Shell Lightweight Utility Functions

This section describes the Windows Shell lightweight utility functions. The programming elements explained in this documentation are exported by Shlwapi.dll and defined in Shlwapi.h and Shlwapi.lib.

These functions are divided by their usage as follows:

• Shell Color Palette Handling Functions
• Shell Path Handling Functions
• Shell Registry Handling Functions
• Shell String Handling Functions
• Shell Miscellaneous Utility Functions