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IActiveDesktop::GetDesktopItemCount method (shlobj_core.h)

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Gets a count of the desktop items.

Syntax

HRESULT GetDesktopItemCount(
  [out] int   *pcItems,
        DWORD dwReserved
);

Parameters

[out] pcItems

Type: int*

A pointer to an int value that, when this method returns successfully, contains the count.

dwReserved

Type: DWORD

Reserved. Must be set to zero.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Remarks

The value pointed to by pcItems can be used to enumerate all desktop items. Desktop items have index values which start at zero and go to one less than the value pointed to by pcItems.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header shlobj_core.h
DLL Shell32.dll (version 4.71 or later)

See also

IActiveDesktop