To invoke the equivalent special Explorer-specific menu item via command-line API call, you can use the shell32.dll library function ShellExecute. Here's an example in C++:
#include <windows.h>
int APIENTRY wWinMain(_In_ HINSTANCE hInstance,
_In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
_In_ LPWSTR lpCmdLine,
_In_ int nCmdShow)
{
const wchar_t szAppName[] = L"explorer.exe";
const wchar_t szCmd[] = L"ShellExecute, , , , , , Open, ";
const wchar_t szVerb[] = L"Folder"; // Change this to the desired verb
const wchar_t szPath[] = L"C:\\"; // Change this to the desired folder path
wchar_t szBuffer[MAX_PATH];
wcscpy_s(szBuffer, szCmd);
wcscat_s(szBuffer, szAppName);
wcscat_s(szBuffer, L", ");
wcscat_s(szBuffer, szVerb);
wcscat_s(szBuffer, L", ");
wcscat_s(szBuffer, szPath);
int nResult = ShellExecute(NULL, NULL, szBuffer, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOW);
return 0;
}
In this example, replace szVerb with the desired verb (e.g., "Folder", "RunAs", etc.) and szPath with the desired folder path. This code will open the specified folder using the specified verb when run.
For more information, check out the documentation for ShellExecute on MSDN: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/nf-shellapi-shellexecutea
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<h2>Invoke Explorer-specific menu item via command-line API call</h2>
<p>To invoke the equivalent special Explorer-specific menu item via command-line API call, you can use the <code>shell32.dll</code> library function <code>ShellExecute</code>.</p>
<h3>Example in C++</h3>
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#include <windows.h>
int APIENTRY wWinMain(_In_ HINSTANCE hInstance,
_In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
_In_ LPWSTR lpCmdLine,
_In_ int nCmdShow)
{
const wchar_t szAppName[] = L"explorer.exe";
const wchar_t szCmd[] = L"ShellExecute, , , , , , Open, ";
const wchar_t szVerb[] = L"Folder"; // Change this to the desired verb
const wchar_t szPath[] = L"C:\\"; // Change this to the desired folder path
wchar_t szBuffer[MAX_PATH];
wcscpy_s(szBuffer, szCmd);
wcscat_s(szBuffer, szAppName);
wcscat_s(szBuffer, L", ");
wcscat_s(szBuffer, szVerb);
wcscat_s(szBuffer, L", ");
wcscat_s(szBuffer, szPath);
int nResult = ShellExecute(NULL, NULL, szBuffer, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOW);
return 0;
}
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<h3>References</h3>
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<li><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shellapi/nf-shellapi-shellexecutea">ShellExecute</a> on MSDN</li>
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