context menu folder

[Frederik]

Hi all,

I'm trying to extend the context menu that appears when right clicking a
folder in Windows Explorer. I've seen some examples in C++ (not .NET). Since
C++ is not (yet) my cup of tea, I would like to know how that context menu
can be extended using VB.NET or C# (preferably). Which library in the .NET
Framework is capable of doing this?

What I want to do is pretty straight forward: the path of the folder should
be passed to my application when a user clicks the button I added to the
menu.

Thanks a lot for your time,
Fre

 

[Jeff Gaines]

Hi all,

I'm trying to extend the context menu that appears when right clicking a
folder in Windows Explorer. I've seen some examples in C++ (not .NET). Since
C++ is not (yet) my cup of tea, I would like to know how that context menu
can be extended using VB.NET or C# (preferably). Which library in the .NET
Framework is capable of doing this?

What I want to do is pretty straight forward: the path of the folder should
be passed to my application when a user clicks the button I added to the
menu.

Thanks a lot for your time,
Fre

Have you looked at the example at:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
2003\SDK\v1.1\Samples\Technologies\Interop\Applications\ShellCmd

I used it as the base of a similar project to yours.

You're welcome to a zip of my project but you'll probably have
more fun doing it yourself )

 

[Frederik]

Thanks for the tip Jeff! I will take a close look at the sample.
And I will have fun building it myself ;-) That's the way we learn...

Frederik