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Overview From my past posts about implementing your own Shell Namespace, there have been some great questions posted by readers. Many of these stem from the fact that the Namespace example is fairly simple in that it does not implement all of the behavior Read More...
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Overview In my earlier post , I showed how to create a Shell Namespace Extension using the default IShellView implementation (also known as DefView). One thing you might have noticed from the sample is that the Commands Module is void of even the default Read More...
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In the first part of my posts for the IFileOperation interface , I wanted to give an overview of what it is used for and leave the real meat for later. Now it’s time for the fun stuff. In this post I want to dig into the use of the IFileOperationProgressSink Read More...
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Many developers who have used Shell APIs have had at one time or another used SHFileOperation in their code. SHFileOperation is used to perform copy, move, rename and delete operations on items in the file system. It is an entry point into the Shell’s Read More...
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In past versions of Windows, when a user encountered a file that is in use by another process, he would be presented with an unfriendly dialog like this: What process is using this file? What should the user do? There is nothing actionable for the user Read More...
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Overview When implementing a Shell namespace extension, a developer must provide an object that implements the IShellView interface. However, Microsoft® Windows® provides a default implementation of IShellView known as the System Folder View Object Read More...
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Part 1 - Introduction A lot of things happen when a new version of Windows is finished. Parties are thrown, vacations are had, millions of discs are pressed, boxed, and shipped around the world. There’s another tradition, however, that you may remember Read More...
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A long, long time ago, before Windows Vista, techies preferred clean installing the latest release of Windows to upgrading. They knew that there was a lingering problem specific to upgrades that never really went away, long after application compatibility Read More...
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In previous episodes of Dr. Unattend, you learned how Windows Vista's setup can be automated using unattend answer files . You also learned how to create and validate a simple unattend answer file using Windows System Image Manager (WSIM) that pumps Read More...
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Keyboard shortcuts help maximize efficiency at common tasks, the lesser known ones are even sometimes passed around as expert tips for Windows. I have to admit that seeing someone in action that knows all the shortcuts and can use them together efficiently Read More...
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Building Your First TaskDialog (Part 3) Jeff Miller - October 16, 2006 UPDATE: October 17, 2006 -- made a bunch of changes based on guidelines feedback from Everett McKay. Also made source code downloadable by request of Ales Holecek. Thanks to both of Read More...
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We’ve received good feedback about RC1 and how its quality has improved over Beta 2. We certainly didn’t do this alone though and I want to reveal the powerful, if somewhat secret, force behind a lot of these changes: our Beta Community. Our Read More...
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Generally speaking, if a tester waits until code has finished being written, they are not going to be able to get the product to their own high level of quality. Time is against you, and developers will eventually start menacing you with nerf rifles when Read More...
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NOTE: Unattended setup is geared at OEMs and corporate customers, and not really at consumers, so you may not be able to download tools and documentation from http://connect.microsoft.com . But read on … this is a really cool Windows Vista feature! Read More...
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Hi! Welcome to the Windows Shell Blog site. My name is Jerry Koh, and I’m the Lead PM for First Experience, Logon and Profiles Team in Shell. We build and work with many partner teams to bring you the First Experience on Windows, as well as the Read More...
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