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IContextmenu IShellExtInit... can they work in an EXE

Will a context menu work against an out of process handler?
I seem to be able to get DLL's going but not EXE with same interface.

If this is an impossible, can I store an entire DLL in a resource, unload it
to disk, Load it and register it. I really want to have one file for my
application.

Answers to either part appreciated
thanks.

Originally, shell extensions were required to be inproc and apartment threaded. Before version 5, the shell used its own 'home-brew' version of COM. Since Windows 2000 it is at least possible in theory for shell extensions to be out-of-process. However, even on XP there appears to be no marshalling support for either IContextMenu or IShellExtInit, as evidenced by the lack of any ProxyStubClsid32 subkey under the relevant entries in HKCR\Interface.

Quote:> If this is an impossible, can I store an entire DLL in a resource, unload it
> to disk, Load it and register it. I really want to have one file for my
> application.

I don't see why not; I have used the same strategy for hook DLLs in the past.

--
Jim Barry, MVP for Windows SDK
"For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass
destruction, because it was the one reason everyone could agree on."
Paul Wolfowitz, US Deputy Defence Secretary

Thx

Originally, shell extensions were required to be inproc and apartment
threaded. Before version 5, the shell used its own 'home-brew' version of
COM. Since Windows 2000 it is at least possible in theory for shell
extensions to be out-of-process. However, even on XP there appears to be no
marshalling support for either IContextMenu or IShellExtInit, as evidenced
by the lack of any ProxyStubClsid32 subkey under the relevant entries in
HKCR\Interface.

Quote:> If this is an impossible, can I store an entire DLL in a resource, unload
it
> to disk, Load it and register it. I really want to have one file for my
> application.

I don't see why not; I have used the same strategy for hook DLLs in the
past.

--
Jim Barry, MVP for Windows SDK
"For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass
destruction, because it was the one reason everyone could agree on."
Paul Wolfowitz, US Deputy Defence Secretary