Where are native Windows 8 icons located?

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I'm talking about simple white icons that appears on start screen. I want to use them on shortcuts. So, I need a file or .dll that contains metro icons.

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Are you trying to use them in your own application? I wouldn't advise doing that since Microsoft no doubt has a copyright on them. — Ramhound, Oct 19 '12 at 10:42
No, I doesn't have my own app yet. Just to change icons on folders and so on. I've found some icons here C:\Windows\System32\twinui.dll but not what I wanted. — yakunins, Oct 19 '12 at 10:46
I have a directory called "Maps" on my desktop and want to set a proper (white) icon. Also I have Restart command shortcut on my start menu and want to set a good icon on it. — yakunins, Oct 19 '12 at 15:50
I'm pretty sure each respective Store App has it's own logo.png file. — Louis Waweru, Jan 08 '13 at 06:30

score 15 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 08 '13 at 07:06

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They are located in %windir%\System32\imageres.dll

edited Jan 08 '13 at 07:06

Sathyajith Bhat

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answered Jan 08 '13 at 05:50

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Helped me to set a "My Pictures" icon on my own pictures folder. Thanks. – user31389 Sep 19 '14 at 17:47
This is the same for Windows 10. – syncdk Dec 14 '15 at 13:01

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 19 '12 at 20:44

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While this isn't the "official" icons, there is the alternative of creating them through Syncfusion's Metro Studio v2 (which is currently free):

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Syncfusion Metro Studio is a collection of over 1700 Metro-style icon templates that can be easily customized to create thousands of unique Metro icons.

There are tons of icons already made, and you can create your own:

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answered Oct 19 '12 at 20:44

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Nice answer! +1 – studiohack Oct 20 '12 at 03:55
I can use Photoshop to create any icon I want, or try to find them on google. But I'm looking for just a file with **native Microsoft Windows 8 icons** in c:/windows – yakunins Oct 21 '12 at 23:47

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 25 '18 at 23:01

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There are several files:

C:\Windows\System32\DDORes.dll

C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll

C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll

C:\Windows\System32\dmdskres.dll

C:\Windows\System32\comres.dll

C:\Windows\System32\mmsres.dll

C:\Windows\System32\setupapi.dll

C:\Windows\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\System32\pifmgr.dll -> This ones dates back to Win95

Listed are the ones I've found that come included in Windows 8 / Windows 8.1, does anyone know of others?

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answered Apr 03 '15 at 16:08

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This looks like an excellent answer. It was at -1. Or did the edit fix a previous issue? – Xodarap777 Jul 24 '15 at 04:54
With Windows 95, 98, ME, I used c:/windows/progman.exe and it was full of the exact icons I need. I can't find anything similar in Win8 – SDsolar Jul 08 '17 at 08:27

Tom · Answer 4 · 2013-06-11T12:46:55.300

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I just found that here: XAML Icons

Helped me a lot and is much cheaper than Metro Studio.

Search view Random icons Icon editor XAML Code

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answered May 29 '13 at 14:39

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Welcome to SuperUser. Thanks for your answer I removed the salutation as we want answers to stand on their own. – Brad Patton May 29 '13 at 15:12
Nice site you found :) – yakunins May 30 '13 at 00:20

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 04 '15 at 06:58

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Try using the Run command and the following folder -

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\

When the folder opens it will be blank, but do a search using *.ico and the favicon files should appear.

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answered Jun 04 '15 at 03:08

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