Where are the Icons included with Visual Studio?

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I heard that Visual Studio came with an Image Library, but I can't find it anywhere. Does anyone know where it is?

Edward Brey · Answer 1 · 2017-05-31T14:31:42.353

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From Visual Studio 2012 onward, the icons are downloadable separately from Visual Studio:

The Visual Studio Image Library

The library contains application images that appear in Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows, the Office system, and other Microsoft software.

The download wasn't initially available when Visual Studio 2012 launched.

edited May 31 '17 at 14:31

answered Nov 12 '12 at 16:09

Edward Brey

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Any possibility to get older Icon Libraries without having to install the related version of Visual Studio? – SharpShade Jul 29 '14 at 21:07
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@ZapStorm: You could probably use [Orca](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370557.aspx) to extract the CAB files from the MSIs and something like [7-Zip](http://www.7-zip.org/) to identify the right one and extract the icon files (or zip file?) from it. – Edward Brey Jul 29 '14 at 21:13
Still very elaborate but okay, thanks for the tip :) – SharpShade Jul 29 '14 at 21:32

score 33 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 19 '08 at 14:08

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In VS 2008 they're under:

PROGRAMFILES\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\VS2008ImageLibrary\1033

answered Nov 19 '08 at 14:08

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score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 11 '11 at 22:07

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Visual Studio 2010:

PROGRAMFILES\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\VS2010ImageLibrary\1033\VS2010ImageLibrary.zip

Unzip and enjoy

answered Dec 11 '11 at 22:07

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score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 19 '13 at 00:42

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VS2012 Modern Image Library

Microsoft published on 3/13/2013 about Visual Studio Image Library Version 2012 and you can download it from the page

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35825

answered Mar 19 '13 at 00:42

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@BlakeNiemyjski Looks like they did update it for 2013. – Patrick White May 26 '14 at 02:58

score 9 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 19 '08 at 14:10

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Visual Studio 2005:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\VS2005ImageLibrary\VS2005ImageLibrary

answered Nov 19 '08 at 14:10

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score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 26 '20 at 18:55

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Visual Studio 2019 Community

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Assets

answered Feb 26 '20 at 18:55

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I have the Professional version of 2019 and this folder only contains 4 different icons. Also the downloads from Microsoft are plain b&w tiny icons. What am I missing? – Richard Feb 21 '21 at 08:45
@Richard No idea what you're downloading, but this link worked for me: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35825 - also, VS icons are 16x16 so it's normal for them to be "tiny". – dimitar.bogdanov May 04 '21 at 17:46
Indeed there are no icons, that is *.ico You can still use them, but if you're looking for application icons (to show up on the desktop), you need to create your own, find another source, or buy them (you can also extract from dll and exe files from other programs, though this may be a license violation). – MC9000 Feb 08 '23 at 03:15

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 11 '14 at 13:44

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Visual Studio 2012 for windows phone

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v8.0\Icons

answered Aug 11 '14 at 13:44

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