public static IShellItem2 GetShellItemForPath(string path)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
{
// Internal function. Should have verified this before calling if we cared.
return(null);
}
Guid iidShellItem2 = new Guid(IID.ShellItem2);
object unk;
HRESULT hr = NativeMethodsShell.SHCreateItemFromParsingName(path, null, ref iidShellItem2, out unk);
// Silently absorb errors such as ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND.
// Let others pass through
if (hr == (HRESULT)Win32Error.ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND || hr == (HRESULT)Win32Error.ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND)
{
hr = HRESULT.S_OK;
unk = null;
}
hr.ThrowIfFailed();
return((IShellItem2)unk);
}