Context Menu: Doesn't work for shortcuts about sharpshell

[Traubenfuchs]

I just wanted to comment that this problem still persists in V2.2: The new entry is visible in the contextmenu when right clicking a shortcut, but the Click event is not executed... My workaround to interacting with shortcuts is adding something to the send to menu.

[dwmkerr]

Thank @Traubenfuchs I'll look into this

[mestefy]

Hi there. After fiddling with the code it seems that the problem lies with SelectedItemPaths from ShellExtInitServer. When selecting multiple files, including a shortcut (.lnk file) and right clicking the shortcut file, SelectedItemPaths will contain ONLY the path referenced by the shortcut (e.g if you have a Foo.lnk on desktop and will reference c:\program files\Foo\Foo.exe the path retrieved will be c:\program files ...\Foo.exe). However, if any of the other files will be right clicked, SelectedItemPaths will have all the files including the shortcut (.lnk) file.

[tolgaevcimen]

Are there any improvements or workarounds found for this issue? Or are you guys planning for a solution on this problem?

[dwmkerr]

All,

A full reproduction of the issue is:

1. Checkout branch d/ContextMenusForShortcuts.
2. Build in debug mode and run.
3. Register the 'DebugContextMenu' extension from the samples.
4. Open the explorer window from the Server Manager.
5. Navigate to the sharpshell\Tests\TestData\ContextMenus\Shortcuts folder.
6. Select both files.
7. Right click on the first file (not a shortcut) and see expected results (attached):
   
8. Do the same but right click on the second file (a shortcut) and an exception is thrown:
   

I'm looking into the fix now, but looking at:

http://microsoft.public.platformsdk.shell.narkive.com/K3aVjyHw/icontextmenu-with-a-shortcut-and-another-file-folder-selected

I wonder if there may be issues in the shell itself. Updates will follow.

[dwmkerr]

Hi All,

b6a0440 fixes the first issue (the exception) which gets us somewhere. However there is a separate issue which is more complex. Select two files, one a shortcut and one a normal file. Right click on the normal file and everything works as expected. Right click on the shortcut and you will only get the shortcut target in the selected item paths. This is the issue mentioned above.

However, for those who desperately need the exception resolved, the fix above works. Check it out and build manually if you need it urgently, otherwise I'll be releasing once I fix the related issue.

[falahati]

Hey, thanks for the framework,
This fix is still not in the nuget package, is it?

[dwielosz]

Hi, I'd like to refresh this issue a little. The problem actually is in the list provided by WinApi in IShellExtInit::Initialize method. There are workaround described at StackOverflow and other forums.

Although this is not the best solution it may be good enough fix if controlled by some kind of option/switch. Important thing is to register context menu in a proper way. I couldn't find description of "*" and "AllFilesystemObjects" groups but it seems Windows treats it differently.

[dwmkerr]

Closing this issue now, please re-open if needed.