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SetFolderIcon – Associate an icon to a folder

SetFolderIcon – Associate an icon to a folder

Private Declare Function SetFileAttributes Lib "kernel32" Alias _    "SetFileAttributesA" (ByVal lpFileName As String, ByVal dwFileAttributes As _    Long) As Long' Associate an icon to a folder, by creating a desktop.ini file into it.' Within Explorer the specified icon will be displayed instead of the standard ' folder icon' Parameters:'   sFolderPath: path of the folder to associate the icon to'   sIconFile: icon file to associate. This can be a .ico, .exe or .dll file'   iIconIndex: index of the icon in case the specified file contains more than ' one icon (such as shell32.dll)'' Example:'   SetFolderIcon "C:NiceFolder", "C:DocumentsTestIcon.ico"Sub SetFolderIcon(ByVal sFolderPath As String, ByVal sIconFile As String, _    Optional ByVal iIconIndex As Long = 0)    Dim sContent As String    Dim sDesktopFile As String    Dim bExists As Boolean    Dim handle As Integer        On Error Resume Next    ' test whether both the folder and the icon file exist    bExists = (GetAttr(sFolderPath) And vbDirectory) <> 0 And (GetAttr _        (sIconFile) And vbDirectory) = 0    If bExists = False Or Err.Number <> 0 Then Exit Sub        ' build the file content    sContent = "[.ShellClassInfo]" & vbCrLf & "IconIndex=" & iIconIndex & _        vbCrLf & "IconFile=" & sIconFile        'make the path for the desktop.ini file    sDesktopFile = sFolderPath & IIf(Right$(sFolderPath, 1) = "", "", _        "") & "desktop.ini"        ' open the file and write the content    handle = FreeFile    Open sDesktopFile For Output As #handle    Print #handle, sContent;    Close #handle        ' make the file hidden and the folder read only    SetFileAttributes sDesktopFile, vbHidden    SetFileAttributes sFolderPath, vbReadOnly    End Sub

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