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  • K Kharfax

    ok, the idea is this. You get the system image list, asociate it with the control, and then call SHFILEINFO sfi; memset(&sfi, 0, sizeof(SHFILEINFO)); SHGetFileInfo(sFilename, 0, &sfi, sizeof(SHFILEINFO), SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX | SHGFI_SMALLICON); return sfi.iIcon; The return the index of the icon you should use. But, doesn't work fine yet, I'm still getting changed icons. For example... Firefox.exe gets a folder icon...

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    Kharfax wrote:

    The return the index of the icon...

    Are you sure? It should return the handle to an image list that contains the small icon images.


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      Kharfax wrote:

      The return the index of the icon...

      Are you sure? It should return the handle to an image list that contains the small icon images.


      "Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15

      "Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb

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      SHFILEINFO sfi; memset(&sfi, 0, sizeof(SHFILEINFO)); SHGetFileInfo(sFilename, 0, &sfi, sizeof(SHFILEINFO), SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX | SHGFI_SMALLICON); return sfi.iIcon; Look at the parameters: SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX, icon index in system image list SHGFI_SMALLICON, specifies that is a small icon the one I want http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/reference/functions/shgetfileinfo.asp

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      • K Kharfax

        Hi people Im filling a CListCtrl with a lot of exe files, and I would like to show the .exe icon next to its name. I tried the following : hMod = LoadLibraryEx(path, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE); if(hMod != NULL) { imageIndex = m_imageList.Add(LoadIcon(hMod, MAKEINTRESOURCE(1))); Well, that works just in some cases, but doesn't in a lot. Does anyone knows what can I do to load the default icon of each exe? Shouldnt be so hard because explorer.exe open the icon always... Thanks in advance :D

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        Nisamudheen
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        Try http://codeproject.com/win32/IconExtraction.asp

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        • K Kharfax

          SHFILEINFO sfi; memset(&sfi, 0, sizeof(SHFILEINFO)); SHGetFileInfo(sFilename, 0, &sfi, sizeof(SHFILEINFO), SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX | SHGFI_SMALLICON); return sfi.iIcon; Look at the parameters: SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX, icon index in system image list SHGFI_SMALLICON, specifies that is a small icon the one I want http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/reference/functions/shgetfileinfo.asp

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          Hamid Taebi
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          if you run this code what happens?


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            if you run this code what happens?


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            Kharfax
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            I told what it does a few post up. It returns the index of the icon in the system image list. Anyway, that doesn't work well and that are just chunks of code.

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              Try http://codeproject.com/win32/IconExtraction.asp

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              Kharfax
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              Thanks dude, that makes just what I need, but saving the icon as a file :S I need to get a resource ID or a HICON so I can add it to the list. I tried to adapt it, but I cant make it work. Maybe I just lost my patience and focus :(

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              • K Kharfax

                Hi people Im filling a CListCtrl with a lot of exe files, and I would like to show the .exe icon next to its name. I tried the following : hMod = LoadLibraryEx(path, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE); if(hMod != NULL) { imageIndex = m_imageList.Add(LoadIcon(hMod, MAKEINTRESOURCE(1))); Well, that works just in some cases, but doesn't in a lot. Does anyone knows what can I do to load the default icon of each exe? Shouldnt be so hard because explorer.exe open the icon always... Thanks in advance :D

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                I use this to extract an icon (from any file, not just EXEs). This will get the default icon from Windows if none is in the exe. HICON hIcon = 0; // Try to extract an icon from the file itself SHFILEINFO shfi; memset(&shfi, 0, sizeof(shfi)); if (SHGetFileInfo(pszPathname, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, &shfi, sizeof(shfi), SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_SMALLICON)) { hIcon = shfi.hIcon; } // If no icon yet, get icon associated with the file type from the shell if (hIcon == 0) { LPTSTR pszExtension = PathFindExtension(pszPathname); CString DummyFileName; DummyFileName = _T("dummyfile"); if (pszExtension[0] == _T('.')) DummyFileName += pszExtension; else DummyFileName += _T("."); SHFILEINFO shfi; memset(&shfi, 0, sizeof(shfi)); if (SHGetFileInfo(DummyFileName, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, &shfi, sizeof(shfi), SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_SMALLICON | SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES)) { hIcon = shfi.hIcon; *pRetImgFlags |= RECORDIMGDATAFLAG_ICONFROMSHELL; } } if (hIcon) { ... Will that work? Mark

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                • K Kharfax

                  Hi people Im filling a CListCtrl with a lot of exe files, and I would like to show the .exe icon next to its name. I tried the following : hMod = LoadLibraryEx(path, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE); if(hMod != NULL) { imageIndex = m_imageList.Add(LoadIcon(hMod, MAKEINTRESOURCE(1))); Well, that works just in some cases, but doesn't in a lot. Does anyone knows what can I do to load the default icon of each exe? Shouldnt be so hard because explorer.exe open the icon always... Thanks in advance :D

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                  I use this to get an icon for any file. This will get the default exe icon if none found in the exe itself: HICON hIcon = 0; // Try to extract an icon from the file itself SHFILEINFO shfi; memset(&shfi, 0, sizeof(shfi)); if (SHGetFileInfo(pszPathname, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, &shfi, sizeof(shfi), SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_SMALLICON)) { hIcon = shfi.hIcon; } // If no icon yet, get icon associated with the file type from the shell if (hIcon == 0) { LPTSTR pszExtension = PathFindExtension(pszPathname); CString DummyFileName; DummyFileName = _T("dummyfile"); if (pszExtension[0] == _T('.')) DummyFileName += pszExtension; else DummyFileName += _T("."); SHFILEINFO shfi; memset(&shfi, 0, sizeof(shfi)); if (SHGetFileInfo(DummyFileName, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, &shfi, sizeof(shfi), SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_SMALLICON | SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES)) { hIcon = shfi.hIcon; *pRetImgFlags |= RECORDIMGDATAFLAG_ICONFROMSHELL; } } if (hIcon) { ... } Is that what you're looking for? Mark

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                    I use this to get an icon for any file. This will get the default exe icon if none found in the exe itself: HICON hIcon = 0; // Try to extract an icon from the file itself SHFILEINFO shfi; memset(&shfi, 0, sizeof(shfi)); if (SHGetFileInfo(pszPathname, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, &shfi, sizeof(shfi), SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_SMALLICON)) { hIcon = shfi.hIcon; } // If no icon yet, get icon associated with the file type from the shell if (hIcon == 0) { LPTSTR pszExtension = PathFindExtension(pszPathname); CString DummyFileName; DummyFileName = _T("dummyfile"); if (pszExtension[0] == _T('.')) DummyFileName += pszExtension; else DummyFileName += _T("."); SHFILEINFO shfi; memset(&shfi, 0, sizeof(shfi)); if (SHGetFileInfo(DummyFileName, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, &shfi, sizeof(shfi), SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_SMALLICON | SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES)) { hIcon = shfi.hIcon; *pRetImgFlags |= RECORDIMGDATAFLAG_ICONFROMSHELL; } } if (hIcon) { ... } Is that what you're looking for? Mark

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                    Sorry about the double post. I got an error the first time. I should have checked to see if it posted first :) Mark

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                    • M Mark Salsbery

                      Sorry about the double post. I got an error the first time. I should have checked to see if it posted first :) Mark

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                      Thanks mate, and no problem about the double post. Yeap that works but I don't know why i have a lot of apps wich fail loading the icon :( I post my code, maybe someone sees what im doing wrong do { imageIndex = 0; keyNameLenght = 256; res = RegEnumKeyEx(phkResult, dwIndex, keyName, &keyNameLenght, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL); if(res == ERROR_SUCCESS) { // Tomo icono // Busco Path en registro sprintf(lpSubKey2,"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths\\%s\\", keyName); result = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,lpSubKey2,NULL,KEY_ALL_ACCESS,&phkResult2); if (ERROR_SUCCESS == result) { //Levanto Path if (ERROR_SUCCESS == RegQueryValue(phkResult2, NULL, path, &largoBuffer)) { CString tup = path; HICON temp = NULL; HMODULE hMod = NULL; int res = 0; WORD pis = 0; tup.Remove('"'); SHFILEINFO shfi; memset(&shfi, 0, sizeof(shfi)); if (SHGetFileInfo(tup,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,&shfi,sizeof(shfi),SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_SMALLICON)) { temp = shfi.hIcon; imageIndex = m_imageList.Add(temp); } else { LPTSTR pszExtension = PathFindExtension(tup); CString DummyFileName; DummyFileName = _T("dummyfile"); if (pszExtension[0] == _T('.')) DummyFileName += pszExtension; else DummyFileName += _T("."); SHFILEINFO shfi; memset(&shfi, 0, sizeof(shfi)); if (SHGetFileInfo(keyName,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,&shfi,sizeof(shfi),SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_SMALLICON | SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES)) { temp = shfi.hIcon; } if(temp != NULL) { imageIndex = m_imageList.Add(temp); } else { imageIndex = 0; } } } //Agregar Elemento lvi.mask = LVIF_TEXT | LVIF_IMAGE; lvi.iItem = 0; lvi.iSubItem = 0; lvi.pszText = keyName; lvi.iImage = imageIndex; m_listOrigin.InsertItem(&lvi); m_listOrigin.SetItem(&lvi); } } dwIndex++; }while(res != ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS);

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                      • K Kharfax

                        Thanks mate, and no problem about the double post. Yeap that works but I don't know why i have a lot of apps wich fail loading the icon :( I post my code, maybe someone sees what im doing wrong do { imageIndex = 0; keyNameLenght = 256; res = RegEnumKeyEx(phkResult, dwIndex, keyName, &keyNameLenght, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL); if(res == ERROR_SUCCESS) { // Tomo icono // Busco Path en registro sprintf(lpSubKey2,"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths\\%s\\", keyName); result = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,lpSubKey2,NULL,KEY_ALL_ACCESS,&phkResult2); if (ERROR_SUCCESS == result) { //Levanto Path if (ERROR_SUCCESS == RegQueryValue(phkResult2, NULL, path, &largoBuffer)) { CString tup = path; HICON temp = NULL; HMODULE hMod = NULL; int res = 0; WORD pis = 0; tup.Remove('"'); SHFILEINFO shfi; memset(&shfi, 0, sizeof(shfi)); if (SHGetFileInfo(tup,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,&shfi,sizeof(shfi),SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_SMALLICON)) { temp = shfi.hIcon; imageIndex = m_imageList.Add(temp); } else { LPTSTR pszExtension = PathFindExtension(tup); CString DummyFileName; DummyFileName = _T("dummyfile"); if (pszExtension[0] == _T('.')) DummyFileName += pszExtension; else DummyFileName += _T("."); SHFILEINFO shfi; memset(&shfi, 0, sizeof(shfi)); if (SHGetFileInfo(keyName,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,&shfi,sizeof(shfi),SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_SMALLICON | SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES)) { temp = shfi.hIcon; } if(temp != NULL) { imageIndex = m_imageList.Add(temp); } else { imageIndex = 0; } } } //Agregar Elemento lvi.mask = LVIF_TEXT | LVIF_IMAGE; lvi.iItem = 0; lvi.iSubItem = 0; lvi.pszText = keyName; lvi.iImage = imageIndex; m_listOrigin.InsertItem(&lvi); m_listOrigin.SetItem(&lvi); } } dwIndex++; }while(res != ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS);

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                        >>...but I don't know why i have a lot of apps wich fail loading the icon What do you mean? EXEs without icons? Are you just getting the default EXE icon or none at all? Mark

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                        • K Kharfax

                          Thanks mate, and no problem about the double post. Yeap that works but I don't know why i have a lot of apps wich fail loading the icon :( I post my code, maybe someone sees what im doing wrong do { imageIndex = 0; keyNameLenght = 256; res = RegEnumKeyEx(phkResult, dwIndex, keyName, &keyNameLenght, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL); if(res == ERROR_SUCCESS) { // Tomo icono // Busco Path en registro sprintf(lpSubKey2,"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\App Paths\\%s\\", keyName); result = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,lpSubKey2,NULL,KEY_ALL_ACCESS,&phkResult2); if (ERROR_SUCCESS == result) { //Levanto Path if (ERROR_SUCCESS == RegQueryValue(phkResult2, NULL, path, &largoBuffer)) { CString tup = path; HICON temp = NULL; HMODULE hMod = NULL; int res = 0; WORD pis = 0; tup.Remove('"'); SHFILEINFO shfi; memset(&shfi, 0, sizeof(shfi)); if (SHGetFileInfo(tup,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,&shfi,sizeof(shfi),SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_SMALLICON)) { temp = shfi.hIcon; imageIndex = m_imageList.Add(temp); } else { LPTSTR pszExtension = PathFindExtension(tup); CString DummyFileName; DummyFileName = _T("dummyfile"); if (pszExtension[0] == _T('.')) DummyFileName += pszExtension; else DummyFileName += _T("."); SHFILEINFO shfi; memset(&shfi, 0, sizeof(shfi)); if (SHGetFileInfo(keyName,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,&shfi,sizeof(shfi),SHGFI_ICON | SHGFI_SMALLICON | SHGFI_USEFILEATTRIBUTES)) { temp = shfi.hIcon; } if(temp != NULL) { imageIndex = m_imageList.Add(temp); } else { imageIndex = 0; } } } //Agregar Elemento lvi.mask = LVIF_TEXT | LVIF_IMAGE; lvi.iItem = 0; lvi.iSubItem = 0; lvi.pszText = keyName; lvi.iImage = imageIndex; m_listOrigin.InsertItem(&lvi); m_listOrigin.SetItem(&lvi); } } dwIndex++; }while(res != ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS);

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                          >>...but I don't know why i have a lot of apps wich fail loading the icon What do you mean? EXEs without icons? Are you just getting the default EXE icon or none at all? By the way, don't forget to use DestroyIcon() on the returned HICON after you add it to your image list :) Mark

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                            >>...but I don't know why i have a lot of apps wich fail loading the icon What do you mean? EXEs without icons? Are you just getting the default EXE icon or none at all? By the way, don't forget to use DestroyIcon() on the returned HICON after you add it to your image list :) Mark

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                            First thanks to all the people that helped me with that :D The problem wasn't the technique used to get the icon, the problem was that when I used RegQueryValue I didn't re initialized the variable with the buffer lenght :sigh: So a lot of entries were corrupt and that's why some exe didn't get an icon

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                              First thanks to all the people that helped me with that :D The problem wasn't the technique used to get the icon, the problem was that when I used RegQueryValue I didn't re initialized the variable with the buffer lenght :sigh: So a lot of entries were corrupt and that's why some exe didn't get an icon

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                              Cool! And remember, don't forget to use DestroyIcon() on the returned HICON after you add it to your image list :) Mark

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                                Cool! And remember, don't forget to use DestroyIcon() on the returned HICON after you add it to your image list :) Mark

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                                Done :D Thanks a lot Mark, you were really helpful

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