SHGetFileInfo question

[Guest]

how do i get the My Computer icon using SHGetFileInfo?
i've tried this:

SHGetFileInfo("", FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, shinfo, Marshal.SizeOf(shinfo),
SHGFI_ICON + SHGFI_SMALLICON + SHGFI_DISPLAYNAME)

but it doesn't work.
i'm not sure what the filename for My Computer should be?

 

[G Himangi]

You will have to first get the PIDL of My Computer using
SHGetSpecialFolderLocation and then pass this PIDL as the 1st parameter of
the SHGetFileInfo function.

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[Guest]

i tried it with a PIDL:

Dim tmpPidl As IntPtr

SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_DRIVES, tmpPidl)
SHGetFileInfo(tmpPidl, 0, shinfo, Marshal.SizeOf(shinfo), SHGFI_PIDL +
SHGFI_DISPLAYNAME + SHGFI_ICON + SHGFI_SMALLICON)

Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(tmpPidl)

it gets the PIDL ok, but the SHGetFileInfo causes an error

 

[Guest]

found it. thanks
it was a badly declared API

i tried it with a PIDL:

Dim tmpPidl As IntPtr

SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_DRIVES, tmpPidl)
SHGetFileInfo(tmpPidl, 0, shinfo, Marshal.SizeOf(shinfo), SHGFI_PIDL +
SHGFI_DISPLAYNAME + SHGFI_ICON + SHGFI_SMALLICON)

Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(tmpPidl)

it gets the PIDL ok, but the SHGetFileInfo causes an error