Getting the right window of "CtrlNotifySink"

Question

Hello everyone, I tried to get a hold on the icons of any folder, by going down this window tree:

1. CabinetWClass
2. ShellTabWindowClass
3. DUIViewWndClassName
4. DirectUIHWND
5. CtrlNotifySink
6. SHELLDLL_DefView
7. DirectUIHWND

however, I am stuck in DirectUIHWND, because there are more than one child with the class name "CtrlNotifySink". I need to get a hold on a specific "CtrlNotifySink".. the one that have the child "SHELLDLL_DefView".

how can I do it?

Thanks, Aviad S.

Answer 1

You might be going about this the wrong way.

If you want to find out what folder windows the user has open, and look at the items within them, take a look at the scriptable shell objects. The examples on MSDN are mainly in VB and Javascript, but the approach applies to C# as well.

Answer 2

Hi Tim, Can you please share with me a specific reference about getting the icons coordinates in any folder?

p.s- I got a hold on the "SHELLDLL_DefView" handle, can't I just get the icon location from that?