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"Double Clicking" or Enter on selected file in windows explorer
To detect when a file is double-clicked or the Enter key is pressed on a selected file in Windows Explorer using C#, you can utilize the FileSystemWatcher
class to monitor file system events. Here's an example:
csharpusing System;
using System.IO;
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
// Create a new FileSystemWatcher instance
FileSystemWatcher watcher = new FileSystemWatcher();
// Set the path to the directory you want to monitor
watcher.Path = @"C:\Path\To\Directory";
// Set the filter to only monitor files with a specific extension
watcher.Filter = "*.txt";
// Subscribe to the events
watcher.Created += FileCreated;
// Enable the watcher to begin monitoring
watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to stop the program.");
Console.ReadLine();
// Stop the watcher
watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
}
static void FileCreated(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e)
{
if (e.ChangeType == WatcherChangeTypes.Created)
{
// File was created (double-clicked or Enter key pressed)
Console.WriteLine("File created: " + e.FullPath);
}
}
}
In this example:
Create a new instance of the
FileSystemWatcher
class.Set the
Path
property to the directory you want to monitor.Set the
Filter
property to specify the file extension you want to track (e.g., "*.txt" to monitor text files).Subscribe to the
Created
event, which is triggered when a new file is created in the specified directory.Inside the event handler, you can handle the logic for the file being created (double-clicked or Enter key pressed).
Start the watcher by setting
EnableRaisingEvents
totrue
.Stop the watcher by setting
EnableRaisingEvents
tofalse
when you want to terminate the program.
Note that the FileSystemWatcher
may generate multiple events for a single file action, so you need to handle duplicate events if necessary.
By using the FileSystemWatcher
class, you can detect when a file is double-clicked or the Enter key is pressed on a selected file in Windows Explorer.