How to get the system icon for any file/folder

Question

How can I retrieve the system icon associated with a file/folder so that I can show it in the list view adjacent to the file/folder name?

Answer 1

See Obtaining (and managing) file and folder icons using SHGetFileInfo in C#.

Answer 2

You need to use Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon

 Icon icon = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(filepath);

Take a look at Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon documentation

Note: this works only for files. For folders you need P/Invoke sample is here Edit: Page is now defunct, please refer to this copy on the Wayback Machine.