How do I get the icon associated with a file type?

c# icons file-association
Simon picture Simon · Nov 7, 2008 · Viewed 9.4k times · Source

I have a form that displays file information in a TabControl, and I'd like the pages to have the file's icon in their tab. How do I get the icon associated with a file type?

I'd prefer solutions that don't involve looking things up in the registry, but if that's the only way then so be it.

Answer

Bill the Lizard picture Bill the Lizard · Nov 7, 2008

CodeProject has some classes you can download.

First get the FileAssociationInfo, and from that get the ProgramAssociationInfo. The pai object can give you the icon.

FileAssociationInfo fai = new FileAssociationInfo(".bob");
ProgramAssociationInfo pai = new ProgramAssociationInfo(fai.ProgID);
ProgramIcon icon = pai.DefaultIcon;

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