Every icon extracted from Windows system files — Win95 through Win11
shell32.dll · imageres.dll · progman.exe · moricons.dll · pifmgr.dll · and 360+ more
A single-page archive of 8,780 icons extracted from Windows system DLLs and executables, spanning 9 versions of Windows over 26 years. Every icon is displayed at its native pixel-perfect resolution, organized by Windows version and source file.
Icons are served via jsDelivr CDN from their original open-source repositories — nothing is modified or re-encoded.
| Version | Icons | Sources | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows 95 | 1,687 | shell32.dll, progman.exe, moricons.dll, pifmgr.dll, +363 more |
1995 |
| Windows 98 | 2,398 | System Icons, System Icons (PNG) | 1998 |
| Windows 2000 | 275 | System Icons | 2000 |
| Windows XP | 794 | shell32.dll, XP, Longhorn, Whistler, SP2 Beta |
2001 |
| Windows Vista | 463 | shell32.dll, imageres.dll |
2007 |
| Windows 7 | 1,086 | shell32.dll, imageres.dll, +28 app sources |
2009 |
| Windows 8.1 | 721 | shell32.dll, imageres.dll |
2012 |
| Windows 10 | 663 | shell32.dll.mun, imageres.dll.mun |
2015 |
| Windows 11 | 693 | shell32.dll.mun, imageres.dll.mun |
2021 |
- Fuzzy search across all 8,780 icons — filenames, labels, and DLL sources
- Size filter — toggle between All / 16×16 / 32×32 / 48×48
- Three view modes — Small grid, Medium grid, List (with full metadata)
- Collapsible sections — click any DLL header to fold/unfold
- Click any icon for a context menu: copy URL, download, copy as HTML/Markdown, link to source repo
- URL hash routing — search state persists in the URL for bookmarking and sharing
- Sticky toolbar — search and filters stay pinned while you scroll
All icons are sourced from these open-source repositories:
| Repository | Icons | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| React95/React95 | 1,536 | Win95 icons from 180+ DLLs/EXEs, all sizes |
| alexh/vintage-icons | 1,763 | Win98 system icons as PNG |
| trapd00r/win95-winxp_icons | 910 | Win98/2K system icons |
| softwarehistorysociety/XPIcons | 556 | WinXP + Longhorn + Whistler |
| bartekl1/WindowsResources | 3,303 | XP→11 extracted from shell32/imageres DLLs |
| visnalize/resources | 561 | Win7 icons from 29 system sources |
| Eggy115/Icons | 151 | Win95 moricons.dll + pifmgr.dll |
- Self-hosted archive — migrate all icons into this repo with original DLLs + extracted files, organized like bartekl1/windows-ui-assets
- Original filenames preserved — no renaming, no sanitizing
- Classic game icons — curated section with authentic exe-extracted icons (Doom, Quake, etc.)
- Icon size variants — serve all sizes from multi-resolution .ico containers
One index.html file (4.6 MB). No framework, no build step, no dependencies. A generate.py script builds it from cached file lists. Icons served via jsDelivr CDN from upstream GitHub repos.
This project aggregates icons from multiple upstream repositories, each with their own licenses. The website code itself is MIT. Windows icons are property of Microsoft Corporation.
limehawk.github.io/windows-icon-archive
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