get processes icon mfc c++

Question

I am making a Process-Viewer like app. in windows which displays all the processes currently running in a CListCtrl . Now i want to get the icons of the processes and show them to the listCtrl. please help me how can i do that ?? thanks.

Answer 1

You can accomplish this using any of the following methods:

• The ExtractAssociatedIcon function.
• The SHGetFileInfo shell function
• The IExtractIcon shell interface
• The ExtractIconEx function

Of these, the SHGetFileInfo may be the easiest.