How can I retrieve the icons of special folders

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How can I retrieve the icons of special folders e.g. My Documents, My computer, Desktop etc.? I know how to retrieve the icon of ordinary folders and files by using SHGetFileInfo is there a similar function to get the icons of special folders?

Posted 26-Jul-10 10:47am

Yasser Sobhy

Updated 26-Jul-10 11:03am

Kristian Sixhøj

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DaveyM69 27-Jul-10 5:08am

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DaveyM69 · Answer 1 · 2010-07-26T11:19:00

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~~I haven't tried it, but have you looked at this article[^]?~~

Edit forget that, have a look here[^] which explains how they are specified.

Posted 26-Jul-10 11:19am

DaveyM69

Updated 26-Jul-10 11:26am

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