>I need to be able to allow users to attach files from different places on our network into our application. I just need to store the path of the file.
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>My problem is that I want to use the Listview ActiveX control and to display the registered icon for each file type. (i.e. .doc files would use the standard Word document icon used everywhere else like Windows Explorer or the Desktop.)
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>Is there an ActiveX control somewhere that will act as a Windows Explorer listview already?
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>I would appreciate any other suggestions or comments.

George Tasker has detailed an approach to extract the associated icon of a file. See Message #669457.