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Create tools to help quickly find a system icon when creating a menu #161

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@end2endzone

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Finding a good resource online that documents Windows system icons in dll files is hard. Mostly the web site is outdated.
ShellAnything already have all the required code to find and extract all icons from a dll.

Describe the solution you'd like
Create an application for extracting all icons from a dll file.
Create snapshot images of all icons in main system dll files:

  • %windir%\system32\shell32.dll Standard
  • %windir%\System32\wmploc.DLL OK
  • %windir%\system32\setupapi.dll OK, Hardware / Periphals
  • %windir%\system32\ddores.dll OK, lot of devices
  • %windir%\System32\ieframe.dll IE and warnings, mixed ugly
  • %windir%\system32\netshell.dll Ugly and non ugly
  • %windir%\System32\imageres.dll Ugly, New ones
  • %windir%\System32\pifmgr.dll Ugly, Win95 Ones
  • %windir%\System32\moricons.dll Ugly, very old
  • %windir%\System32\mmcndmgr.dll Ugly, Very old
  • %windir%\System32\compstui.dll Ugly, Very old

Reference:
https://superuser.com/questions/142731/how-can-i-see-which-dlls-included-in-windows-contain-icons

Images shall be grouped by Windows version.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Search online. Not really promising. Mostly outdated information.

Additional context
N/A

TODO:

  • Create configuration Won't do. See comments below
  • Update documentation.
    • Tell users about this configuration in the Icons section and in the Tools sections.
    • Add an entry in default shellanything menu that links to the config file on github.

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