How to get the system icon for any file/folder

Question

How can I retrieve the system icon associated with a file/folder so that I can show it in the list view adjacent to the file/folder name?

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 01 '18 at 13:59

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You need to use Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon

 Icon icon = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(filepath);

Take a look at Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon documentation

Note: this works only for files. For folders you need P/Invoke ~~sample is here~~ Edit: Page is now defunct, please refer to this copy on the Wayback Machine.

edited Aug 01 '18 at 13:59

Jonas Kohl

answered Aug 26 '13 at 12:32

Sriram Sakthivel

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 06 '16 at 11:18

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edited Aug 06 '16 at 11:18

Peter Mortensen

answered Aug 26 '13 at 12:31

Burak Keceli

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