/// <summary>
/// Returns the known folder given its canonical name.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="canonicalName">A non-localized canonical name for the known folder, such as MyComputer.</param>
/// <returns>A known folder representing the specified name.</returns>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">Thrown if the given canonical name is invalid or if the KnownFolder could not be created.</exception>
public static IKnownFolder FromCanonicalName(string canonicalName)
{
IKnownFolderNative knownFolderNative;
IKnownFolderManager knownFolderManager = (IKnownFolderManager) new KnownFolderManagerClass();
knownFolderManager.GetFolderByName(canonicalName, out knownFolderNative);
IKnownFolder kf = KnownFolderHelper.GetKnownFolder(knownFolderNative);
if (kf != null)
{
return(kf);
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException("Canonical name is invalid.", "canonicalName");
}
}
private static ReadOnlyCollection <IKnownFolder> GetAllFolders()
{
// Should this method be thread-safe?? (It'll take a while
// to get a list of all the known folders, create the managed wrapper
// and return the read-only collection.
IList <IKnownFolder> foldersList = new List <IKnownFolder>();
uint count;
IntPtr folders = IntPtr.Zero;
try
{
KnownFolderManagerClass knownFolderManager = new KnownFolderManagerClass();
knownFolderManager.GetFolderIds(out folders, out count);
if (count > 0 && folders != IntPtr.Zero)
{
// Loop through all the KnownFolderID elements
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
// Read the current pointer
IntPtr current = new IntPtr(folders.ToInt64() + (Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(Guid)) * i));
// Convert to Guid
Guid knownFolderID = (Guid)Marshal.PtrToStructure(current, typeof(Guid));
IKnownFolder kf = KnownFolderHelper.FromKnownFolderIdInternal(knownFolderID);
// Add to our collection if it's not null (some folders might not exist on the system
// or we could have an exception that resulted in the null return from above method call
if (kf != null)
{
foldersList.Add(kf);
}
}
}
}
finally
{
if (folders != IntPtr.Zero)
{
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(folders);
}
}
return(new ReadOnlyCollection <IKnownFolder>(foldersList));
}
private static IKnownFolder GetKnownFolder(Guid guid) => KnownFolderHelper.FromKnownFolderId(guid);
/// <summary>
/// Returns a known folder given its shell path, such as <c>C:\users\public\documents</c> or
/// <c>::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}</c> for the Recycle Bin.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">The path for the requested known folder; either a physical path or a virtual path.</param>
/// <returns>A known folder representing the specified name.</returns>
public static IKnownFolder FromPath(string path)
{
return(KnownFolderHelper.FromParsingName(path));
}
private static IKnownFolder GetKnownFolder(Guid guid)
{
return(KnownFolderHelper.FromKnownFolderId(guid));
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a known folder given its shell namespace parsing name, such as
/// <c>::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}</c> for the Recycle Bin.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parsingName">The parsing name (or path) for the requested known folder.</param>
/// <returns>A known folder representing the specified name.</returns>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">Thrown if the given parsing name is invalid.</exception>
public static IKnownFolder FromParsingName(string parsingName)
{
IntPtr pidl = IntPtr.Zero;
IntPtr pidl2 = IntPtr.Zero;
try
{
pidl = ShellHelper.PidlFromParsingName(parsingName);
if (pidl == IntPtr.Zero)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Parsing name is invalid.", "parsingName");
}
// It's probably a special folder, try to get it
IKnownFolderNative knownFolderNative = KnownFolderHelper.FromPIDL(pidl);
if (knownFolderNative != null)
{
IKnownFolder kf = KnownFolderHelper.GetKnownFolder(knownFolderNative);
if (kf != null)
{
return(kf);
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException("Parsing name is invalid.", "parsingName");
}
}
else
{
// No physical storage was found for this known folder
// We'll try again with a different name
// try one more time with a trailing \0
pidl2 = ShellHelper.PidlFromParsingName(parsingName.PadRight(1, '\0'));
if (pidl2 == IntPtr.Zero)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Parsing name is invalid.", "parsingName");
}
IKnownFolder kf = KnownFolderHelper.GetKnownFolder(KnownFolderHelper.FromPIDL(pidl));
if (kf != null)
{
return(kf);
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException("Parsing name is invalid.", "parsingName");
}
}
}
finally
{
ShellNativeMethods.ILFree(pidl);
ShellNativeMethods.ILFree(pidl2);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a known folder given its shell path, such as <c>C:\users\public\documents</c> or
/// <c>::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}</c> for the Recycle Bin.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">The path for the requested known folder; either a physical path or a virtual path.</param>
/// <returns>A known folder representing the specified name.</returns>
public static IKnownFolder FromPath(string path) => KnownFolderHelper.FromParsingName(path);