How To Open an Instance of Windows Explorer in a System Folder

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Under Windows CE, ShellExecuteEx does not support the SEE_MASK_IDLIST or SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST flags. Therefore, you cannot use an LPITEMIDLIST that is obtained by calling SHGetSpecialFolderLocation to open Windows Explorer in a system folder.

Instead, use the following class ID of the system folder that you want to open when calling ShellExecuteEx:

   Control Panel - {000314FE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
   My Computer - {000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
   Recycle Bin - {000214A1-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
   Databases - {000214A4-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
				

You can use the following function to open an instance of Windows Explorer in the Control Panel folder. Note that the CLSID must be enclosed in quotes.

   BOOL WINAPI OpenControlPanel ()
   {
      TCHAR szControlPanel[] = L"\"
                              {000314FE-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\"";

      SHELLEXECUTEINFO sei = {0};
      sei.cbSize = sizeof (SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
      sei.lpVerb = L"Open";
      sei.lpFile = szControlPanel;
      sei.nShow = SW_SHOW;
      sei.hInstApp = hInstance;

      return ShellExecuteEx (&sei);
   }