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Hosting Windows Shell Explorer in my WPF App

Asked 2008-12-01T21:49:51.610
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Is it possible to embed the Windows Explorer file/folder browser view in a WPF or a WinForms window?

I basically want to host the file/folder browser as part of my app window. I don't want to re-implement what the shell provides, especially the shell extensions such as TortoiseSVN.

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I've written an open-source library for embedding windows explorer in .NET applications. You can take a look at http://gong-shell.sourceforge.net/

It exposes WinForms controls, as well as providing a .NET language interface to the Windows Shell. It's licenced under the GPL, so using it in a similarly licensed application is free, however if you want to use it in a commercial application drop me an email and I'm sure we can work something out!

answered 2008-12-03T12:58:35.097

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