How to get the associated icon from a network share file

Question

I am using Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon to get the icon of a file , that a user selects, in an openfiledialog.

THe problem is if the user selects an icon from a netw

Answer 1

One method to accomplish this is to retrieve your UNC path and temporarily map it to a drive letter, then use that drive in your .ExtractAssociatedIcon method. When you have retrieved the icon, you can unmap the drive. It's not elegant, but it should work just fine.