Need help getting started with programmatically customizing Windows Explorer - c#-4.0

I want to make an addin to Windows Explorer toolbar using .NET 4. Can anyone please provide sample code?

"My error, I meant toolbar"
Toolbars for both Explorer and Internet Explorer can be developed as Browser Helper Objects.
It is a pain to do in C# (involves a lot of COM interop), but it can be done. See here and here.

Shell extension sample code is included in Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework.
You can find the sample at All-In-One Windows Shell Code Samples

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VC++ dependency

I am working on a VC++ development(Tools).
Our application is Dialog based application, which consisting of menus and operation with Access database with the help of SQL Queries.
One of the option from Menu is working in Windows 7 environment and the same is not responding in Windows 10(idle response after clicking that option from menu in Win10 OS).
we think that there is a dependency on dll.
How to find the dependency for specific operation while executing tool?
Expecting your support to find soln for this issue!!!
Thanks in advance!!!
Magesh.S
Try with Process Monitor application from Microsoft site.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/processmonitor.aspx

visual studio express 2012 version control

I have been sent a working project from a coworker to start learning Visual Studio. The project is under version control, however I don't want to have access to final customer product. So when I try to open the solution file I first get a message that the project is under source control:
"Team Foundation Server Version Control
The solution you are opening is bound to source control on the following Team foundation Serer:
http:// . Would you like to contact this server to try to enable source control integration?"
[yes] [no] [help]
I press no, then I get an error:
"The solution appears to be under source control, but its binding information cannot be found. Because it is not possible to recover the missing information automatically, the projects whose bindings are missing will be treated as not under source control."
[ok] [help]
I proceed and press ok, and another message pops up:
"projectname\projectname.tsproj: The application which this project type is based on was not found. Please try this link for further information: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?prd=12395&pver=11&sbp=ProjectTypeDeprecated&plcid=0x409&clcid=0x409&ar=MSDN&sar=ProjectCompatibility&o1=B1E792BE-AA5F-4E3C-8C82-674BF9C0715B"
My coworker tells me he sent the whole project, so I can't figure out why I cant get visual studio to open it. I am new to visual studio, but I have some programming experience.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thank you
It is doubtful that version control has something to do with your problem. There are two possibilities I could think of:
Your coworker uses full version of VS2012 and you are now having problems due to the fact that Visual Studio Express comes in two main flavours - Web and Desktop. It is unable to load Web(or Desktop) project because it just does not have any tools to work with it. Ask your coworker whether they mix web and desktop in their solutions. If it is so you should either use full VS or be given a reduced set of projects.
Nearly the same - your coworker uses some very old or very new version of particular project type (something like ASP.NET MVC that(as I remember) has different project type for each version). Again ask your coworker if it is so. In this case you will just have to install the needed templates and SDKs.
P.S. I was unable to open your link - it opens microsoft.com/default(maybe due to some regional problems). Search by key words brought to me similar problem for VS2010 http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/728847/could-not-open-vs2010-solution-with-mvc-project - may be it could help you more specifically.

ExpanderView port to Windows Store Universal App

As the title indicate, i'm trying to port ExpanderView from windows phone toolkit and use it with windows store universal app ie. WinRT. After re-writing all the necessary classes from Phone:Toolkit into my app, I just founded that the Header of the ExapnderView is neither showing in design mode or in debug mode.
Can't find out what is the problem with this. Is there anyone who tried the same thing and have a solution? I attached the the classes so you can take a look on it, if you can.
Expander RT codeplex
Just found out what the problem was. I missed the style xaml that targets the ExpanderView. If anyone is intresseted in this control for WinRT, both windows 8.1 or windows phone 8.1, please pm me and I will send you the files.
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You can find the full Project in codeplex using this link ExpanderRT

Coded UI Test Project calling from ASP.net Application

Scope : Customize the Coded UI Test Project
Requirement : Coded UI Test project is directly open my ASP.net application.
Open the CodedUITestBuilder recording toolbar when i click on button in my application.
I want to open CodedUITestBuilder from my application via Coded UI Test project.
I tried but not found feasible solution.I am expecting your positive reply.
Thanks in Advance
The Coded UI Test Builder is a tool that is only available within VS 2010 + Premium or Ultimate. The only way to access it would be to do so within a fully licensed Visual Studio instance, so including the technology within your application isn't possible.
This might help you accomplish your end-goal: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/63e71f9e-f318-45bc-9d92-261312d90467/is-there-an-api-or-sdk-for-codedui-test-builder?forum=vsautotest

Embed Google Chrome or Firefox in Excel Sheet

It is possible to embed the 'Internet Explorer Web Browser' in an Excel Sheet using the Microsoft Web Browser Object. How does one Embed Google Chrome or Firefox in an Excel Sheet?
There is a project to provide a Mozilla ActiveX control matching the IE Web Browser Control Interface as much as possible. I am not following the progress but its supported version seems dated.
As for Chrome you could check out Chromium Embedded but it doesn't seem to support ActiveX so you would have to work something out using the .NET binding (CefSharp) in combination with VSTO and WinForms.
I have used CefSharp with WinForms application and it works quite well.
The samples are good for a quick start.

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