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The Windows Shell is the main graphical user interface in Windows hosted by Windows Explorer. It also implements a shell namespace that enables computer programs running on Windows to access the computer's resources via the hierarchy of shell objects.

The Windows Shell is the main graphical user interface in Windows hosted by Windows Explorer. Important features of Windows Shell include the Desktop, Taskbar, Start Menu, et cetera. Extending functionality of Windows Shell is possible using shell extensions.

In the shell namespace hierarchy "Desktop" is the top object; below it there are a number of files and folders stored on the disk, as well as a number of special folders whose contents are either virtual or dynamically created like the Recycle Bin, Libraries, Control Panel, This PC and Network.

Read more regarding the Windows Shell here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_shell

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Recycle Bin items shredding

I'd like to shred the recycle bin data, but I don't know which is the best approach, so it goes: - In windows vista and 7 the files are renamed starting with $R and a bunch of random chars and also a file starting with $I and the same random chars…
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Linker error for StrRetToBuf function

So I have this error: Error 1 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _imp_StrRetToBufW@16 referenced in function _wmain I include: #include "stdafx.h" #include #include #include and I call the…
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How can I add a context menu for recycle bin

How can I manage to add a context menu for windows recycle bin? And how could I eventually access the files within? I know Recycle bin is a virtual folder and that it has a tree-like structure, do I have to go all the way to access the files…
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Run program when a context menu item is clicked

How can I run a program when a context menu item in a shell extension is clicked?
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How to run a command without opening new shell using the AutoIt command line

I am currently writing a command line application in AutoIt and am having trouble with making it print back to the same command line I opened it in. My goal is to have the entire program work within a single shell. Here is what I tried…
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converting a windows shell IStream to std::ifstream/std::get_line

We have a lot of code written that makes use of the standard template library. I would like to integrate some of our apps into the windows shell, which should provide a better experience for our users. One piece of integration involves a Shell…
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How to fill a list or view via the windows shell (iDropTarget)

I have a little WinForms application with a tree view. I can drag and drop files and directories in, and I can start the program by dropping one or more files or directories on it / using the commandline (args). What I can’t figure out is how to…
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IShellView: ColumnHeaders not hidden if AutoView does not choose Details

I`m using an IShellView instance with the FVM_AUTO (-1) flag as view mode. That means the explorer should choose a viewstyle that fits the content of the displayed folder. This works fine except the fact, that columnheaders are visible for viewstyle…
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trouble with cake.bat

I am new to php and cake php. I am attempting to bake up some cakephp code in the Windows Command Prompt. When I do the command "cake bake" within C:\xampp\htdocs\cake\lib\Cake\Console, I get no result, just a blinking cursor. Has anyone else ever…
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Windows - How to make Python script output to current shell?

Possible Duplicate: How to make python scripts executable on Windows? Set up Python on Windows to not type python in cmd I would like to be able to execute a Python script with one command (i.e. filename -p parameter1) without having to type…
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Stylus ends batch execution

I am currently trying to write a batch file to build my project in Windows. The project is built with Stylus. Stylus was installed with node.js and the -g flag Whenever I run my batch file with the stylus command, no commands after the stylus call…
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Lotus Notes: Connection Error [Microsoft] [ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified

In one of the Lotus Notes application which requires connection with external SQL DB, we have one user who is getting error message prompt because ODBC driver is not able to connect. I did following checks: 1. User had permissions to EDIT registry…
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Open Windows Explorer Shell context menu

How do I enumerate the shell context menu item using Windows API? I need to do it in pure C.
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ipython under Emacs for WIndows hangs shell

Hi I recently downloaded ipython 0.12.1 – April 2012 and got it to work under Windows' terminal. i.e. I open a command prompt and type ipython and then the ipython prompt appears. All good and dandy until I needed to use it in emacs. So before even…
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How to check if IShellFolder is a drive?

I'm trying to filter folders displayed in SHBrowseForFolder and limit it to drives. I'm filtering this through IFilterFolder interface which lets me access the folder being displayed using IShellFolder interface. Is there a way to check if a given…
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