EZShellExtensionsMFC is a professional utility that you can use to develop Windows shell extensions in a simple manner.
Using the tool can create context menu extensions, property sheet extensions, infotip extensions, thumbnail extensions, "Send To" extensions, icon extensions, overlay icon extensions, drag-drop extensions, disk cleanup extensions, background menu extensions, drop extensions, Active Directory extensions, Taskbar bands and IE toolbands and explorer bars and browser helper objects.
EZShellExtensionsMFC includes Visual Studio project and item wizards to jumpstart extension development.
Here are some key features of "EZShellExtensionsMFC":
EZShellExtensions supports 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
Requirements:
· Visual Studio 2002 or above
· .Net Framework 1.0 or higher
Limitations:
· 30 days trial period
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· NEW: Support for Windows 8.
· NEW: Improved support for Windows 7.
· IMPROVED: Some speed improvements
· Documentation updates.
· FIX: Crash on Win8 when extension loading via a file dialog.
· IMPROVED: Context menus now support menu items in UTF8, not just ANSI.
· NEW: Added ExecuteMenuItemEventArgs.Mask property - one possible use is to determine if Shift key is down.
· NEW: OverlayIcon extension now supports loading from multiple threads at once.
· NEW: Context menu extension - Added support for transparent bitmaps.
· NEW: Added support for specifying a system image list index in OnGetIconFileAndIndex.