Shell extension
Encyclopedia : S : SH : SHE : Shell extension
In Microsoft Windows, a shell extension is a computer program that integrates itself into Windows Explorer (the shell).
Some types of shell extensions are:
- Shortcut menu handler
- Data handler
- Drop handler
- Icon handler
- Property sheet handler
- Thumbnail image handler
- Infotip handler
- Metadata handler
- Column handler
- Copy hook handler
- Drag-and-drop handler
- Icon overlay handler
- Search handler
Shell extensions written in .NET
Although more and more tutorials appear on programming shell extensions in .NET languages, and even Microsoft has provided some extensions written using the .NET framework, they currently recommend against writing managed shell extensions and do not consider them a supported scenario. See [this MSDN article] and [this MSDN blog post] for references.
References
- [MSDN: Creating Shell Extension Handlers]
- [The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions]
- [InfoTip shell extension in Delphi]
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.