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  • Cobra91151C Offline
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    Cobra91151
    wrote on last edited by Cobra91151
    #1

    I want to get applications icon from the registry. The problem is that I'm getting only default application icon. How to get the actual application icon? Thanks.

    Screenshot:
    alt text

    Code:

       QStringList allLocalMachineX86Keys;
       QString displayIcon;
       QString iconFile;
       QIcon programIcon;
       QStringList displayIconSplitted;
       QString iconSplittedData;
       QFileIconProvider fileIconProvider;
       QString displayName;
    
    QSettings registryKeyLocalMachineX86("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall", QSettings::NativeFormat);
            allLocalMachineX86Keys = registryKeyLocalMachineX86.allKeys();
    
            for (QString key : allLocalMachineX86Keys) {
                if (!key.isEmpty()) {
                    if (key.contains("DisplayIcon")) {
                        displayIcon = registryKeyLocalMachineX86.value(key).toString();
    
                        if (displayIcon.contains("\"")) {
                            displayIconSplitted = displayIcon.split("\"");
                            iconSplittedData = displayIconSplitted.value(displayIconSplitted.length() - 2);
                            iconFile = iconSplittedData;
                        } else if (displayIcon.contains(",")) {
                            displayIconSplitted = displayIcon.split(",");
                            iconSplittedData = displayIconSplitted.value(displayIconSplitted.length() - 2);
                            iconFile = iconSplittedData;
                        } else {
                            iconFile = displayIcon;
                        }
    
                        if (iconFile.contains(".ico")) {
                            programIcon = QIcon(iconFile);
                        } else {
                            QFileInfo fileInfo(iconFile);
                            programIcon = fileIconProvider.icon(fileInfo);
                        }
                    } else {
                        programIcon = QtWin::fromHICON(LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION));
                    }
    
                    if (key.contains("DisplayName") && registryKeyLocalMachineX86.value(key).toString() != "") {
                        displayName = registryKeyLocalMachineX86.value(key).toString();
                        emit appData(programIcon, displayName);
                    }
            }
       }
    
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    • Cobra91151C Offline
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      Cobra91151
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      Update:
      When I have commented these lines of code:

      //else {
             //programIcon = QtWin::fromHICON(LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION));
           // }
      

      the apps icon displays but some are empty or not from the application (image below):
      alt text

      Anyone know how to fix it? Thanks in advance.

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