Function Get-Icon { <# Get-Icon License: License The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. #> <# .SYNOPSIS Gets the icon from a file .DESCRIPTION Gets the icon from a file and displays it in a variety formats. .PARAMETER Path The path to a file to get the icon .PARAMETER ToBytes Displays outputs as a byte array .PARAMETER ToBitmap Display the icon as a bitmap object .PARAMETER ToBase64 Displays the icon in Base64 encoded format .NOTES Name: Get-Icon Author: Boe Prox Version History: 1.0 //Boe Prox - 11JAN2016 - Initial version .OUTPUT System.Drawing.Icon System.Drawing.Bitmap System.String System.Byte[] .EXAMPLE Get-Icon -Path 'C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe' FullName : C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe Handle : 164169893 Height : 32 Size : {Width=32, Height=32} Width : 32 Description ----------- Returns the System.Drawing.Icon representation of the icon .EXAMPLE Get-Icon -Path 'C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe' -ToBitmap Tag : PhysicalDimension : {Width=32, Height=32} Size : {Width=32, Height=32} Width : 32 Height : 32 HorizontalResolution : 96 VerticalResolution : 96 Flags : 2 RawFormat : [ImageFormat: b96b3caa-0728-11d3-9d7b-0000f81ef32e] PixelFormat : Format32bppArgb Palette : System.Drawing.Imaging.ColorPalette FrameDimensionsList : {7462dc86-6180-4c7e-8e3f-ee7333a7a483} PropertyIdList : {} PropertyItems : {} Description ----------- Returns the System.Drawing.Bitmap representation of the icon .EXAMPLE $FileName = 'C:\Temp\PowerShellIcon.png' $Format = [System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat]::Png (Get-Icon -Path 'C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe' -ToBitmap).Save($FileName,$Format) Description ----------- Saves the icon as a file. .EXAMPLE Get-Icon -Path 'C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe' -ToBase64 AAABAAEAICAQHQAAAADoAgAAFgAAACgAAAAgAAAAQAAAAAEABAAAAAAAgAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAACAAACAAAAAgIAAgAAAAIAAgACAgAAAgICAAMDAwAAAAP8AAP8AAAD//wD/AAAA/wD/AP //AAD///8AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABmZmZmZmZmZmZmZgAAAAAAaId3d3d3d4iIiIdgAA AHdmhmZmZmZmZmZmZoZAAAB2ZnZmZmZmZmZmZmZ3YAAAdmZ3ZmiHZniIiHZmaGAAAHZmd2Zv/4eIiIi GZmhgAAB2ZmdmZ4/4eIh3ZmZnYAAAd2ZnZmZo//h2ZmZmZ3YAAHZmaGZmZo//h2ZmZmd2AAB3Zmd2Zm Znj/h2ZmZmhgAAd3dndmZmZuj/+GZmZoYAAHd3dod3dmZuj/9mZmZ2AACHd3aHd3eIiP/4ZmZmd2AAi Hd2iIiIiI//iId2ZndgAIiIhoiIiIj//4iIiIiIYACIiId4iIiP//iIiIiIiGAAiIiIaIiI//+IiIiI iIhkAIiIiGiIiP/4iIiIiIiIdgCIiIhoiIj/iIiIiIiIiIYAiIiIeIiIiIiIiIiIiIiGAAiIiIaP/// ////////4hgAAAAAGZmZmZmZmZmZmZmYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD////////////////gA AAf4AAAD+AAAAfgAAAHAAAABwAAAAcAAAAHAAAAAwAAAAMAAAADAAAAAwAAAAMAAAABAAAAAQAAAAEA AAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAP4AAAH//////////////////////////w== Description ----------- Returns the Base64 encoded representation of the icon .EXAMPLE Get-Icon -Path 'C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe' -ToBase64 | Clip Description ----------- Returns the Base64 encoded representation of the icon and saves it to the clipboard. .EXAMPLE (Get-Icon -Path 'C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe' -ToBytes) -Join '' 0010103232162900002322002200040000320006400010400000128200000000000000000000000 0128001280001281280128000128012801281280012812812801921921920002550025500025525 5025500025502550255255002552552550000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000006102102102102102102102102102102960000613611 9119119119119120136136136118000119102134102102102102102102102102102134640011810 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5224003122400152240072240070007000700070003000300030003000300010001000100010000 0000000000000000000012800025400125525525525525525525525525525525525525525525525 5255255255255 Description ----------- Returns the bytes representation of the icon. -Join was used in this for the sake of displaying all of the data. #> [cmdletbinding( DefaultParameterSetName = '__DefaultParameterSetName' )] Param ( [parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [string]$Path, [parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Bytes')] [switch]$ToBytes, [parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Bitmap')] [switch]$ToBitmap, [parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Base64')] [switch]$ToBase64 ) Begin { If ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Debug')) { $DebugPreference = 'Continue' } Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing } Process { $Path = Convert-Path -Path $Path Write-Debug $Path If (Test-Path -Path $Path) { #$Icon = [System.Drawing.Icon]::ExtractAssociatedIcon($Path)| $Icon = [System.Drawing.Icon]::ExtractAssociatedIcon($Path)| Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name FullName -Value $Path -PassThru If ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('ToBytes')) { Write-Verbose "Retrieving bytes" $MemoryStream = New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream $Icon.save($MemoryStream) Write-Debug ($MemoryStream | Out-String) $MemoryStream.ToArray() $MemoryStream.Flush() $MemoryStream.Dispose() } ElseIf ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('ToBitmap')) { $Icon.ToBitMap() } ElseIf ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('ToBase64')) { $MemoryStream = New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream $Icon.save($MemoryStream) Write-Debug ($MemoryStream | Out-String) $Bytes = $MemoryStream.ToArray() $MemoryStream.Flush() $MemoryStream.Dispose() [convert]::ToBase64String($Bytes) } Else { $Icon } } Else { Write-Warning "$Path does not exist!" Continue } } } "NAMES=()" "ICONS=()" "EXES=()" Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\*" | Select-Object -Property "(default)" -Unique | Where-Object {$_."(default)" -ne $null} | ForEach-Object { $Exe = $_."(default)".Trim('"') $Item = Get-Item $Exe if ($Item.VersionInfo.FileDescription) { $Name = $Item.VersionInfo.FileDescription.Trim() -replace " ", " " } else { $Name = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($Exe) } $Icon = Get-Icon -Path $Exe -ToBase64 #Get-ItemProperty $Exe -Name VersionInfo "NAMES+=(""$Name"")" "EXES+=(""$Exe"")" "ICONS+=(""$Icon"")" }