Lnk-icon-extractor NPM

lnk-icon-extractor

A fork of file-icon-extractor which gets the icon of the target of the lnk

Installation

$ npm i file-icon-extractor

Usage

const icon = require('file-icon-extractor');

icon.extract(filePath, destinationPath, format);

parameter	explanation
`filePath`	A valid file path (string) or array of file paths for the file(s) you wish to fetch icon(s) from.
`destinationPath`	Where you want to save the output image (directory).
`format` (optional)	Output image format. (png, jpeg, gif, etc.) Default is png.

Quick Start

const icon = require('file-icon-extractor');

// Extract singluar icon
icon.extract("C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\AppData\\Local\\slack\\slack.exe", "C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\Documents");

const icon = require('file-icon-extractor');

var programs = [
    "C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe",
    "C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\AppData\\Local\\slack\\slack.exe"
]

// Extract mutiple icons (as jpeg)
icon.extract(programs, "C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\Documents", "jpeg");

Support

Platform	Details
Windows:	Support has been tested and confirmed on Windows as of `v1.0.4` for any filetype with an icon association in `explorer`, this includes `.exe` files.
Linux:	Theoretically support should exist; however, as of `v1.0.4` this has not yet been thoroughly tested.
Mac OS:	Theoretically support should exist; however, as of `v1.0.4` this has not yet been thoroughly tested.

Issues

Please submit any issues through the issues tab on GitHub.

node-powershell

@infinitebrahmanuniverse/nolb-ln @everything-registry/sub-chunk-2090 @zalastax/nolb-ln

1.0.5

3 years ago