HOWTO: Open an Instance of Windows Explorer in a System Folder

• Microsoft Windows CE version 2.0 for the Handheld PC

SUMMARY

You can enable your application to start an instance of Windows Explorer in a system folder, such as Control Panel or Recycle Bin, by passing the class ID of the folder as the filename in a call to ShellExecuteEx.

MORE INFORMATION

Under Windows CE, ShellExecuteEx does not support the SEE_MASK_IDLIST or SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST flags. Therefore, you cannot use an LPITEMIDLIST that is obtained by calling SHGetSpecialFolderLocation to open Windows Explorer in a system folder.

Instead, use the following class ID of the system folder that you want to open when calling ShellExecuteEx:

   Control Panel - {000314FE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
   My Computer - {000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
   Recycle Bin - {000214A1-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
   Databases - {000214A4-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} 

   BOOL WINAPI OpenControlPanel ()
   {
      TCHAR szControlPanel[] = L"\"
                              {000314FE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\"";

      SHELLEXECUTEINFO sei = {0};
      sei.cbSize = sizeof (SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
      sei.lpVerb = L"Open";
      sei.lpFile = szControlPanel;
      sei.nShow = SW_SHOW;
      sei.hInstApp = hInstance;

      return ShellExecuteEx (&sei);
   } 

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbLib kbWinCE200 kbGrpShell
Version : WINDOWS:2.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto