I found this code somewhere on the web two years ago. It basically gets the large (32 x 32 pixels) and small (16 x 16 pixels) icons of an executable. The function returns an Icon object that can be displayed on a form’s icon area or used as a bitmap on a picture box or any other control that accepts bitmaps. For the code to work, create a windows application, drag a picture box control to the form area and leave it with its default name (PictureBox1).

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