IconFromImage.cs

public static Icon IconFromImage(Image img) {
        var ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
        var bw = new System.IO.BinaryWriter(ms);
        // Header
        bw.Write((short)0);   // 0 : reserved
        bw.Write((short)1);   // 2 : 1=ico, 2=cur
        bw.Write((short)1);   // 4 : number of images
        // Image directory
        var w = img.Width;
        if (w >= 256) w = 0;
        bw.Write((byte)w);    // 0 : width of image
        var h = img.Height;
        if (h >= 256) h = 0;
        bw.Write((byte)h);    // 1 : height of image
        bw.Write((byte)0);    // 2 : number of colors in palette
        bw.Write((byte)0);    // 3 : reserved
        bw.Write((short)0);   // 4 : number of color planes
        bw.Write((short)0);   // 6 : bits per pixel
        var sizeHere = ms.Position;
        bw.Write((int)0);     // 8 : image size
        var start = (int)ms.Position + 4;
        bw.Write(start);      // 12: offset of image data
        // Image data
        img.Save(ms, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);
        var imageSize = (int)ms.Position - start;
        ms.Seek(sizeHere, System.IO.SeekOrigin.Begin);
        bw.Write(imageSize);
        ms.Seek(0, System.IO.SeekOrigin.Begin);

        // And load it
        return new Icon(ms);
    }