Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32 1.1.0

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.NET Framework 2.0 This package targets .NET Framework 2.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
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dotnet add package Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32 --version 1.1.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32 -Version 1.1.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32" Version="1.1.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32" Version="1.1.0" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32 --version 1.1.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32, 1.1.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32@1.1.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32&version=1.1.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=Vanara.PInvoke.Shell32&version=1.1.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

Methods, structures and constants imported from Shell32.dll.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET Framework net20 is compatible.  net35 is compatible.  net40 is compatible.  net403 was computed.  net45 is compatible.  net451 was computed.  net452 was computed.  net46 was computed.  net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
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Currently implements:

Functions
AssocCreateForClasses, AssocGetDetailsOfPropKey, CDefFolderMenu_Create2, CommandLineToArgvW, DragAcceptFiles, DragFinish, DragQueryFileA, DragQueryFileW, DragQueryPoint, DuplicateIcon, ExtractAssociatedIconA, ExtractAssociatedIconExA, ExtractAssociatedIconExW, ExtractAssociatedIconW, ExtractIconA, ExtractIconExA, ExtractIconExW, ExtractIconW, FindExecutableA, FindExecutableW, GetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID, GetFileNameFromBrowse, ILAppendID, ILClone, ILCloneFirst, ILCombine, ILCreateFromPathA, ILCreateFromPathW, ILFindChild, ILFindLastID, ILFree, ILGetNext, ILGetSize, ILIsEqual, ILIsParent, ILLoadFromStreamEx, ILRemoveLastID, ILSaveToStream, InitNetworkAddressControl, IsNetDrive, IsUserAnAdmin, OpenRegStream, PathCleanupSpec, PathGetShortPath, PathIsExe, PathIsSlowA, PathIsSlowW, PathMakeUniqueName, PathResolve, PathYetAnotherMakeUniqueName, PickIconDlg, PifMgr_CloseProperties, PifMgr_GetProperties, PifMgr_OpenProperties, PifMgr_SetProperties, ReadCabinetState, RealDriveType, RestartDialog, RestartDialogEx, SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID, SHAddDefaultPropertiesByExt, SHAddFromPropSheetExtArray, SHAddToRecentDocs, SHAlloc, SHAppBarMessage, SHAssocEnumHandlers, SHAssocEnumHandlersForProtocolByApplication, SHBindToFolderIDListParent, SHBindToFolderIDListParentEx, SHBindToObject, SHBindToParent, SHBrowseForFolderA, SHBrowseForFolderW, SHChangeNotification_Lock, SHChangeNotification_Unlock, SHChangeNotify, SHChangeNotifyDeregister, SHChangeNotifyRegister, SHChangeNotifyRegisterThread, SHCreateAssociationRegistration, SHCreateDataObject, SHCreateDefaultContextMenu, SHCreateDefaultExtractIcon, SHCreateDefaultPropertiesOp, SHCreateDirectory, SHCreateDirectoryExA, SHCreateDirectoryExW, SHCreateFileExtractIconW, SHCreateItemFromIDList, SHCreateItemFromParsingName, SHCreateItemFromRelativeName, SHCreateItemInKnownFolder, SHCreateItemWithParent, SHCreatePropSheetExtArray, SHCreateShellFolderView, SHCreateShellFolderViewEx, SHCreateShellItem, SHCreateShellItemArray, SHCreateShellItemArrayFromDataObject, SHCreateShellItemArrayFromIDLists, SHCreateShellItemArrayFromShellItem, SHCreateStdEnumFmtEtc, SHDefExtractIconA, SHDefExtractIconW, SHDestroyPropSheetExtArray, SHDoDragDrop, Shell_GetCachedImageIndexA, Shell_GetCachedImageIndexW, Shell_GetImageLists, Shell_MergeMenus, Shell_NotifyIconA, Shell_NotifyIconGetRect, Shell_NotifyIconW, ShellAboutA, ShellAboutW, ShellExecuteA, ShellExecuteExA, ShellExecuteExW, ShellExecuteW, SHEmptyRecycleBinA, SHEmptyRecycleBinW, SHEnumerateUnreadMailAccountsW, SHEvaluateSystemCommandTemplate, SHFileOperationA, SHFileOperationW, SHFind_InitMenuPopup, SHFindFiles, SHFlushSFCache, SHFormatDrive, SHFree, SHFreeNameMappings, SHGetAttributesFromDataObject, SHGetDataFromIDListA, SHGetDataFromIDListW, SHGetDesktopFolder, SHGetDiskFreeSpaceA, SHGetDiskFreeSpaceExA, SHGetDiskFreeSpaceExW, SHGetDiskFreeSpaceW, SHGetDriveMedia, SHGetFileInfoA, SHGetFileInfoW, SHGetFolderLocation, SHGetFolderPathA, SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirA, SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW, SHGetFolderPathEx, SHGetFolderPathW, SHGetIconOverlayIndexA, SHGetIconOverlayIndexW, SHGetIDListFromObject, SHGetImageList, SHGetInstanceExplorer, SHGetItemFromDataObject, SHGetItemFromObject, SHGetKnownFolderIDList, SHGetKnownFolderItem, SHGetKnownFolderPath, SHGetLocalizedName, SHGetNameFromIDList, SHGetNewLinkInfoA, SHGetNewLinkInfoW, SHGetPathFromIDListA, SHGetPathFromIDListEx, SHGetPathFromIDListW, SHGetPropertyStoreForWindow, SHGetPropertyStoreFromIDList, SHGetPropertyStoreFromParsingName, SHGetRealIDL, SHGetSetFolderCustomSettings, SHGetSetSettings, SHGetSettings, SHGetStockIconInfo, SHGetTemporaryPropertyForItem, SHGetUnreadMailCountW, SHHandleUpdateImage, SHInvokePrinterCommandA, SHInvokePrinterCommandW, SHIsFileAvailableOffline, SHLimitInputEdit, SHLoadInProc, SHLoadNonloadedIconOverlayIdentifiers, SHMapPIDLToSystemImageListIndex, SHMultiFileProperties, SHObjectProperties, SHOpenFolderAndSelectItems, SHOpenWithDialog, SHParseDisplayName, SHPathPrepareForWriteA, SHPathPrepareForWriteW, SHPropStgCreate, SHPropStgReadMultiple, SHPropStgWriteMultiple, SHQueryRecycleBinA, SHQueryRecycleBinW, SHQueryUserNotificationState, SHRemoveLocalizedName, SHReplaceFromPropSheetExtArray, SHResolveLibrary, SHRestricted, SHSetDefaultProperties, SHSetInstanceExplorer, SHSetKnownFolderPath, SHSetLocalizedName, SHSetTemporaryPropertyForItem, SHSetUnreadMailCountW, SHShellFolderView_Message, SHShowManageLibraryUI, SHSimpleIDListFromPath, SHTestTokenMembership, SHUpdateImageA, SHUpdateImageW, SHValidateUNC, SignalFileOpen, StgMakeUniqueName, Win32DeleteFile, WriteCabinetState

Structures
OLECMD, OLECMDTEXT, APPBARDATA, ASSOCIATIONELEMENT, NOTIFYICONDATA, NOTIFYICONIDENTIFIER, SHELLEXECUTEINFO, SHFILEINFO, SHFILEOPSTRUCT, SHQUERYRBINFO, SHSTOCKICONINFO, BROWSEINFO, CABINETSTATE, COORD, CSFV, DATABLOCKHEADER, DEFCONTEXTMENU, EXP_DARWIN_LINK, EXP_SPECIAL_FOLDER, EXP_SZ_LINK, NT_CONSOLE_PROPS, NT_FE_CONSOLE_PROPS, OPENASINFO, PROPPRG, SFV_CREATE, SHChangeNotifyEntry, SHDESCRIPTIONID, SHELLFLAGSTATE, SHELLSTATE, SHFOLDERCUSTOMSETTINGS, CMINVOKECOMMANDINFOEX, COMDLG_FILTERSPEC, KNOWNFOLDER_DEFINITION, PREVIEWHANDLERFRAMEINFO, EXTRASEARCH, FOLDERSETTINGS, SV2CVW2_PARAMS, THUMBBUTTON, ITEMIDLIST, SHITEMID

Interfaces
IAutoComplete, IAutoComplete2, IOleCommandTarget, IObjectArray, IObjectCollection, IExtractIcon, IProgressDialog, IOpenControlPanel, IApplicationAssociationRegistration, IApplicationDestinations, IApplicationDocumentLists, IDefaultExtractIconInit, IEnumAssocHandlers, IEnumIDList, IFileSystemBindData, IFileSystemBindData2, IQueryInfo, IActionProgress, IActionProgressDialog, ICommDlgBrowser, ICommDlgBrowser2, ICommDlgBrowser3, IContextMenu, IContextMenu2, IContextMenu3, IContextMenuCB, ICopyHookA, ICopyHookW, IExplorerBrowser, IExplorerBrowserEvents, IExplorerPaneVisibility, IExtractImage, IFileDialog, IFileDialog2, IFileDialogControlEvents, IFileDialogCustomize, IFileDialogEvents, IFileOpenDialog, IFileOperationProgressSink, IFileSaveDialog, IModalWindow, IFileOperation, IInitializeWithFile, IInitializeWithItem, IInitializeWithStream, IInputObject, IInputObject2, IInputObjectSite, IKnownFolder, IKnownFolderManager, IObjectWithAppUserModelId, IObjectWithProgId, IObjectWithSite, IOperationsProgressDialog, IPreviewHandler, IPreviewHandlerFrame, IPreviewHandlerVisuals, IServiceProvider, IShellExtInit, IEnumExtraSearch, IShellFolder, IShellFolder2, IEnumShellItems, IShellItem, IShellItem2, IShellItemArray, IShellItemImageFactory, IShellLibrary, IShellLinkDataList, IShellLinkW, IShellPropSheetExt, IFolderViewOptions, IShellBrowser, IShellFolderViewCB, IShellView, IShellView2, IShellView3, IStartMenuPinnedList, ICustomDestinationList, ITaskbarList, ITaskbarList2, ITaskbarList3, ITaskbarList4, IThumbnailProvider