KnifeLemon · Nov 10, 2026 · Nov 10, 2026 · Nov 10, 2026
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Filee chooses engines automatically. Settings → *Engines* shows their status,
 
 | Engine | How it gets there | Handles |
 |---|---|---|
-| ImageMagick (Magick.NET) | built in (library) | JPG, PNG, WEBP, TIFF, BMP, GIF, ICO, AVIF, JPEG XL, JPEG 2000, PSD/PSB, TGA, PPM, MNG, QOI, DDS, PCX, CUR, XPM, XBM, WBMP, PAM, PFM, SGI, Sun Raster, MIFF ↔ each other, and **APNG** (Filee's own reader and writer); HEIC (written with FFmpeg), XCF, camera RAW (LibRaw), DICOM (uncompressed ones by Filee's own reader), **FITS** (Filee's own reader; TIFF at the file's own depth by Filee's own writer), Photo CD, OpenEXR, Radiance HDR, EMF/WMF (Windows), the photo of an iPhone LIVP and the merged picture of a Krita KRA read |
+| ImageMagick (Magick.NET) | built in (library) | JPG, PNG, WEBP, TIFF, BMP, GIF, ICO, AVIF, JPEG XL, JPEG 2000, PSD/PSB, TGA, PPM, MNG, QOI, DDS, PCX, CUR, XPM, XBM, WBMP, PAM, PFM, SGI, Sun Raster, MIFF ↔ each other, and **APNG** (Filee's own reader and writer); HEIC (written with FFmpeg), XCF, camera RAW (LibRaw), DICOM (uncompressed ones by Filee's own reader), **FITS** (Filee's own reader; TIFF at the file's own depth by Filee's own writer), Photo CD, OpenEXR, Radiance HDR, EMF/WMF (Windows), the photo of an iPhone LIVP, the merged picture of a Krita KRA and the icon of a Windows program or library (EXE, DLL) read |
 | Windows Imaging Component | part of Windows (Windows only) | **JPEG XR** (JXR, WDP, HDP; HDR screenshots of Windows) → the images ImageMagick writes, and PDF, ICNS, HEIC and SVG through PNG; HDR tone-mapped to SDR |
 | Vector graphics | built in (Svg.Skia, SkiaSharp, ACadSharp) | **SVG/SVGZ → PDF (vector) and images**, SVG ↔ SVGZ, **SVG → DXF** (→ DWG with the CAD engine), **raster images → SVG (tracing)**, PDF-compatible AI → PDF, **HP-GL / HP-GL/2 plot files (PLT) → SVG**, PDF and images (pen moves, packed PE polylines, arcs and filled polygons; text labels are not drawn), **Tajima DST embroidery → SVG** (stitches as lines, a palette colour per thread; → PNG, JPG, PDF from there) |
 | ICNS | built in | images → ICNS (16–1024 px), ICNS → images |
@@ -329,6 +329,13 @@ in it also builds the package (artifact `windows-arm64-package`).
   without one gives a clear error. Krita's backup of the previous save, `name.kra~`, is the same file and is read the
   same way; its output is named `name.png`. Watch folders skip it (and any name ending in `~`), as it is written next
   to the drawing on every save.
+- **EXE / DLL** (a Windows program or library, #1188) is read as its icon, the one Explorer shows: the first icon group
+  of its resources, put back together as an `.ico` in memory (`ProgramIcon`, Filee's own reader for 32 and 64-bit PE
+  files; only the headers and the icon are read, at most 64 MB, and the file is never loaded or run). To ICO it is
+  that icon as it is, every size the program has, unless the preset changes the picture or asks for other icon
+  sizes; then, as for every other target, the largest size is converted. A file without an icon of its own, or a
+  16-bit or damaged one, gives a clear error. Programs are converted only when dropped or named: watch folders and
+  folders given to the command line skip them, and Recent conversions never opens one.
 - **Live / Motion Photos from a video** (JPG and HEIC targets) are FFmpeg's: the clip and the photo's frame come from
   it, ImageMagick or the HEIC writer only encode that frame (see *Making Live / Motion Photos* there).
 - **Camera RAW** (DNG, CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, …, and `.raw`) is decoded by LibRaw with the camera's white balance,

@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": "خط ‎.fon كبير جدًا بحيث لا يمكن تحويله",
   "error.fon_damaged": "ملف ‎.fon تالف أو غير مكتمل",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "ملف ‎.m4s هذا جزء من فيديو متدفّق، ولا يمكن قراءته دون مقطع البداية (init) المنفصل الخاص به",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "هذا ليس برنامج Windows أو مكتبة يستطيع Filee قراءتها، أو أن الملف تالف",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "لا يحتوي هذا الملف على أيقونة خاصة به (يعرض Windows له أيقونة قياسية)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "تعذّر تقليل الحجم، لذا نُسخ الملف كما هو",
   "notice.under_min_size": "تم الحفظ، لكنه أصغر من الحد الأدنى لحجم الملف",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": "রূপান্তরের জন্য .fon ফন্টটি অতিরিক্ত বড়",
   "error.fon_damaged": ".fon ফাইলটি ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত বা অসম্পূর্ণ",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "এই .m4s ফাইলটি স্ট্রিম করা ভিডিওর একটি অংশ: এর আলাদা সূচনা (init) অংশ ছাড়া এটি পড়া যাবে না",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "এটি এমন কোনো Windows প্রোগ্রাম বা লাইব্রেরি নয় যা Filee পড়তে পারে, অথবা ফাইলটি ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "এই ফাইলের নিজস্ব কোনো আইকন নেই (Windows এর জন্য একটি সাধারণ আইকন দেখায়)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "আকার আরও ছোট করা যায়নি, তাই এটি অপরিবর্তিত অবস্থায় কপি করা হয়েছে",
   "notice.under_min_size": "সংরক্ষণ করা হয়েছে, তবে ফাইলের সর্বনিম্ন আকারের চেয়ে ছোট",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": "Die .fon-Schrift ist zu groß zum Konvertieren",
   "error.fon_damaged": "Die .fon-Datei ist beschädigt oder unvollständig",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "Diese .m4s-Datei ist ein Stück eines gestreamten Videos und lässt sich ohne ihr separates Startsegment (init) nicht lesen",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "Das ist kein Windows-Programm und keine Bibliothek, die Filee lesen kann, oder die Datei ist beschädigt",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "Diese Datei hat kein eigenes Symbol (Windows zeigt für sie ein Standardsymbol)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "Die Datei ließ sich nicht verkleinern und wurde unverändert kopiert",
   "notice.under_min_size": "Gespeichert, aber kleiner als die Mindestdateigröße",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": "The .fon font is too large to convert",
   "error.fon_damaged": "The .fon file is damaged or cut short",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "This .m4s is one piece of a streamed video: it can't be read without its separate start (init) segment",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "This isn't a Windows program or library Filee can read, or it is damaged",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "This file has no icon of its own (Windows shows a standard one for it)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "Couldn't make it smaller, so it was copied as it is",
   "notice.under_min_size": "Saved, but smaller than the minimum file size",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": "La fuente .fon es demasiado grande para convertirla",
   "error.fon_damaged": "El archivo .fon está dañado o incompleto",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "Este .m4s es un fragmento de un vídeo en streaming y no se puede leer sin su segmento de inicio (init) aparte",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "No es un programa ni una biblioteca de Windows que Filee pueda leer, o el archivo está dañado",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "Este archivo no tiene icono propio (Windows le muestra uno genérico)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "No se pudo reducir su tamaño, por lo que se copió tal cual",
   "notice.under_min_size": "Guardado, pero más pequeño que el tamaño mínimo de archivo",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": "فونت .fon برای تبدیل بیش از حد بزرگ است",
   "error.fon_damaged": "فایل .fon آسیب دیده یا ناقص است",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "این فایل .m4s بخشی از یک ویدیوی استریم است: بدون بخش شروع مجزای آن (init) قابل خواندن نیست",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "این برنامه یا کتابخانهٔ Windows نیست که Filee بتواند آن را بخواند، یا فایل آسیب دیده است",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "این فایل آیکون مخصوص به خود ندارد (Windows برای آن یک آیکون استاندارد نشان می‌دهد)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "امکان کوچک‌تر کردن فایل نبود، بنابراین همان‌طور که بود کپی شد",
   "notice.under_min_size": "ذخیره شد، اما از حداقل اندازه فایل کوچک‌تر است",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": "La police .fon est trop grande pour être convertie",
   "error.fon_damaged": "Le fichier .fon est endommagé ou incomplet",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "Ce .m4s est un morceau d'une vidéo diffusée en streaming : il ne peut pas être lu sans son segment de départ (init) séparé",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "Ce n'est pas un programme ni une bibliothèque Windows que Filee peut lire, ou le fichier est endommagé",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "Ce fichier n'a pas d'icône propre (Windows lui affiche une icône standard)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "Impossible de réduire sa taille : le fichier a été copié tel quel",
   "notice.under_min_size": "Enregistré, mais plus petit que la taille de fichier minimale",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": ".fon फ़ॉन्ट बदलने के लिए बहुत बड़ा है",
   "error.fon_damaged": ".fon फ़ाइल खराब है या अधूरी है",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "यह .m4s स्ट्रीम किए गए वीडियो का एक हिस्सा है: इसके अलग शुरुआती (init) सेगमेंट के बिना इसे पढ़ा नहीं जा सकता",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "यह कोई ऐसा Windows प्रोग्राम या लाइब्रेरी नहीं है जिसे Filee पढ़ सके, या फ़ाइल खराब है",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "इस फ़ाइल का अपना कोई आइकन नहीं है (Windows इसके लिए एक मानक आइकन दिखाता है)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "इसे छोटा नहीं किया जा सका, इसलिए जैसा है वैसा ही कॉपी कर दिया गया",
   "notice.under_min_size": "सहेजा गया, लेकिन न्यूनतम फ़ाइल आकार से छोटा है",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": "Font .fon terlalu besar untuk dikonversi",
   "error.fon_damaged": "File .fon rusak atau terpotong",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "File .m4s ini adalah salah satu pecahan video streaming: tidak dapat dibaca tanpa segmen awal (init) terpisahnya",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "Ini bukan program atau pustaka Windows yang dapat dibaca Filee, atau file rusak",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "File ini tidak punya ikon sendiri (Windows menampilkan ikon standar untuknya)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "Ukuran tidak dapat diperkecil lagi, sehingga disalin apa adanya",
   "notice.under_min_size": "Disimpan, tetapi lebih kecil dari ukuran file minimum",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@
 "error.fon_too_large": "Il font .fon è troppo grande per essere convertito",
 "error.fon_damaged": "Il file .fon è danneggiato o troncato",
 "error.m4s_needs_init": "Questo .m4s è un frammento di un video in streaming: non può essere letto senza il suo segmento iniziale (init) separato",
+"error.exe_unreadable": "Non è un programma o una libreria di Windows che Filee può leggere, oppure il file è danneggiato",
+"error.exe_no_icon": "Questo file non ha un'icona propria (Windows gli mostra un'icona standard)",
 "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "Impossibile ridurlo, quindi è stato copiato così com'è",
 "notice.under_min_size": "Salvato, ma più piccolo della dimensione minima del file",
 "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": ".fonフォントが大きすぎて変換できません",
   "error.fon_damaged": ".fonファイルが破損しているか、途中で切れています",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "この .m4s はストリーミング動画の一部で、別にある開始（init）セグメントがないと読み込めません",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "Filee で読み込める Windows のプログラムやライブラリではないか、ファイルが壊れています",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "このファイルには独自のアイコンがありません（Windows では標準のアイコンが表示されます）",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "サイズを小さくできなかったため、元のままコピーしました",
   "notice.under_min_size": "保存しましたが、最小ファイルサイズより小さいです",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": ".fon 글꼴이 너무 커서 변환할 수 없어요",
   "error.fon_damaged": ".fon 파일이 손상되었거나 잘렸어요",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "스트리밍 동영상의 한 조각인 .m4s 파일이에요. 따로 있는 시작(init) 세그먼트 없이는 읽을 수 없어요",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "Filee가 읽을 수 있는 Windows 프로그램이나 라이브러리가 아니거나 파일이 손상되었어요",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "이 파일에는 자체 아이콘이 없어요 (Windows가 기본 아이콘을 보여 줘요)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "더 작게 만들 수 없어서 그대로 복사했어요",
   "notice.under_min_size": "최소 파일 크기보다 작지만 저장했어요",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": ".fon फन्ट रूपान्तरण गर्न धेरै ठूलो छ",
   "error.fon_damaged": ".fon फाइल बिग्रिएको वा अपूर्ण छ",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "यो .m4s स्ट्रिम गरिएको भिडियोको एउटा टुक्रा हो: छुट्टै सुरुवाती (init) खण्डबिना यसलाई पढ्न सकिँदैन",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "यो Filee ले पढ्न सक्ने Windows प्रोग्राम वा लाइब्रेरी होइन, वा फाइल बिग्रिएको छ",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "यो फाइलको आफ्नै आइकन छैन (Windows ले यसका लागि मानक आइकन देखाउँछ)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "यसलाई सानो बनाउन सकिएन, त्यसैले जस्तो छ त्यस्तै प्रतिलिपि गरियो",
   "notice.under_min_size": "सुरक्षित भयो, तर न्यूनतम फाइल आकारभन्दा सानो छ",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": "Czcionka .fon jest zbyt duża, aby ją przekonwertować",
   "error.fon_damaged": "Plik .fon jest uszkodzony lub niekompletny",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "Ten plik .m4s to fragment wideo strumieniowego i nie da się go odczytać bez osobnego segmentu początkowego (init)",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "To nie jest program ani biblioteka Windows, którą Filee potrafi odczytać, albo plik jest uszkodzony",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "Ten plik nie ma własnej ikony (Windows pokazuje dla niego ikonę standardową)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "Nie udało się zmniejszyć pliku, więc skopiowano go bez zmian",
   "notice.under_min_size": "Zapisano, ale plik jest mniejszy niż minimalny rozmiar",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": "A fonte .fon é grande demais para converter",
   "error.fon_damaged": "O arquivo .fon está danificado ou incompleto",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "Este .m4s é um pedaço de um vídeo transmitido por streaming e não pode ser lido sem o seu segmento inicial (init) separado",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "Não é um programa ou biblioteca do Windows que o Filee consiga ler, ou o arquivo está danificado",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "Este arquivo não tem ícone próprio (o Windows mostra um ícone padrão para ele)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "Não deu para deixar menor, então foi copiado como está",
   "notice.under_min_size": "Salvo, mas menor que o tamanho mínimo do arquivo",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": "A fonte .fon é demasiado grande para converter",
   "error.fon_damaged": "O ficheiro .fon está danificado ou incompleto",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "Este .m4s é um pedaço de um vídeo em streaming e não pode ser lido sem o respetivo segmento inicial (init) separado",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "Não é um programa ou biblioteca do Windows que o Filee consiga ler, ou o ficheiro está danificado",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "Este ficheiro não tem ícone próprio (o Windows mostra-lhe um ícone predefinido)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "Não foi possível reduzir o tamanho, pelo que o ficheiro foi copiado sem alterações",
   "notice.under_min_size": "Guardado, mas mais pequeno do que o tamanho mínimo do ficheiro",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",

@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
   "error.fon_too_large": "Шрифт .fon слишком велик для преобразования",
   "error.fon_damaged": "Файл .fon повреждён или обрезан",
   "error.m4s_needs_init": "Этот .m4s — фрагмент потокового видео: без отдельного начального сегмента (init) его не прочитать",
+  "error.exe_unreadable": "Это не программа или библиотека Windows, которую Filee может прочитать, или файл повреждён",
+  "error.exe_no_icon": "У этого файла нет собственного значка (Windows показывает для него стандартный)",
   "notice.pdf_not_smaller": "Уменьшить не получилось, файл скопирован как есть",
   "notice.under_min_size": "Сохранено, но меньше минимального размера файла",
   "notice.with_under_min_size": "{0} · {1}",