IShellLibrary::GetIcon method (shobjidl_core.h)

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10/13/2021

Gets the default icon for the library.

Syntax

HRESULT GetIcon(
  [out] LPWSTR *ppszIcon
);

Parameters

[out] ppszIcon

Type: LPWSTR*

A null-terminated Unicode string that describes the location of the default icon. The string is returned as ModuleFileName,ResourceIndex or ModuleFileName,-ResourceID.

Value	Description
ModuleFileName	The file name of the module file that contains the icon resource.
ResourceIndex	If the number that follows the comma is positive, the index of the resource in the module file.
-ResourceID	If the number that follows the comma is negative, the absolute value of the number is the resource ID of the icon in the module file.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

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

Remarks

For additional information on parsing the string returned in ppszIcon, see PathParseIconLocation.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 7 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	shobjidl_core.h (include Shobjidl.h)