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IShellLinkW::GetIconLocation method (shobjidl_core.h)

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Gets the location (path and index) of the icon for a Shell link object.

Syntax

HRESULT GetIconLocation(
  LPWSTR pszIconPath,
  int    cch,
  int    *piIcon
);

Parameters

pszIconPath

Type: LPTSTR

The address of a buffer that receives the path of the file containing the icon.

cch

Type: int

The maximum number of characters to copy to the buffer pointed to by the pszIconPath parameter.

piIcon

Type: int*

The address of a value that receives the index of the icon.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header shobjidl_core.h
DLL Shell32.dll (version 4.0 or later)