How do I write a batch file which opens the GitBash shell and runs a command in the shell?
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe” –login -i -c “git archive master | tar -x -C $0” “%~1”
windows-shell
How do i get the path name from a file shortcut ? Getting exception [duplicate]
To get the target of a shortcut (.lnk file extension) you’ll need first to have the following COM object: Windows Script Host Object Model Then, you may use WshShell (or WshShellClass) and IWshShortcut interfaces to get the target of a shortcut Example string linkPathName = @”D:\Picrofo Autobot.lnk”; // Change this to the shortcut path if … Read more
Programmatically select multiple files in windows explorer
This should be possible with the shell function SHOpenFolderAndSelectItems EDIT Here is some sample code showing how to use the function in C/C++, without error checking: //Directory to open ITEMIDLIST *dir = ILCreateFromPath(_T(“C:\\”)); //Items in directory to select ITEMIDLIST *item1 = ILCreateFromPath(_T(“C:\\Program Files\\”)); ITEMIDLIST *item2 = ILCreateFromPath(_T(“C:\\Windows\\”)); const ITEMIDLIST* selection[] = {item1,item2}; UINT count = … Read more
How to use IFileOperation from ctypes
Sure, it’s located in pythoncom and shell for constants, for example: from win32com.shell import shell import pythoncom # create an instance of IFileOperation fo = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(shell.CLSID_FileOperation, None, pythoncom.CLSCTX_ALL, shell.IID_IFileOperation) # here you can use SetOperationFlags, progress Sinks, etc. # create an instance of IShellItem for the source item item1 = shell.SHCreateItemFromParsingName(“c:\\temp\\source.txt”, None, shell.IID_IShellItem) # create … Read more
ShellExecute equivalent in .NET
Process.Start. Note that advanced uses (printing etc) require using a ProcessStartInfo and setting the Verb property.
Getting output from a shell/dos app into a Delphi app
As ever so often Zarco Gajic has a solution: Capture the output from a DOS (command/console) Window. This is a copy from his article for future reference: The example runs ‘chkdsk.exe c:\’ and displays the output to Memo1. Put a TMemo (Memo1) and a TButton (Button1) on your form. Put this code in the OnCLick … Read more
Windows shell extension with C#
A Raymond’s post: Do not write in-process shell extensions in managed code. A recent follow-up: Now that version 4 of the .NET Framework supports in-process side-by-side runtimes, is it now okay to write shell extensions in managed code? The bottom line is, no, it is not okay: The Guidance for implementing in-process extensions has been … Read more
C# get thumbnail from file via windows api
Ran across this today — it’s a few months old, but it got the job done for me (on Win7, extracting thumbnails on MPEG-4 files): Source : https://github.com/dbarros/WindowsAPICodePack Nuget : https://www.nuget.org/packages/WindowsAPICodePack-Shell Code: ShellFile shellFile = ShellFile.FromFilePath(pathToYourFile); Bitmap shellThumb = shellFile.Thumbnail.ExtraLargeBitmap; Hope it helps!