Using the IShellFolder interface

  
CComPtr<IShellFolder> psf;
SHGetDesktopFolder(&psf);
CComPtr<IEnumIDList> penum;
psf->EnumObjects(HwndForUserInteraction, SHCONTF_FOLDERS|SHCONTF_NONFOLDERS|SHCONTF_INCLUDEHIDDEN, &penum);
LPITEMIDLIST pidl;
ULONG fetched;
while (penum->Next(1, &pidl, &fetched) == NOERROR) {
	// pidl has the pidl of current object relative to psf

	// this will get its path

	// first, get absolute pidl

	LPITEMIDLIST sf_pidl;
	// since we used desktop folder, we can use SHGetSpecialFolderLocation to get its pidl

	// you probably want to move this call out of the loop

	SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(HwndForUserInteraction, CSIDL_DESKTOP, &sf_pidl);
	// if you don''t want to use ILCombine, you''ll have to read up on pidls and concatenating them manually

	// not really pleasant

	// some source code is in mssdk\Samples\winui\Shell\SampView\PidlMgr.Cpp

	LPITEMIDLIST absolute_pidl = ILCombine(sf_pidl, pidl);
	// get path from absolute pidl

	TCHAR Path[MAX_PATH];
	SHGetPathFromIDList(absolute_pidl, Path);
	// can use IShellFolder::GetAttributesOf for more info

	// free pidls

	SHFree(pidl);
	SHFree(absolute_pidl);
	SHFree(sf_pidl);
	// or if you don''t want to use SHFree, use

	CComPtr<IMalloc> pmalloc;
	SHGetMalloc(&pmalloc);
	pmalloc->Free(pidl);
	pmalloc->Free(absolute_pidl);
	pmalloc->Free(sf_pidl);
}
// CComPtr will call Release for everything

  

  
static BOOL MakeDTopList( HWND hWnd, HWND hWndProgman, tdDTopProps *pProps, tdDTopRTime *pRTime, HBITMAP *phBitmap )
{
    tdShelIcons myIcons;
 
    myIcons.iNumIcons = 0;
    myIcons.phIcon    = NULL;
 
    BOOL bSmal = pProps->myShelProps.bUseSmal;
 
    SHFILEINFO    fi;
    LPMALLOC      pMem    = NULL;
    LPSHELLFOLDER pDTF    = NULL;
    LPENUMIDLIST  pEIL    = NULL;
    LPITEMIDLIST  pDTIcon = NULL;
 
    if( SHGetMalloc(&pMem) == NOERROR ) {
        if( SHGetDesktopFolder(&pDTF) == NOERROR ) {
            if( pDTF->EnumObjects(hWnd, SHCONTF_FOLDERS | SHCONTF_NONFOLDERS | SHCONTF_INCLUDEHIDDEN, &pEIL) == NOERROR ) {
                while( pEIL->Next(1, &pDTIcon, NULL) == NOERROR ) {
                    myIcons.iNumIcons++;
                    if( SHGetFileInfo((LPCTSTR)pDTIcon, 0, &fi, sizeof(fi), SHGFI_PIDL | SHGFI_ICON | (bSmal ? SHGFI_SMALLICON : SHGFI_LARGEICON)) ) {
                        myIcons.phIcon = (HICON *)realloc(myIcons.phIcon, sizeof(HICON)*myIcons.iNumIcons);
                        myIcons.phIcon[myIcons.iNumIcons-1] = fi.hIcon;
                    }
                    pMem->Free(pDTIcon);
                }
                pEIL->Release();
            }
            pDTF->Release();
        }
        pMem->Release();
    }
 
    BOOL bReturn = MakeIconList(hWnd, &pProps->myShelProps, &myIcons, &pProps->mySkin.myShelSkin, phBitmap);
 
    pRTime->iNumIcons = myIcons.iNumIcons;
 
    if( myIcons.phIcon )
        free(myIcons.phIcon);
 
    return bReturn;
}