Icon2Pic

Icon2Pic is a small-sized and portable piece of software designed to help you convert icon files into photos of various formats, as the name suggests. It features only basic and intuitive settings, which means that it can be used even by first-timers.

No installation required

Since there is no setup pack involved, you can save the executable file to any part of the hard disk and just click it to launch the tool. Another possibility is to save Icon2Pic to a USB flash disk or other removable storage unit, in order to run it on any PC with minimum effort and no previous installers.
Worth mentioning is that Icon2Pic does not create new entries in the Windows registry or Start menu, nor extra files on the HDD without your permission, thus leaving no traces behind after removal.

Simplistic interface and options

The GUI is made of a very small window with a classical look, which shows just a couple of options. Pointing out an icon file is done by using the file browser only, since the drag-and-drop method is not supported. You can preview it in the main frame, pick the output photo format between PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP and TIFF, as well as indicate the target directory and file name to start the simple conversion operation. There are no other notable settings available here.

Evaluation and conclusion

As expected from such a feather-light utility, Icon2Pic does not hamper system performance, since it consumes low resources. It converts the ICO file almost instantly and without triggering the operating system to hang, crash or pop up error messages.
On the other hand, the tool comes packed with limited features. For example, batch processing is unsupported, so you are restricted to converting only one file at a time. We must also keep in mind that it has not been updated for a while. To conclude, Icon2Pic provides a straightforward solution to creating popular image formats from icons without configuring complex options.