ICO Unpacker 2.0 — Now Extracts Icons from .exe and .dll
2026-07-10
Tags: Windows · ICO · Announcement · Products
Every Windows .exe and .dll carries hidden icon resources — the app's own icon, plus often a dozen others buried in the binary. ICO Unpacker 2.0 brings the same treatment to executables and DLLs: drop one in and every icon group, every resolution layer becomes visible and exportable.
This is the biggest update since launch, and it rounds out ICO Unpacker from an .ico decomposer into a complete icon extraction toolkit for Windows.
PE Icon Extraction
The headline feature. Drag in a .exe or .dll and ICO Unpacker lists every icon group inside, with each group's resolution layers (typically 16×16 up to 256×256). You get the same layer-by-layer preview you already know from .ico files: resolution, color depth, format, and file size per layer. Export a single layer, a single icon (all its layers), or every selected icon and layer at once.
Bulk ZIP Export
Bulk export has been in ICO Unpacker since 1.0 — select multiple layers, export them together. What's new in 2.0 is that it now also covers .exe, .dll, and .icns files. Drop in shell32.dll, select all, get one ZIP with hundreds of cleanly-named PNGs.
Faithful Binary Handling
The reason ICO Unpacker exists in the first place hasn't changed: most "ICO to PNG" tools silently corrupt BMP layers. 2.0 extends that care across every BMP color depth (1/4/8/24/32 bpp), with a proper AND-mask transparency fallback for legacy icons whose alpha channel is all zero. What you see in the preview is what you get in the export — byte for byte.
Pro Rebrand + 7-Day Trial
The paid tier formerly called "Supporter Edition" is now ICO Unpacker Pro. Pro unlocks two things: ICNS layer export and PE (.exe / .dll) icon/layer export. Both share one unified 7-day free trial that starts lazily on your first export — no signup, just open the app and try it. After the trial, a one-time Pro upgrade keeps both features unlocked.
Get It Now
ICO Unpacker 2.0 is available now on the Microsoft Store.
- Desktop: ICO Unpacker on the Microsoft Store
- Learn more: Product page
We'd Love Your Feedback
If you hit a bug, have an idea, or want to tell us what you're extracting icons from, let us know on GitHub.