Need more icon images for your desktop or documents? Where to look for them? The Internet? Good guess, wrong answer. Before downloading one of those gigantic icon collections, consider that one probably exists on your computer already--and it's one click away if you have Icon Catcher. Icon Catcher finds all icons hiding in thousands of files on your computer. Extended filtering options allow users to select icons by color resolution, size, or by any combination of these parameters to make searching easy and fast. The program supports all possible icon formats, including 32-bit XP-style icons with alpha channel, and can process images with various dimensions from 16-by-16 to 96-by-96. Images can be exported to various formats including PNG with true alpha-transparency. It's easy to manage large icon collections with this tool. The program is intuitive and requires no special knowledge.

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Editor's review of Icon Catcher

Fans of PC customization are usually aware that icons can hide in many corners of a computer, inside program or installation files. This utility scans hard drives for icons, fishing them out of all their dark hiding holes, as well as capturing icons directly from the computer screen.

The well-designed interface can quickly filter icons by size and color depth, removing the inevitable duplicates. Favorites can be exported into libraries, although this feature isn't available in the trial version. Unfortunately, this seek-and-organize program doesn't include features that actually help users change the file and folder icons on a desktop.

With this limitation, we see it potentially appealing to avid desktop enhancement fans, but casual users seeking a full icon customization tool may want a more complete package.