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This is an article on how to post automated test results to Microsoft's Test Manager Infrastructure from external sources (e.g. your home grown automated test harness).
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I had to create Umbraco database on my shared hosting (I am using Winhost at the moment) couple of days ago.After checking few examples on
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FileExplorer is a WPF based control that has most features of the Windows Explorer, you can use it to display shell objects or any hierarchical data.

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FileExplorer is a WPF based control that has most features of the Windows Explorer, you can use it to display shell objects or any hierarchical data.

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15 May 2011 by #realJSOP
You can't copy sessions, because each "browser" instance creates/maintains its own session. Since it's an internal website, you could just use the user's Windows login to log in to the site.
9 Jun 2011 by #realJSOP
5.3 million Google results for "c# change explorer settings"[^]
5 Dec 2012 by Aarti Meswania
press f8 you will get object explorer tab at left hand side,connect to your server (sql login)now,under server tree you will get 'Databases' -> 'Tables' -> your tablenamefor set identity specificationright click table name and click 'Modify' optionnow, select column you will see...
9 Jun 2011 by Abdullatif M. Abu Al Rub
How to change settings of any explorer(IE,fire fox,chrome...) using C sharp? I've read that it can be done by changing registry!! settings like disable-enable JscriptIf sample code available that will be awesomeThanks all
28 Mar 2014 by Akinmade Bond
First, you can't query IE window for tabs that contain a link to your site. To achieve that, you might have to write a service.As regards multiple logins... on my current project, I wanted something like what Facebook has, list all devices you were logged in on and sign you out from the ones...
29 May 2014 by aks.shan
When I click on a asp dropdownlist control in Internet Explorer 11,i can see all the values of the dropdown populated above the control unlike in Internet explorer 8.When i click on dropdown list in internet explorer 8 i can see all the values populated downwards.how ca i get this in IE 11?
31 May 2013 by AlphaDeltaTheta
This CP article (.NET Shell Extensions - Shell Context Menus)[^] is a nice place to start.
22 May 2016 by an0ther1
You are not setting your Proxy server in the webBrowser1_Navigating event handler, only in your Form_Load event handlerAdd the code to the webBrowser1_Navigating event handler to make your HttpWebRequest use the ProxyWebProxy myProxy = new WebProxy(proxyBox.Text);myRequest.Proxy =...
11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community
I had to create Umbraco database on my shared hosting (I am using Winhost at the moment) couple of days ago.After checking few examples on
9 Feb 2012 by aspire1337
Hey,wenn running this command from cmd:c:\windows\explorer.exe "::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}"printers and faxes open, in an own process (2. explorer.exe) with only this window.When i...
18 Jun 2014 by avelsamy
ERROR - SCRIPT5007: Unable to get property 'PageRequestManager' of undefined or null referenceIn IE 10 windows 7, when i run it in compatible mode or any other browser or other versions of IE i am not experiencing this error. Any solution for this.......thanks in...
10 Oct 2011 by bc399
Is there any way to make the selection area highlighted, when I put the mouse over the folder in the left pane of windows explorer? I mean instead of the underbar. see the image belowhttp://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z373/Toby_Holmes/leftpanecolor.png[^]
5 Sep 2018 by BillW33
There is a good example of how to loop through all the keys for a registry here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1458653/iterate-through-registry-entries Read about the Registry Key Class here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.win32.registrykey?view=netframework-4.7.2 ...
22 May 2016 by BladeLogan
I am trying to connect to the internet through a proxy, more specificlly, this site to test if the proxy is working AZ Environment variables 1.04 As you can see down below.. It is NOT connecting using the proxy I set it to, and as you can see in the code below, it should be.. I used the...
22 Dec 2011 by Bojjaiah
you can try it//it's open Control Panel Process.Start ( "control.exe" );//it's open my computer Process.Start ( "explorer.exe" );//it's open Internet Explorer Process.Start ( "iexplore.exe" );
1 Nov 2023 by CHill60
This is a coding forum. You might have more luck finding an answer with Microsoft Support[^]
7 Apr 2015 by ChrisCreateBoss
I am working with WinForms C#. I want my app to be able to make a preview of the selected file in the windows explorer. An example? If I select a song in the windows explorer, my app should show and preview that song maybe using the axWindowsMediaPlayer.Something similar to an...
11 Sep 2013 by CodingLover
Hi all,This is something related to folder columns in Windows 7.I ave a folder with some files, and by default I can see Name, Date Modified, Type and Size columns. Any time I can add additional columns into the folder. But those changes are not reflect in sub-folders in that folder. How...
22 Dec 2011 by contact97438
Hi Folks,I want to open explorer.exe on my control panel.I've succeeded for many other programs, like notepad, calc.exe, ... but when i try with explorer, an external windows explorer appears.Here's my code, some help please : Imports System.Runtime.InteropServicesPrivate...
26 May 2017 by Dave Kreskowiak
That's because Explorer only ever launches once and stays running the entire time the user is logged in at the console. When you launched your instance of Explorer, you didn't really launch a new process called "Explorer.exe". You told the existing Explorer instance to open your new window.
6 Feb 2022 by Dave Kreskowiak
The rather lengthy code snippet at this page[^] seems like it'll do the trick. Once authenticated, you can open an Explorer window to the UCN path just by passing the UNC path as the argument with "explorer" as the Filename.
13 Oct 2011 by DaveAuld
You could use Group policy to do blanket configurations, searching Google shows up several results, here are just a...
12 Sep 2023 by David Edwards 2022
I want to open a picture that I have highlighted when I open a C# program that will show that picture. The best example would be RARzip. You can highlight the files you want to add to an archive then start Rarzip and it will grab those files for...
31 Mar 2018 by Dirk Bahle
Lessons Learned on Software Design with WPF
26 Apr 2018 by DKBZA
Hello. Am from argentina and new member of codeproject, i don't understand much english. Excuse me for that... is posible in batch obtain folders path of all opened file explorer windows? verifyng in the recent folder is not the same results before close explorer is posible in batch...
16 Apr 2014 by DoingWork
Dear allDevice: Psion Teklogix Workabout Pro3Operating system: Win ce 5.0Action performed: In registry (HKLM / Init), entry Launch 80: explorer.exe has been replaced by Launch 80: myApp.exe.Problem occurred: After restart of device, device has been stuck at...
27 Sep 2013 by Drew Eidt
The following source is working in Chrome but not IE or Firefox.Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated!Site: http://www.homelistingslondonontario.com/default.asp
22 Oct 2014 by DungVanNguyen
Dear all Code project members,I 'm developing Web application using ASP.NET, browser displays on 2 monitorsInternet Explorer of Monitor 1 has a button, anytime I click on button, Internet Explorer will be open on with another ASPX pageMonitor 2.Please support me solve this...
1 Nov 2023 by ehwash
I just so happened to notice office files being listed as accessed in the Recent list of Files Explorer without me touching them. I have never seen this behavior before. I only caught it by accident. I had downloaded a pdf file, and this started...
2 Nov 2023 by ehwash
It's been pointed out this is the wrong forum for this type of question. I withdraw.
28 Jul 2017 by ergohack
This is an article on how to post automated test results to Microsoft's Test Manager Infrastructure from external sources (e.g. your home grown automated test harness).
23 Mar 2017 by F-ES Sitecore
Send your file with the content type "application/octet-stream" rather than "application/pdf". That way the browser will always treat it as a basic binary file and the only options it will give are to open or save.Also as a basic rule "forcing IE to...." is never a solution for any problem....
20 Jul 2018 by F-ES Sitecore
You can't execute a cs file, a cs file is just a text file. The IDE converts that text into compiled code that can be run.
13 Oct 2011 by fareedulhassan
Dear All,Is it possible to set our IE setting like ActiveX enable etc. We can apply our Testing or programming setting to all other clients or users IE browser.I want to do dynamically in our asp.net application to set the IE settings according to our requirement like to enable ActiveX...
7 Aug 2013 by Garth J Lancaster
Thank you so much for your link and the trash that popped up with it !Windows Explorer provides very little - in fact, nada for the sort of integration you suggest. There are, however, some 'Explorer like' programs, that may server as a starting point 'g'
11 Sep 2023 by Gerry Schmitz
You're switching between a "picture" and "files". In the case of a "picture": right click the image and copy it to the clipboard. Retrieve the image from the clipboard with your program. Clipboard.GetImage Method (System.Windows.Forms) |...
12 Dec 2016 by H.AL
I am facing an issue on IE, if Adobe reader was not installed PC or disabled in ADD ons in IE, no PDF could open on browser. I do not want to obligate users to download Adobe Reader to display PDF, I need a solution that could work on Chrome, Firefox and IE without any need of Adobe...
19 Apr 2011 by HimanshuJoshi
This[^] provides a useful information on refreshing the explorer.
4 Apr 2013 by ibrahim_ragab
//if your control not focusedif (!controlInstance.Focused){ //make it focused controlInstance.Focus(); //menu code here //{code}}
13 May 2011 by ITFreak83
Hi,i have a small problem. Our customer connects via the internet explorer to a internal webpage. He must authenticate and download my program which connect to the same webpage to download some other files. And now i have the problem, that my program must reauthenticate with the same login...
15 May 2011 by ITFreak83
Thanks for your help! Thats what I was afraid of :(
16 Feb 2017 by jimmson
Hi,try this:string filePath = @"...";System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer.exe", string.Format("/select, \"{0}\"", filePath));
12 Apr 2013 by Jαved
hi try this,using System.Diagnostics;Process me = Process.GetCurrentProcess();foreach (Process p in Process.GetProcesses()){ if (P.Id != me.Id) // CHANGE me.Id to explorer PID P.CloseMainWindow(); // Sends WM_CLOSE; less gentle methods available too}
15 May 2011 by Kim Togo
I cannot see that this is possible or else you can bypass all security disregard what program you have.I think the best way is to have the user re authenticate, and save user and password in a safely way.Password Storage: How to do it.[^]
15 Aug 2018 by kingtomxy
In Windows Explorer or other windows application, if you right click in an input box, a default context menu shows up which contains built-in items like 'copy', 'paste' etc. My question are: Can we add a new item into the default context menu with a custom name. If we add a new item, can we...
18 Jun 2014 by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
ERROR - SCRIPT5007: Unable to get property 'PageRequestManager' of undefined or null reference in IE 10 windows 7[^]
6 Jul 2016 by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
You may be surprised but user agent string can be faked easily, so a browser can impost any other browser...For that reason you should not differentiate your site based on browser detection, but based on feature detection...For instance do no say I support only Chrome and FF, but say I...
19 May 2015 by Krishna Chaitanya Bezawada
Hi,I developed an C# Windows Application which on Loaded will execute an SQL Query and get the Location Latitude and Longitudes. And displays the values to the user in a message Box. When a user clicks on OK button of the Message Box then Internet Explorer will be opened and the Google Maps...
12 Mar 2011 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»
History of Internet Explorer [Birth of #IE to #IE9]
27 Jan 2012 by LetsMond
I want to create a toolbar plugin for Internet Explorer. I can find many examples and tutorials to get me started but nothing on one particular piece of functionality I'd like to implement.Ideally I want a small pop up window displaying information to appear when I click one of the buttons...
7 Feb 2018 by Leung Yat Chun
FileExplorer is a WPF based control that has most features of the Windows Explorer, you can use it to display shell objects or any hierarchical data.
4 May 2012 by lilyNaz
Hi,I have been trying to hook FindNextFileW in Explorer.exe.I have used IAT hooking and I manage to successfully change the address of FindNextfileW in the import table but when I execute the program, after the address is changed, explorer.exe restarts. I get a message box ,Data...
17 Dec 2014 by Maciej Los
Have a look here: Walkthrough: Manipulating Files and Directories in Visual Basic[^] and here: TreeView Explorer using VB.NET 2008[^]It's pretty straightforward. Try!
26 Apr 2018 by Maciej Los
Check this: How do you list all processes on the command line in Windows?[^] and this: Get Process List via WMI[^]
30 Mar 2021 by Maciej Los
First of all, please read this: Visual Representation of SQL Joins[^] I'd try this sql query: SELECT tt.Evnt_GUID, tt.Transactiontimestamp, je.* FROM TestTrasncstion tt(NOLOCK) LEFT JOIN ( SELECT Evnt_GUID , StartTime = MIN(CASE WHEN...
22 Jan 2012 by Mactm
Hello allMy website found here has two buttons. Both return videos from a tumblr blog using the tumblr api. I display 4 videos at a time,If i click the 'Forward' button it will call the php function(blogFunction.php) which will return the next 4 videos. The 'back' button will go back to the...
22 Oct 2015 by Maculish
I have get the problem,too. Did you get the solution?https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/325079[^]
20 Jul 2018 by MadMyche
You cannot invoke it directly. What you can do is select, compile, and then execute on-the-fly within the calling program
23 Apr 2015 by maitrey684
I am developing IE extensions using BHO. Currently I am using OnDocumentComplete event which fires when the page loading is completed. I want to inject my JavaScript while rendering HTML such that I can update HTML on the fly.Simple example: I want to replace HREF attribute. But on...
22 Jun 2015 by Mangesh9692
Hi,My website is hosted on iis 6.0.I trying to access from other machine via host machine ip it show only login page after shows "page cannot be displayed" error for following scenario.In internet explorer,in 1st i open youtube, in 2nd tab i open gmail, in third tab i open my website...
6 Nov 2022 by Mangesh9692
Convert KQL query to SQL Problem statement- Check event time stamp is exist in another table. eg In sql we can user "between" and "and" SELECT Evnt_GUID,Transactiontimestamp,* from TestTrasncstion (NOLOCK), ( SELECT star.GlobalID...
4 Apr 2013 by Marc Clifton
This is a very strange problem. I have an embedded WebBrowser control, and sometimes, depending on my previous action, the keyboard shortcuts for selected menu items (like "Alt-F" to pull down the File menu) do not work. Other times, they do.When I run Spy++, I can see that the window that...
17 Dec 2014 by Marcin Kozub
In addition to solution posted by Maciej Los, you definitelly should look at System.IO namespace which contain all informations about managing files and directories:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.aspx[^]You should distinct between manage data (such as...
10 Feb 2012 by Martin Arapovic
Hi,Use ProcessStartInfo and set CreateNoWindow and UseShellExecute to desired values depending what you want to achieve.Explore this links:1. CreateNoWindow in combination with UseShellExecute[^]2. ProcessStartInfo Class[^]
19 Apr 2011 by Matchlighter
Is there a way to refresh/reload the shell/explorer to update file association icons like most installers do? I have done a little Googling, but all I found were articles on file association, that did not mention the details of doing this. Is it possible to make an API call or use PInvoke to get...
18 Sep 2013 by Member 10186638
use css like this#txtArea{ border-style:dashed; border-color:red; resize:none;}
15 Oct 2013 by Member 10339112
hey,in all other Document Mode my WYSIWYG editor destroys my semantic syntax, in document mode IE8 it works. Is there a way to force IE to use always this document mode?I just found http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual%3a%24wgDocType but this doenst help me.Default is...
18 Jan 2016 by Member 10395722
Hi,I have this code that i have been using for a long time and this works very well in Chrome, Firefox and even Opera. But I noticed that it does not work in Internet explorer. I have found a lot of things like to use ActiveX but this seems to need the user to change internet settings and...
16 Feb 2017 by Member 10850253
I am trying to open a windows explorer to the path where I have my project, but I am getting file does not exist. I have the project in partition D and not in C.The path I am using is the exact path to the folder, because I used relative paths also.Can someone please tell me how can I open a...
4 Jan 2017 by Member 10979894
InternetExplorer explorer =(InternetExplorer) ie;((HTMLDocumentEvents2_Event)ie.Document).onmousedown += new mshtml.HTMLDocumentEvents2_onmousedownEventHandler(OnMouseDown);public void OnMouseDown(IHTMLEventObj pEvtObj) { MessageBox.Show("MouseDown fired!"); ...
21 Dec 2015 by Member 12133978
input[type='radio'] { -webkit-appearance: none; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50% !important; border: 1px solid darkgray; outline: none; box-shadow: 0 0 5px 0px gray inset !important; ...
1 Dec 2015 by Member 12178941
Hi, after long search i found this: Folder Size Information in the Windows Explorer Details View[^] I need something like this for an extra Column to show me the md5-Hash of the File. There are many little Tools, work alone or in Contextmenu - that's no problem. But i can't find a...
6 Jul 2016 by Member 12618323
How to redirect the current page to a new page in **IE11** ?This is what I have got so far, but it didn't work. ------This htaccess IE11 redirect doesnt work...
21 Nov 2019 by Member 14548718
I'm trying to update my old source code to UWP referencing Microsoft.UI.Xaml.dll TreeView control to display/replicate files and folders stored in a string[]. string[] stores the complete paths to one or more files. Example: C:\Users\User\Documents\Test1.txt C:\Users\User\Documents\Test2.txt...
21 Jul 2020 by Member 14895487
change the arguments of FormatEXTLOGPEN from EXTLOGPEN to EXTLOGPEN32 TreeDecode.h file: static void FormatEXTLOGPEN(const EXTLOGPEN32 * lp, LPVOID p1, LPVOID p2); TreeDecode.cpp file : void TreeDecode::FormatEXTLOGPEN(const EXTLOGPEN32 * lp,...
6 Feb 2022 by Member 14998692
In principle i can start the explorer with parameters, but this does not work with unc paths. Now I have found here a working version to get access to remote system on the C$ share. However, I do not want to read the C$-folder, i want to open...
6 Nov 2022 by Member 15822000
You can use Mostly Harmless Sql Translator: Json Kusto Pandas[^] to translate your sql into kusto/KQL, there is a cookbook for simple sql statements. Good luck! ^_^
23 Mar 2017 by Member 3395794
I want to Force internet Explorer Always to ask save file prompt, also downloading pdf and also with some reader installed. Someone knows what registry settings works for this purpose? Or any other solution?ThanksWhat I have tried:i need this working on webbrowser, i tried to add...
10 Aug 2019 by Member 456781
I downloaded the code from http://www.codeproject.com/KB/shell/columnhandler.aspx "Explorer column handler shell extension in C#". I have Visual Studio 2005 and compliled using C#. (Got a few missing "Articles"). But the code is OK and when I build it, the build succeeds. I put Explorer.exe in...
10 Aug 2019 by Member 456781
The author gave enough information. Here's the solution. Compiled to create the MD5ColumnHandler.dll (I used Visual Studio 2005). Tested as explained in my post and in the article using Debug mode calling Explorer. To implement so is part of XP after bootup (available immediately after doing...
22 May 2012 by Member 4584900
How can I create the horizontal toolbar for internet explorer. I have followed the following documents to create the toolbar... Pretty IE Toolbar in C#This code is working fine with the explorer bar only. if i am trying to use the same for the vertical explorer bar then it is not...
9 Mar 2012 by Member 8353487
Hi all, I'm coding an extension for Internet Explorer.I'de like to catch the IE beforenavigate event.I do this in my code in this way:After implementing IObjectWithSite interface, I define SetSite method as follow:public void SetSite(object pUnkSite){ // Release...
12 Mar 2012 by Member 8353487
I Followed this solution:http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/nl-NL/ieextensiondevelopment/thread/20b16462-63bd-4df4-8f2f-900307252ede[^]I implemented it as follows: public void SetSite(object pUnkSite) { // Release previous COM objects. ...
30 May 2012 by Member 8560922
Our website design is fully Tableless and done in CSS 3. But our jquery is not working properly is it the problem of CSS or it is not supporting the IE7. Does Css 3 and tableless design works in IE7 and IE 8 Browsers.
26 May 2017 by Member 914236
Hi, I am trying to open Windows Explorer and then wait for the user to close this application, before continuing with my program. The program works as intended with Notepad, but not Explorer. Thanks What I have tried: Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles...
21 Jul 2020 by Member 9236261
I have downloaded the source code for Joseph M Newcomer's Metafile Explorer utility from his web site at:http://www.flounder.com/metafileexplorer.htmbut cannot get it to build successfully with Visual Studio 2010. This is a C++ project. Has anyone else had success doing this? I do not...
25 Jul 2012 by Member 9236261
Thanks so much for your suggestions. What threw me off was that apparently Mr Newcomer originally built this application successfully with an earlier version of MS Studio. But I had the build issue when attemping with MS Studio 2010. As you can tell, I'm new to Visual Studio and new to C++ as...
9 Jul 2012 by MinamiTiaki
I can use this code to get and set the contents in normal IE window: SHDocVw.ShellWindowsClass shellWindows = new SHDocVw.ShellWindowsClass(); foreach (SHDocVw.InternetExplorer MyIE in shellWindows) { //workflow }But, if...
22 Dec 2011 by Monjurul Habib
The following example first spawns an instance of Internet Explorer and displays the contents of the Favorites folder in the browser. It then starts some other instances of Internet Explorer and displays some specific pages or sites. Finally it starts Internet Explorer with the window being...
19 Feb 2014 by Mukesh Kumar 1981
This tip is describing about a new feature comes with Visual Studio 2010. This new feature is called SharePoint Server Explorer
18 Sep 2013 by Naga Sindhura
Hi Friends,I am trying to implement TextArea in my Asp.Net Web Forms.Demo - http://jsfiddle.net/W7Rmv/[^] Please check this fiddle with Chrome or Mozilla. When I am trying to implement same TextArea, it asking rows and cols in aspx page and it is not working in IE.What I have...
4 Dec 2012 by nature_140
Hai Techies I have created a table in SQL server query browser[in SQL management Studio ] in the same db.But i cannot find that table .How can i bring that tableHow can i set the identity specification to YESThanks in advance..
8 Apr 2009 by Naveen
How to open Popup Blocker Settings window of IE programmatically?
22 May 2013 by nextX-online
Hi,When I use the windows explorer (XP or Win7), I can see the files content in an embedded viewer (the windows explorer preview pane).Is it possible to embed this preview-component in a .Net program?I just want to show some files (mostly pdf, but not always) in my program side by side...
17 Nov 2012 by ohsorry
How can i capture the file selected message in Windows Explorer?on desktop or in windows explorer if a file or a folder's (or something else with a icon ) status is selected,then show a messagebox and print it's full name?if multiple selected print all of them?suppose I have the...
22 Oct 2014 by OriginalGriff
I'm pretty sure you can't do it: Javascript has nothing I am aware of that would allow you to detect the existence of dual monitors, much less display a new browser on a specific one!
12 Dec 2016 by OriginalGriff
Your only option is to use a pdf to html converter - Google Search[^] at your server.If the client can't read PDFs, you can't force it to!
20 Jul 2018 by OriginalGriff
To do that, you need to compile it - that's OK because every .NET installation includes the C# compiler, CSC.EXE: Compiling C# Code at Runtime[^] You can then run it using Process.Start (if it compiles cleanly): Process.Start Method (System.Diagnostics)[^]
10 Aug 2019 by OriginalGriff
Don't post this under Quick Answers - if you got the code from an article, then there is a "Add a Comment or Question" button at the bottom of that article, which causes an email to be sent to the author. They are then alerted that you wish to speak to them. Posting this here relies on them...