XnTriq wrote:Lesmo16's tip (
@icon sushi - image to icon converter) has already been brought up here.
With respect to Clo's recommendation (SnIco Edit) I'd like to mention that “
SnideSoft.com is down, and (temporarily) replaced by
snidesoft.eu”.
- Attila Kovrig: IcoFX
Update: ckv sez that “2.0.1 is no longer freeware. 
”
IcoFX is an award winning freeware icon editor. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing. It is designed to work with Windows XP and Windows Vista icons supporting transparency.
With a wealth of tools and more than 40 effects at your fingertips, there’s virtually no limit to the icons you can create. You can convert your favorite images into icons, or icons into images. With IcoFX you can extract icons from other files, including Windows Vista files. You can easily work with multiple files using the batch processing capability of IcoFX.
(whoa! i hope i've nested enough B
blahCode here.
If not, I beg your pardon.
Just throwing my hat in the ring. I agree… that is, I believe I'm in agreement… with whomever cites IcoFX. Just use v.1.x and you're good to go. AFAIK, the /portable apps dot com format/ is
at least still distrubuted as such. Or, a repository such as the noble,
FileHippo.com, is kind enough; toes the line, to actually offer-- in my experience-- (e.g. i've not witnessed otherwise) what ever software titles they provide, also as “back-issues” [which is pretty dam* cool, no?!]…
Now, where was I?
the GRUMP
Oh, yes. I shall be hopefull, not to offend for my presumptuousness, as I assume many users here are Windows® users. I mean-- after all-- what GNU / Linux-ware cares much about icons, excepting-- of course-- the rather as much as it puts forth a veritable battle against the user, for intuitive ergonomics in UI design, it adheres to its age-old complaint in being roughly as well balanced, conversely, in being well equipped for digital imaging. If memory serves, .ico-format included amongst the quality processing capabilities of
GNU Image Manipulation Program. Eh... what do i know. “Yeah, You see how i scum.”
{*1}
IconSushi / aicon.exe as well. For the popularity of its common name, may the Reader find yourself pleasantly surprised, should aicon.exe be found on his or her system (e.g. If you happen to have the GNU Utilities available, take the 2.min’s-tops to descend into your BIN dir [i.e. /home/user/.wine/drive_c/program files/ … OR … C:\Program Files (x86)\ … whatever…], and execute the following:
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your_cmd_prompt> find -iname "aicon.exe"
hit {ENTER} to execute the /find/ operation.
alternatively, should your pointer not be at the top level of the BIN dir, wishing to execute the same /FIND/ operation, just do
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/your_prompt/> find "C:\Program Files\" -iname "*aicon.exe*"
OR, How about this one!…
your_prompt> find "Z:\Software_I_Download_and_Never_Remember_to_Install\" -iname "*aicon.exe*"
hee hee...
alas, I must entertain myself by some means. i regret, should I do so at your expense…
Now… on to more /stuff/ about icons. See you soon {he is hopeful}, as you view the next page ; turn the page of your i-Pindleook-maw-no-hands Tri-corder Unit. I, being about to author something more RE .ico format. i should search, but… my query is specific enough, perhaps to be ample cover-up: the laziness. Oh, yes… and I want to show you something cool I made for SVG fans, as well (realizing, with the advent of XnView MP, the Readers having reveled in the glory of its capabilities, likely devoting more time in SVG design … (for trivia’s sake, that is /XnView Mobile Profile/ {yes?})
P.S.
A final note, RE: .ico format.
Amongst the freshmen submissions; those lesser-known; products of some dormitory diversion from wanton carnal pleasures, there is a software: XnView.
Not only is XnView capable of saving the .ico format, free of digital artifacts which seem to plague the format, XnView is also capable of "paging" through them. That is, XnView-- unlike some of its contemporaries which offer the user ZERO options, should he or she most-likely wish to exploit the most notable quality of the .ico format-- the several “pages”, or layers within, as are required to facilitate the one-size-fits-all nature of .ico-- XnView, as always, is there to support the User, through the “next / previous page” buttons (default on the view menu, methinks).
:sigh: how i do ramble. I promise, my new thread (2012-07-23) will be concise.
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reference to The Simpsons, Homey the Clown: Homer-- with family in tow-- exploiting his likeness to Krusty, is given preferential seating at the Italian restaurant. 
All
Hello !
KR
