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Changing default icons for folders and drives

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Shows how to globally change the icons for folders and drives. Also shows some nifty tricks you might find handy in your applications.
// ShellIconChanger.h : main header file for the PROJECT_NAME application
//

#pragma once

#ifndef __AFXWIN_H__
	#error include 'stdafx.h' before including this file for PCH
#endif

#include "resource.h"		// main symbols


// CShellIconChangerApp:
// See ShellIconChanger.cpp for the implementation of this class
//

class CShellIconChangerApp : public CWinApp
{
public:
	CShellIconChangerApp();

// Overrides
	public:
	virtual BOOL InitInstance();

// Implementation

	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

extern CShellIconChangerApp theApp;

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Nish Nishant is a technology enthusiast from Columbus, Ohio. He has over 20 years of software industry experience in various roles including Chief Technology Officer, Senior Solution Architect, Lead Software Architect, Principal Software Engineer, and Engineering/Architecture Team Leader. Nish is a 14-time recipient of the Microsoft Visual C++ MVP Award.

Nish authored C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications in 2005, and co-authored Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework for Addison Wesley in 2003. In addition, he has over 140 published technology articles on CodeProject.com and another 250+ blog articles on his WordPress blog. Nish is experienced in technology leadership, solution architecture, software architecture, cloud development (AWS and Azure), REST services, software engineering best practices, CI/CD, mentoring, and directing all stages of software development.

Nish's Technology Blog : voidnish.wordpress.com

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