Retrieve File Icon from Registry

[mphanke]

Hi,

how can I retrieve the icon for a registered file extension from the
registry and show it in my ListView?

Any hints appreciated,

Martin

[Bonj]

Applications normally store the icon in their exe file, not in the registry.
If the application has stored its path in the registry, and if it does store
an icon in its file that you can get out, you may be able to find its exe
file and extract the icon. But that's quite a lot of "if"s and "might"s...
"mphanke" wrote:

Hi,

how can I retrieve the icon for a registered file extension from the
registry and show it in my ListView?

Any hints appreciated,

Martin

[mphanke]

Okay,

thanks for all replies, finally I got this:
Reuse it if you like it!

#region ExtractAssociat edIcon
[DllImport("shel l32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr ExtractAssociat edIcon(IntPtr hinst, string file,
ref int index);

public static System.Drawing. Icon FindAssocIcon(s tring filename)
{
try
{
string ext = System.IO.Path. GetExtension(fi lename);

RegWin32.Regist ryKey key =
RegWin32.Regist ry.ClassesRoot. OpenSubKey(ext) ;

if(key != null)
{
string val = (string)key.Get Value("");

if(val != null && val != string.Empty)
{
key = RegWin32.Regist ry.ClassesRoot. OpenSubKey(val) ;

if(key != null)
{
key = key.OpenSubKey( "DefaultIco n");

if(key != null)
{
val = (string)key.Get Value("");

if(val != null && val != string.Empty)
{
string name;
int icoIndex = -1;
int index = val.LastIndexOf (',');

if(index > 0)
{
name = val.Substring(0 , index);

if(index < val.Length-1)
{
icoIndex = Convert.ToInt32 ( val.Substring(i ndex+1) );
}
}//index
else
name = val;

System.Reflecti on.Module [] mod =
System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Get CallingAssembly ().GetModules() ;
IntPtr ptr =
ExtractAssociat edIcon(Marshal. GetHINSTANCE(mo d[0]), name, ref icoIndex);

if(ptr != IntPtr.Zero)
{
return System.Drawing. Icon.FromHandle (ptr);
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show (ex.Message+"\n "+ex.InnerExcep tion);
}
return null;
}
#endregion
mphanke wrote:

Hi,

how can I retrieve the icon for a registered file extension from the
registry and show it in my ListView?

Any hints appreciated,

Martin

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

mphanke,

I would recommend that you use the SHGetFileInfo API function, as it
will take into account other things, such as shell extensions and the like,
which ExtractAssociat edIcon does not.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard. caspershouse.co m

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Okay,

thanks for all replies, finally I got this:
Reuse it if you like it!

#region ExtractAssociat edIcon
[DllImport("shel l32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr ExtractAssociat edIcon(IntPtr hinst, string file, ref
int index);

public static System.Drawing. Icon FindAssocIcon(s tring filename)
{
try
{
string ext = System.IO.Path. GetExtension(fi lename);

RegWin32.Regist ryKey key = RegWin32.Regist ry.ClassesRoot. OpenSubKey(ext) ;

if(key != null)
{
string val = (string)key.Get Value("");

if(val != null && val != string.Empty)
{
key = RegWin32.Regist ry.ClassesRoot. OpenSubKey(val) ;

if(key != null)
{
key = key.OpenSubKey( "DefaultIco n");

if(key != null)
{
val = (string)key.Get Value("");

if(val != null && val != string.Empty)
{
string name;
int icoIndex = -1;
int index = val.LastIndexOf (',');

if(index > 0)
{
name = val.Substring(0 , index);

if(index < val.Length-1)
{
icoIndex = Convert.ToInt32 ( val.Substring(i ndex+1) );
}
}//index
else
name = val;

System.Reflecti on.Module [] mod =
System.Reflecti on.Assembly.Get CallingAssembly ().GetModules() ;
IntPtr ptr = ExtractAssociat edIcon(Marshal. GetHINSTANCE(mo d[0]), name, ref
icoIndex);

if(ptr != IntPtr.Zero)
{
return System.Drawing. Icon.FromHandle (ptr);
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show (ex.Message+"\n "+ex.InnerExcep tion);
}
return null;
}
#endregion
mphanke wrote:

Hi,

how can I retrieve the icon for a registered file extension from the
registry and show it in my ListView?

Any hints appreciated,

Martin

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for posting your code here. I'd like to know if this issue has been
resolved yet. Is there anything that I can help. I'm still monitoring on
it. If you have any questions, please feel free to post them in the
community.

Kevin Yu
=======
"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

[mphanke]

Hi,

with the help of community members this issue was resolved yesterday ;-)

Thanks to all,

Martin

Kevin Yu [MSFT] wrote:

Hi Martin,

Thanks for posting your code here. I'd like to know if this issue has been
resolved yet. Is there anything that I can help. I'm still monitoring on
it. If you have any questions, please feel free to post them in the
community.

Kevin Yu
=======
"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Martin,

Thanks for sharing your experience with all the people here. If you have
any questions, please feel free to post them in the community.

Kevin Yu
=======
"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."