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shlobj.h header

This header is used by multiple technologies. For more information, see:

shlobj.h contains the following programming interfaces:

Interfaces

 
IActiveDesktopP

Exposes methods that manage the Windows Desktop.
IADesktopP2

Provides methods to manage the Windows Desktop.
IColumnProvider

Exposes methods that enable the addition of custom columns in the Windows Explorer Details view.
ICopyHookA

Exposes a method that creates a copy hook handler. (ANSI)
ICopyHookW

Exposes a method that creates a copy hook handler. (Unicode)
ICurrentWorkingDirectory

Exposes methods that enable a client to retrieve or set an object's current working directory.
IDefViewFrame

Used only for its IUnknown functionality. It has no methods of its own.
IDockingWindowFrame

Exposes methods that support the addition of IDockingWindow objects to a frame. Implemented by the browser.
IDocViewSite

Used as a site object by the IShellView interface.
IFileViewerA

Exposes methods that designate an interface that allows a registered file viewer to be notified when it must show or print a file. (ANSI)
IFileViewerSite

Exposes methods that designate an interface that allows a file viewer to retrieve the handle to the current pinned window, or to set a new pinned window.
IFileViewerW

Exposes methods that designate an interface that allows a registered file viewer to be notified when it must show or print a file. (Unicode)
INewShortcutHookA

Exposes methods to create a new Internet shortcut. (ANSI)
INewShortcutHookW

Exposes methods to create a new Internet shortcut. (Unicode)
IShellFolderBand

IShellFolderBand may be altered or unavailable.
IShellImageStore

Deprecated. Exposes methods that manipulate the image cache.
IThumbnailCapture

Exposes a method that obtains a thumbnail representation of an HTML wallpaper.

Functions

 
DriveType

The DriveType function determines the drive type based on the drive number. (DriveType function)
GetFileNameFromBrowse

The GetFileNameFromBrowse function creates an Open dialog box so that the user can specify the drive, directory, and name of a file to open.
PathIsSlowA

PathIsSlow may be altered or unavailable. (ANSI)
PathIsSlowW

PathIsSlow may be altered or unavailable. (Unicode)
PathProcessCommand

Deprecated. Processes a string that contains a command line and generates a suitably quoted string, with arguments attached if required.
PerUserInit

Creates My Documents and other special folders, initializes them as needed, and creates the Send To shortcut menu item for My Documents.
SHChangeNotifyRegisterThread

Enables asynchronous register and deregister of a thread.
SHCreatePropSheetExtArray

SHCreatePropSheetExtArray may be altered or unavailable.
SHCreateQueryCancelAutoPlayMoniker

Deprecated. Creates a QueryCancelAutoPlay class moniker, which can then be used to register the IQueryCancelAutoPlay handler in the running object table (ROT).
SHLoadOLE

Deprecated. Provided for backward compatibility.
SHMultiFileProperties

Displays a merged property sheet for a set of files. Property values common to all the files are shown while those that differ display the string (multiple values).
SHOpenPropSheetA

SHOpenPropSheet may be altered or unavailable. (ANSI)
SHOpenPropSheetW

SHOpenPropSheet may be altered or unavailable. (Unicode)
SHRunControlPanel

Opens a Control Panel item.
SoftwareUpdateMessageBox

Displays a standard message box that can be used to notify a user that an application has been updated.

Structures

 
AASHELLMENUFILENAME

A variable-size structure that contains information about a menu file name.
AASHELLMENUITEM

Contains information about a menu item. (AASHELLMENUITEM)
BANDINFOSFB

Contains information about a folder band. This structure is used with the IShellFolderBand::GetBandInfoSFB and IShellFolderBand::SetBandInfoSFB methods.
FVSHOWINFO

Contains information that the file viewer uses to display a file.
SFV_SETITEMPOS

Stores position information for an item. Used with message SFVM_SETITEMPOS.
SHChangeProductKeyAsIDList

SHChangeProductKeyAsIDList structure
SHCOLUMNDATA

Contains information that identifies a particular file. It is used by IColumnProvider::GetItemData when requesting data for a particular file.
SHCOLUMNINFO

Contains information about the properties of a column. It is used by IColumnProvider::GetColumnInfo.
SHCOLUMNINIT

Passes initialization information to IColumnProvider::Initialize.
TBINFO

Used with the SFVM_GETBUTTONINFO notification to specify the number of buttons to add to the toolbar, as well as how they're added.