Method icon.of

Overload

Gets icon that can be displayed for a file, folder, shell object, URL or file type.

public static icon of(string file, int size = 16, IconGetFlags flags = 0)
Parameters
file  (string)

Can be:

  • Path of any file or folder. Supports environment variables. If not full path, uses folders.ThisAppImages and filesystem.searchPath.
  • Any shell object, like ":: ITEMIDLIST", @"::{CLSID-1}\::{CLSID-2}", @"shell:AppsFolder\WinStoreAppId".
  • File type like ".txt", or protocol like "http:". Use "." to get folder icon.
  • Path with icon resource index or negative id, like "c:\file.dll,4", "c:\file.exe,-4".
  • URL.
size  (int)

Icon width and height. Default 16.
flags  (IconGetFlags)
Returns
icon

null if failed.

Remarks

ITEMIDLIST can be of any file, folder, URL or a non-filesystem shell object. See Pidl.ToHexString.