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Implement IExtractIcon To Get Yellow Folder Icon And Extension Icon Of Virtual File
I am having the exact same problem as the engineer referenced in this link.
I was quite surprised at t he solution given by Raymond (Chen) because Raymond's answer seems (to me) to be circuitous: He ...
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Paste and Paste shortcut Greyed-Out In Context Menu Of Background of Default IShellView
I have a namespace extension that uses both SHCreateShellFolderView and SHCreateDefaultContextMenu. I also use IShellFolderViewCB and IContextMenuCB to create default objects. Most of the expected ...
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Default column index for sorting in Shell Namespace Extension
In my Shell Namespace Extension I am using SHCreateShellFolderView to obtain IShellView when it is requested:
IFACEMETHODIMP ShellFolder::CreateViewObject(HWND hwnd, REFIID riid, void** ppv)
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if (...
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Explorer ignores ParseDisplayName in Shell Namespace Extension
I am writing a Shell Namespace Extension.
How may I force explorer to access (and open) items that are not enumerated with IShellFolder::EnumObjects by typing their parsing name in the address bar?
I ...
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Alternatives to IShellFolderView's RemoveObject and AddObject methods
I know that IShellFolderView interface is no longer supported by the Windows Shell as of Windows 7. However I am still interested in the methods (i.e RemoveObject and AddObject) exposed by that ...
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Shell namespace extension registry on windows 10 IOT enterprise
I am creating a virtual folder with shell namespace extension on windows 10 IOT enterprise.
The code I am using come from windows 7 SDK samplesm which is provided by microsoft.
Here is the whole ...
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Can a shell namespace extension displaying a form receive/pass files to IFileDialogs?
I'd like to show a shell namespace extension in the new (since Windows Vista) IFileOpenDialog and IFileSaveDialog.
These dialogs can apparently display a custom form like the built-in Homegroup ...
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The value for "Shared" column is not displayed correctly in shell namespace extension
I use shell namespace extension to create a virtual folder on windows 7.
I want to add columns to this virtual folder so it can display the virtual files's details. However, the value for "Shared" ...
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How to update a shell namespace extension without explorer restart?
I have a shell namespace extension, using a file system folder as its junction point (by creating a desktop.ini file with my extension's CLSID in the folder).
When upgrading to a new version of the ...
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The new folder button created for virtual folder cannot be displayed in CFileDialog
By using shell namespace extension, I create a virtual folder and add a "New Folder" button on the toolbar, and I can see the button when I use windows explorer to open it:
The related code about the ...
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How to add background photos/text in the folder view on windows by shell namespace extension
I used miscrosoft SDK sample to create a virtual folder by shell namespace extension:
In this virtual folder, it has several folders. One of the folders is empty.
I want to change the background for ...
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Receiving parent's window handle on IShellFolder/IShellFolder2 EnumObjects implementations while searching?
I'm scratching my head in receiving the parent window handle in a namespace extension project i'm working on.
The use case is as follows:
User browses to a virtual folder through windows explorer
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How to get the path of the virtual folder in file save dialog?
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If I implement the ParseDislayName like following, dialog will report "The file already exist, do you want to replace ...
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cannot get the path for the virtual folder on windows 7 C++(shell namespace extension related)
By using Microsoft windows SDK 7.0, explorerDataProvider, I installed a virtual folder on windows 7.
When I open the file browse dialog from an application,
CFileDialog dlg(TRUE, NULL, 0, ...
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virtual folder is invisible in the CFileDialog in windows 7
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if (fIsFolder)
{
dwAttribs |= SFGAO_FOLDER;
}
else
{
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how to display the virtual folder only when user open the windows explorer from an app on win 7?
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I tried:
STDAPI_(BOOL) DllMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, DWORD dwReason, void *)
{
// Get the path and module name.
WCHAR ...
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Reload a namespace extension in explorer.exe that failed to load previously
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I have a Shell Namespace Extension that is located (using a virtual folder as its junction point) under MyComputer. It is possible to create a shortcut to my namespace extension. Here I ...
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