Where are native Windows 8 icons located?

They are located in %windir%\System32\imageres.dll

While this isn't the "official" icons, there is the alternative of creating them through Syncfusion's Metro Studio v2 (which is currently free):

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Syncfusion Metro Studio is a collection of over 1700 Metro-style icon templates that can be easily customized to create thousands of unique Metro icons.

There are tons of icons already made, and you can create your own:

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There are several files:

C:\Windows\System32\DDORes.dll

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C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll

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C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll

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C:\Windows\System32\dmdskres.dll

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C:\Windows\System32\comres.dll

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C:\Windows\System32\mmsres.dll

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C:\Windows\System32\setupapi.dll

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C:\Windows\explorer.exe

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C:\Windows\System32\pifmgr.dll -> This ones dates back to Win95

Screenshot of pifmgr.dll icons

Listed are the ones I've found that come included in Windows 8 / Windows 8.1, does anyone know of others?

Where are native Windows 8 icons located?

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