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The shell32 manages the Windows graphicall shell. It implements a lot of the Windows Explorer.

The Shell Namespace. Like files and directories forms a filesystem hierarchy, the hierarchy displayed by shell32 is called the shell namespace. It contains all the files and directories as descendents of My Computer (and under wine the Unixfs '/' folder) but it contains many more folders (e.g. Control Panel, Network Neighborhood etc.)

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".NET 7 Way" Of Getting Extended File Attributes

I need to modernize some file I/O helper code from .NET 4.x to .NET 7, and in particular, a method to read Extended File Attributes. In the past, using Shell32 was regarded as a "necessary evil" to dive into file metadata. Is there a more modern way…
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Disable Windows Recycle Bin delete confirmation in C#

I am creating a small program which has a few functionalities to make my PC "feel better". One of those functionalities is emptying my recycle bin. I am using the following code for that: enum RecycleFlags : uint { SHERB_NOCONFIRMATION =…
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DeleteFile (kernel32.dll) vs DeleteItem (shell32.dll)

What is the difference between the two functions? DeleteFile function IFileOperation::DeleteItem method
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Unzipping A file in vb

I get exception when I try to unzip a file When I remove the try I receive: Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Try Dim sc As New Shell32.Shell() ' 'Create directory in which…
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Let a Form stay on top even if ToggleDesktop() (shell32.dll) is called

is there anyway to capture and cancel or do something like me.activate when the show desktop event is triggered and make my form visible? note: The show desktop event is triggered by another app which is installed in some of my users pc. I am not…
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Folder.GetDetailsOf returns wrong Item type

I am working on retrieving data from a .mp4 file using the Shell32 library. The code I have works on localhost, but when I use it on a IIS server it returns the file as a "MP4 File" instead of a "MP4 Video" which results in no video data (Width,…
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Show Window specific JumpList in Windows

My program opens multiple windows on taskbar (not MDI). I want to display a Jumplist that is specific for each Window. How is it done?
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