UtilExplorer Class

Contains Windows Explorer related utilities.

Definition

Namespace: DevCase.Core.Windows.Common
Assembly: DevCase.net48 (in DevCase.net48.dll) Version: 6.0.0.0 (6.0)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.
public sealed class UtilExplorer
Inheritance
Object    UtilExplorer

Properties

Folders Gets a ReadOnlyCollectionT containing the opened windows explorer folder instances.
Windows Gets a ReadOnlyCollectionT containing the opened windows explorer instances.

Methods

AddItemToRecentDocs Adds an item into the Windows recent docs (MRU) list.
BlockTaskManager Prevents any attempt for the current user from reading and running the 'taskmgr.exe' file and any defined hijack in the system (if any).

Note that the file blocking is not permanent.

This function will return a FileStream Array that contains the 'taskmgr.exe' file stream(s) opened with Read access and None sharing.

So in order to unblock the access to the file(s), just dispose the opened stream(s) or terminate the calling aplication.

ClearRecentDocs Clears all the items in the Windows recent docs (MRU) list.
Equals Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode Serves as the default hash function.
(Inherited from Object)
GetType Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object)
RebuildIconAndThumbnailCaches Deletes the operating system's icon and thumbnail cache files.

WARNING: calling this method will terminate any "Explorer.exe" running instances.

RebuildIconCache Deletes the operating system's icon cache files.

WARNING: calling this method will terminate any "Explorer.exe" running instances.

RebuildThumbnailCache Deletes the operating system's thumbnail cache files.

WARNING: calling this method will terminate any "Explorer.exe" running instances.

RefreshWindows Refreshes the opened windows explorer folder instances.
ToString Returns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object)

Extension Methods

CanConvertTo Determines whether the source object can be converted to the specified target type.
(Defined by ObjectExtensions)
CanConvertToT Determines whether the source object can be converted to the specified target type.
(Defined by ObjectExtensions)
ConvertToT Converts an object to the specified target type.

If the conversion fails, an exception is thrown.
(Defined by ObjectExtensions)

ConvertToT Converts an object to the specified target type.

If the conversion fails, returns the specified default value.
(Defined by ObjectExtensions)

IsDisposable Determines whether the specified object is a disposable type (i.e., it implements IDisposable interface).
(Defined by ObjectExtensions)
Speak Speaks the string representation of the source object by using the operating system integrated text-to-speech synthesizer.
(Defined by ObjectExtensions)
Speak Speaks the string representation of the source object by using the operating system integrated text-to-speech synthesizer.
(Defined by ObjectExtensions)
ThrowIfNullTException Throws the specified exception if the source object is null.
(Defined by ObjectExtensions)

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