C# Signature:

    [DllImport("shlwapi.dll", BestFitMapping = false, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = false, ThrowOnUnmappableChar = true)]
    public static extern int SHLoadIndirectString(string pszSource, StringBuilder pszOutBuf, int cchOutBuf, IntPtr ppvReserved);

User-Defined Types:

None.

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Notes:

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Tips & Tricks:

Use Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(path)

Sample Code:

string resourcePath = "\System32\shell32.dll,-4123";

resourcePath = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(ieString);

StringBuilder outBuff = new StringBuilder();

int result = SHLoadIndirectString(ieString, outBuff, -1, IntPtr.Zero);

//SHLoadIndirectString returns S_OK (0) if successfull

if(result == 0)

    Console.WriteLine(outBuff.ToString());

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