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I found a bunch of old Icons in shell32.dll, and I want to know if they are safe to use. I know this might be a really stupid question, but I'd rather be safe then sorry.

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No it's not safe to use them. The icons in Shell32.dll are an implementation detail. You cannot rely on them not changing. The icons in Shell32.dll are for Windows use, not yours.

See this post by a Microsoft blogger on the shell team.

Remember, resources in system DLLs should be treated as implementation details, unless explicitly documented otherwise.

Joseph Sible-Reinstate Monica
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