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Integrating Windows Explorer as a control in Windows 11
Is it possible to integrate Windows Explorer component as a control, created on my window? For instance, as an ActiveX control. It should work in modern Windows 11 (24H2, 25H2).
Back in Windows 9x ...
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Any way to create a SizeOf file in the Windows style as seen in the General tab of Properties, e.g., Size: 1.76 MB (1,856,000 bytes)?
I want to create a function like SizeOf() of C++ for powershell, but apparently Microsoft uses some strange algorithm/formula to determine the mebibytes.
Example:
If you create file with exactly 1.856....
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Open Windows Explorer using a google script [closed]
I'm trying to open Windows Explorer using Google Apps Script.
I'm not looking for a specific folder or anything, just to open.
I run my Google Sheet in full screen mode and don't have the Windows ...
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How to update Jump List for the Start Menu
There is a JumpList when you right click an app in the TaskBar.
There is another JumpList in the Start menu when you search.
The TaskBar JumpList is always up to date.
The StartMenu JumpList is not ...
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Python Returns Different File Size than OS Property [duplicate]
I am trying to get the size of a a file called fGDB.gdb using python. but while the Windows Property shows the size of file as 146 KB (150,399 bytes)
Using this code
import os
gdb = r"C:\Users\....
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open explorer to specific directory from git bash
When I execute this in Git bash windows on windows ten
foo_man@computer MINGW64 /c/www/root/images/
$ explorer /c/www/root/images/
It opens up explorer, but not to the directory c:\www\root\images.
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Make existing instance of Windows Explorer navigate to specific folder
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My project is about creating an icon in Windows Explorer to access a remote location and make navigation on Windows the same as it would be for a local filesystem.
This is working ...
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Windows 11 - How to modify the title of a group of items in the Windows Explorer context menu?
In one of my application, I added a new item in the Windows Explorer context menu of Windows 11. This worked well, but now I want to add a group of items. I could achieve that by updating the ...
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How to edit windows file details?
In windows explorer, there is a long list of details you can choose to view:
How can I programaticaly edit theses itens in the files with Python or PowerShell?
Ex. I want all my files have "...
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Create ICO file with transparent background which looks error-free in explorer preview
I have an ICO file (for my c++ application) with a transparent background which looks unclean in the small preview view of Windows Explorer.
(My icon is a drawn shape in PhotoShop and exported as PNG ...
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Using kube-prometheus-stack how to find metrics in other namespaces?
Using 52.1.0 of the kube-prometheus-stack what is the correct way to get metrics running in other namespaces.
I have a windows-exporter running on port 5000 named metrics under a different namespace ...
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What is the difference between CMF_NODEFAULT and CMF_DONOTPICKDEFAULT?
It seems to me like they do the same thing (tell QueryContextMenu to not call SetMenuDefaultItem).
For CMF_NODEFAULT, MSDN says "No item in the menu has been set as the default" which is a ...
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Preventing DLLHost Process Shutdown or Keeping Explorer Window Responsive during Long-Running IExplorerCommand::Invoke Operation in C++
I have created a class that implements the IExplorerCommand interface. The Invoke() method in this class is being called from another process (DllHost.exe). In my case DLLHost.exe is called by ...
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Hiding visible columns in Windows Explorer via IColumnManager of Windows Shell doesn't work
Background: Expert in C#/.NET, Basic knowledge in C++/MFC/Windows Shell
Environment: Windows 10 (German), Visual Studio 2017 (15.9.56), C++, Windows SDK 10.0.19041.0
Task: Showing/Hiding columns in ...
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Get the file path from portable device in windows
I wrote a php script to copy files from an iPhone connected by USB.
The issue is that I need a path for the scandir function and because the iPhone is seen as a portable device the path I get from the ...
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