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How to inherit from the windows explorer (in any programming language, with help of any tool)

How to inherit from the windows explorer (Desktop, thing with help of which we explore our Mu computer and so on directory’s) (in any programming language)?

  • customize it

  • add program fetchers ( adding to Windows Explorer Mac teachers or sorting algorithms or adding buttons or anything )

What do I need:

  1. EXAMPLES
  2. Open Source libs and Open Source Examples
  3. Docs (for ex MSDN or something like this)

PS: It should work on\with Windows Vista, 7

Solution

  • What you are describing is a wide range of things that would be implemented in a bunch of different ways. The general rubric for this whole family of stuff is "shell extensions" and the Windows Shell documentation in the SDK is a reasonable starting point (not great, but reasonable). It includes a number of samples. The terminology you find in the MSDN docs should also prove a good starting point for searching for more specific examples e.g. on CodeProject or for asking more specific questions on Stack Overflow.