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http://pinvoke.net/default.aspx/shell32/ShellExecuteEx.html

Using ShellExecuteEx to show the properties dialog box of a file.

public static void ShowFileProperties(string Filename) {
    SHELLEXECUTEINFO info = new SHELLEXECUTEINFO();
    info.cbSize = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.SizeOf(info);
    info.lpVerb = "properties";
    info.lpFile = Filename;
    info.nShow = SW_SHOW;
    info.fMask = SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST;
    ShellExecuteEx(ref info);
}

private const int SW_SHOW = 5;
private const uint SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST = 12;

[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
static extern bool ShellExecuteEx(ref SHELLEXECUTEINFO lpExecInfo);

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]

    public struct SHELLEXECUTEINFO
    {
        public int cbSize;
        public uint fMask;
        public IntPtr hwnd;
        public String lpVerb;
        public String lpFile;
        public String lpParameters;
        public String lpDirectory;
        public int nShow;
        public int hInstApp;
        public int lpIDList;
        public String lpClass;
        public int hkeyClass;
        public uint dwHotKey;
        public int hIcon;
        public int hProcess;
    }

7 Comments

• Smith said Friday, December 15, 2006 10:26:16 PM

  Exactly what I was looking for. Much appreciated.

• Mahesh Bagul said Monday, April 27, 2009 4:01:38 AM

  It works but I want it to show for multiple files? Any help?

• alexch said Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:52:06 AM

  The SHELLEXECUTEINFO presented is valid only for Win32 (some "int" must be "IntPtr"); it should look like: [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)] public struct SHELLEXECUTEINFO { public int cbSize; public uint fMask; public IntPtr hwnd; public String lpVerb; public String lpFile; public String lpParameters; public String lpDirectory; public int nShow; public IntPtr hInstApp; public IntPtr lpIDList; public String lpClass; public IntPtr hkeyClass; public uint dwHotKey; public IntPtr hIcon; public IntPtr hProcess; }

• Mikkel said Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:44:43 AM

  Is there any way of making the Property window TopMost like BringToFront()?

• Md. Rashim Uddin said Monday, April 19, 2010 11:06:30 PM

  How do we make it working for multiple selected file?

• Harish said Monday, May 17, 2010 5:32:16 AM

  Using SHELLEXECUTEINFO i am opening an application. How do i make the SHELLEXECUTEINFO make wait till the child application is closed?

• Steph said Saturday, August 14, 2010 8:50:23 AM

  Using "Charset = Charset.Auto" gives me an errormessage with chinese or whatever symbols... *lol*