SHGetFileInfo question

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how do i get the My Computer icon using SHGetFileInfo?
i've tried this:

SHGetFileInfo("", FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, shinfo, Marshal.SizeOf(shinfo),
SHGFI_ICON + SHGFI_SMALLICON + SHGFI_DISPLAYNAME)

but it doesn't work.
i'm not sure what the filename for My Computer should be?
 
You will have to first get the PIDL of My Computer using
SHGetSpecialFolderLocation and then pass this PIDL as the 1st parameter of
the SHGetFileInfo function.

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i tried it with a PIDL:

Dim tmpPidl As IntPtr

SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_DRIVES, tmpPidl)
SHGetFileInfo(tmpPidl, 0, shinfo, Marshal.SizeOf(shinfo), SHGFI_PIDL +
SHGFI_DISPLAYNAME + SHGFI_ICON + SHGFI_SMALLICON)

Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(tmpPidl)

it gets the PIDL ok, but the SHGetFileInfo causes an error
 
found it. thanks
it was a badly declared API

.paul. said:
i tried it with a PIDL:

Dim tmpPidl As IntPtr

SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_DRIVES, tmpPidl)
SHGetFileInfo(tmpPidl, 0, shinfo, Marshal.SizeOf(shinfo), SHGFI_PIDL +
SHGFI_DISPLAYNAME + SHGFI_ICON + SHGFI_SMALLICON)

Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(tmpPidl)

it gets the PIDL ok, but the SHGetFileInfo causes an error
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