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Icons for explorer app depending on OS

Author
29 Jun 2006 12:14 PM
news.microsoft.com
Hello,

I'm writing an explorer kind of application.

How can I extract icons for a specific type of OS?

for example the icon for 'My Computer' looks different on Windows 2000 then
on Windows XP.

Is there any way to fetch them through code (which I prefer)?
Or is the only solution to make 2 different ImageList. And if so where can I
find the Icons? Perhaps in a dll?

I'm interrested in:
Desktop, My Computer, Network Places, Recycle Bin, Drives, Folders, ...


Thanks.

Author
29 Jun 2006 6:19 PM
GhostInAK
Hello news.microsoft.com,

Look up how to talk to the system imagelist.

-Boo

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> Hello,
>
> I'm writing an explorer kind of application.
>
> How can I extract icons for a specific type of OS?
>
> for example the icon for 'My Computer' looks different on Windows 2000
> then on Windows XP.
>
> Is there any way to fetch them through code (which I prefer)?
> Or is the only solution to make 2 different ImageList. And if so where
> can I
> find the Icons? Perhaps in a dll?
> I'm interrested in:
> Desktop, My Computer, Network Places, Recycle Bin, Drives, Folders,
> ...
> Thanks.
>
Author
30 Jun 2006 5:53 AM
news.microsoft.com
I've tried but it doesn't seem to talk back

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"GhostInAK" <ghosti***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:be1391bfc8de8c8697c93b9a583@news.microsoft.com...
> Hello news.microsoft.com,
>
> Look up how to talk to the system imagelist.
>
> -Boo
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm writing an explorer kind of application.
> >
> > How can I extract icons for a specific type of OS?
> >
> > for example the icon for 'My Computer' looks different on Windows 2000
> > then on Windows XP.
> >
> > Is there any way to fetch them through code (which I prefer)?
> > Or is the only solution to make 2 different ImageList. And if so where
> > can I
> > find the Icons? Perhaps in a dll?
> > I'm interrested in:
> > Desktop, My Computer, Network Places, Recycle Bin, Drives, Folders,
> > ...
> > Thanks.
> >
>
>
Author
30 Jun 2006 7:15 PM
GhostInAK
Hello news.microsoft.com,

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NET/Code/Libraries/Shell_Projects/SysImageList/article.asp

-Boo

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> I've tried but it doesn't seem to talk back
>
> "GhostInAK" <ghosti***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:be1391bfc8de8c8697c93b9a583@news.microsoft.com...
>
>> Hello news.microsoft.com,
>>
>> Look up how to talk to the system imagelist.
>>
>> -Boo
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm writing an explorer kind of application.
>>>
>>> How can I extract icons for a specific type of OS?
>>>
>>> for example the icon for 'My Computer' looks different on Windows
>>> 2000 then on Windows XP.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to fetch them through code (which I prefer)?
>>> Or is the only solution to make 2 different ImageList. And if so
>>> where
>>> can I
>>> find the Icons? Perhaps in a dll?
>>> I'm interrested in:
>>> Desktop, My Computer, Network Places, Recycle Bin, Drives, Folders,
>>> ...
>>> Thanks.