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Brian E
Brian E

Reputation: 164

Windows shell API for status icons beside file icons

TortoiseSVN and Dropbox both have Windows shell extensions that make file icons within Windows Explorer show a small icon beside the main one, showing the file's status - has it been synced, etc

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How can I make my application show icons beside files like that using the Windows API? Or is there some file attribute to do that?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 710

Answers (1)

Mormegil
Mormegil

Reputation: 8071

As you said, they have shell extensions, more specifically, icon overlay handlers, see MSDN.

Upvotes: 1

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