Hello,

I'm trying to implement my own ShellFolder. This folder should
represent a virtual folder in the explorer, but the data that will be
listet, should be provided by some webservices.

I found out, that I have to add some Registry-Keys and in the key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{myUID}\InprocServer32 I can set the name of
my dll that implements the IShellFolder.

That looks like that:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
{D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}]
@="FOLDER_TEST"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
{D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\test\\MyIcon.ico"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
{D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\test\\MyNamespaceExtension.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"
"LoadWithoutCOM"=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
{D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:00,00,00,00
"WantsFORPARSING"=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
\MyComputer\NameSpace\{D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}]
@="FOLDER_TEST"

Then I build a DLL and register it with regasm. After starteing the
explorer I see the new foldernode in MyComputer but my functions seems
do be ignored.

Has someone done something like this before and can tell me what I've
done wrong.
It would be great if someone has a example of a C# ShellFolder to
provide own data ...

Thanks,
Sascha

Sascha

Have you had any luck with getting the virtual ShellFolder to work? I am interested to hear what you have found.

Thanks,

Andre

> On Saturday, April 26, 2008 12:42 AM Sascha wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to implement my own ShellFolder. This folder should
> represent a virtual folder in the explorer, but the data that will be
> listet, should be provided by some webservices.
>
> I found out, that I have to add some Registry-Keys and in the key
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{myUID}\InprocServer32 I can set the name of
> my dll that implements the IShellFolder.
>
> That looks like that:
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
> {D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}]
> @="FOLDER_TEST"
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
> {D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}\DefaultIcon]
> @="C:\\test\\MyIcon.ico"
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
> {D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}\InprocServer32]
> @="C:\\test\\MyNamespaceExtension.dll"
> "ThreadingModel"="Apartment"
> "LoadWithoutCOM"=""
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
> {D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}\ShellFolder]
> "Attributes"=hex:00,00,00,00
> "WantsFORPARSING"=""
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
> \MyComputer\NameSpace\{D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}]
> @="FOLDER_TEST"
>
> Then I build a DLL and register it with regasm. After starteing the
> explorer I see the new foldernode in MyComputer but my functions seems
> do be ignored.
>
> Has someone done something like this before and can tell me what I've
> done wrong.
> It would be great if someone has a example of a C# ShellFolder to
> provide own data ...
>
> Thanks,
> Sascha


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Sascha

Have you had any luck with getting the virtual ShellFolder to work? I am interested to hear what you have found.

Thanks,

Andre

> On Saturday, April 26, 2008 12:42 AM Sascha wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to implement my own ShellFolder. This folder should
> represent a virtual folder in the explorer, but the data that will be
> listet, should be provided by some webservices.
>
> I found out, that I have to add some Registry-Keys and in the key
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{myUID}\InprocServer32 I can set the name of
> my dll that implements the IShellFolder.
>
> That looks like that:
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
> {D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}]
> @="FOLDER_TEST"
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
> {D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}\DefaultIcon]
> @="C:\\test\\MyIcon.ico"
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
> {D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}\InprocServer32]
> @="C:\\test\\MyNamespaceExtension.dll"
> "ThreadingModel"="Apartment"
> "LoadWithoutCOM"=""
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\
> {D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}\ShellFolder]
> "Attributes"=hex:00,00,00,00
> "WantsFORPARSING"=""
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
> \MyComputer\NameSpace\{D4754B5B-0581-4746-8C2E-6A29DB98AF0E}]
> @="FOLDER_TEST"
>
> Then I build a DLL and register it with regasm. After starteing the
> explorer I see the new foldernode in MyComputer but my functions seems
> do be ignored.
>
> Has someone done something like this before and can tell me what I've
> done wrong.
> It would be great if someone has a example of a C# ShellFolder to
> provide own data ...
>
> Thanks,
> Sascha


>> On Wednesday, October 20, 2010 6:45 AM Andre Jonker wrote:

>> Sascha
>>
>>
>>
>> Have you had any luck with getting the virtual ShellFolder to work? I am interested to hear what you have found.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Andre


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