BMP images can be used for the creating of program icons (*.ico). This can be either done using a dedicated icon creation software, or with a proper graphics conversion program. Either way, icons are very small, so the quality of the original image does not matter much - at least for those very small icons.
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Conversion of bmp file format to ico file format beta
Search for bmp to ico converter or software able to handle these file types.
Found 2 different conversion types using the same filename extensions.
Conversion bmp to ico type 1:
Convert from Alpha Microsystem image to Icon image.
On-line services software 
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Picture Resize Free Online Images Converter
Picture Resize Free Online Image Converter is a set of free web based tools that allow you to convert, resize a picture without having to install any software on your computer. It is not meant to be a complete Image editing software package
File extension | File type (from-> to) | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from bmp file | Alpha Microsystem image | Yes, Picture Resize Free Online Images Converter supports bmp file conversion as a source file type. | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
to ico file | Icon image | Yes, Picture Resize Free Online Images Converter supports ico file conversion as a target file type. | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned bmp to ico. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
Conversion bmp to ico type 2:
Convert from Standard Windows bitmap image to Icon image.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert bmp to ico on Windows
Diagram Designer
Diagram Designer is a simple vector graphics editor for creating flowcharts, UML class diagrams, illustrations and slide shows.
PhotoFiltre Studio
PhotoFiltre Studio is a complete image retouching program. It allows users to do simple or advanced adjustments to any image or photograph and apply a vast range of filters on it.
FastStone Image Viewer
FastStone Image Viewer is a user-friendly image browser, converter and editor that suports various graphics file formats (BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, PSD, EPS, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA) and popular digital camera RAW formats (CRW, CR2, NEF, PEF, RAF, MRW, ORF, SRF, ARW, SR2, RW2 and DNG).
ACDSee Photo Manager
ACDSee Photo Manager is popular photo editor and manager for Microsoft Windows. ACDSee is able to open variety of graphics file formats as well as RAW photo image formats and convert them. ACDSee can edit, retouch and finalize photos and share them on popular photo banks such as flickr, Smugmug, SendPix.
ACDSee is used to organize and edit digital photos. ACDSee supports over 100 popular formats including BMP, GIF, IFF, JPG, PCX, PNG, PSD, RAS, RSB, SGI, TGA and TIFF.
FastPictureViewer Professional
FastPictureViewer is very fast picture image viewer for Microsoft Windows. It supports variety of image formats including many digital camera RAWs, Adobe DNG, OpenEXR etc.
FormatFactory
Format Factory is media converter available as a freeware. It can converts audio, video and picture formats. It is also supports ripping of DVD videos and grabbing audio CDs. Format Factory is localized to 56 languages.
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert bmp to ico on OS X
Preview
Apple Preview is document and graphic viewer that is integral part of Mac OS X operating system. It can view and also export/convert the most common bitmap picture formats.
Multiplatform software 
- convert bmp to ico on any platform
XnView MP
A free (for non-commercial purposes) powerful cross-platform media browser, viewer and converter. Compatible with more than 500 formats and also supports export to 70 different file formats. It works on Windows, Linux and macOS (OS X).
XnConvert
XnConvert is batch image processor for Windows, Apple Mac OS X and Linux that is compatible with 500 picture image file formats. It includes metadata editing features, transformation and adjustment effects, filters etc.
On-line services software - convert bmp to ico on web
Picture Resize Free Online Images Converter
Picture Resize Free Online Image Converter is a set of free web based tools that allow you to convert, resize a picture without having to install any software on your computer. It is not meant to be a complete Image editing software package
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