Force A Refresh Of All Win Explorer Windows Showing A Particular Folder?
Feb 15, 2009
The application I'm developing does some file management chores, such as renaming and deletion of files. I have noticed that often after a file is deleted via code, it is still shown in Windows Explorer although it doesn't exist anymore. A refresh (F5) solves this, however I wouldn't want end users to have to press F5 every couple of minutes when using the application.
Can a refresh of all open Windows Explorer windows be requested via code? Moreover, can the refresh be requested only for windows displaying a particular location? I've thought of getting all open windows, filtering them and then sending the F5 keystroke, however it sounds a bit like overkill. Any easier way to do it?
I am using vb.Net 2005 for creating an application for handling windows explorer. In I have open a folder in windows explorer as a root folder. Currenty I need when I click one Search button.And after this click on All files and foldes. In Lookin combo bydefault set my Root Folder which is I set in windows explorer. For opening windows explorer I use this code.
Dim processClass As ManagementClass = New ManagementClass("Win32_Process") Dim handler As ManagementOperationObserver = New ManagementOperationObserver AddHandler handler.Completed, AddressOf Me.Completed
I have a shell extension made in .NET that creates folders (think of it as a context menu New -> New Folder option clone) and uses a InputBox to input the name of the folder from the user. Instead I want to send the rename command on the folder to the already open Windows Explorer window. It should be just like how Explorer lets us name a new folder:
On searching, I found this : Windows Explorer Shell Extension: create file and enter "rename" mode. It says to use the IShellView::SelectItem function with the SVSI_EDIT flag. How do I do that with .NET?
i need something simplei tried using webbrowsers to view files, had 5 different browsers in a tabcontrol and it seemed to slow down the pc.. hmmm.. so, maybe the basic vb coding will do..although it was easy w/webbrowsers, just WebBrowser5.Navigate("C:Documents and SettingsOwnerDesktop ru filesemulators") and it was done... anyways,
I am trying to write a script to set the focus to the folder view in Windows Explorer. Is there some sort of way I can find the folder view pane and set focus to it? A bit like finding a child window and setting focus to it using the Windows API functions.
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Now I realise that you can't use the above functions to find parts of Windows but it just gives you the idea. If I could do it with API functions that would be fine otherwise I am a little bit limited because I am using a Visual Basic scripting type engine which I won't bore you with details of.
I have a winform application and this winform application has created few files. I want to implement "find target" function in my application to show those files. Those files located in a same folder. See the picture:Let's say that I have created few files in "C:Test" folder and this folder has this file: "C:TestFile1.txt". How to create "find target" functionality using VB.NET?
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I'm killing myself and dehydrating trying to get this array to sort.I have an array containing directories generated by;Dim Folders() As String = Directory.GetDirectories(RootPath)
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I'm having an application which has to perform exporting and importing data. At the moment he runs those functions, I want a form to popup with an animated gif, so my client sees that the application is still running.But the animated gif stops sometimes, because he is busy doing stuff (like copying files, etc...)Is there a way to tell the form to refresh automatically every 0.1 sec, so the image runs fluidly. I tried to put a timer in my form, and start the timer as from the form is shown...the timer_tick says he has to refresh, but he doesn't want to do that.
This works fine, unless I have Windows Explorer open and I'm looking at the 'MySubFolder' directory. Then I get an IOException The directory is not empty. - clicking OK dismisses this and then the folder structure is not deleted. Any thoughts on how I can get this to perform correctly (i.e. delete), even when running this code while having the folder struture open in Windows Explorer?
I want to allow a user to click a button that will launch Windows Explorer and go straight to the My Pictures folder when I don't know who the current user is.
I want to change default behaviour of tooltip and show it whenever a I need to. I have a registration form. When users leaves the current control, (when validating event is happenning more precisely) I validate the input text, if it's not valid then I set focus to the control again and I want then to show the tooltip, wether the mouse cursor is on the control or not.
When I create a new record by submitting an .aspx page the new record is not showing up. I have to navigate away from the page and back to it for the new data to show.
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Lets say i label "label1" , and 2 buttons named "button1" and "btnRefresh " [code]So , when user press the button 1 , the text will change. But what should i put inside btnRefresh to reload the forms ? and display the default label.text = "Form Load" ???
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When i Restarted my project, the solution explorer is not showing up. I tried with ctrl+ ALt+ L, still it is not showing up. The property window is showing.I tried with the suggestion of going to options in Tool menu and checked whether "ALWAYS SHOW SOLUTION" is selected or not. What may have caused this problem?
A form I created, was able to modify and shows when the program is run has suddenly changed in the solution explorer. Now when the form "MainMenu.vb" is highlighted in the solution explorer the icon for "view designer" vanishes from the toolbar. The "view code" shows "MainMenu.vb" but there is not any code there and only an empty "General" and "Declarations" show. The icon to the left of the "MainMenu.vb" is like a module icon not a form icon.
i have a vb script that is imbeded in an html page (hta). when i use the common dialog flags = cdlOFNAllowMultiselect the file list is present in the filename object and are separated by a space. however when i use dialog flags = cdlOFNAllowMultiselect Or cdlOFNExplorer the files that i selected on the dialog box, are not present in the filename object. the only thing that's there, is the path to the files. here's the code:
So i am having a bit of a problem.. What i want is for my application to show the panel in the from to display a windows explorer selection.. Look here
You see the panel 2 in here... Well the panel 2 needs to display this...
Is this possible you know like with a library or an extension or something.. Or do i need to make my own System for viewing files..???
I have 2 functions for opening and closing Windows Explorer, which is still working fine with Windows XP and even Vista. The same functions not working on Windows 7. Following are the functions:
I have 2 functions for opening and closing Windows Explorer, which is still working fine with Windows XP and even Vista. The same functions not working on Windows 7
Dim HTProcess As New Hashtable Private
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And 'CloseFolder' functions not able to close the Windows Explorer in Windows 7
