Set Default Folder In Search | Looking In Windows Explorer By .net?
Jun 6, 2009
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 use VS2005, I have open windows explorer from code. when i click on search button it open New windows, and in this I click on All files and folders in Look in : combo by default C: and D: drives are set.
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,
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 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?
I am having a namespace extension implemented, which is visible in "MY Computer". I want to write automated test cases to browse through the same. I am able to open the explorer window till the namespace extension. as - Process.Start("explorer.exe", "shell:::{CLSID of my namespace }")
next I want to search for a particular folder name inside the window opened. For example if i give input as "temp", then my mouse should move to "temp" folder in the namespace explorer window. then I double click on the mouse's current position and enter that folder. next i give input as "doc1.doc", then my mouse should be able to locate & move to "doc1.doc" file. Also getDirectory or GetFile etc APIs won't work because I don't have a standard drive associated with my namespace & don't have a relative path either.
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)
I need them to be sorted so they appear like in windows explorer in win7 / vista. -- numerically and alphabetically by folder names.The folder names contain both letters and numbers, sometimes letters only or numbers only.
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 make a program that is similar to Windows Explorer. It will have a button that when you click it it opens a FolderBrowserDialog and it will have an area that displays the contents of the selected folder. I want to have a label that displays the current folder path (i.e. 'USERDocuments...') and I also would like a feature to search all files on the computer.Also, is it possible that when I click on a file in the contents of the selected folder it displays its information (i.e. Name, Size, etc.)? And can I also make it so that if you double click on another folder in the current folder's display it opens that folder? And can I have a button to go up one directory?
I installed the new one. I then imported an old project made using vb 2008 EE.I found that a few errors were reported.In the project I addressed some function from a dll called "rsource.dll". I used the following function call:Public Declare Function rs_init Lib "rsource.dll" Alias "init" () As Double.The other different thing is the projevt was developed on a 32 bit OS but since then I have upgraded to 64bit (if this makes any difference). he other thing is where is the debugger PAUSE button. has it been removed from vb 2010?Also when i run debug it seems to create the exe in the Build output target folder instead of the default bindebug folder why is this?
I am facing problem to upload the file to FTP server. As ftp server is : ftp://myFTPserver.com Current Default Folder: GO.$DataW1.SVMANNET
But I want to upload the file on Go.Data72.CLEVDATA Folder. how to change the path from teh default folder to teh folder where i want to upload the files.
Like from command Prompt we can use ftp> cd GO.$DATA72.CLEVDATA to change the current directory. how can we achieve the same in dot net.
Whenever I create files in VB.net, the results go by default in the bin/Debug folder. I would like them to go in bin/Debug/Test without having to write the actual location, since the project folder may change from user to user (i.e. they don't place their project in the same folder I do).
i can load files in a listview for a folder in my app.. what i would like to do is, when double clicking the file , to have it open in the default application for that file.. also , i would like to be able to view the files within a folder , if i double click a folder....
I've searched the forms and ran into a road block i think due to not really knowing what its called I'm searching for. Here is a simple explanation. I would like to add a button on my form that if selected will change the default application that a certain file type opens with.
I have a Log folder with files named after creation date: 20110301.txt, 20110302.txt, etc. I want to programmatically open an Explorer with filtered files that created on Feb. So it's like open Explorer -> Search -> Search for 201102*
I tried the code below to open Explorer with Search, but I cannot state which folder I want to search and with what conditions. Is it possible do so?
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:
