SHGLOBALCOUNTER enumeration (shlwapi.h)

Identifiers for various global counters, or shared variables. Each global counter can be incremented or decremented using SHGlobalCounterIncrement and SHGlobalCounterDecrement.

Syntax

typedef enum {
  GLOBALCOUNTER_SEARCHMANAGER,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_SEARCHOPTIONS,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_FOLDERSETTINGSCHANGE,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RATINGS,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_APPROVEDSITES,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RESTRICTIONS,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_SHELLSETTINGSCHANGED,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_SYSTEMPIDLCHANGE,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_OVERLAYMANAGER,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_QUERYASSOCIATIONS,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_IESESSIONS,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_IEONLY_SESSIONS,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_APPLICATION_DESTINATIONS,
  __UNUSED_RECYCLE_WAS_GLOBALCOUNTER_CSCSYNCINPROGRESS,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_BITBUCKETNUMDELETERS,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_SHARES,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_A,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_B,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_C,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_D,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_E,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_F,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_G,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_H,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_I,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_J,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_K,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_L,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_M,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_N,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_O,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_P,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_Q,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_R,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_S,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_T,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_U,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_V,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_W,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_X,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_Y,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_Z,
  __UNUSED_RECYCLE_WAS_GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_SERVERDRIVE,
  __UNUSED_RECYCLE_WAS_GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEGLOBALDIRTYCOUNT,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEBINENUM,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEBINCORRUPTED,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_RATINGS_STATECOUNTER,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_PRIVATE_PROFILE_CACHE,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_INTERNETTOOLBAR_LAYOUT,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_FOLDERDEFINITION_CACHE,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_COMMONPLACES_LIST_CACHE,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_PRIVATE_PROFILE_CACHE_MACHINEWIDE,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_ASSOCCHANGED,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_APP_ITEMS_STATE_STORE_CACHE,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_SETTINGSYNC_ENABLED,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_APPSFOLDER_FILETYPEASSOCIATION_COUNTER,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_USERINFOCHANGED,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_SYNC_ENGINE_INFORMATION_CACHE_MACHINEWIDE,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_BANNERS_DATAMODEL_CACHE_MACHINEWIDE,
  GLOBALCOUNTER_MAXIMUMVALUE
} SHGLOBALCOUNTER;

Constants

GLOBALCOUNTER_SEARCHMANAGER The global counter for use with the ISearchManager.
GLOBALCOUNTER_SEARCHOPTIONS The global counter for use with ISearchQueryHelper to identify whether a query parser's settings have changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_FOLDERSETTINGSCHANGE The global counter used to identify whether folder settings have changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RATINGS The global counter used to identify whether ratings have changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_APPROVEDSITES The global counter used to identify whether approved sites have changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RESTRICTIONS The global counter used to identify whether restrictions have changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_SHELLSETTINGSCHANGED The global counter used to identify whether Shell settings have changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_SYSTEMPIDLCHANGE The global counter used to identify whether a system PIDL has changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_OVERLAYMANAGER The global counter used to identify whether the overlay manager state has changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_QUERYASSOCIATIONS The global counter used to identify whether query associations have changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_IESESSIONS The global counter used to identify whether the number of IE sessions has changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_IEONLY_SESSIONS The global counter used to identify whether the number of IE sessions has changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_APPLICATION_DESTINATIONS Identifies The global counter used to identify whether applications have been added or removed from the system.
__UNUSED_RECYCLE_WAS_GLOBALCOUNTER_CSCSYNCINPROGRESS Unused.
GLOBALCOUNTER_BITBUCKETNUMDELETERS The global counter used to identify deletions to the Recycle Bin.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_SHARES The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on a share.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_A The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive A.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_B The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive B.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_C The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive C.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_D The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive D.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_E The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive E.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_F The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive F.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_G The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive G.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_H The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive H.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_I The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive I.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_J The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive J.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_K The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive K.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_L The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive L.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_M The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive M.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_N The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive N.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_O The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive O.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_P The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive P.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_Q The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive Q.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_R The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive R.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_S The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive S.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_T The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive T.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_U The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive U.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_V The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive V.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_W The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive W.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_X The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive X.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_Y The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive Y.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_DRIVE_Z The global counter used to identify whether settings have changed on drive Z.
__UNUSED_RECYCLE_WAS_GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEDIRTYCOUNT_SERVERDRIVE Unused.
__UNUSED_RECYCLE_WAS_GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEGLOBALDIRTYCOUNT Unused.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEBINENUM The global counter used to identify whether the Recycle Bin settings have changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RECYCLEBINCORRUPTED The global counter used to identify whether a Recycle Bin has been deleted.
GLOBALCOUNTER_RATINGS_STATECOUNTER The global counter used to identify whether ratings have changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_PRIVATE_PROFILE_CACHE The global counter state.
GLOBALCOUNTER_INTERNETTOOLBAR_LAYOUT The global counter used to identify whether the Internet toolbar layout has changed.
GLOBALCOUNTER_FOLDERDEFINITION_CACHE The global counter used to identify changes to the folder definition cache.
GLOBALCOUNTER_COMMONPLACES_LIST_CACHE The global counter used to identify state changes for the commonplaces list cache.
GLOBALCOUNTER_PRIVATE_PROFILE_CACHE_MACHINEWIDE The global counter state, machine-wide.
GLOBALCOUNTER_ASSOCCHANGED The global counter used to identify the current GlobalAssocChangedCounter registry value for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer.
GLOBALCOUNTER_APP_ITEMS_STATE_STORE_CACHE Introduced in Windows 8. The global counter used to identify whether the Store is current.
GLOBALCOUNTER_SETTINGSYNC_ENABLED Introduced in Windows 8. The global counter used to determine whether sync is enabled or disabled.
GLOBALCOUNTER_APPSFOLDER_FILETYPEASSOCIATION_COUNTER Introduced in Windows 8. The global counter used to identify the current FTACounter registry value for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\StateStore.
GLOBALCOUNTER_USERINFOCHANGED Introduced in Windows 8. The global counter used to identify user info change state.
GLOBALCOUNTER_SYNC_ENGINE_INFORMATION_CACHE_MACHINEWIDE Introduced in Windows 8.1. The global counter used to identify sync engine counter state, machine wide..
GLOBALCOUNTER_BANNERS_DATAMODEL_CACHE_MACHINEWIDE
GLOBALCOUNTER_MAXIMUMVALUE The maximum value any shared variable can have.

Remarks

These global counters are shared variables that can help identify whether the state of a Windows component has changed over time. They can be used with these functions: SHGlobalCounterDecrement, SHGlobalCounterIncrement, SHGlobalCounterGetValue.

Example

The following pseudocode example shows how a global counter can be used.

void ValidateSomeSettings()
    {
        // Get the current GLOBALCOUNTER_SHELLSETTINGSCHANGED value.
        long lGlobalSettingsCounter = SHGlobalCounterGetValue(GLOBALCOUNTER_SHELLSETTINGSCHANGED);
            
        // Do some other work
        ...
    
        // Verify whether the Shell settings have changed since entering this method.
        if (lGlobalSettingsCounter == SHGlobalCounterGetValue(GLOBALCOUNTER_SHELLSETTINGSCHANGED))
        {
            // Commit the work that was done earlier 
            ...
        }
    
        else
        {
            // Shell settings have changed. Rollback and redo.
            ...
        }
    }

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 7 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only]
Header	shlwapi.h

See also

SHGlobalCounterDecrement

SHGlobalCounterGetValue

SHGlobalCounterIncrement