microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys

CmdPal: Icon loading (4/n) - Convert icon helpers from C++ to C#

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Since Aug 16, 2026.

  • #50185 by @jiripolasek — open
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Description

Description of the new feature / enhancement

Replace the native icon-conversion project with behavior-compatible managed parsing, shell extraction, glyph classification, and bitmap conversion.

Scenario when this would be used?

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