EZShellExtensions.Net 2009 Build 591703

EZShellExtensions.Net is a set of components for fast, painless and easy development of Windows shell extensions. EZShellExtensions eliminates the time-consuming, error-prone and complicated process of developing shell extensions using an innovative yet simple and easy-to-use object model.

EZShellExtensions can be used to develop any kind of shell extensions including context menu extensions, infotip extensions, thumbnail extensions, "Send To" extensions, property sheet extensions, icon extensions, overlay icon extensions, disk cl EZShellExtensions fully supports all Visual Studio and .Net versions including Visual Studio 2005 and .Net 2.0.

Major Features :

1. Jumpstart shell extension development with Visual Studio IDE Project wizards.
2. Well designed and thoroughly tested API framework.
3. Develop extensions in hours/days instead of weeks/months.
4. Supports all kinds of Extensions.
5. Deploy and uninstall extensions easily using provided registration utility. 
6. Active Directory (AD) context menu and property page/sheet extensions for AD objects
   
7. IE Explorer Bars (Horizontal and Vertical)
   
8. IE Toolbands (Deskband)
   
9. IE Browser Helper Objects (BHO)
   
10. EZShellExtensions supports fast development of the following shell extensions :
    • Contextmenu extensions including owner drawn menu items (Windows Explorer shell context menu integration).
    • Property sheet extensions.
    • Property sheet extensions for Drives, 'My Computer' dialog, 'Display Properties' dialog, 'Device Properties' dialog, 'Mouse Properties' dialog, 'Keyboard Properties' dialog, 'Internet Options' dialog and others.
    • Context-menu and property sheet extensions for Active Directory (AD) objects.
    • Thumbnail extensions.
    • Thumbnail Providers (Vista).
    • Preview Handlers (Vista).
    • Property Handlers (Vista).
    • Active Directory (AD) context menu and property page/sheet extensions for AD objects.
    • Internet Explorer toolbands.
    • Internet Explorer vertical and horizontal explorer bars.
    • Internet Explorer browser helper objects.
    • Taskbar bands (DeskBand).
    • AutoPlay extensions.
    • Icon extensions.
    • Column extensions.
    • Infotip extensions.
    • Overlay icon extensions.
    • Dragdrop context menu extensions.
    • Directory background context menu extensions.
    • Drop extensions.
    • SendTo extensions.
    • Control Panel extensions.
    • Disk Cleanup extensions.
    • Copy hook extensions.
    • Shell execute hook extensions.

• New extension: Control Panel Item.
• New functionality: It is now possible to return multiple columns from a single column extension.
• New functionality: Property sheet extensions can now be used for inner items of a namespace extension developed with EZNamespaceExtensions.
• New functionality: Added support for Utils.BrowseTo when used from context menu invoked from tree (left-side) in Windows Explorer.
• New functionality: TargetFiles for Context menu/Property sheet/etc can now return files even when Unicode (non-Latin) characters ar present in file path.
• New functionality: ShellMenu.SetBitmap changed so that bitmaps are seen properly even when the menu item is hovered over.
• New functionality: Thumbnail extensions and thumbnail provider can now be registered using progid or rootkey-path pair (like contextmenu and property sheet extensions).
• Change: Infotip extension now respects the return type of OnInitialize method and fails if it returns false.
• New method: Added Utils.GetDriveType method.
  
• New method: Added Utils.SysIconIndexFromPIDL method.
  
• New method: Added Utils.PIDLConcat method.
  
• New method: Added Utils.GetPIDLListFromDataObject method.
  
• New method: Added Utils.ExecuteShellCommand method.

Requirements:

• .Net Framework 1.0 or higher.
• Supports 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions of:
  
  • Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows NT.