C# - Identify All Open System/Special Folders?
Jan 10, 2012
I am currently using the following to Get Path of all Open Explorer Windows:
foreach (SHDocVw.InternetExplorer j in new SHDocVw.ShellWindows()) {
if (j.Name == "Windows Explorer") {
ListView1.Items.Add(j.LocationURL);
}
}
But it doesn't return the location of special folders like Computer, Recycle Bin, Network etc. Is there a way to identify those folders so I can put the path on my own like shell:MyComputerFolder for Computer?
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May 18, 2009
I'm trying to make buttons that will open each of the "special folders" in Windows Vista. Here's an example:
Private Sub Button5_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button5.Click
Process.Start("explorer.exe", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments))
End Sub
As you can see in the above code, the button will open the Documents folder. My problem is the only folders this method can open are the documents, pictures and music folders, while I also want to open these folders below:
Downloads
Videos
User folder (aka the folder that has the user name on it)
Computer (aka My Computer in XP)
how to do that?
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Apr 10, 2012
I need a Collection of Image Paths. The images for this list will be in a known location. So for practice, I decided to use the images that are installed in the Special Folders, using this snippet:
Dim paths As ReadOnlyCollection(Of String) = New String {"C:UsersPublicPicturesSample Pictures", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyPictures)}
Obviously, this wont work yet. The squiggle line reads "End of Statement Expected". I just dont know where to go to understand the proper construction.
Here is the way a similar line is used in C#
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Jan 11, 2012
Users can easily rename special folders like Computer, Network etc. to whatever they like. Also if the computer is using a different locale, the name of those folders will also be different.I want to get the current names of all special folders like Computer, Recycle Bin, Network etc. in my app. Is there a way to do this? A specific API? A registry value?For eg, user renames My Computer to Super Computer. My app should show that My Computer's name is Super Computer.
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Mar 2, 2009
Where can I get the paths for "My Network Places" and "Recycle Bin"?nvironment.SpecialFolder contains the following entries but not "My Network Places" and "Recycle Bin":
ApplicationData
CommonApplicationData
CommonProgramFiles
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Mar 2, 2009
Where can I get the paths for "My Network Places" and "Recycle Bin"? Environment.SpecialFolder contains the following entries but not "My Network Places" and "Recycle Bin":
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Mar 17, 2011
I need to delete certain files in a directory so if the file is opened....suppose a xx.doc file i wont be able to delete.
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Mar 13, 2009
how to detect/identify the system login, System screen lock, unlocking the system screen & finally the system Logoff event.Basically I want to capture the system time when these events occur by creating a windows service which runs in the background.
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Aug 14, 2008
if they choose to use a networked version of my software, I will need the main server doing the authenticating. This is a problem, because from what I understand, it is quite easy to clone MAC addresses. I have looked into using the CPU ID and the HDD ID, but those are not unique, well at least I don't think so. Reason why I say they are not unique is because someone has the exact same CPU ID as me, and the HDD ID changes from partition to partition (same drive). Maybe the HDD ID is a partition ID instead? Anyways, I was thinking maybe I could get the Physical serial number of both the HDD and CPU, but I have not been able to find anything yet.
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Feb 18, 2010
We have a network share that is used for transferring files between users on a daily basis. Every day at 3:00 am we run a vb6 program to clear the directory of this network share.
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May 9, 2009
Dim SPECIAL As Acronym = "Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck." The game I'm working on is going to use this style of system.
What I need to do is:
1. All SPECIAL values have to be between 1 and 10. [DONE]
2. When adding and subtracting from any SPECIAL; update remaining points accordingly.
3. If remaining points = 0, then you cannot increase any SPECIAL.
4. If remaining points <> 0, then you cannot continue until all are spent.
I'm up to task 2, but having some difficulty.I managed to figure out how to do it for one. For example:
Sub Numeric_Up_Down_Strength_Value_Changed() Handles Numeric_Up_Down_Strength.ValueChanged
Label_Remaining_Value.Text = CStr(10 - Numeric_Up_Down_Strength.Value)
End Sub
But I'm having trouble figuring out how to make it work for all. I've had some ideas but upon trying to implement them I've been having data type conversion errors.
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Apr 14, 2010
I want to Ignore System Protected Folders Using My code.i already try Catch ex As UnauthorizedAccessExceptionor
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Mar 9, 2009
I create special character by Windows XP Operating System Program Start/Run/eudcedit But, i can't reduce width of charater Ex: I create number 2 in string H2O but 2 is subscript then width of "2" is short, and i can't make "2" character shorter.
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Aug 17, 2011
i am making a program to open multiple .exe files. However, i want to make it on a disk, but every computer the drive letter for the dvd drive is different. Is there a way to do a wild card? [code]however this might take a while to search. Is there a fast way of doing this?
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Mar 27, 2011
I'm new to visual basic, and need to make a simple program to create new folders on my server. is to connect my excisting SQL server database to this program. Should it be connected using macros, or using the data source-menu? My excisting SQL server has this placement on the server:
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Jan 19, 2012
When I try to access the folder "System Volume Information" and other system files I get the errorAccess to the path 'H:System Volume Information' is denied.
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Jun 17, 2009
I want it to show on click of a button on my windows forms application... I have not had any success in getting the dialog to show at all...
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Mar 24, 2011
I wrote a Windows Forms script that searched for all non-hidden and non-readonly folders in my system. But the script itself, when run initially, runs for like 5 minutes. Subsequent opens take much less time. I was wondering if there is a logical error to it, so as to why its running so very slow.
Private Function FindSubFolders(ByVal dir As DirectoryInfo, ByVal node As TreeNode) As TreeNode
Dim subnode As New TreeNode
For Each folder As DirectoryInfo In dir.GetDirectories()
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Dec 11, 2009
i need to show the system folders of computer in Treeview
My computer
C:
D:
like this
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Jun 21, 2010
I have a directory structure as follows;
ad_folder
--folderA
--folderB
--folderC[code]....
at I do not know the number of or the names of the folders, they can be different in different cases, I only have the root path.how I can display folder contents in VB.net and the code worked but couldn't figure out how to create the arrays and display only folders within folders starting with "ad_".
System.IO.DirectoryInfo and System.IO.FileInfo to be used for getting the folders.A literal control can be used to create javascript arrays in ASP.NET. These js arrays can then be used on the client side.
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Nov 3, 2010
I have been searching everywhere for help and cant find anyone or place nice enough to work with me.I work for a bank, and support 40,000 users as an admin on a team of about 20 people.We are always having to force log off users out of SQL and always having to restart machines due to stuck files or folders open, or for troubleshooting purposes. So i am working on an application that will log off and shutdown users from the network.I have the log off from SQL completed.However i am having trouble with the line for restart.I started off trying the shell command Shell("cmd.exe") and now i have switched over to Process.Start("shutdown")
If you have any admin experience on a full blown network or wan, you know that when using cmd or run the syntax is:shutdown -m \computername -r -f -t 00 where m is for listing computer r is for reboot f is forcing apps closed and t is for timer.I have to pull the workstation from a textbox inside our tool. Or at the very least input the workstation to the command prompt So when i try and place this into vb i am using this:
Process.Start("shutdown", "-m \""" & TxtBoxWorkstation.Text & """-r -f -t 00")However the whacks(backward slashes) are not correct in the code.Im trying to figure out where the whacks go in the line of code.Im not getting any errors in vb, but when the cmd prompt loads it does not initiate the command correctly because the whacks are in the wrong location
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Oct 6, 2009
Am looking for away to have an area in the application window to display the open files and folders basically what�s open on the task bar.Also if the above is possible is there away to have this clickable so if something is minimized it will open upon clicking it.
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Jul 3, 2009
I'm trying to create something that will intercept requests to open a file or folder in Windows Explorer. So far, the only thing I can come up with is that I need to make a file system filter driver.
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Jan 11, 2010
I am trying to create a new folder in C:\Windows\System32\oobe but I cannot get sufficient privileges. Here is the bit of code that has the error
' I have "CreateDirectory("C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds") in the Form load sub
Sub CreateDirectory(ByVal Path As String)
Directory.CreateDirectory(Path)
End Sub
And then in Form Load I have:
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
CreateDirectory("C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds")
End Sub
It keeps saying I don't have the privileges. Is there any way around this? I also need to put files in that folder later on.
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Jun 13, 2011
This app will allow user to select a file, folder or an installed application and then assign it a hotkey...My question is how can I get the complete path of a file, folder, or application in vb like in many application the browse button shows the complete path in a textbox, and then how this app will allow user to assign it a hotkey? And how am I going to save the path and hotkey in a database?
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Jun 13, 2011
Record keyboard inputs to open applications. This feature will allow users to assign hotkeys to
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Aug 31, 2010
I want to create personal folders during installation. I did the following steps:
Right click on your setup project ->
View -> File System
Right click on node "File system on
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I know the above steps are correct and should work because i did it in the other application (solution) and worked fine. When i did same exact steps (of course i changed the folder name to be created), the application gets deployed but when i install, i don't get the Personal Folder under Documents? I wonder why did it work with my first solution and didn't work with the current one!
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Jun 6, 2009
i want to know how to hide files and folders at system/kernal level. Those files must not be accessible through any means untill they are unlocked again with same method. I want to create an application similar to Folder Lock apps commercially available
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Feb 1, 2010
It appears that when IO.Directory.GetFiles tries to read a folder that it doesn't have access to it throws an exception & stops reading. Is there any way to have skip those folders & continue reading the rest of the folders?
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Nov 27, 2011
This is my 1st time i deploy a system in vb and i deploy it at the desktop So after i install my system, i can see my system in the system menu.But may i know that why my system cant open in the system menu, it is not type .exe while is ClickOnce Application Reference and each time i need open to my system is from my location desktop setup.exe there, is it normal ? Besides that, may i know how to make my system install in the program file directory?
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