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...read out the main icon of a EXE-File?
Autor: Thomas Stutz
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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  
Icon: TIcon;
  FileInfo: SHFILEINFO;
begin
  
Icon := TIcon.Create;
  try
    
// Get the Icon
    
SHGetFileInfo(PChar('Filename.exe'), 0, FileInfo, SizeOf(FileInfo), SHGFI_ICON);
    icon.Handle := FileInfo.hIcon;

    DestroyIcon(FileInfo.hIcon);
    // Save the Icon to a file:
    
icon.SaveToFile('IconFromExe.ico');
    // Set the Icon as Application Icon (temporary)
    
Application.Icon := icon;

  finally
    
Icon.Free;
  end;
end;


 

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