 Nov 2009

Try this freeware app:

Icon factory

Download MiTeC Icon Factory, MiTeC Icon Factory 1.1 Download

jrsweets · 18 Nov 2009

When I tried to download Icon Factory from the link you gave me my AV (Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.5) said it was infected with a keylogger and blocked it from running. It looks like a false positive. However I could not get it running on Windows 7 64bit.

I was able to use Icon Explorer from the same company and it worked perfect.
http://www.mitec.cz/Downloads/IconExplorer.zip

Thanks,
Jeff

reghakr · 19 Nov 2009

The reason your AV popped up is because the site has some Password Recovery Utilities . I can guarantee you all files from that site are virus free.

Programs there are used in forensic investigators

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