Standard Shell Functions
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8/28/2008
The following table shows the standard shell functions, with a description of the purpose of each.
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This function specifies an application-defined callback function used with the SHBrowseForFolder function. |
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This function is a library-defined callback function that serves as the entry point for a Control Panel application. |
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This function adds a document to the shell's list of recently used documents or clears all documents from the list. |
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This function takes the fully qualified pointer to an item identifier list (PIDL) of a namespace object and returns a specified interface pointer on the parent object. |
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This function displays a dialog box that allows a user to select a folder. |
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This function creates a shortcut. |
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This function automatically creates a uniquely named shortcut in a specified directory. |
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This function sends a message to the system to add, modify, or delete an icon from the taskbar status area. |
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This function performs an action on a file. The file can be an executable file or a document. |
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This function can be used to copy, move, rename, or delete a file system object. |
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Retrieves the IShellFolder interface for the desktop folder, which is the root of the shell's namespace. |
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This function retrieves the path to the documents directory for the volume specified in the pszVolume parameter. |
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This function retrieves information about an object in the file system, such as a file, a folder, a directory, or a drive root. |
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This function retrieves a pointer to the shell's IMalloc interface. |
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This function converts an item identifier list to a file system path. |
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This function retrieves the shortcut's target path. |
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This function retrieves the location of a special folder, such as My Handheld PC, Recycle Bin, Desktop, Printers, Fonts, or various file system directories. |
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This function retrieves the path of a special folder, identified by its CSIDL. |
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This function loads a bitmap from the specified file. |
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This function displays a system-defined dialog box notifying the user that memory is full. |
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This function takes a STRRET structure returned by IShellFolder::GetDisplayNameOf, converts it to a string, and places the result in a buffer. |