Windows Explorer in a GUI

[kczx3]

Not really sure where to post this (and maybe it is common knowledge that I didn't have) but apparently you can nest a file explorer control inside of an AHK GUI using the Shell.Explorer ActiveX control.

If you open up a normal IE instance and navigate to a local directory, that directory will be opened in a new Explorer.exe window. However, if you instead use AHK to create a gui with an ActiveX control of Shell.Explorer and then navigate to a local directory, that will essentially render the Explorer.exe listview inside your GUI. I never knew that and wasn't sure if anyone else did. Might be useful for someone!

NOTE: The following uses AHK v2-a121 code.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0-a121
main := gui.new()

wb := main.add("ActiveX", "w400 h400", "Shell.Explorer").value

wb.navigate("file:///C:/")

main.show()

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[gregster]

Nice find. Thank you!
Perhaps something for Tips & Tricks ? Or v2 'Scripts and Functions' ?

[Hamborgar]