list box

[.paul.]

you could use a datagridview rather than a listbox. i'd still recommend using LINQ in vb2008:

Public Class Form1
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        'this gets all the icons from a folder containing icons
        'displaying the filename in the first column in the dgv
        'the full path to the icon in the hidden second column
        '+ the actual icon in the third column
        Dim files = (From fi As IO.FileInfo In New IO.DirectoryInfo("C:\Users\Paul\Pictures\ICO").GetFiles _
                     Select New With { _
                     .filename = fi.Name,
                     .fullName = fi.FullName,
                     .image = Image.FromFile(fi.FullName) _
                     }).ToList
 
        DataGridView1.DataSource = files
        DataGridView1.Columns(1).Visible = False
 
    End Sub
 
End Class