import java.io.File; import javax.swing.Icon; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import sun.awt.shell.ShellFolder; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { File file = new File("filename.txt"); ShellFolder sf = ShellFolder.getShellFolder(file); Icon icon = new ImageIcon(sf.getIcon(true), sf.getFolderType()); } }