Input file
ICON
- Full Name: Icon Image Format
- Developer: N/A
Output file
EXE
- Full Name: PortableApps.com Format
- Developer: Microsoft
What is ICON file?
The ICON .ico file extension is a type of image file used to store icon graphics. Being a raster image file format, the ICON files contain images in either monochrome, 16-color, 256-color or True Color mode. As the name implies, these files are generally used to represent icons or tiny images which can be used for a number of purposes such as shortcut icons, program icons, website’s favicon etc. All Windows operating systems since Windows 1.0 support the . [ ⏩ ] ICON file extension
What is EXE file?
EXE (or .EXE) is a Windows Executable File. It is the common file type for most applications and programs used on Microsoft Windows operating system. EXE files contain programs or pieces of code that have been compiled and can be executed with instructions from the computer's operating system. An EXE file starts with a set of header bytes which are used to identify the file type and also acts as a self-contained container for all the other contents of the EXE. [ ⏩ ] EXE file extension
Software, that you can use to convert
How to convert the file from ICON to EXE?
To successfully convert the ICON file to EXE, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.ICON). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case EXE (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than EXE).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. ICON to EXE. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting ICON files to EXE files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension EXE, while before this step we had the ICON file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new EXE file, or not.