Abraham.Windows.Shell

OVERVIEW

This library provides methods to create links to your program in Windows Autostart folder. And to open file with the associated program, associated browser or to start a batch file.

LICENSE

Licensed under Apache licence. https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Compatibility

The nuget package was build with DotNET 6.

INSTALLATION

Install the Nuget package "Abraham.Windows.Shell" into your application (from https://www.nuget.org).

HOW TO INSTALL A NUGET PACKAGE

This is very simple:

• Start Visual Studio (with NuGet installed)
• Right-click on your project's References and choose "Manage NuGet Packages..."
• Choose Online category from the left
• Enter the name of the nuget package to the top right search and hit enter
• Choose your package from search results and hit install
• Done!

or from NuGet Command-Line:

Install-Package Abraham.Windows.Shell

AUTHOR

Oliver Abraham, [email protected], https://www.oliver-abraham.de

Please feel free to comment and suggest improvements!

SOURCE CODE

The source code for this nuget package is hosted at:

https://github.com/OliverAbraham/Abraham.Windows.Shell

The Nuget Package is hosted at:

https://www.nuget.org/packages/Abraham.Windows.Shell

Examples

For examples refer to the demo project on github. It demonstrates all methods.

Getting started

Add the Nuget package "Abraham.Windows.Shell" to your project.

To add a link to the autostart folder

AutostartFolder.AddShortcut();

To remove the link

AutostartFolder.RemoveShortcut();

To start a batchfile (bat, cmd or ps1)

ExternalPrograms.StartBatchfile("MyBatchfile.cmd");

To open a windows explorer with a given folder

ExternalPrograms.OpenDirectoryInExplorer(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments));

To open a file with the associated program

ExternalPrograms.OpenFileInStandardBrowser("MyDocument.html");

To find the associated program for a file extension

var program = ExternalPrograms.FindAssociatedProgramFor(".html");

SCREENSHOTS

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