shell-extension

Shell Icon Overlay (C#)

I need a method to create Icon Overlay's for Folders and Files in Windows XP/Vista, using C# or C++? Any examples? Thanks, -Sean! ...

Restrict Windows shell extension to folder/drive

Hey guys, I'm working on a shell extension that is supposed to display extended properties of files (mostly .jpgs) stored on a virtual drive (think of it as an external harddrive). Is it possible to register the shell extension in a way that it only kicks in for files of a specific folder/drive (in my case the external harddrive) and l...

MSBuildShellExtension alternative?

Any alternatives out there to MSBuildShellExtension for running msbuild targets from the Explorer context menu? I'm looking for an alternative that is a bit more dynamic than MSBuildShellExtension -- e.g., instead of requiring manual configuration of build targets, reading available targets from the selected project file and listing thes...

"Build" item in Windows Explorer's context menu of a VS solution file?

I wonder why this is not integrated by default. I'd like to have an item in Windows Explorer's file context menu of a VS solution file to build it. Is there a tool for this? Or do I have to create this myself? ...

Is there a Click Handler for Shell Extension

After going through MSDN Shell Extensions I am not quite sure if I can extend the behaviour of Shell Click or Click Event of explorer. Any suggestion or Code Snipet, article or Walk through? ...

How do we register Shell extension with a certain file extension

I have tested a small shell extension referring to the article on code project. Though the whole process is quite complicated , I have some how idea what are the follwoing methodsand what do thet do.: Initialize,DragQueryFile,GetCommandString,InvokeCommand,QueryContextMenu But after reading through it I can not understand how Our Co...

Template for basic context menu shell extension

Hi, I am creating a Qt4 c++ application and i target Windows and Linux. For windows i added an entry in the registry to create a context menu in explorer. After adding this feature the windows users want me to add an icon in that context menu. It seams that the only way to add the icon is to use a shell extension(except for windows 7 whe...