System.Shell.Item Object

Defines the properties of each member of the Items collection.

Members

The System.Shell.Item object defines the following members:

• Methods
• Properties

Methods

The System.Shell.Item object defines the following methods.

Method	Description
invokeVerb	Invokes a verb associated with the item.
metadata	Retrieves the metadata value for a canonical property name key of the System.Shell.Item.

 

Properties

The System.Shell.Item object defines the following properties.

Property	Access type	Description
isFileSystem	Read-only	Gets whether the object is a file.
isFolder	Read-only	Gets whether the object is a folder.
isLink	Read-only	Gets whether the object is a link (or shortcut).
link	Read-only	Gets a System.Shell.Item object that represents the linked item.
modifyDate	Read-only	Gets the last modified date of the System.Shell.Item.
name	Read-only	Gets the name of the System.Shell.Item.
path	Read-only	Gets the UNC path (with filename) of the System.Shell.Item.
SHFolder	Read-only	Gets a System.Shell.Folder object from the System.Shell.Item.
size	Read-only	Gets the size (in bytes) of the System.Shell.Item.
type	Read-only	Gets the verbose file type (not the extension) of the Windows Shell item.

 

Remarks

Each System.Shell.Item in the Items collection corresponds to a file system object present on the machine.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows Vista
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008
IDL	Sidebar.idl
DLL	Sidebar.Exe version 1.0 or later

 

 

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Build date: 2/24/2010

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