[python-win32] shell_view.py folder not browsable

Vernon D. Cole vernondcole at gmail.com
Wed Jul 6 21:49:54 EDT 2016


I seem to be suffering from a lack of context...
What example are you referring to?


On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Kurt Eilander <webguy at totalrewind.com>
wrote:

> Hey all,
>>
>> I was hoping to create my own IShellFolder in python, but there seems to
>> be something wrong with the example on my system.
>> (Win7 64bit, Python 2.7)
>>
>> The folder shows up on the desktop, but I cannot open it.  I saw an
>> earlier thread where the solution was to right-click and select
>> 'explore', but that doesn't even work for me.  The context menu only has
>> Cut, Create Shortcut, and Delete.
>>
>> Not seeing any errors in the syslogs.
>>
>> Any fixes or suggestions would be most appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> -Kurt
>>
>
> Today I decided to try it on Vista 32-bit, SP2.  Also, this was pristine
> code right off the Anaconda bundle.
>
> This time when I right-click, open on "Python Path Shell Browser" I see a
> brief blip, like it wanted to draw the window frame but decided not to.
> This was the only visible difference (and I think even that could be
> accounted for by the slower speed of the machine).
>
> Again, I run mmc and look at the syslogs.  Nothing.
>
> That's a pretty old system.  Just curious, when was the last time anybody
> has tried this example?  Its starting to feel like the non-workingness may
> have been around for a long time.
>
> -Kurt
>
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