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How to overlay an icon over existing shell objects in 3 easy steps

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How to implement an Icon Overlay identifier.
//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
// Microsoft Visual C++ generated include file.
// Used by OverlayIcon.rc
//
#define IDS_PROJNAME                    100
#define IDR_OVERLAYICON                 101
#define IDR_MYOVERLAYICON               102
#define IDI_ICON1                       201

// Next default values for new objects
// 
#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE        202
#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE         32768
#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE         201
#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE           103
#endif
#endif

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