[❔] Is it possible to use winapiexec to open a specific property sheet of a file ?

[claudio-salvio]

Hello @m417z

Is it possible to use winapiexec to open a specific property sheet of a file?

There is a utility called GDProp that opens the standard "Properties Sheet" window for a given file.

GDProp opens the window always positioning on the property sheet General.

I would like to do something similar but opening an specific property sheet, for example Security.

🙏Thanks for sharing winapiexec and its code with the community.

Best regards,
Claudio Salvio

[m417z]

Hi Claudio,

Here's a simple example:

winapiexec64.exe shell32.dll@SHObjectProperties 0 2 C:\Windows Sharing , u@MessageBoxW 0 "Showing properties..." $$:0 0

This example opens the properties of C:\Windows with the Sharing tab. Not that the message box is necessary to keep the process running. There might be better solutions, but it requires some extra thought.

Edit: Here's the proper way to do it, and it makes more sense to create a small command line tool for the task:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20080528-00/?p=22163

[claudio-salvio]

Hi @m417z

Thank you for your prompt reply.
The command line worked correctly for me in cmd.exe.
In PowerShell it did not work, although I suppose I could launch from there a cmd.exe and get a similar result as previously mentioned.

Unfortunately the requirement to open an extra window (u@MessageBoxW 0 "Showing properties...") makes the procedure a bit "ugly".

Thanks for the link to the proper way:
Reading a contract from the other side: SHSetInstanceExplorer and SHGetInstanceExplorer - The Old New Thing

Unfortunately my current knowledge of C programming does not justify me trying to approach the task from that side.

I put a feature request on the GDProp GitHub Repo to add a parameter to indicate the tab:
[FR] Add support for additional parameter with the name of the property sheet to display - Issue #4.

At this point, it would seem that that is the most reasonable way to get this functionality, at least for me.

🙏 Thanks for all the helpful programs you share with the community.

Regards,
Claudio Salvio

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There's a "show-properties.exe <path to file or directory>" here using the proper way:

https://github.com/JosephusPaye/show-properties/blob/master/src/show-properties.cpp