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Keven Albert
Keven Albert

Reputation: 1

Make custom file property columns show by default in Windows File Explorer

In Windows 10, I used StorageProviderSyncRootInfo to create a sync directory and successfully added custom properties. I want Windows File Explorer to display these custom property columns by default.

Add custom property:

public static void RegisterCustomStates(StorageProviderSyncRootInfo syncRootInfo)
{
    var definitions = syncRootInfo.StorageProviderItemPropertyDefinitions;

    foreach (var state in CustomState.Values)
    {
        var def = new StorageProviderItemPropertyDefinition
        {
            DisplayNameResource = state.Name,
            Id = state.Id
        };

        if (!definitions.Contains(def)) 
           definitions.Add(def);
    }
}

public class CustomState
{
    public static readonly CustomState SyncStatus = new(1, "Status", "shell32.dll,-259");
    public static readonly CustomState CheckOutFlag = new(2, "CheckOut", "shell32.dll,-259");

    public static IEnumerable<CustomState> Values
    {
        get
        {
            yield return SyncStatus;
            yield return CheckOutFlag;
        }
    }

    #region definitions

    public int Id { get; }
    public string Name { get; }
    public string IconResource { get; }

    private CustomState(int id, string name, string iconResource)
    {
        Id = id;
        Name = name;
        IconResource = iconResource;
    }

    #endregion
}

Expected result

I expect two fields to be displayed as columns in Windows Explorer by default:

Expected Picture

Current actual result

The current situation requires users to manually select them through the "More" option.

Current Picture

Upvotes: 0

Views: 41

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