I need the reference system32/shell32.dll as I use some shell functions to read out the recycling bin. I tried "Add Reference --> COM --> Microsoft Shell Controls and Automatation" and "Add Reference --> Browse ---> [going to the system32/shell32.dll directly]. Both adds the shell32 reference to my references. But when I look at the properties, I see the path of the reference looks like this: "C:\Users\Tim\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Wing\FileWing\obj\Debug\Interop.Shell32.dll" ...
I'll not deploy this \obj\Debug\ path to my installer. So how can I reference the end-users shell32.dll directly? Is there a way? Why does VS2008 create this strange path? Can I change this path so it doesn't sit in this strange subfolder?
Hmmm. Okay after revisiting PInvoke, I'm sure that I don't quite get it :-/
Let me illustrate the code I need to handle. I'm digging though the recycling bin and seek for a item that I want to recover. Is there any way NOT fighting though the PInvoke to get this done?
private void recoverRecyclerBinEntry(string fileName, int size)
{
try
{
Shell Shl = new Shell();
Folder Recycler = Shl.NameSpace(10);
// scans through all the recyclers entries till the one to recover has been found
for (int i = 0; i < Recycler.Items().Count; i++)
{
FolderItem FI = Recycler.Items().Item(i);
string FileName = Recycler.GetDetailsOf(FI, 0);
if (Path.GetExtension(FileName) == "")
FileName += Path.GetExtension(FI.Path);
//Necessary for systems with hidden file extensions.
string FilePath = Recycler.GetDetailsOf(FI, 1);
string combinedPath = Path.Combine(FilePath, FileName);
if (size == FI.Size && fileName == combinedPath)
{
Debug.Write("Match found. Restoring " + combinedPath + "...");
Undelete(FI);
Debug.WriteLine("done.");
}
else
{
Debug.WriteLine("No match");
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
Debug.WriteLine(ex.StackTrace);
}
}
private bool Undelete(FolderItem Item)
{
try
{
foreach (FolderItemVerb FIVerb in Item.Verbs())
{
if (
(FIVerb.Name.ToUpper().Contains("WIEDERHERSTELLEN")) ||
(FIVerb.Name.ToUpper().Contains("ESTORE")) ||
(FIVerb.Name.ToUpper().Contains("NDELETE"))
)
{
FIVerb.DoIt();
return true;
}
}
//execute the first one:
Item.Verbs().Item(0).DoIt();
return true;
}
catch (Exception)
{
Debug.WriteLine("ERROR undeleting");
return false;
}
}