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folder property page - prevent renaming the folder/file name
Posted by rajeshb on July 14th, 2003


I have a folder view as in Windows Explorer.
When the user rightclicks the folder view I invoke the folder property
page using ShellExecuteEx.
Here is the code...

//-=-=-= code starts here

LPITEMIDLIST pidl = (LPITEMIDLIST)rtvItems.GetItemData( hItem );
SHELLEXECUTEINFO sei;

ZeroMemory( &sei , sizeof( sei ) );

sei.cbSize = sizeof( sei );
sei.lpIDList = pidl;
sei.lpVerb = TEXT( "properties" );
sei.fMask = SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST;

if ( !ShellExecuteEx( &sei ) )
{
return FALSE;
}

//-=-=-= code starts here

I need to prevent the user from renaming the folder/file name.
Can anyone help me out in finding a solution or workaround for this
problem.

Thanks,
- rajesh b
SSDI


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