WorkSoft Shell Icon Cache

WorkSoft Shell Icon Cache is a straightforward piece of software that gives you the possibility to explore your system icon cache and change or extract and save icons in ICO files. For example, you can use this tool to get hold of Windows icons you like, in order to apply them to your own files or integrate them into your software projects.

It's not necessary to go through an installation procedure because WorkSoft Shell Icon Cache is portable software. You can double-click the .exe file out of the downloaded items to bring up the main app window and view the icon cache.

Another solution is to copy the files onto a removable storage unit to fire up the application on any computer to explore the system icon cache without previous setup.

The system icons are autodetected by the utility at startup and, subsequently, displayed in the main window, which can be increased in size to get a better view of the entire cache.

The view mode can be picked from large and small icons, lists, and details. Make sure to hit the refresh button when resizing the panel.

Besides taking a look at the icons, you can right-click a selected item to save it anywhere on the disk in ICO format (or press Ctrl+S) or to drop and replace it with a different icon (or press Ctrl+C).

There are no other options provided by the developer. Although WorkSoft Shell Icon Cache hasn't received updates for a considerable amount of time, it worked smoothly on Windows 10 in our testing.

The app had minimal impact on the computer's performance and quickly extracted icons to file. It may not have rich features but WorkSoft Shell Icon Cache offers a simple solution for viewing your Windows icon cache, as well as for extracting them to file or changing them with others.