Windows - Find icon for MMC shortcut

I am trying to locate the DLL in which the icon for the Network Policy Server MMC shortcut is stored in. Typically for most shortcuts, you can just right-click on the shortcut, click the Change Icon button, and it will tell you. However, for Network Policy Server, it just tells me it is located in %SystemRoot%\System32\shell32.dll with an icon index of 0. This is clearly not accurate as this is the generic file icon.

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If you open the shortcut in a hex editor the path to the DLL can be found. Who knows why Windows isnt able to display it properly for this shortcut.

On my system it is in %windir%\system32\mmcshext.dll

I did use to find the dll.

Another quick way to locate the DLL is to go to the Administrative Tools and act like you are going to change the icon there. It will give you the dll that is referenced and you can then make note of it and change it on your newer shortcut.

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