shell32

Is there any call which will get the date when the file was sent to recycle bin. Items object in Shell32 gives the lastmodified date but not when it is sent to recycle bin. I want to be able to restore files deleted on a particular date. OK - as usual it is very simple when you know how. I was thinking this would be a property of the file - but it is not - it is a property of the recycle bin. So once a link to the recycle bin has been got: var Shl = new Shell(); Folder Recycler = Shl.NameSpace(10); FI = Recycler.Items().Item(0); string FileName = Recycler.GetDetailsOf(FI, 0); string FilePath =

Now that .NET CLR 4.0 supports side by side (SxS) operation it should now be possible to write shell extensions in managed code. I have attempted this and successfully coded a Property Handler that implements IPropertyStore, IInitializeWithStream and IPropertyStoreCapabilities. The handler works fine and is called as expected when browsing files via the explorer. It also works fine in displaying the custom properties in the preview panel and the file properties "detail" panel. However, when I attempt to edit a property in the preview panel, and then click "Save" I get a "File In Use" error

Hmmm. Okay after revisiting PInvoke, I'm sure that I don't quite get it :-/ (just asked this question ) Let me illustrate the code I need to handle. It works when I use "Add Reference --> COM --> Microsoft Shell Controls and Automatation" ... but sadly it places a reference in my project that looks like this: "C:\Users\Tim\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Wing\FileWing\obj\Debug\Interop.Shell32.dll" I'm digging though the recycling bin and seek for a item that I want to recover. Is there any way NOT fighting through the PInvoke to get this done? Or to get a reference to the system32

Forgive me if my terminology is off, as this is somewhat uncharted territory for me. I have a program which needs to create a FolderShortcut . Microsoft has documentation on how to create it in C++, and I'm trying to translate the directions to C#. The instructions state that the CoCreateInstance function needs to be called with CLSID_FolderShortcut as a parameter, which I infer to mean that it's instantiating a COM object. The CLSID for this object is {0AFACED1-E828-11D1-9187-B532F1E9575D} . I've tried adding a reference to Shell32.dll from the COM tab, but the FolderShortcut object does not

So I'm using the following code to dump every extended file attribute to the debug console... ShellClass shellClass = new ShellClass(); Folder dir = shellClass.NameSpace(Path.GetDirectoryName(sFilePath)); FolderItem item = dir.ParseName(Path.GetFileName(sFilePath)); for (int i = 0; i < 267; i++) { System.Debug.WriteLine(dir.GetDetailsOf(item, i)); } As Shell32 is a non-managed library, I can't embed the DLL resource in the program directly, and it has to generate an interop helper DLL. Anyone know of the DLLImport command lines for these functions in Shell32 to get around the whole generation

I am trying to get a list of selected files from the Windows Desktop and the Explorer Windows. The requirement is that I should be able to retrieve the current selection from the active explorer window or the Desktop. I have managed to put together the following code, after going through online resources, but it does not provide a list of selected items from the Desktop. ArrayList selected = new ArrayList(); var shell = new Shell32.Shell(); IntPtr handle = IntPtr.Zero; handle = GetForegroundWindow(); int intHandle = handle.ToInt32(); //For each explorer foreach (InternetExplorer window in new

Not a terribly good question, sorry. I have a program that needs to be alerted when a file is opened from explorer (i.e. ShellExecute(A/W) is called). Unfortunately, Microsoft removed the COM interface (IShellExecuteHook) that allows you to hook these events in Vista and up, supposedly because older code could cause a crash due to changes. There was a work-around to re-enable this feature, but it no longer works. I've done some research and it looks like the only way to catch calls to ShellExecute is to re-route the call to shell32.dll. At the moment, I'm looking at injecting my own DLL into