Writing Win32 shell extensions in python?

[Thomas W]

Well, is it possible to write Win32 shell extension in python? I want
to create a virtual folder ( like gmailfs ) to serve files from a
http-server ( and no, I cannot use webdav ) so that users can access
them like normal files in Windows Explorer.

Any hints or info about this would be highly appreciated.

Regards,
Thomas

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

Well, is it possible to write Win32 shell extension in python? I want
to create a virtual folder ( like gmailfs ) to serve files from a
http-server ( and no, I cannot use webdav ) so that users can access
them like normal files in Windows Explorer.

Any hints or info about this would be highly appreciated.

typing your subject into a google search box brings up plenty of hits,
including

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-March/271141.html

From: Roger Upole
Date: Tue Mar 15 12:39:43 CET 2005

There's an example shell extension in the Pywin32 demos
that creates a pseudo-folder whose contents are determined by
python code. Take a look at
\win32comext\shell\demos\servers\shell_view.py.
However, I don't think it qualifies as 'simple'

(alright, that one was two clicks away from the search result, not one, but
that's close enough)

here's a direct pointer to an on-line copy of that script, btw:

http://tinyurl.com/babct

(that copy may be outdated; you may want to get the latest version from the
pywin package before you start hacking on this)

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