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[cuiqimeng]

As what we see in "Add/Remove Programs"(ARP), each application has an icon.

Using the MSI API "MsiGetProductInfo" with the parameter "INSTALLPROPERTY_PRODUCTICON", we can get the icon.

However, this approach will not always succeed.

Actually, ARP will firstly look for:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Uninstall \ {Product Code} \"DisplayIcon",

My question is, how can I get the above register path with some (MSI)APIs?
I don't want to Hard code there to read them, as I suspect the register path might be different in different OS(XP, Vista, Win7..)

Edited by cuiqimeng, 31 October 2009 - 15:03.

[VBScab]

[sigh]If only you'd Googled for MSIGetProductInfo...

It would have turned up a link to the MSDN article about MSIGetProductInfoEx, to which you pass the ProductCode.

[cuiqimeng]

Thanks for your reply.

However, in some case, MSIGetProductInfoEx(or MSIGetProductInfo) can't get the display icon while ARP does.

I'm curious about how can ARP do that by (MSI) API?