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int ShellAbout (
   HWND hWnd,
   LPCTSTR szApp, 
   LPCTSTR szOtherStuff, 
   HICON hIcon
);

Displays a ShellAbout dialog box.

hWnd
Window handle to a parent window. This parameter can be NULL.
szApp
Displays text in the title bar of the ShellAbout dialog box and on the first line of the dialog box after the text "Microsoft". If the text contains a separator (#) dividing it into two parts, the function displays the first part in the title bar and the second part on the first line after the text "Microsoft".
szOtherStuff
Displays text in the dialog box after the version and copyright information.
hIcon
Icon that the function displays in the dialog box. If this parameter is NULL, the function displays the Microsoft® Windows® or Windows NT® icon.

Note that the ShellAbout function dialog box uses text and a default icon that are specific to either Windows or Windows NT.

An example of a ShellAbout dialog box can be seen by selecting the About Program Manager command in Program Manager.

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