I open Windows Explorer and enter an IP for a computer on my home network (\192.168.1.101). It takes 30 seconds or more to present a list of the shared folders. Once they appear, navigating through folders and opening files is fast. Suspecting that the remote computer was being automatically indexed or something, I went into Tools->Fold...
How to inherit from the windows explorer (Desktop, thing with help of which we explore our Mu computer and so on directory’s) (in any programming language)? customize it add program fetchers ( adding to Windows Explorer Mac teachers or sorting algorithms or adding buttons or anything ) What do I need: EXAMPLES Open Source lib...
I'd like to be able to include shortcuts in my solution explorer so that I can just double click in solution explorer to open a directory related to the project or solution, is this possible? Currently if I add a shortcut to the solution it comes up as a .lnk file and it opens insides Visual studio as a binary file instead of opening in ...
I am researching the development of an add-on for Windows Explorer that will add some enhancements to the WebDAV therein, and to that end I'm looking for a good, reliable way to force a DLL to be loaded with Windows Explorer in XP/Vista/Win7 32- and 64-bit OSes. I seem to recall that a BHO would be loaded by Windows Explorer in the same...
Hi, I am trying to add a button to one of the existing tool bars in any windows explorer instance. After much research i figured out that BHO (browser helper objects) are the best way to hook to windows explorer. My question is : Is that the correct way to go about it ? In the SetSite of the BHO i get the comObject that is the e...
In a WPF application, when a user clicks on a button I want to open the Windows explorer to a certain directory, how do I do that? I would expect something like this: Windows.OpenExplorer("c:\test"); ...
Once my installer finishes installing new versions of my application's exe, I'd like to tell Explorer to use the new exe's icons for its shortcuts. However, I cannot figure out how to do this. From reading online, it looks like the problem is that the system image list is caching an old version of the icon. I tried calling SHChangeNot...
Or, failing that, how can I add an entry to the context menu that pops up when you right-click the header column (from the "More..." list). I've been digging around the Shell API docs for a while and I can't seem to find anything. This comes up in at least two situations I've run into: At my workplace, we routinely inspect the "Produ...
when i install an application it should add an item to windows explorer context menu using system registry. but it gives an error that "SOME OR ALL IDENTITY REFERENCES COULD NOT BE RESOLVED" KINDLY HELP ...
When right-clicking a file in Windows Explorer, the "Open with" menu item displays a list of available applications, based on the file type of the clicked file. See this picture as an example: Now I want to be able to programmatically read the list of applications for a given file extension/type (e.g. "png") from within a C# .NET 2.0...
I have an operating System Vista(64-Bit). I have made a dll.For example, i have installed "folder protect". due to this dll when i right click on any folder the "folder protect" appears in the context menu.Actually any software being installed appears in the context menu.But sometimes it appears and sometimes not.on the other hand in wi...
I have created a new Windows shell context menu item using registry and keys HKLM\Software\Classes\Folder\shell\appname HKLM\Software\Classes\Folder\shell\appname\command now I want to add an icon to this command. How I do that? ...
There is web page that displayed file structure - folders and files. How to emulate Windows Explorer "List" view on this web page? The order of items should be following: from top to bottom and from left to right. I can arrange items from left to right only, by it doesn't confirm to Windows "List" view: Item_1 Item_2 Item_3 It...
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...
I'm fed up with using Windows Explorer as my file browser as I use Cygwin bash as my primary command line environment. Windows Explorer shows the full path in the address bar. Usually, I copy that, pasting it to the cygwin command prompt as in cygpath "" I then copy paste the output of cygpath so I can cd to it. I've also set up c...
Based on the answers I received at superuser, it's clear that I'll have to add the following to a custom Explorer Window launcher. I want to launch a rooted explorer view, and for just that window make the navigation pane look like the old Windows XP folders pane. I already wrote a program to place shortcuts to these folder views on the ...
Hello Explorer of Windows 7 uses a new light-blue bar with buttons like "Organize", "Share", "New Folder" etc. How can I create a new button ? Do I need to create a plugin for explorer.exe, and if, how do I do it (using Visual Studio .NET) ? Or is it a simple registry key I have to set which points to an exe or bat? Thanks in advance...
So I'm using FileSystemWatcher to populate and update a playlist. I want to replicate many features of Windows Explorer, most importantly: * inline rename * slow double click to rename I'm having quite a hassle doing this, so I thought, maybe there's an easier way than reimplementing the wheel? Maybe I can somehow host a Windows Explo...
Hello All, Is there a way to gain access to the Windows Explorer shell context menus for files & folders without using a complete Explorer drop-in control? The gist of my plight is this: I have a Viewport3D that displays a handful of raw files & folders. Basically, it's like every other 3d explorer replacement you've ever seen :) W...
I would like to create a webpage that collects a users search criteria. Then when they click a button, send the parameters to the Windows Explorer Search utility and run it. Can this be done? If so, how? I am using asp.net to create my webpages. ...