FolderItem object

Represents an item in a Shell folder. This object contains properties and methods that allow you to retrieve information about the item.

Members

The FolderItem object has these types of members:

The FolderItem object has these methods.

Method	Description
InvokeVerb	Executes a verb on the item.
Verbs	Retrieves the item's FolderItemVerbs object. This object is the collection of verbs that can be executed on the item.

The FolderItem object has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
Application	Read-only	Contains the Application object of the folder item.
GetFolder	Read-only	Contains the item's Folder object, if the item is a folder.
GetLink	Read-only	Contains the item's ShellLinkObject object, if the item is a shortcut.
IsBrowsable	Read-only	Indicates if the item can be hosted inside a browser or Windows Explorer frame.
IsFileSystem	Read-only	Indicates if the item is part of the file system.
IsFolder	Read-only	Indicates if the item is a folder.
IsLink	Read-only	Indicates whether the item is a shortcut.
ModifyDate	Read/write	Sets or gets the date and time that a file was last modified. ModifyDate can be used to retrieve the date and time that a folder was last modified, but cannot set it.
Name	Read/write	Sets or gets the item's name.
Parent	Read-only	Gets an object that represents the parent of the item.
Path	Read-only	Contains the item's full path and name.
Size	Read-only	Contains the item's size.
Type	Read-only	Contains a string representation of the item's type.

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header	Shldisp.h
IDL	Shldisp.idl
DLL	Shell32.dll (version 4.71 or later)