Shell Structures
This section describes the Windows Shell Structures.
In this section
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| AASHELLMENUFILENAME |
A variable-size structure that contains information about a menu file name. |
| AASHELLMENUITEM |
Contains information about a menu item. |
| APPBARDATA |
Contains information about a system appbar message. |
| APPCATEGORYINFO |
Provides application category information to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. The APPCATEGORYINFOLIST structure is used create a complete list of categories for an application publisher. |
| APPCATEGORYINFOLIST |
Provides a list of supported application categories from an application publisher to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. |
| APPINFODATA |
Provides information about a published application to the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel utility. |
| ASSOCIATIONELEMENT |
Defines information used by AssocCreateForClasses to retrieve an IQueryAssociations interface for a given file association. |
| BANDINFOSFB |
Contains information about a folder band. This structure is used with the IShellFolderBand::GetBandInfoSFB and IShellFolderBand::SetBandInfoSFB methods. |
| BANDSITEINFO |
Contains information about a band site. This structure is used with the IBandSite::GetBandSiteInfo and IBandSite::SetBandSiteInfo methods. |
| BASEBROWSERDATA |
Contains protected members of the base class. BASEBROWSERDATA defines the browser state and is used with IBrowserService2::GetBaseBrowserData and IBrowserService2::PutBaseBrowserData. |
| BORDERWIDTHS |
Defines the coordinates of the upper-left and lower-right corners of a border rectangle. |
| BROWSEINFO |
Contains parameters for the SHBrowseForFolder function and receives information about the folder selected by the user. |
| CATEGORY_INFO |
Contains category information. A component category is a group of logically-related Component Object Model (COM) classes that share a common category identifier (CATID). |
| CIDA |
Used with the CFSTR_SHELLIDLIST clipboard format to transfer the pointer to an item identifier list (PIDL) of one or more Shell namespace objects. |
| CM_COLUMNINFO |
Defines column information. Used by members of the IColumnManager interface. |
| CMINVOKECOMMANDINFO |
Contains information needed by IContextMenu::InvokeCommand to invoke a shortcut menu command. |
| CMINVOKECOMMANDINFOEX |
Contains extended information about a shortcut menu command. This structure is an extended version of CMINVOKECOMMANDINFO that allows the use of Unicode values. |
| COMDLG_FILTERSPEC |
Used generically to filter elements. |
| COMPONENT |
Used by Windows 2000 to hold information about a component. This structure replaces the IE4COMPONENT structure. |
| COMPONENTSOPT |
Contains the desktop item options. |
| COMPPOS |
Holds information about a component's position and size. |
| COMPSTATEINFO |
Used by Windows 2000 to hold information about a component's state. |
| CONFIRM_CONFLICT_ITEM |
Defines conflict item structure. |
| CONFIRM_CONFLICT_RESULT_INFO |
Defines conflict result information structure. |
| CPLINFO |
Contains resource information and an application-defined value for a dialog box supported by a Control Panel application. The CPlApplet function of the Control Panel application returns this information to the Control Panel in response to a CPL_INQUIRE message. |
| CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_CREDENTIAL_SERIALIZATION |
Contains details about a credential. |
| CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_FIELD_DESCRIPTOR |
Describes a single field in a credential. For example, a string or a user image. |
| CSFV |
Used with the SHCreateShellFolderViewEx function. |
| DATABLOCK_HEADER |
Serves as the header for some of the extra data structures used by IShellLinkDataList. |
| DEFCONTEXTMENU |
Contains context menu information used by SHCreateDefaultContextMenu. |
| DELEGATEITEMID |
Used by delegate folders in place of a standard ITEMIDLIST structure. |
| DETAILSINFO |
Contains detail information for a Shell folder item. Used with the SFVM_GETDETAILSOF notification. |
| DFMICS |
Contains additional arguments used by DFM_INVOKECOMMANDEX. |
| DLLVERSIONINFO |
Receives DLL-specific version information. It is used with the DllGetVersion function. Note: In place of this structure, you can use the DLLVERSIONINFO2 structure. |
| DLLVERSIONINFO2 |
Receives DLL-specific version information. It is used with the DllGetVersion function. |
| DROPDESCRIPTION |
Describes the image and accompanying text for a drop object. |
| DROPFILES |
Defines the CF_HDROP clipboard format. The data that follows is a double null-terminated list of file names. |
| EXP_DARWIN_LINK |
Holds an extra data block used by IShellLinkDataList. It holds the link's Windows Installer ID. |
| EXP_PROPERTYSTORAGE |
Stores information about the Shell link state. This structure is used for extra data sections that are tagged with EXP_PROPERTYSTORAGE_SIG. |
| EXP_SPECIAL_FOLDER |
Holds an extra data block used by IShellLinkDataList. It holds special folder information. |
| EXP_SZ_LINK |
Holds an extra data block used by IShellLinkDataList. It holds expandable environment strings for the icon or target. |
| EXT_BUTTON |
Contains information about a button that a File Manager extension DLL is adding to the toolbar of File Manager. |
| EXTRASEARCH |
Used by an IEnumExtraSearch enumerator object to return information on the search objects supported by a Shell Folder object. |
| FILE_ATTRIBUTES_ARRAY |
Contains the clipboard format definition for CFSTR_FILE_ATTRIBUTES_ARRAY. |
| FILEDESCRIPTOR |
Describes the properties of a file that is being copied by means of the clipboard during a Microsoft ActiveX drag-and-drop operation. |
| FILEGROUPDESCRIPTOR |
Defines the CF_FILEGROUPDESCRIPTOR clipboard format. |
| FMS_GETDRIVEINFO |
Contains information about the drive selected in the active File Manager window (the directory window or the Search Results window). |
| FMS_GETFILESEL |
Contains information about a selected file in the active File Manager window (the directory window or the Search Results window). |
| FMS_HELPSTRING |
Contains information that File Manager uses to add a Help string for a menu or toolbar command item. |
| FMS_LOAD |
Contains information that File Manager uses to add a custom menu provided by a File Manager extension DLL. The structure also provides a delta value that the extension DLL can use to manipulate the custom menu after File Manager has loaded the menu. |
| FMS_TOOLBARLOAD |
Contains information about custom buttons to be added to the File Manager toolbar. The buttons are provided by a File Manager extension DLL. |
| FOLDERSETTINGS |
Contains folder view information. |
| FVSHOWINFO |
Contains information that the file viewer uses to display a file. |
| HELPINFO |
Contains information about an item for which context-sensitive Help has been requested. |
| HELPWININFO |
Contains the size and position of either a primary or secondary Help window. An application can set this information by calling the WinHelp function with the HELP_SETWINPOS value. |
| IE4COMPONENT |
Used by Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 to hold information about a component. With Windows 2000, it is replaced by the COMPONENT structure. |
| ITEMIDLIST |
Contains a list of item identifiers. |
| ITEMSPACING |
Stores the dimensions of the two possible sizes of icon spacing that are available for display: small and large. Used by IShellFolderView::GetItemSpacing. |
| KNOWNFOLDER_DEFINITION |
Defines the specifics of a known folder. |
| LOGFONT |
Defines the attributes of a font. |
| MRUINFO |
Contains information that defines a new most recently used (MRU) list. Used by CreateMRUListW. |
| MULTIKEYHELP |
Specifies a keyword to search for and the keyword table to be searched by Windows Help. |
| NC_ADDRESS |
Contains information that describes a network address. |
| NET_ADDRESS_INFO |
Describes a network address. |
| NEWCPLINFO |
Contains resource information and an application-defined value for a dialog box supported by a Control Panel application. |
| NOTIFYICONDATA |
Contains information that the system needs to display notifications in the notification area. Used by Shell_NotifyIcon. |
| NOTIFYICONIDENTIFIER |
Contains information used by Shell_NotifyIconGetRect to identify the icon for which to retrieve the bounding rectangle. |
| NRESARRAY |
Defines the CF_NETRESOURCE clipboard format. |
| NSTCCUSTOMDRAW |
Custom draw structure used by INameSpaceTreeControlCustomDraw methods. |
| NT_CONSOLE_PROPS |
Holds an extra data block used by IShellLinkDataList. It holds console properties. |
| NT_FE_CONSOLE_PROPS |
Holds an extra data block used by IShellLinkDataList. It holds the console's code page. |
| OPEN_PRINTER_PROPS_INFO |
Identifies a particular property sheet in a printer's property pages and whether that property sheet should be modal. Optionally used with the SHInvokePrinterCommand function. |
| OPENASINFO |
Stores information for the SHOpenWithDialog function. |
| OVERLAPPED |
Contains information used in asynchronous (overlapped) input/output (I/O). |
| PARSEDURL |
Used by the ParseURL function to return the parsed URL. |
| PERSIST_FOLDER_TARGET_INFO |
Specifies a folder shortcut's target folder and its attributes. This structure is used by IPersistFolder3::GetFolderTargetInfo and IPersistFolder3::InitializeEx. |
| PREVIEWHANDLERFRAMEINFO |
Accelerator table structure. Used by IPreviewHandlerFrame::GetWindowContext. |
| PROFILEINFO |
Contains information used when loading or unloading a user profile. |
| PUBAPPINFO |
Provides information about a published application from an application publisher to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. |
| QCMINFO |
Contains information for merging menu items into Windows Explorer menus. |
| QITAB |
Used by the QISearch function to describe a single interface. |
| SERIALIZEDPROPERTYVALUE |
A range of memory of arbitrary type that represents a serialized PROPVARIANT structure. Programs should not inspect the contents of a SERIALIZEDPROPERTYVALUE; instead, they should manipulate it with the StgSerializePropVariant and StgDeserializePropVariant functions. |
| SFV_CREATE |
This structure is used with the SHCreateShellFolderView function. |
| SFV_SETITEMPOS |
Stores position information for an item. Used with message SFVM_SETITEMPOS. |
| SFVM_HELPTOPIC_DATA |
Contains the name of an HTML Help file and a topic in that file. Used with the SFVM_GETHELPTOPIC notification. This structure requires Unicode strings. |
| SFVM_PROPPAGE_DATA |
Contains the details of a page to be added to an object's Properties sheet. |
| SHARDAPPIDINFO |
Contains data used by SHAddToRecentDocs to identify both an item—in this case as an IShellItem—and the process that it is associated with. |
| SHARDAPPIDINFOIDLIST |
Contains data used by SHAddToRecentDocs to identify both an item—in this case by an absolute PIDL—and the process that it is associated with. |
| SHARDAPPIDINFOLINK |
Contains data used by SHAddToRecentDocs to identify both an item, in this case through an IShellLink, and the process that it is associated with. |
| SHChangeNotifyEntry |
Contains and receives information for change notifications. This structure is used with the SHChangeNotifyRegister function and the SFVM_QUERYFSNOTIFY notification. |
| SHCOLUMNDATA |
Contains information that identifies a particular file. It is used by IColumnProvider::GetItemData when requesting data for a particular file. |
| SHCOLUMNID |
Specifies the FMTID/PID identifier of a column that will be displayed by the Windows Explorer Details view. Note: As of Windows Vista, SHCOLUMNID is considered a legacy form and should not be used. In its place, use the PROPERTYKEY structure. |
| SHCOLUMNINFO |
Contains information about the properties of a column. It is used by IColumnProvider::GetColumnInfo. |
| SHCOLUMNINIT |
Passes initialization information to IColumnProvider::Initialize. |
| SHDESCRIPTIONID |
Receives item data in response to a call to SHGetDataFromIDList. |
| SHDRAGIMAGE |
Contains the information needed to create a drag image. |
| SHELL_ITEM_RESOURCE |
Defines Shell item resource. |
| SHELLDETAILS |
Reports detailed information on an item in a Shell folder. |
| SHELLEXECUTEINFO |
Contains information used by ShellExecuteEx. |
| SHELLFLAGSTATE |
Contains a set of flags that indicate the current Shell settings. This structure is used with the SHGetSettings function. |
| SHELLSTATE |
Contains settings for the Shell's state. This structure is used with the SHGetSetSettings function. |
| SHFILEINFO |
Contains information about a file object. |
| SHFILEOPSTRUCT |
Contains information that the SHFileOperation function uses to perform file operations. Note: As of Windows Vista, the use of the IFileOperation interface is recommended over this function. |
| SHFOLDERCUSTOMSETTINGS |
Holds custom folder settings. This structure is used with the SHGetSetFolderCustomSettings function. |
| SHITEMID |
Defines an item identifier. |
| SHNAMEMAPPING |
Contains the old and new path names for each file that was moved, copied, or renamed by the SHFileOperation function. |
| SHQUERYRBINFO |
Contains the size and item count information retrieved by the SHQueryRecycleBin function. |
| SHSTOCKICONINFO |
Receives information used to retrieve a stock Shell icon. This structure is used in a call SHGetStockIconInfo. |
| SLOWAPPINFO |
Provides specialized application information to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. This structure is not applicable to published applications. |
| SMCSHCHANGENOTIFYSTRUCT |
Contains information about change notification. It is used by IShellMenuCallback::CallbackSM. |
| SMDATA |
Contains information from a menu band. |
| SMINFO |
Contains information about an item from a menu band. |
| SOFTDISTINFO |
Contains information about a software update. |
| SORTCOLUMN |
Stores information about how to sort a column that is displayed in the folder view. |
| STRRET |
Contains strings returned from the IShellFolder interface methods. |
| SV2CVW2_PARAMS |
Holds the parameters for the IShellView2::CreateViewWindow2 method. |
| SYNC_HANDLER_ITEM_INFO |
Defines a handler for a scheduled synchronization. Used with ISyncSchedule::AddItem. |
| SYNCMGR_CONFLICT_ID_INFO |
Describes conflict ID information structure. |
| SYNCMGRHANDLERINFO |
Provides information about the handler for use in the ISyncMgrSynchronize::GetHandlerInfo method. |
| SYNCMGRITEM |
Provides information about items being enumerated by the ISyncMgrEnumItems interface. |
| SYNCMGRLOGERRORINFO |
Provides error information for use in the ISyncMgrSynchronizeCallback::LogError method. |
| SYNCMGRPROGRESSITEM |
Provides status information while a synchronization is in progress. This structure is used with the ISyncMgrSynchronizeCallback::Progress method and corresponds to a single synchronization item. |
| TBINFO |
Used with the SFVM_GETBUTTONINFO notification to specify the number of buttons to add to the toolbar, as well as how they're added. |
| THUMBBUTTON |
Used by methods of the ITaskbarList3 interface to define buttons used in a toolbar embedded in a window's thumbnail representation. |
| WALLPAPEROPT |
Contains the wallpaper display options. Used with members of the IActiveDesktop interface. |
| WINDOWDATA |
Stores window data. |
| WTS_CONTEXTFLAGS |
Specifies the context of a thumbnail extraction. Used by IThumbnailSettings::SetContext. |
| WTS_FLAGS |
Values used by IThumbnailCache::GetThumbnail to specify options for the extraction and display of the thumbnail image. |
| WTS_THUMBNAILID |
Contains a unique identifier for a thumbnail in the system thumbnail cache. |