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ainla
ainla

Reputation: 529

Where to find icons of common Windows applications?

I'm building an webapp that helps people to track their desktop application usage. I'd like to show most common Windows applications (like Excel, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Photoshop, Eclipse, Visual Studio, Winamp, VLC etc.) with their icon. Is there any single great collection of application icons out there or should I collect and package those icons myself?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 587

Answers (1)

paxdiablo
paxdiablo

Reputation: 882686

They're actually stored within the executable (or DLL or some other file) and you can extract them with a tool like IconsExtract (I have no affiliation with the developers of this software but I've used it in the past).

You may find yourself in a precarious legal situation (depending on your jurisdiction) if you try to collect all the icons yourself. They're almost certainly covered under copyright and I'm not sure this is a valid "fair use" scenario. But I'm not a lawyer and I'm certainly not your lawyer, so take that with a grain of salt :-)

Upvotes: 1

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