.NET Information center: Windows 7 Libraries C# Quick Reference

Monday, March 15, 2010

Windows 7 Libraries C# Quick Reference

Following are some listings to be used as a quick reference to common Windows 7 Libraries features using Windows API Code Pack.

The code in this post is based on previous work by Alon and other Sela team members. Great work all.

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Just to clarify the terminology used: Every Windows 7 library is represented as an XML file with the .library-ms extension. The common libraries files are commonly stored in: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\

So if, for example, we work now with the Pictures library, than in the following sections:

libraryName = Pictures
locationPath = C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\

Note: you can create library files wherever you want, not necessarily in the mentioned folder.

Features

Creating a new library
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ShellLibrary shellLibrary = new ShellLibrary(libraryName, locationPath, overwriteExisting);

Add folder to an existing library
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using (ShellLibrary shellLibrary = ShellLibrary.Load(libraryName, folderPath, isReadOnly))
{
shellLibrary.Add(folderToAdd);
}