[ACCEPTED]-How can I get the icon from the executable file only having an instance of it's Process in C#-c#

Accepted answer

Score: 43

Icon ico = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(theProcess.MainModule.FileName);

Score: 13

This is a sample from a console application 1 implementation.

using System;
using System.Drawing;         //For Icon
using System.Reflection;      //For Assembly

namespace ConsoleApplication
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                //Gets the icon associated with the currently executing assembly
                //(or pass a different file path and name for a different executable)
                Icon appIcon = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);                
            }
            catch(ArgumentException ae) 
            {
                //handle
            }           
        }
    }
}

Score: 3

Use the ExtractIconEx (and here) p/invoke. You can extract 7 small and large icons from any dll or exe. Shell32.dll 6 itself has over 200 icons that are quite 5 useful for a standard Windows application. You 4 just have to first figure out what the index 3 is for the icon(s) you want.

Edit: I did 2 quick SO search and found this. The index 0 1 icon is the application icon.

Source: stackoverflow.com

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