diff --git a/Icon.h b/Icon.h
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "bitmap.h"
+#include "bitmask.h"
+typedef unsigned char BYTE;
+typedef unsigned short WORD;
+typedef unsigned int DWORD;
+
+struct BITMAP {
+	BYTE* bytes;
+	BYTE* data;
+	WORD size;
+	WORD width;
+	WORD height;
+};
+
+class Icon {
+	BYTE* img;
+	DWORD* clr;
+	IconDir dir;
+	IconEntry entry;
+	DIBitmapHeader header;
+	
+public:
+	Icon(char fname[]);
+	~Icon();
+	
+	void saveIconToBMP();
+	short count();
+	static void createICOFromBMP(char*[], BYTE count);
+};
+
+Icon::Icon(char fname[])
+{
+	FILE* fd = fopen(fname, "rb");
+	// read the icon dir
+	fread(&dir.reserved, 2, 1, fd);
+	fread(&dir.type, 2, 1, fd);
+	fread(&dir.count, 2, 1, fd);
+	// read the icon entry
+	fread(&entry, sizeof(entry), 1, fd);
+	// read the img data
+	fseek(fd, entry.offset, SEEK_SET);
+	fread(&header, sizeof(header), 1, fd);
+	// read the colour table
+	clr = new DWORD[header.colours];
+	fread(clr, header.colours * 4, 1, fd);
+	// read raw img data
+	img = new BYTE[header.imgsize];
+	fread(img, header.imgsize, 1, fd);
+	fclose(fd);
+}
+
+Icon::~Icon()
+{
+	delete[] img;
+	delete[] clr;
+}
+
+short Icon::count()
+{
+	return dir.count;
+}
+
+void Icon::saveIconToBMP()
+{
+	size_t colours_size = entry.colours * 4;
+	
+	printf("Width: %u\nHeight: %u\n", entry.width, entry.height);
+	printf("BitsPerPixel: %u\n", entry.bpp);
+	printf("Colour Ary: %ub\n", colours_size);
+	
+	header.height = entry.height;
+	header.imgsize = (entry.width * entry.height * header.bpp) / 8;
+	printf("Image Ary: %ub\n", header.imgsize);
+	
+	BitmapHeader bmheader;
+	bmheader.type = 0x4d42;
+	bmheader.size = 54 + colours_size + header.imgsize;
+	bmheader.reserved = 0;
+	bmheader.offset = 54 + colours_size;
+	
+	FILE* outfd = fopen("raw.bmp", "wb");
+	
+	fwrite(&bmheader.type, 2, 1, outfd);
+	fwrite(&bmheader.size, 4, 1, outfd);
+	fwrite(&bmheader.reserved, 4, 1, outfd);
+	fwrite(&bmheader.offset, 4, 1, outfd);
+	
+	fwrite(&header, sizeof(header), 1, outfd);
+	clr[0] = 0x00ffffff; // change the background colour to white before saving the 
+	                      // colour table
+	fwrite(clr, 4 * header.colours, 1, outfd);
+	fwrite(img, header.imgsize, 1, outfd);
+	fclose(outfd);
+}
+
+void Icon::createICOFromBMP(char * fnames[], BYTE count)
+{
+	FILE* fd;
+	BITMAP* bitmaps;
+
+	bitmaps = new BITMAP[count];
+
+	// read bitmaps
+	BitmapHeader bmheader;
+	DIBitmapHeader* header;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < count; i ++)
+	{
+		fd = fopen(fnames[i], "rb");
+    
+    if (fd == 0)
+      return;
+
+		fread(&bmheader.type, 2, 1, fd);
+		fread(&bmheader.size, 4, 1, fd);
+		fread(&bmheader.reserved, 4, 1, fd);
+		fread(&bmheader.offset, 4, 1, fd);
+
+    printf("Bitmap #%d\n", i+1);
+		printf("Type: %x\n", bmheader.type);
+		printf("File Size: %u\n", bmheader.size);
+
+		bitmaps[i].size = bmheader.size - 14;
+    bitmaps[i].bytes = new BYTE[bitmaps[i].size];
+    fread(bitmaps[i].bytes, bitmaps[i].size, 1, fd);
+		header = (DIBitmapHeader*) bitmaps[i].bytes;
+		bitmaps[i].width = header->width;
+    bitmaps[i].height = header->height;
+    printf("Size: %dx%d\n\n", bitmaps[i].width, bitmaps[i].height);
+    bitmaps[i].data = bitmaps[i].bytes + bmheader.offset - 14;
+		fclose(fd);
+	}
+	// we have all the bitmap data
+	
+	// create the bitmasks
+	BITMAP* bitmasks = new BITMAP[count];
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+	{
+		bitmasks[i].bytes = 
+			makeAndBitmask(
+				bitmaps[i].data,
+				bitmaps[i].width,
+				bitmaps[i].height,
+				(unsigned int*) (bitmaps[i].bytes + 40)
+		);
+
+		short bytesPerLine = bitmaps[i].width / 8;
+		bytesPerLine += bytesPerLine % 4;
+		bitmasks[i].data = (BYTE *)bytesPerLine;
+		bitmasks[i].size = bytesPerLine * bitmaps[i].height;
+
+		bitmasks[i].width = bitmaps[i].width;
+		bitmasks[i].height = bitmaps[i].height;
+	}
+
+	// let's create the ico file
+	
+	fd = fopen("out.ico", "wb");
+	IconDir dir;
+	IconEntry* entry = new IconEntry[count];
+	
+	dir.reserved = 0;
+	dir.count = count;
+	dir.type = 1;
+
+	WORD nextEntryOffset = 6 + sizeof(IconEntry) * count;
+	for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+	{
+		entry[i].width = bitmaps[i].width;
+		entry[i].height = bitmaps[i].height;
+		entry[i].colours = 0;
+		entry[i].reserved = 0;
+		entry[i].planes = 1;
+		entry[i].bpp = 8;
+		entry[i].size = bitmaps[i].size + bitmasks[i].size;
+		entry[i].offset = nextEntryOffset;
+		nextEntryOffset += entry[i].size;
+	}
+	
+
+	fwrite(&dir.reserved, 2, 1, fd);
+	fwrite(&dir.type, 2, 1, fd);
+	fwrite(&dir.count, 2, 1, fd);
+
+	fwrite(entry, sizeof(IconEntry), count, fd);
+  delete[] entry;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+	{
+		header = (DIBitmapHeader*)bitmaps[i].bytes;
+		header->height = header->height * 2;
+		
+		fwrite(bitmaps[i].bytes, bitmaps[i].size, 1, fd); // write bitmap
+		
+		short height = bitmasks[i].height;
+		for (short y = height - 1; y >= 0; --y)	// write bitmask
+			fwrite(&bitmasks[i].bytes[y * (int)bitmasks[i].data], (size_t)bitmasks[i].data, 1, fd);
+
+		delete[] bitmaps[i].bytes;
+		delete[] bitmasks[i].bytes;
+	}
+	delete[] bitmaps;
+	delete[] bitmasks;
+}
diff --git a/bitmap.h b/bitmap.h
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+// bitmap header
+
+// 14 bytes
+struct BitmapHeader { // all bitmaps files(.bmp) have this header
+	unsigned short type; // 0x4d42 for bitmaps
+	unsigned int size;
+	unsigned int reserved;
+	unsigned int offset;
+};
+
+// 40 bytes
+struct DIBitmapHeader { // all bitmaps have this header. also known as the info header.
+	unsigned int size;
+	unsigned int width;
+	unsigned int height;
+	unsigned short planes;
+	unsigned short bpp;
+	unsigned int comprmeth;
+	unsigned int imgsize;
+	unsigned int horppm;
+	unsigned int verppm;
+	unsigned int colours;
+	unsigned int used;
+};
+
+// 6 bytes
+struct IconDir { // icon directory. header for an icon file(.ico).
+	unsigned short reserved;
+	unsigned short type;
+	unsigned short count;
+};
+
+// 16 bytes
+struct IconEntry { // icon entry. info about an icon in the icon file(.ico).
+	unsigned char width;
+	unsigned char height;
+	unsigned char colours;
+	unsigned char reserved;
+	unsigned short planes;
+	unsigned short bpp;
+	unsigned int size;
+	unsigned int offset;
+};
diff --git a/bitmask.h b/bitmask.h
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+++ b/bitmask.h
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+typedef unsigned char BYTE;
+typedef unsigned int DWORD;
+
+BYTE * makeAndBitmask(BYTE * begin, BYTE width, BYTE height, unsigned int* colours)
+{
+	short linepadding = 0;
+	if ( (linepadding = (4 - (width % 4))) == 4)
+    linepadding = 0;
+  short imageBytesPerLine = width + linepadding;
+
+  short imgmasksize;
+	short bytesPerLine = (width) / 8;
+	bytesPerLine += bytesPerLine % 4;
+	
+	imgmasksize = bytesPerLine * height;
+	printf("Image mask size: %u\n", imgmasksize);
+	
+	BYTE* imgmask = new BYTE[imgmasksize];
+	unsigned short maskp = 0;
+  BYTE mask = 128;
+
+  memset(imgmask, 0, imgmasksize);
+
+	unsigned short i = 0;
+	for (short y = height - 1; y >= 0; --y)
+	{
+		for (short x = 0; x < width; ++x)
+		{
+		
+			if (colours[begin[y * (imageBytesPerLine) + x]] == 0xffffff) {
+				printf("| ");
+				imgmask[maskp ] |= mask;
+			}
+			else printf("x ");
+			
+			if (x == width-1) {printf("\n");}
+			
+			mask >>= 1;
+			
+			if (mask == 0)
+			{
+				maskp ++;
+				mask = 128;
+			}
+		}
+		mask = 128;
+		maskp = (++i) * bytesPerLine;
+  }
+  return imgmask;
+}
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diff --git a/icon.ico b/icon.ico
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diff --git a/iconcreate.cpp b/iconcreate.cpp
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+++ b/iconcreate.cpp
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+#include "icon.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+	if (argc > 1)
+		Icon::createICOFromBMP(argv + 1, argc - 1);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/iconcreate.rc b/iconcreate.rc
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+++ b/iconcreate.rc
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+icon icon icon.ico
diff --git a/make.bat b/make.bat
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+++ b/make.bat
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+@echo off
+
+rc iconcreate.rc
+cl iconcreate.cpp iconcreate.res
+
+mkdir out 2>nul
+move *.exe out > nul
+erase *.obj > nul
+erase *.res > nul