Get Index from ITEMIDLIST? - winapi

Given an ITEMID_CHILD (ITEMIDLIST) obtained from an IEnumIDList::Next() which is an enumeration of IFolderView::Items(), how do you convert the ITEMIDLIST to the index which would be needed in something like IFolderView::SelectItem()?
P.S. I know IFolderView::SelectAndPositionItems() exists, but this question is specific to obtaining the index (I couldn't find where an ::IndexOf() exists)
TIA!!

There is no direct way exposed by IFolderView to get the index of a given child ITEMIDLIST. You have to remember the index manually while enumerating the folder's items with IEnumIDList. Or, you can loop through the items using IFolderView::Item() until you find an index that returns a matching ITEMIDLIST.

One workaround is to use IShellFolderView::UpdateObject, passing in the pidl as the first two arguments. IShellFolderView::RefreshObject also looked like an option, but for me it returns E_NOTIMPL.

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