HIMAGELIST  himl;
   SHFILEINFO  sfi;

   himl = (HIMAGELIST)SHGetFileInfo(TEXT("C:\\"), 0, &sfi,
      sizeof(SHFILEINFO), SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX);
				

   /********************************************************************

      GetSystemImageList()

   ********************************************************************/ 

   HIMAGELIST GetSystemImageList(BOOL fSmall)
   {
   HIMAGELIST  himl;
   SHFILEINFO  sfi;

   himl = (HIMAGELIST)SHGetFileInfo(TEXT("C:\\"), 0, &sfi,
      sizeof(SHFILEINFO), SHGFI_SYSICONINDEX |
         (fSmall ? SHGFI_SMALLICON : SHGFI_LARGEICON));

   /*
   Do a version check first because you only need to use this code on
   Windows NT version 4.0.
   */ 
   OSVERSIONINFO vi;
   vi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(vi);
   GetVersionEx(&vi);
   if(VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS == vi.dwPlatformId)
      return himl;

   /*
   You need to create a temporary, empty .lnk file that you can use to
   pass to IShellIconOverlay::GetOverlayIndex. You could just enumerate
   down from the Start Menu folder to find an existing .lnk file, but
   there is a very remote chance that you will not find one. By creating
   your own, you know this code will always work.
   */ 
   HRESULT           hr;
   IShellFolder      *psfDesktop = NULL;
   IShellFolder      *psfTempDir = NULL;
   IMalloc           *pMalloc = NULL;
   LPITEMIDLIST      pidlTempDir = NULL;
   LPITEMIDLIST      pidlTempFile = NULL;
   TCHAR             szTempDir[MAX_PATH];
   TCHAR             szTempFile[MAX_PATH] = TEXT("");
   TCHAR             szFile[MAX_PATH];
   HANDLE            hFile;
   int               i;
   OLECHAR           szOle[MAX_PATH];
   DWORD             dwAttributes;
   DWORD             dwEaten;
   IShellIconOverlay *psio = NULL;
   int               nIndex;

   // Get the desktop folder.
   hr = SHGetDesktopFolder(&psfDesktop);
   if(FAILED(hr))
      goto exit;

   // Get the shell's allocator.
   hr = SHGetMalloc(&pMalloc);
   if(FAILED(hr))
      goto exit;

   // Get the TEMP directory.
   if(!GetTempPath(MAX_PATH, szTempDir))
      {
      /*
      There might not be a TEMP directory. If this is the case, use the
      Windows directory.
      */ 
      if(!GetWindowsDirectory(szTempDir, MAX_PATH))
         {
         hr = E_FAIL;
         goto exit;
         }
      }

   // Create a temporary .lnk file.
   if(szTempDir[lstrlen(szTempDir) - 1] != '\\')
      lstrcat(szTempDir, TEXT("\\"));
   for(i = 0, hFile = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
      INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE == hFile;
      i++)
      {
      lstrcpy(szTempFile, szTempDir);
      wsprintf(szFile, TEXT("temp%d.lnk"), i);
      lstrcat(szTempFile, szFile);

      hFile = CreateFile(  szTempFile,
                           GENERIC_WRITE,
                           0,
                           NULL,
                           CREATE_NEW,
                           FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
                           NULL);

      // Do not try this more than 100 times.
      if(i > 100)
         {
         hr = E_FAIL;
         goto exit;
         }
      }

   // Close the file you just created.
   CloseHandle(hFile);
   hFile = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;

   // Get the PIDL for the directory.
   LocalToWideChar(szOle, szTempDir, MAX_PATH);
   hr = psfDesktop->ParseDisplayName(  NULL,
                                       NULL,
                                       szOle,
                                       &dwEaten,
                                       &pidlTempDir,
                                       &dwAttributes);
   if(FAILED(hr))
      goto exit;

   // Get the IShellFolder for the TEMP directory.
   hr = psfDesktop->BindToObject(   pidlTempDir,
                                    NULL,
                                    IID_IShellFolder,
                                    (LPVOID*)&psfTempDir);
   if(FAILED(hr))
      goto exit;

   /*
   Get the IShellIconOverlay interface for this folder. If this fails,
   it could indicate that you are running on a pre-Internet Explorer 4.0
   shell, which doesn't support this interface. If this is the case, the
   overlay icons are already in the system image list.
   */ 
   hr = psfTempDir->QueryInterface(IID_IShellIconOverlay, (LPVOID*)&psio);
   if(FAILED(hr))
      goto exit;

   // Get the PIDL for the temporary .lnk file.
   LocalToWideChar(szOle, szFile, MAX_PATH);
   hr = psfTempDir->ParseDisplayName(  NULL,
                                       NULL,
                                       szOle,
                                       &dwEaten,
                                       &pidlTempFile,
                                       &dwAttributes);
   if(FAILED(hr))
      goto exit;

   /*
   Get the overlay icon for the .lnk file. This causes the shell
   to put all of the standard overlay icons into your copy of the system
   image list.
   */ 
   hr = psio->GetOverlayIndex(pidlTempFile, &nIndex);

   exit:
   // Delete the temporary file.
   DeleteFile(szTempFile);

   if(psio)
      psio->Release();

   if(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE != hFile)
      CloseHandle(hFile);

   if(psfTempDir)
      psfTempDir->Release();

   if(pMalloc)
      {
      if(pidlTempFile)
         pMalloc->Free(pidlTempFile);

      if(pidlTempDir)
         pMalloc->Free(pidlTempDir);

      pMalloc->Release();
      }

   if(psfDesktop)
      psfDesktop->Release();

   return himl;
   }