[2005] Listview Icons

Hello, I am currently using the code below

Code:

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Dim programsdir = Application.StartupPath & "\Programs"
Dim listprograms = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(programsdir)

For Each sFile As String In listprograms
lvPrograms.Items.Add(sFile)
Next

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To populate my listview control with the shortcuts that in in the "\Programs" folder.

The problem I'm having is that I want it to extract the icon off of the shortcut and load that into the listview control instead of the file path.

I have been trying this for hours in a very varied ammount of ways.. can anyone shed me some of their knowledge please??

Thank you

This will get the associated icons from files. You will need to add a imagelist and set the listviews smallimagelist to point to the imagelist.Also set the listview view property to smallicon.

Code:

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  Dim FolderPath As String = "Folder path" 'be sure to include a \ at the end of the folder path
        Dim ExIcon As Icon 'Declare an icon to hold the extracted icon
        'Load the files from folderpath to the listview
        For Each File As String In My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(FolderPath)
        'Only shows the file name you can use substring to remove the extention
            ListView1.Items.Add(My.Computer.FileSystem.GetName(File))
        Next
        'Loop through the list and extract the icon.
        For i As Int32 = 0 To ListView1.Items.Count - 1
            'Extract the icon
            ExIcon = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(FolderPath & ListView1.Items(i).Text)
            'Check to make sure there is an icon
            If ExIcon.ToBitmap IsNot Nothing Then
                'Add the icon to the imagelist as a bitmap
                ImageList1.Images.Add(ListView1.Items(i).Text, ExIcon.ToBitmap)
                'Set the first listviewitems imagekey to point to the icon
                ListView1.Items(i).ImageKey = ListView1.Items(i).Text
                'Clear the icon from ExIcon
                ExIcon = Nothing
            End If
        Next

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This only gets the icon set to the file. If you need the icon from the file a shortcut is pointing to I think I can do that as well.