c++ - Windows loadimage function fails but gelasterror function also returns null -

how can loadimage return null getlasterror returns null - doesn't make sense. here simple program demonstrates problem:

#include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> void main() { int e; hicon  icon;  icon = (hicon)loadimage(null, "\\temp\\icona.ico", image_icon,0,0,lr_loadfromfile); e = getlasterror(); printf("result: %x %d \n",icon, e ); return; } 

when compile, link , run get:

result: 0 0