Working with libraries in Windows

Question

Hey everyone, in windows you can add folders of an existing library (.library-ms file), view the contents of a library or create a new library. I would like to know if it is possible to interact with libraries programmatically. If you have any examples or useful sources, I would be glad to see them.

Answer 1

With IShellLibrary and some Shell APIs

See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2009/june/inside-windows-7-introducing-libraries

and MS samples like :

https://github.com/pauldotknopf/WindowsSDK7-Samples/tree/3f2438b15c59fdc104c13e2cf6cf46c1b16cf281/winui/shell/appplatform/ShellLibraryCommandLine