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    copied!<p>I need the reference system32/shell32.dll as I use some shell functions to read out the recycling bin. I tried "Add Reference --> COM --> Microsoft Shell Controls and Automatation" and "Add Reference --> Browse ---> [going to the system32/shell32.dll directly]. Both adds the shell32 reference to my references. But when I look at the properties, I see the path of the reference looks like this: "C:\Users\Tim\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Wing\FileWing\obj\Debug\Interop.Shell32.dll" ... </p> <p>I'll not deploy this \obj\Debug\ path to my installer. So how can I reference the end-users shell32.dll directly? Is there a way? Why does VS2008 create this strange path? Can I change this path so it doesn't sit in this strange subfolder?</p> <hr> <p>Hmmm. Okay after revisiting PInvoke, I'm sure that I don't quite get it :-/</p> <p>Let me illustrate the code I need to handle. I'm digging though the recycling bin and seek for a item that I want to recover. Is there any way NOT fighting though the PInvoke to get this done? </p> <pre><code> private void recoverRecyclerBinEntry(string fileName, int size) { try { Shell Shl = new Shell(); Folder Recycler = Shl.NameSpace(10); // scans through all the recyclers entries till the one to recover has been found for (int i = 0; i &lt; Recycler.Items().Count; i++) { FolderItem FI = Recycler.Items().Item(i); string FileName = Recycler.GetDetailsOf(FI, 0); if (Path.GetExtension(FileName) == "") FileName += Path.GetExtension(FI.Path); //Necessary for systems with hidden file extensions. string FilePath = Recycler.GetDetailsOf(FI, 1); string combinedPath = Path.Combine(FilePath, FileName); if (size == FI.Size &amp;&amp; fileName == combinedPath) { Debug.Write("Match found. Restoring " + combinedPath + "..."); Undelete(FI); Debug.WriteLine("done."); } else { Debug.WriteLine("No match"); } } } catch (Exception ex) { Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message); Debug.WriteLine(ex.StackTrace); } } private bool Undelete(FolderItem Item) { try { foreach (FolderItemVerb FIVerb in Item.Verbs()) { if ( (FIVerb.Name.ToUpper().Contains("WIEDERHERSTELLEN")) || (FIVerb.Name.ToUpper().Contains("ESTORE")) || (FIVerb.Name.ToUpper().Contains("NDELETE")) ) { FIVerb.DoIt(); return true; } } //execute the first one: Item.Verbs().Item(0).DoIt(); return true; } catch (Exception) { Debug.WriteLine("ERROR undeleting"); return false; } } </code></pre>
 

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