Windows Icon files (.ICO)

I gathered a set of articles which can be useful for anybody that is interested in Windows Icon files (.ICO). It may seem a simple matter but ICO files are a slightly complex world; I found myself having to deal with these concepts during the implementation of a Windows .exe crypter: the extraction of ICO from a .exe and its assignment to another .exe isn't a trivial issue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_%28icon_image_file_format%29

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997538.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms997636.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/IconLib.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/MultiIcon.aspx