Windows Icons

A simple Rust library to extract icons from files and processes on Windows.

Features

• Extract icons from files by path
• Extract icons from running processes by process ID
• Convert icons to PNG images
• Convert icons to base64-encoded strings

Installation

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
windows-icons = "0.1.0"

Usage

Here are some examples of how to use the Windows Icons library:

// Get icon as an image from a file path
let icon = get_icon_image_by_path("C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe");
icon.save("notepad.png").unwrap();

// Get icon as a base64 string from a file path
let base64 = get_icon_base64_by_path("C:\\Windows\\System32\\calc.exe");
println!("Calculator icon: {}", base64);

// Get icon as an image from a process ID
let process_id = 1234;

let icon = get_icon_image_by_process_id(process_id);
icon.save("process.png").unwrap();

// Get icon as a base64 encoded string from a process ID
let base64 = get_icon_base64_by_process_id(process_id);
println!("Process {} icon: {}", process_id, base64);

For more examples, check the examples/main.rs file in the repository.

API

The library provides the following functionality:

• get_icon_by_path(path: &str) -> RgbaImage
• get_icon_base64_by_path(path: &str) -> String
• get_icon_by_process_id(process_id: u32) -> RgbaImage
• get_icon_base64_by_process_id(process_id: u32) -> String

Requirements

This library is designed to work on Windows systems only.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Acknowledgements

This library uses the following crates:

• image for image processing
• base64 for base64 encoding
• winapi and windows for Windows API interactions

Disclaimer

This library uses unsafe Rust code to interact with the Windows API. While efforts have been made to ensure safety, use it at your own risk.