[2.0] task manager

[Techno]

is there some Win32 API I can use to get a list of opened folders? Process class will of course not do this, as it gets a list of running processes (programs) - not folders.
Thanks!

[DNA7433]

I don't think that's possible. You don't open folders and you can't make a folder unreadable unless it's restricted by security policies, unlike a file which can be unreadable because a program is using it. You ask for a list of files and subfolders of a folder, but you never get a HANDLE for a folder like you do a file. Therefore Windows cannot track who is still using a directory.

[Techno]

yeh, thought so but wasnt sure - thanks

[rjv_rnjn]

But I think you can do that using ShDocVw COM component (if at all you are willing to) as the get_document() method of IWebBrowser gives you a reference to both HTML docs and the explorer windows. It has been quite a while since I used it, so don't have much re-collection how we did it.

[DNA7433]

How does using IWebBrowser allow you to determine what processes are using what directories on the hard drive?

[rjv_rnjn]

It won't tell you what processes are using what folders but you can get the list of all open Windows explorer windows and I thought that's what the OP wanted.