Hi,

I want to programm some kind of Explorer like the Windows Explorer.
And I want to know how can i get the same Icons/Symbols for the files and
directories like the Windows Explorer uses.

Example:

The Icon for the Desktop.

With the Command:
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop)
I can get the folder where the Windows Desktop is located.

But how can I get the standart icon for the desktop?

Unfortunately, I think you will need to use Win32 API for that.
In shell32.dll there is SHGetFileInfo.





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Dennis JD Myrén
Oslo Kodebureau
"Alexander Keßler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I want to programm some kind of Explorer like the Windows Explorer.
> And I want to know how can i get the same Icons/Symbols for the files and
> directories like the Windows Explorer uses.
>
> Example:
>
> The Icon for the Desktop.
>
> With the Command:
> Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop)
> I can get the folder where the Windows Desktop is located.
>
> But how can I get the standart icon for the desktop?
>

"Alexander Keßler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:cko62r$j03$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I want to programm some kind of Explorer like the Windows Explorer.
> And I want to know how can i get the same Icons/Symbols for the files and
> directories like the Windows Explorer uses.
>
> Example:
>
> The Icon for the Desktop.
>
> With the Command:
> Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop)
> I can get the folder where the Windows Desktop is located.
>
> But how can I get the standart icon for the desktop?
>


Hello Alexander,

You'll have to use WinApi's SHGetFileInfo method. Check these:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319350

http://www.codeguru.com/Csharp/Cshar...cle.php/c4261/

Note that for retrieving icons for individual files, it is much faster to
use filename extension since it will fetch icons from the shell icon cache.

HTH.

Regards,

Julijan