How to get path to .ico file from .lnk

Asked Jan 02 '13 at 20:05

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Extract Icon from Windows .lnk (shortcut) file

For example, I have a Shortcut (.LNK) file that has C:\Foo\bar.ico as it's icon. How can I get the path of the icon (C:\Foo\bar.ico) when supplied with just the shortcut file in C#?

I tried using WshShortcut, but WshShortcut.IconLocation only returns a blank string if the icon is an external .ico file. I don't want the index of the icon, just the path of the .ico file.

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asked Jan 02 '13 at 20:05

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I don't want the icon object, I want the string _path_ to the actual .ico or .exe or .dll file itself, where the icon is contained. – chyyran Jan 02 '13 at 20:13
It does provide path, in [the other answer, by Robbie](http://stackoverflow.com/a/13574990/1868397) – Algirdas Jan 02 '13 at 20:22
@algirdas Ah, that does work, thanks. – chyyran Jan 02 '13 at 20:28

How to get path to .ico file from .lnk

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