# winicontopam > Convert a Windows ICO file to a PAM file. > More information: . - Read an ICO file and convert the best quality image contained therein to the PAM format: `winicontopam {{path/to/input_file.ico}} > {{path/to/output.pam}}` - Convert all images in the input file to PAM: `winicontopam -allimages {{path/to/input_file.ico}} > {{path/to/output.pam}}` - Convert the n'th image in the input file to PAM: `winicontopam -image {{n}} {{path/to/input_file.ico}} > {{path/to/output.pam}}` - If the image(s) to be extracted contain graded transparency data and an AND mask, write the AND mask into the fifth channel of the output PAM file: `winicontopam -andmasks {{path/to/input_file.ico}} > {{path/to/output.pam}}`