I recently moved some of my software projects to .NET 5. I use the Microsoft WindowsAPICodePack to work with the Windows Shell, but this library is getting old and does not seem to be maintai...

Trying to use the below mentioned approach to get more details about the locked file. Is file in use function GetFileInUseInfo(const FileName : WideString) : IFileIsInUse; var ROT : IRunningObj...

I've been working on a Windows Forms application, and have recently added a simple settings page that allows the user to select a folder for where the output goes. The OpenFileDialog is ugly and no...

I'd like to know if it's possible to set/edit a file extended properties (Explorer: Right-click > Properties > Details) using the Windows API Code Pack. var shellFile = Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePac...

I tried looking this on SO but all the questions that attempt to answer do not provide a full answer. I actually want to add a property to the details tab of an existing the file. File is of the s...

The icons in my TaskDialog are missing: And in the taskbar: My code is this: using Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack; using Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.Dialogs; ... TaskDialog taskDialog = new ...

Why has itself and the evidence it ever existed been removed? Only a half year ago it was promoted on channel9 as Something that should be in everyones pack -- today the Microsoft Archive is...

I cannot find the namespace for ShellFile. I have added using System.Windows.Shell and also tried loading the Windows7APICodePack through the package manager console: PM> install-Package Window...

I´m developing a modern WPF application. I want to use the TaskDialog, but I always get the common error: TaskDialog feature needs to load version 6 of comctl32.dll but a different version is c...

I'm using the windows function ReadProcessMemory in VBA/VB6 and I don't understand why when I change the passing mechanism of lpBuffer to ByVal the function still modifies the value of the original...

Using the code from previous stack overflow questions: System.Drawing.Bitmap image; ShellFile f = ShellFile.FromFilePath(fileLocation); image = f.Thumbnail.ExtraLargeBitmap; image.Save(tempfile, I...

I have made an application that presents you a list of files in your computer. Whenever you click any item in the list, a small PictureBox next to it should show the thumbnail of the corresponding ...

I am using Microsoft's CommonOpenFileDialog to allow users to select a Folder, but no files are visible when the dialog comes up. Is it possible to show files as well as folders when IsFolderPicker...

I’m using WindowsAPICodePack, getting ShellFile’s Thumbnail’s. But some of those which look like the generic icons – have a black background. I therefore make it a Bitmap and set Black as transpare...

How to print name of file open by some process (PID) in window? Or All Processes (PID) currently open a file. Process Explorer is a utility works for same. But how does it work not mentioned? Any...

I am writing an application and wanted to use the TaskDialogIndirect function - however I did not want to write a huge amount of P/Invoke stuff etc. so I have included the WinAPICodePack. There is ...

I want an application which displays the some file properties of a mediafile if available, like (don't know the exact english words used in windows for it) FileName, Length/Duration, FileType(.avi ...

I tried: C:\Windows\System32>ilmerge /target:winexe /out:c:\output.exe c:\MyProgram.exe c:\Microsoft.WindowsAPICodePack.dll But got: 'ilmerge' is not recognized as an internal or external co...

I don't have an XP machine handy. If I use the Windows API Codepack to do something new to Vista/Win7 (e.g. "TaskDialog") in C#, how does it cope with running on Windows XP machines? If I use the ...