Icon Manager icon archive

Icon Manager icon archive (.ica) is a format associated Icon Manager, an application for Windows 3.x developed by Leonard A. Gray and Impact Software. It stores icon images, and associated metadata.

There are at least two versions of the format.

Disambiguation
Be aware that there are several other unrelated programs named "Icon Manager".

Identification
Older format files start with ASCII "".

Newer format files (used by e.g. v3.3) start with ASCII "".

Software

 * Icon Manager
 * - v1.0
 * - v1.1A
 * - v2.1
 * - v3.3

Sample files
"ICM" format:
 * → *.IC_ → *.ICA
 * → ICONARCS.EXE → *.ICA - Same files as above

"IC2" format:
 * → SAMPLE*.IC_ → SAMPLE*.ICA