.ICON

📌 An .ICON data object is composed of image data for a desktop PC thumbnail utilized to display applications, folders, files, and other entities. Normally, .ICON files are opened and represented as square, small bitmap images, ranging from 16 x 16 to 256 x 256 pixels in equal proportions. However, most of the Windows Icon info samples apply the .ICO definition. Instead, Macintosh Icon resources are oriented onto the .ICNS container. The general purpose of the .ICON disk components is to facilitate the storage, handling, opening and processing of computer pictograms in visual aspect.

How to open an .ICON file?

📌 The following file instances can be opened up and viewed by several freeware and proprietary graphical editors, including GIMP and Adobe Photoshop. You can easily download any of these suites from the official developer’s resources free of charge or for plain evaluation with timely restrictions. The file format can also boast of compatibility with several discrete operating systems, among which are Windows, macOS and Linux environments. In contemporary circumstances, the extension has been eventually replaced by alternate .ICO and .ICNS formats, which serve the same aim.