How can I access windows file preview icons from my WPF application

Question

I got a bunch of Pictures and Videos in a directory and needs to be displayed in the WPF application, I am thinking about displaying the Win7 Large Icon itself as the preview im

Answer 1

When using the Windows API Code Pack, you can do:

XAML

 <Image x:Name="img" />

C#

 img.Source = ShellFile.FromFilePath(@"C:\path\to\file.ext").Thumbnail.BitmapSource;

This requires adding the Microsoft-WindowsAPICodePack-Shell package and the appropriate namespaces.