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extract icon from .exe

Hello:

I want to extract a .exe's icon and add to my listview.
The problem is:
I can use SHGetFileInfo() to get the system-wide registered icon in the registry,but I can not get the icon of those .exe which are not registerd.

BUt I find exploer can do this.HOw to?
Thanks.
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You get icon names while enumeration. Use LoadIcon(h,iconName) to load icon itself.
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First ,thank you very  much for answering me two questions!
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but
Does explorer use this way?

I sole goal is to show some .exe into my listview and add it's icon beside the name.So,as you said,I need loadlibray for every .exe?

And I don't know which icon I need,I only want to show the icon of the .exe which the Explorer show.

So,I only need one icon to show.For example,if I write a .exe and when I view it in the Explorer,there is an icon beside the name of my .exe,how to extract that icon?

Regards.
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Use ExtractIcon or ExtractIconEx.
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>>Does explorer use this way ?

Nobody knows this except Microsoft. Most likely, it uses ExtractIcon().

>>I need loadlibray for every .exe?

chensu's suggestion is more easy to implement.

You can use just

HICON hIcon=ExtractIcon(hYourAppInstance,fileName,0);