C# Get the default icon of an exe file

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Get File Icon used by Shell

In my program i am reading a directory of files and displaying them as a ToolStripMenuItem

Normally i would use:

item.Image = Image.FromFile("icon.ico");

But how would i get the default icon that a given exe uses:

item.Image = Image.FromEXE("program.exe");

Is there a simple way to do it like that?

From the list of related posts to the right on this page: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/462270/get-file-icon-used-by-shell — Fredrik Mörk, Oct 08 '09 at 15:34

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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In summary, it's really simple. Just call Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon().

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Oct 08 '09 at 15:32

Joel Coehoorn

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