How to display a folder's properties window?

[JnLlnd]

Is there a Windows command-line command (to call with Run), a DllCall or COM object that would allow me to display the properties window of a given folder?

I've found this but the info there looks outdated:
http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/3 ... ments-ect/

Thanks,

Jean

[lexikos]

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Run properties %A_ScriptDir%
Sleep 10000

Interestingly, it closes when the script terminates, at least on this system.

[JnLlnd]

Great. I was to follow up with what I've found here (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/arc ... 55658.aspx) but the "properties" command is exactly when I need.

I guess I'll have to add a WinWaitClose command to wait for the user to close the Properties window. I'll be back with something working.

Thanks Lexikos.

[JnLlnd]

Oops! I tough this would do the job:

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Run, Properties %A_ScriptDir%, , , PID
Sleep, 1000
WinWaitClose, ahk_pid %PID%

But it seems the Properties command could not set the PID. Doc says:

The variable will be made blank if the PID could not be determined, which usually happens if a system verb, document, or shortcut is launched rather than a direct executable file.

Any idea on how to work around this?

[JnLlnd]

Re-Oops! I posted the wrong code version in the comment above. RunWait shoud be Run. I'll edit it.

[JnLlnd]

Found two solutions:

From the Rundoc:

Note: The properties window will automatically close when the script terminates. To prevent this, use WinWait to wait for the window to appear, then use WinWaitClose to wait for the user to close it.

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Run, Properties %A_ScriptDir%
SplitPath, A_ScriptDir, MyDir ; Don't use "Properties" to work in other Windows locales. Only use the last folders's name.
WinWait, %MyDir%
WinWaitClose

Or simply prompt the user to continue after he closes the Properties window (not elegant, but could work depending on the context):

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Run, Properties %A_ScriptDir%
MsgBox, Click OK to continue

[JnLlnd]

Hummm... In the first script above, it seems that WinWaitClose does not detect when the Properties window is closed. The script keeps running until I kill the process.

[lexikos]

Do you have something else open with %MyDir% in the title; for instance, the script editor?

You can add ahk_class #32770 to reduce the ambiguity.

[JnLlnd]

Ah! The issue was with the first WinWait command. The window name was not recognized because of the SetTitleMatchMode mode. Now this works:

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SetTitleMatchMode, 2
Run, Properties %A_AppDataCommon%
SplitPath, A_AppDataCommon, MyDir ; Don't use "Properties" to work in other Windows locales. Only use the last folders's name.
WinWait, %MyDir%
WinWaitClose

Issue closed Thanks lexikos.