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ChrisGuzak — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:19:57 GMT

Intro
Windows developers, and especially those with an interest in developing Shell data sources (namespace extensions) are probably familiar with the original Shell namespace extension sample RegView. This project is an attempt to bring that sample into the Vista era of programming and demonstrates some of the key advances available in the Vista platform.

Also note that the Windows 7 has a modern data source sample installed here:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\Samples\winui\Shell\shellextensibility\explorerdataprovider

Project Structure
The solution consists of three subprojects:

RegNamespace - Implements all of the Shell namespace objects including the data source (IShellFolder2), the view (via SHCreateShellFolderView with an implementation of IShellFolderViewCB), the property store factory, and various other pieces, which will be discussed in more detail in other sections of this wiki.
RegPH - Implements the protocal handler and filter for the registry data source. This allows Windows Search to index the content of the registry.
RegLib - A static library of utilities shared between the other two projects.

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JamesFinnigan — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:51:35 GMT

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JamesFinnigan — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:12:26 GMT

Project Description
The Windows Registry Shell Namespace Extension allows Windows Explorer to view and interact with the Windows Registry data via Explorer windows. It demonstrates existing Shell extensibility points like IShellFolder2 and SHCreateShellFolderView and also demonstrates new concepts in Vista including the property system, property schema extensibility, and content indexing via Protocol Handlers.

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jerryjoyce — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:03:41 GMT

Project Description
The Windows Registry Shell Namespace Extension allows Windows Explorer to view and interact with the Windows Registry data via Explorer windows. It demonstrates existing Shell extensibility points like IShellFolder2 and SHCreateShellFolderView and also demonstrates new concepts in Vista including the property system, property schema extensibility, and content indexing via Protocol Handlers.

Source Available
The initial source code has been published. More info to come.

Overview

Build/Setup Instructions

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jerryjoyce — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:03:28 GMT

This project is dependent on the latest Windows SDK for Windows Vista. You can install it here.

Also, you will need to integrate the Vista SDK environment into Visual Studio. This can be accomplished by running the Integrate Windows SDK with Visual Studio 2005 command that is installed by the SDK. Don't forget to elevate to run the command.

Once you have the solution built, RegNamespace.dll will auto register. I decided not to have RegPH autoregister during the build process because it is somewhat labor intensive. This will have to be manually registered "regsvr32 regph.dll" from an eleveated command prompt.

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jerryjoyce — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:45:22 GMT

Intro
Windows developers, and especially those with an interest in developing Shell namespace extensions are probably familiar with the original Shell namespace extension sample RegView. This project is an attempt to bring that sample into the Vista era of programming and demonstrates some of the key advances available in the Vista platform.

Project Structure
The solution consists of three subprojects:

RegNamespace - Implements all of the Shell namespace objects including the data source (IShellFolder2), the view (via SHCreateShellFolderView with an implementation of IShellFolderViewCB), the property store factory, and various other pieces, which will be discussed in more detail in other sections of this wiki.
RegPH - Implements the protocal handler and filter for the registry data source. This allows Windows Search to index the content of the registry.
RegLib - A static library of utilities shared between the other two projects.

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jerryjoyce — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:42:46 GMT

Project Description
The Windows Registry Shell Namespace Extension allows Windows Explorer to view and interact with the Windows Registry data via Explorer windows. It demonstrates existing Shell extensibility points like IShellFolder2 and SHCreateShellFolderView and also demonstrates new concepts in Vista including the property system, property schema extensibility, and content indexing via Protocol Handlers.

Source Available
The initial source code has been published. More info to come.

Overview

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jerryjoyce — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:42:07 GMT

RegNamespace - Implements all of the Shell namespace objects including the data source (IShellFolder2), the view (via SHCreateShellFolderView with an implementation of IShellFolderViewCB), the property store factory, and various other pieces, which will be discussed in more detail in other sections of this wiki.
RegPH - Implements the protocal handler and filter for the registry data source. This allows Windows Search to index the content of the registry.
RegLib - A static library of utilities shared between the other two projects.

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jerryjoyce — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:18:10 GMT

Project Description
The Windows Registry Shell Namespace Extension allows Windows Explorer to view and interact with the Windows Registry data via Explorer windows. It demonstrates existing Shell extensibility points like IShellFolder2 and SHCreateShellFolderView and also demonstrates new concepts in Vista including the property system, property schema extensibility, and content indexing via Protocol Handlers.

Source Available
The initial source code has been published. More info to come.

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jerryjoyce — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:17:57 GMT

Project Description
The Windows Registry Shell Namespace Extension allows Windows Explorer to view and interact with the Windows Registry data via Explorer windows. It demonstrates existing Shell extensibility points like IShellFolder2 and SHCreateShellFolderView and also demonstrates new concepts in Vista including the property system, property schema extensibility, and content indexing via Protocol Handlers.

Source Coming Soon
The initial source code has been published. More info to come.

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jerryjoyce — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:37:51 GMT

Project Description
The Windows Registry Shell Namespace Extension allows Windows Explorer to view and interact with the Windows Registry data via Explorer windows. It demonstrates existing Shell extensibility points like IShellFolder2 and SHCreateShellFolderView and also demonstrates new concepts in Vista including the property system, property schema extensibility, and content indexing via Protocol Handlers.

Source Coming Soon
This project was accidentally published before I was ready to published the sources. ETA 2/17/2007.