Extract Icon from Windows .lnk (shortcut) file

Question

I need to extract the icon from a windows shortcut (.lnk) file (or find the icon file, if it\'s just pointed to by the shortcut).

I\'m not asking about extracting ic

Answer 1

Using the Shell32 method of acessing links:

String lnkPath = @"C:\Users\PriceR\Desktop\Microsoft Word 2010.lnk";
//--- run microsoft word
var shl = new Shell32.Shell();         // Move this to class scope
lnkPath = System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(lnkPath);
var dir = shl.NameSpace(System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(lnkPath));
var itm = dir.Items().Item(System.IO.Path.GetFileName(lnkPath));
var lnk = (Shell32.ShellLinkObject)itm.GetLink;
//lnk.GetIconLocation(out strIcon);
String strIcon;
lnk.GetIconLocation(out strIcon);
Icon awIcon = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(strIcon);
this.button1.Text = "";
this.button1.Image = awIcon.ToBitmap();