Shell Structures

This section describes the Windows Shell Structures.

In this section

Topic	Description
AASHELLMENUFILENAME	A variable-size structure that contains information about a menu file name.
AASHELLMENUITEM	Contains information about a menu item.
APPBARDATA	Contains information about a system appbar message.
APPCATEGORYINFO	Provides application category information to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. The APPCATEGORYINFOLIST structure is used create a complete list of categories for an application publisher.
APPCATEGORYINFOLIST	Provides a list of supported application categories from an application publisher to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.
APPINFODATA	Provides information about a published application to the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel utility.
ASSOCIATIONELEMENT	Defines information used by AssocCreateForClasses to retrieve an IQueryAssociations interface for a given file association.
BANDINFOSFB	Contains information about a folder band. This structure is used with the IShellFolderBand::GetBandInfoSFB and IShellFolderBand::SetBandInfoSFB methods.
BANDSITEINFO	Contains information about a band site. This structure is used with the IBandSite::GetBandSiteInfo and IBandSite::SetBandSiteInfo methods.
BASEBROWSERDATA	Contains protected members of the base class. BASEBROWSERDATA defines the browser state and is used with IBrowserService2::GetBaseBrowserData and IBrowserService2::PutBaseBrowserData.
BORDERWIDTHS	Defines the coordinates of the upper-left and lower-right corners of a border rectangle.
BROWSEINFO	Contains parameters for the SHBrowseForFolder function and receives information about the folder selected by the user.
CATEGORY_INFO	Contains category information. A component category is a group of logically-related Component Object Model (COM) classes that share a common category identifier (CATID).
CIDA	Used with the CFSTR_SHELLIDLIST clipboard format to transfer the pointer to an item identifier list (PIDL) of one or more Shell namespace objects.
CM_COLUMNINFO	Defines column information. Used by members of the IColumnManager interface.
CMINVOKECOMMANDINFO	Contains information needed by IContextMenu::InvokeCommand to invoke a shortcut menu command.
CMINVOKECOMMANDINFOEX	Contains extended information about a shortcut menu command. This structure is an extended version of CMINVOKECOMMANDINFO that allows the use of Unicode values.
COMDLG_FILTERSPEC	Used generically to filter elements.
COMPONENT	Used by Windows 2000 to hold information about a component. This structure replaces the IE4COMPONENT structure.
COMPONENTSOPT	Contains the desktop item options.
COMPPOS	Holds information about a component's position and size.
COMPSTATEINFO	Used by Windows 2000 to hold information about a component's state.
CONFIRM_CONFLICT_ITEM	Defines conflict item structure.
CONFIRM_CONFLICT_RESULT_INFO	Defines conflict result information structure.
CPLINFO	Contains resource information and an application-defined value for a dialog box supported by a Control Panel application. The CPlApplet function of the Control Panel application returns this information to the Control Panel in response to a CPL_INQUIRE message.
CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_CREDENTIAL_SERIALIZATION	Contains details about a credential.
CREDENTIAL_PROVIDER_FIELD_DESCRIPTOR	Describes a single field in a credential. For example, a string or a user image.
CSFV	Used with the SHCreateShellFolderViewEx function.
DATABLOCK_HEADER	Serves as the header for some of the extra data structures used by IShellLinkDataList.
DEFCONTEXTMENU	Contains context menu information used by SHCreateDefaultContextMenu.
DELEGATEITEMID	Used by delegate folders in place of a standard ITEMIDLIST structure.
DETAILSINFO	Contains detail information for a Shell folder item. Used with the SFVM_GETDETAILSOF notification.
DFMICS	Contains additional arguments used by DFM_INVOKECOMMANDEX.
DLLVERSIONINFO	Receives DLL-specific version information. It is used with the DllGetVersion function. Note: In place of this structure, you can use the DLLVERSIONINFO2 structure.
DLLVERSIONINFO2	Receives DLL-specific version information. It is used with the DllGetVersion function.
DROPDESCRIPTION	Describes the image and accompanying text for a drop object.
DROPFILES	Defines the CF_HDROP clipboard format. The data that follows is a double null-terminated list of file names.
EXP_DARWIN_LINK	Holds an extra data block used by IShellLinkDataList. It holds the link's Windows Installer ID.
EXP_PROPERTYSTORAGE	Stores information about the Shell link state. This structure is used for extra data sections that are tagged with EXP_PROPERTYSTORAGE_SIG.
EXP_SPECIAL_FOLDER	Holds an extra data block used by IShellLinkDataList. It holds special folder information.
EXP_SZ_LINK	Holds an extra data block used by IShellLinkDataList. It holds expandable environment strings for the icon or target.
EXT_BUTTON	Contains information about a button that a File Manager extension DLL is adding to the toolbar of File Manager.
EXTRASEARCH	Used by an IEnumExtraSearch enumerator object to return information on the search objects supported by a Shell Folder object.
FILE_ATTRIBUTES_ARRAY	Contains the clipboard format definition for CFSTR_FILE_ATTRIBUTES_ARRAY.
FILEDESCRIPTOR	Describes the properties of a file that is being copied by means of the clipboard during a Microsoft ActiveX drag-and-drop operation.
FILEGROUPDESCRIPTOR	Defines the CF_FILEGROUPDESCRIPTOR clipboard format.
FMS_GETDRIVEINFO	Contains information about the drive selected in the active File Manager window (the directory window or the Search Results window).
FMS_GETFILESEL	Contains information about a selected file in the active File Manager window (the directory window or the Search Results window).
FMS_HELPSTRING	Contains information that File Manager uses to add a Help string for a menu or toolbar command item.
FMS_LOAD	Contains information that File Manager uses to add a custom menu provided by a File Manager extension DLL. The structure also provides a delta value that the extension DLL can use to manipulate the custom menu after File Manager has loaded the menu.
FMS_TOOLBARLOAD	Contains information about custom buttons to be added to the File Manager toolbar. The buttons are provided by a File Manager extension DLL.
FOLDERSETTINGS	Contains folder view information.
FVSHOWINFO	Contains information that the file viewer uses to display a file.
HELPINFO	Contains information about an item for which context-sensitive Help has been requested.
HELPWININFO	Contains the size and position of either a primary or secondary Help window. An application can set this information by calling the WinHelp function with the HELP_SETWINPOS value.
IE4COMPONENT	Used by Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 to hold information about a component. With Windows 2000, it is replaced by the COMPONENT structure.
ITEMIDLIST	Contains a list of item identifiers.
ITEMSPACING	Stores the dimensions of the two possible sizes of icon spacing that are available for display: small and large. Used by IShellFolderView::GetItemSpacing.
KNOWNFOLDER_DEFINITION	Defines the specifics of a known folder.
LOGFONT	Defines the attributes of a font.
MRUINFO	Contains information that defines a new most recently used (MRU) list. Used by CreateMRUListW.
MULTIKEYHELP	Specifies a keyword to search for and the keyword table to be searched by Windows Help.
NC_ADDRESS	Contains information that describes a network address.
NET_ADDRESS_INFO	Describes a network address.
NEWCPLINFO	Contains resource information and an application-defined value for a dialog box supported by a Control Panel application.
NOTIFYICONDATA	Contains information that the system needs to display notifications in the notification area. Used by Shell_NotifyIcon.
NOTIFYICONIDENTIFIER	Contains information used by Shell_NotifyIconGetRect to identify the icon for which to retrieve the bounding rectangle.
NRESARRAY	Defines the CF_NETRESOURCE clipboard format.
NSTCCUSTOMDRAW	Custom draw structure used by INameSpaceTreeControlCustomDraw methods.
NT_CONSOLE_PROPS	Holds an extra data block used by IShellLinkDataList. It holds console properties.
NT_FE_CONSOLE_PROPS	Holds an extra data block used by IShellLinkDataList. It holds the console's code page.
OPEN_PRINTER_PROPS_INFO	Identifies a particular property sheet in a printer's property pages and whether that property sheet should be modal. Optionally used with the SHInvokePrinterCommand function.
OPENASINFO	Stores information for the SHOpenWithDialog function.
OVERLAPPED	Contains information used in asynchronous (overlapped) input/output (I/O).
PARSEDURL	Used by the ParseURL function to return the parsed URL.
PERSIST_FOLDER_TARGET_INFO	Specifies a folder shortcut's target folder and its attributes. This structure is used by IPersistFolder3::GetFolderTargetInfo and IPersistFolder3::InitializeEx.
PREVIEWHANDLERFRAMEINFO	Accelerator table structure. Used by IPreviewHandlerFrame::GetWindowContext.
PROFILEINFO	Contains information used when loading or unloading a user profile.
PUBAPPINFO	Provides information about a published application from an application publisher to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.
QCMINFO	Contains information for merging menu items into Windows Explorer menus.
QITAB	Used by the QISearch function to describe a single interface.
SERIALIZEDPROPERTYVALUE	A range of memory of arbitrary type that represents a serialized PROPVARIANT structure. Programs should not inspect the contents of a SERIALIZEDPROPERTYVALUE; instead, they should manipulate it with the StgSerializePropVariant and StgDeserializePropVariant functions.
SFV_CREATE	This structure is used with the SHCreateShellFolderView function.
SFV_SETITEMPOS	Stores position information for an item. Used with message SFVM_SETITEMPOS.
SFVM_HELPTOPIC_DATA	Contains the name of an HTML Help file and a topic in that file. Used with the SFVM_GETHELPTOPIC notification. This structure requires Unicode strings.
SFVM_PROPPAGE_DATA	Contains the details of a page to be added to an object's Properties sheet.
SHARDAPPIDINFO	Contains data used by SHAddToRecentDocs to identify both an item—in this case as an IShellItem—and the process that it is associated with.
SHARDAPPIDINFOIDLIST	Contains data used by SHAddToRecentDocs to identify both an item—in this case by an absolute PIDL—and the process that it is associated with.
SHARDAPPIDINFOLINK	Contains data used by SHAddToRecentDocs to identify both an item, in this case through an IShellLink, and the process that it is associated with.
SHChangeNotifyEntry	Contains and receives information for change notifications. This structure is used with the SHChangeNotifyRegister function and the SFVM_QUERYFSNOTIFY notification.
SHCOLUMNDATA	Contains information that identifies a particular file. It is used by IColumnProvider::GetItemData when requesting data for a particular file.
SHCOLUMNID	Specifies the FMTID/PID identifier of a column that will be displayed by the Windows Explorer Details view. Note: As of Windows Vista, SHCOLUMNID is considered a legacy form and should not be used. In its place, use the PROPERTYKEY structure.
SHCOLUMNINFO	Contains information about the properties of a column. It is used by IColumnProvider::GetColumnInfo.
SHCOLUMNINIT	Passes initialization information to IColumnProvider::Initialize.
SHDESCRIPTIONID	Receives item data in response to a call to SHGetDataFromIDList.
SHDRAGIMAGE	Contains the information needed to create a drag image.
SHELL_ITEM_RESOURCE	Defines Shell item resource.
SHELLDETAILS	Reports detailed information on an item in a Shell folder.
SHELLEXECUTEINFO	Contains information used by ShellExecuteEx.
SHELLFLAGSTATE	Contains a set of flags that indicate the current Shell settings. This structure is used with the SHGetSettings function.
SHELLSTATE	Contains settings for the Shell's state. This structure is used with the SHGetSetSettings function.
SHFILEINFO	Contains information about a file object.
SHFILEOPSTRUCT	Contains information that the SHFileOperation function uses to perform file operations. Note: As of Windows Vista, the use of the IFileOperation interface is recommended over this function.
SHFOLDERCUSTOMSETTINGS	Holds custom folder settings. This structure is used with the SHGetSetFolderCustomSettings function.
SHITEMID	Defines an item identifier.
SHNAMEMAPPING	Contains the old and new path names for each file that was moved, copied, or renamed by the SHFileOperation function.
SHQUERYRBINFO	Contains the size and item count information retrieved by the SHQueryRecycleBin function.
SHSTOCKICONINFO	Receives information used to retrieve a stock Shell icon. This structure is used in a call SHGetStockIconInfo.
SLOWAPPINFO	Provides specialized application information to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. This structure is not applicable to published applications.
SMCSHCHANGENOTIFYSTRUCT	Contains information about change notification. It is used by IShellMenuCallback::CallbackSM.
SMDATA	Contains information from a menu band.
SMINFO	Contains information about an item from a menu band.
SOFTDISTINFO	Contains information about a software update.
SORTCOLUMN	Stores information about how to sort a column that is displayed in the folder view.
STRRET	Contains strings returned from the IShellFolder interface methods.
SV2CVW2_PARAMS	Holds the parameters for the IShellView2::CreateViewWindow2 method.
SYNC_HANDLER_ITEM_INFO	Defines a handler for a scheduled synchronization. Used with ISyncSchedule::AddItem.
SYNCMGR_CONFLICT_ID_INFO	Describes conflict ID information structure.
SYNCMGRHANDLERINFO	Provides information about the handler for use in the ISyncMgrSynchronize::GetHandlerInfo method.
SYNCMGRITEM	Provides information about items being enumerated by the ISyncMgrEnumItems interface.
SYNCMGRLOGERRORINFO	Provides error information for use in the ISyncMgrSynchronizeCallback::LogError method.
SYNCMGRPROGRESSITEM	Provides status information while a synchronization is in progress. This structure is used with the ISyncMgrSynchronizeCallback::Progress method and corresponds to a single synchronization item.
TBINFO	Used with the SFVM_GETBUTTONINFO notification to specify the number of buttons to add to the toolbar, as well as how they're added.
THUMBBUTTON	Used by methods of the ITaskbarList3 interface to define buttons used in a toolbar embedded in a window's thumbnail representation.
WALLPAPEROPT	Contains the wallpaper display options. Used with members of the IActiveDesktop interface.
WINDOWDATA	Stores window data.
WTS_CONTEXTFLAGS	Specifies the context of a thumbnail extraction. Used by IThumbnailSettings::SetContext.
WTS_FLAGS	Values used by IThumbnailCache::GetThumbnail to specify options for the extraction and display of the thumbnail image.
WTS_THUMBNAILID	Contains a unique identifier for a thumbnail in the system thumbnail cache.