Shell Components (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

To support certain shell functions, add the corresponding shell components. For example, if you plan to enable shortcuts on your shell, you can add the Shortcut component, which provides the SHCreateShortcut and SHGetShortcutTarget functions.

The following table shows the shell components that you can add and the functions they support.

Component	Supported function
Fileinfo	SHGetFileInfo SHGetSpecialFolderPath
Fileopen	GetOpenFileName GetSaveFileName
Shellapis	Shell_NotifyIcon SHAddToRecentDocs
Shexec	ShellExecuteEx
Shmisc	SHShowOutOfMemory
Shortcut	SHCreateShortcut SHGetShortcutTarget

Note

To support nonstandard naming conventions on some operating systems, and to enable users to rename some of the special folders if they choose to do so, ensure that you use the SHGetSpecialFolderPath function to find the name and location of a special folder.

In addition to these components, you can also add other shell components to supplement your Windows Embedded CE shell and provide the following functionality:

• Common Controls
• Common Dialog Boxes (Shell)
• Control Panel Applications

The following topics describe how to work with specific elements within the shell:

• Enabling Slide Animation for the Taskbar
• Customizing Folders with Desktop.ini

See Also

Other Resources

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