How to know selected file in C#

Question

I want to build a software.
This software will just get the path of currently selected file.
Suppose I click a file on my desktop.
Now I want to get the path of this file.
So whenever a new selection is made just get the path of newly selected file.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

The windows Desktop window is a ListView Control like in the end (at least it was in Windows XP...) so if you need to know selected item of a ListView you basically need to get the handle of the desktop and check what has been selected.

Not sure about windows Vista and 7 bit I guess it's not too different, as David has commented, if you want this for every single explorer window could be more difficult but should still be possible, have a look here for a start:

How do I get the window handle of the desktop?

Answer 2

Maybe you should look at the OpenFileDialog class

Answer 3

I think you can use what Shaun had said about looking at OpenFileDialog.

You can also refer to this link below:

How to use OpenFileDialog

That link also teaches you how to change the title, filtering files of type and 1 or 2 others regarding OpenFileDialog.

Hope this helps.