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Asked: 2026-06-15T00:40:59+00:00

I am trying to create a shortcut to my GUI app in C++, compiled

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I am trying to create a shortcut to my GUI app in C++, compiled with Visual Studio. I’m using IShellLink::SetIconLocation method to create the link that takes icon index. But the question is how do I get this index when all I have is my icon ID from .res file?

#define IDR_ICON_CLEAR                  130
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  1. Editorial Team

    Try using the negative value of the resource ID, ie -130. Take a look at this article that explains how you can get the icon by its resource ID.

    In Windows 95, the Extract­Icon function was enhanced so that you could also specify an icon by its resource ID by passing its negative as the icon index. In other words, if you place a negative number after the comma, then its absolute value is interpreted as the resource ID.

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