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vb.netfiledirectoryexplorer
Earlee
Earlee

Reputation: 368

Execute Windows Explorer to copy/move/delete file from VB.NET app

I notice 7zip and WinRAR that after it extracts from an archive, it executes a file copy with Windows Explorer's UI to move the files from the temp directory to the desired folder.

How will I execute file operations with Windows Explorer's UI?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1334

Answers (1)

Visual Vincent
Visual Vincent

Reputation: 18320

I don't think they use Windows Explorer. I think they just do it programmatically, like anyone would do:

My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile("C:\Users\Vincent\Test.txt", "C:\Test.txt", UIOption.AllDialogs)

The UIOption.AllDialogs should show Explorer's copy progress dialog.

Read more: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms127965(v=vs.110).aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.fileio.uioption(v=vs.110).aspx

Upvotes: 1

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