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        using System.Windows.Media;
        using IconImage = System.Drawing.Icon;
        using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
        using System.Windows.Controls;
 
        //Extracts the icon from a file and returns it as ImageSource.
        public ImageSource ExtractIconFromFile(string Location)
        {
            Image myImage = new Image();
 
            //Get icon
            IconImage myIconImage;
            myIconImage = IconImage.ExtractAssociatedIcon(Location);
            MemoryStream strm = new MemoryStream();
            myIconImage.Save(strm);
            IconBitmapDecoder BMPDec = new IconBitmapDecoder(strm, BitmapCreateOptions.None, BitmapCacheOption.Default);
            myImage.Source = BMPDec.Frames[0];
            strm.Close();
 
            return myImage.Source;
        }