Module shell

A module wrapping Windows Shell functions and interfaces

Methods

AssocCreate
Creates a PyIQueryAssociations object 

AssocCreateForClasses
Retrieves an object that implements an IQueryAssociations interface."} 

DragQueryFile
Retrieves the file names of dropped files that have resulted from a successful drag-and-drop operation. 

DragQueryFileW
Retrieves the file names of dropped files that have resulted from a successful drag-and-drop operation. 

DragQueryPoint
Retrieves the position of the mouse pointer at the time a file was dropped during a drag-and-drop operation. 

IsUserAnAdmin
Tests whether the current user is a member of the Administrator's group. 

SHCreateDataObject
Creates a data object in a parent folder. 

SHCreateDefaultContextMenu
 

SHCreateDefaultExtractIcon
Creates a standard icon extractor, whose defaults can be further configured via the IDefaultExtractIconInit interface. 

SHCreateShellFolderView
Creates a new instance of the default Shell folder view object. 

SHCreateShellItemArray
Creates a Shell item array object. 

SHCreateShellItemArrayFromDataObject
Creates a shell item array from an IDataObject interface 

SHCreateShellItemArrayFromIDLists
Creates a shell item array from a number of item identifiers 

SHCreateShellItemArrayFromShellItem
 

SHGetPathFromIDList
Converts an PyIDL to a path. 

SHGetPathFromIDListW
Converts an PyIDL to a unicode path. 

SHBrowseForFolder
Displays a dialog box that enables the user to select a shell folder. 

SHGetFileInfo
Retrieves information about an object in the file system, such as a file, a folder, a directory, or a drive root. 

SHGetFolderPath
Retrieves the path of a folder. 

SHSetFolderPath
Sets the location of a special folder 

SHGetFolderLocation
Retrieves the PyIDL of a folder. 

SHGetNameFromIDList
Retrieves the display name of an item from an ID list. 

SHGetSpecialFolderPath
Retrieves the path of a special folder. 

SHGetSpecialFolderLocation
Retrieves the PyIDL of a special folder. 

SHGetKnownFolderPath
Retrieves the full path of a known folder identified by the folder's KNOWNFOLDERID. 

SHAddToRecentDocs
Adds a document to the shell's list of recently used documents or clears all documents from the list. The user gains access to the list through the Start menu of the Windows taskbar. 

SHChangeNotify
Notifies the system of an event that an application has performed. An application should use this function if it performs an action that may affect the shell. 

SHEmptyRecycleBin
Empties the recycle bin on the specified drive. 

SHQueryRecycleBin
Returns the number of items and total size of recycle bin 

SHGetDesktopFolder
Retrieves the PyIShellFolder interface for the desktop folder, which is the root of the shell's namespace. 

SHUpdateImage
Notifies the shell that an image in the system image list has changed. 

SHChangeNotify
Notifies the system of an event that an application has performed. 

SHChangeNotifyRegister
Registers a window that receives notifications from the file system or shell. 

SHChangeNotifyDeregister
Unregisters the client's window process from receiving notification events 

SHCreateItemFromIDList
Creates and initializes a Shell item object. 

SHCreateItemFromParsingName
Creates and initializes a Shell item object from a parsing name. 

SHCreateItemFromRelativeName
Creates and initializes a Shell item object from a relative parsing name. 

SHCreateItemInKnownFolder
Creates a Shell item object for a single file that exists inside a known folder. 

SHCreateItemWithParent
Create a Shell item, given a parent folder and a child item ID. 

SHGetIDListFromObject
Retrieves the PIDL of an object. 

SHGetInstanceExplorer
Allows components that run in a Web browser (Iexplore.exe) or a nondefault Windows Explorer (Explorer.exe) process to hold a reference to the process. The components can use the reference to prevent the process from closing prematurely. 

SHFileOperation
Copies, moves, renames, or deletes a file system object. 

StringAsCIDA
Given a CIDA as a raw string, return pidl_folder, [pidl_children, ...] 

CIDAAsString
Given a (pidl, child_pidls) object, return a CIDA as a string 

StringAsPIDL
Given a PIDL as a raw string, return a PIDL object (ie, a list of strings) 

AddressAsPIDL
Given the address of a PIDL, return a PIDL object (ie, a list of strings) 

PIDLAsString
Given a PIDL object, return the raw PIDL bytes as a string 

SHGetSettings
Retrieves the current shell option settings. 

FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORAsString
Creates a FILEGROUPDESCRIPTOR from a sequence of mapping objects, each with FILEDESCRIPTOR attributes 

StringAsFILEGROUPDESCRIPTOR
Decodes a FILEGROUPDESCRIPTOR packed in a string 

ShellExecuteEx
Performs an action on a file. 

SHGetViewStatePropertyBag
Retrieves an interface for a folder's view state 

SHILCreateFromPath
Returns the PIDL and attributes of a path 

SHCreateShellItem
Creates an IShellItem interface from a PIDL 

SHOpenFolderAndSelectItems
Displays a shell folder with items pre-selected 

SHCreateStreamOnFileEx
Creates a PyIStream that reads and writes to a file 

SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID
Sets the taskbar identifier 

GetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID
Retrieves the current taskbar identifier 

SHParseDisplayName
Translates a display name into a shell item identifier