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I was wanting to write a simple windows shell extension to add to the context menu, and C# is the language I most use these days. Is it a decent choice for a shell extension? Are the interfaces easy to get to with it? Is there additional overhead that...
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You can write a simple....
At the risk development in C#.
Of looking like a shill, EZShellExtensions is a wonderful (but non-free) framework for shell extensionA Raymond's post: Do not write in-process shell extensions in managed code .
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Hello.
I'm trying to debug shell extension (IContextMenu) in Windows 7 with Visual C++ 2008. I have set DesktopProcess=1 in the registry and set host app to explorer.exe. But when I start the debugger, it launches explorer.exe and then detaches from the...
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You should take a look at gflags....
This should launch the just-in-time debugger at the call and give you an idea of what is going on .
You could try putting a DebugBreak() call in your code .
Try launching explorer and THEN attaching the debugger to it .
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Hi,
I am looking for a Windows Explorer shell extension that will install a column handler to display the targets of shortcuts and bookmarks (ie .LNK and .URL files).
Please tell me that such an extension exists so that I don’t have to resort to writing...
Started by Synetech inc. on
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I don't know of any extension but xplorer² has a 'shortcut to' column that shows information about.
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I want to create a file that only resides in memory... In looking through some documentation I saw a recommendation to use a shell extension as a virtual file. Im not sure that is a workable solution but I would like to know
Is it a good approach (or ...
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As I understand....
Win32 API may have something akin to mmap() but I don't know it .
Is mmap() available? If not, I think BerkeleyDB has been ported to Windows so you should be able to use that .
You don't say on which plateform you are but I'm guessing Windows .
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I would like to write a shell extensions to completely customize the display of a particular folder, ala the Assembly Cache Viewer (browse to c:\windows\assembly and you will see what I mean). Which COM interfaces are responsible for providing these hooks...
Started by Adam on
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Example problem: If you target....
This article illustrates the process of creating custom shell namespace extensions using C# .
With the .NET Framework Extending the Windows shell with namespace extensions allows you to create.
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I have a directory with automatically generated files that all end with the .sample extension. I would like to have a way to remove the .sample extension from them all in one terminal command.
I tried this:
mv ./{$1}*.sample ./$1
But it doesn't work because...
Started by rogeriopvl on
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Time :~)
These expansions also support shell wildcards:
$ echo "${FILENAME%.*}" 140909_stats_report.
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On Windows 7 Ctrl + Shift + N works but not on Vista. I found this http://www.baxbex.com/products.html
but it doesn't install correctly on Vista.
So any alternative including tweaking the registry ?
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Judging?
CFI's ShellToys will....
Barring a spot-on answer that involves a shell extension, what about an AutoHotkey script? (I don't "shell extension" for Windows XP's Explorer has always just been Alt+F+W+F (File|New|Folder).
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Hi, this may not be strictly about programming, but if I find no ready-made solution it may become a programming task: On UNIX, what is a command-line method for determining the user-preferred application for a given filetype?
My ideal solution here would...
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Thanks all..
Slip through into the shell, which the above seems to fix.
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Is there a way to know which file is being selected in windows explorer? I've been looking at the tutorial posted here Idiots guide to ... but the actions described are:
hover
context
menu properties
drag
drag and drop
I wonder if is there a method that...
Started by Oscar Reyes on
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From win32com.client.gencache import EnsureDispatch for w in EnsureDispatch("Shell.Application").Windows(): print w.LocationName + "... .
I came across this python script.
I've just found something called DDE, is this what I'm looking for? I have no clue .
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I've been postponing this part of the project because I haven't found any particular helpful example/tutorial for these 2 aspects of Shell Extensions:
Return information for the Hint when you hover over a file. Context pop-up menu with extension context...
Started by Gustavo Carreno on
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VB Shell of....
The undocumented Windows Shell
This article explains how you can easily create a namespace extension with lots Guide to Writing Shell Extensions
Parts I and III should be of particular interest to you.
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