Get current selection in WindowsExplorer from a C# application?

Question

Is it possible to get a list of the files that are currently selected in Windows Explorer from my C# app?

I have done a lot of research on different methods of inter

Answer 1

Finally figured out a solution, thanks to this question: Get selected items of folder with WinAPI.

I ended up with the following, in order to get a list of currently selected files:

IntPtr handle = GetForegroundWindow();

List<string> selected = new List<string>();
var shell = new Shell32.Shell();
foreach(SHDocVw.InternetExplorer window in shell.Windows())
{
    if (window.HWND == (int)handle)
    {
        Shell32.FolderItems items = ((Shell32.IShellFolderViewDual2)window.Document).SelectedItems();
        foreach(Shell32.FolderItem item in items)
        {
            selected.Add(item.Path);
        }
    }
}

Apparently window.Document corresponds to the actual folder view inside the explorer window, which isn't very intuitive. But other than the misleading variable/method names, this works perfectly.