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How to access thumbnail cache of vista and 7 using c#

Hi, I wanted to access the thumb cache of vista and 7 to be used in my ImageList. I know how to do it in XP by means of the thumbs.db files, but in vista and 7 the thumbs.db is not present so how will i do it?

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You need to use IShellItemImageFactory::GetImage().

.NET interop is here. http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/Interfaces.IShellItemImageFactory

There is also a sample using Direct2D and this interface on msdn.microsoft.com.

David C. Blake  2009-12-04 15:49:48
tried it but i keep getting an ArgumentException in this line:SHCreateItemFromParsingName(filename, IntPtr.Zero, uuid, out ppsi);
murasaki5  2009-12-05 03:40:15
i forgot to remove the '@' on each filename. it is working now thanks for the link...
murasaki5  2009-12-05 04:12:45

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