Icon Catcher 4.2.37

If we are talking about the computer world, we can say that icons are all around us. Every program has an icon, every shortcut has one and so on. Any type of file has an icon which helps us differentiate it from one another. So, an icon manager would be a very good idea. One of them is Icon Catcher. This is basically a software than can scan the entire hard disk for icons and can display them all, allowing the user to select the most interesting ones and save them as an icon package or simply as an icon file. The software is able to extract icons from any program or file. The name clearly suggests this functionality.

Icon Catcher is very easy to install and fast at it too. It can run on most versions of Microsoft Windows, taking up very little disk space and requiring low system resources.

The software's interface is no eye candy and not out of the ordinary, but all the options are placed correctly, being easy to find and access. The user has the possibility to scan the entire hard disk for icons or can set the program to look for them in a certain folder. After completing this step, the program will quickly display all the found icons, allowing the user to preview each one of them in all sizes.

Interesting icons can be dragged in the lower part of the interface, where they can be saved as an icon package or each one of them can be saved as an icon or image file. But the program functionality doesn't limit to searching for icons and saving them, as it can also capture any part of the desktop and can save it as an icon.

Besides looking for icons on the entire hard disk or in a certain folder, Icon Catcher can also extract icons from a certain file. The list of files supported by the application is quite impressive, ranging from exe to dll files. If an executable has more than one icon available, then Icon Catcher will extract them all.

Pros:
It can extract icons from various file types. It can also automatically scan the entire hard disk for icons. Besides that, it can save a list of preferred icons as a package file. The program can also capture any part of the desktop and can save it as an icon.

Cons:
The interface seems at first a bit difficult to use for a beginner.

Icon Catcher is the best program for quickly extracting icons from any file and also for managing them.

Icon Catcher has been reviewed by Jerome Johnston on 16 Feb 2012. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Icon Catcher 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent