Double clicking a file in win explorer

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I am creating an application to detect when any file is double-clicked in Windows Explorer or when the user clicks the right mouse button => Open.
I need the full path of the file to open.
Is there an API to use with C #?

So if there are ways to do this, I'd appreciate your help. Thank you

What I have tried:

I tried to use FileSystemWatcher with the "Changed" event but that didn't fix the problem.

Posted 28-Aug-21 22:07pm

Ṉobody

Updated 28-Aug-21 22:10pm

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2021-08-28T22:10:00

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See Extending Windows Explorer Namespaces with the .NET Framework | Microsoft Docs[^].

Posted 28-Aug-21 22:10pm

Richard MacCutchan

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Ṉobody 29-Aug-21 4:33am

The downloadable code on the website is not available

Richard MacCutchan 29-Aug-21 7:12am

Google may find you more resources.