Finding Icons in DLL Files

If you  use a lot of icons for shortcuts. you can find  extra icons in some of the DLL files in \Winnt\System32. The only problem with this is that you have to open a file to find out whether it contains any icons. Here is how you can list DLL's that contain icons.

Listing them all may not be practical. However, we do have a REG file that will help you in your icon search. After you run the REG file, DLL files that still appear in the default Windows NT set contain no icons. Any DLL file that displays an icon other than the default contains at least one icon you can use.

Before you run the REG file, remember that we can't guarantee any REG file will do exactly what you expect.

If you decide to use this REG file, run Notepad and enter the following as shown here. Where you see BLANK LINE GOES HERE, press Enter.

REGEDIT4
BLANK LINE GOES HERE
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\DefaultIcon]
@="%1"
BLANK LINE GOES HERE

Now choose File, Save As, and name your new file Icons.reg. Locate a folder for the file and click Save. To run the file, double-click its icon. 

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