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POHow do I fetch the folder icon on Windows 7 using Shell32.SHGetFileInfo
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copied!<p>I have the following code which works on Windows XP and Vista - both 32 and 64 bit:</p> <pre><code>public static Icon GetFolderIcon(IconSize size, FolderType folderType) { // Need to add size check, although errors generated at present! uint flags = Shell32.SHGFI_ICON | Shell32.SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES; if (FolderType.Open == folderType) { flags += Shell32.SHGFI_OPENICON; } if (IconSize.Small == size) { flags += Shell32.SHGFI_SMALLICON; } else { flags += Shell32.SHGFI_LARGEICON; } // Get the folder icon var shfi = new Shell32.SHFILEINFO(); Shell32.SHGetFileInfo( null, Shell32.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY, ref shfi, (uint) Marshal.SizeOf(shfi), flags ); Icon.FromHandle(shfi.hIcon); // Load the icon from an HICON handle // Now clone the icon, so that it can be successfully stored in an ImageList var icon = (Icon)Icon.FromHandle(shfi.hIcon).Clone(); User32Dll.DestroyIcon( shfi.hIcon ); // Cleanup return icon; } </code></pre> <p>The constants are defined the following way:</p> <pre><code>public const uint SHGFI_ICON = 0x000000100; public const uint SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES = 0x000000010; public const uint SHGFI_OPENICON = 0x000000002; public const uint SHGFI_SMALLICON = 0x000000001; public const uint SHGFI_LARGEICON = 0x000000000; public const uint FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY = 0x00000010; </code></pre> <p>This gives the following results in windows 7 when fetching the folder icon:</p> <p><img src="https://photos-4.dropbox.com/t/2/AADxu8bhKAW-3XvsfDNjXfOCO8sC1dabGkdhRN8ILSpRMA/12/1193207/png/32x32/3/1513688400/0/2/folder_win7.png/EM-MhAEYvtyMnwUgAigC/jz_BeJXsJ5dznj1mXicHw9oq3eYsPl9qOu2XoNbLQGY?dl=0&preserve_transparency=1&size=2048x1536&size_mode=3" alt="alt text"></p> <p>While at Vista - using the same method result in the following folder icon:</p> <p><img src="https://photos-4.dropbox.com/t/2/AAC1IZ23R2yD_HzPFPwU4SK2s0wxqa5TG0Fr7vPhm3Y3nQ/12/1193207/png/32x32/3/1513688400/0/2/folder_vista.png/EM-MhAEYvtyMnwUgAigC/NsEVcxLhrpzyXLgXa6getlW5qO4vTwn1SUSKG43WBF8?dl=0&preserve_transparency=1&size=2048x1536&size_mode=3" alt="alt text"></p> <p>I would like the "correct" Windows folder icon for Windows 7 also - not the icon used to indicate the drive where Windows is installed.</p> <p>I don't know the win32 API and my non-managed programming is next to none on the Windows platform.</p>

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