How to create FilePropertyDialog like Windows in C#?

#region Enum
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public struct SHELLEXECUTEINFO
{
public int cbSize;
public uint fMask;
public IntPtr hwnd;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
public string lpVerb;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
public string lpFile;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
public string lpParameters;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
public string lpDirectory;
public int nShow;
public IntPtr hInstApp;
public IntPtr lpIDList;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
public string lpClass;
public IntPtr hkeyClass;
public uint dwHotKey;
public IntPtr hIcon;
public IntPtr hProcess;
}
#endregion

private const int SW_SHOW = 5;
private const uint SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST = 12;

[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
static extern bool ShellExecuteEx(ref SHELLEXECUTEINFO lpExecInfo);

Pass the file name for which you want to see the file property dialog.
public static void ShowFileProperties(string Filename)
{
SHELLEXECUTEINFO shellInfo = new SHELLEXECUTEINFO();
shellInfo .cbSize = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.SizeOf(info);
shellInfo .lpVerb = "properties";
shellInfo .lpFile = Filename;
shellInfo .nShow = SW_SHOW;
shellInfo .fMask = SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST;
ShellExecuteEx(ref info);
}

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How to stop multiple instances running of my application using C# ?

public static void Main()
{
bool isNew = false;
Mutex mtx = new Mutex( true, "MyApp_Mutex", out isNew );
if( !isNew )
{
MessageBox.Show( "MyApp is already running." );
return;
}
}

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How many instances are running in my application using C# ?

#region Directives

using System.text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Reflection;

#endregion

public class TestApplication
{
#region Private Fields

The default instance
private static TestApplication DefValue = new TestApplication ();
The system-wide semaphore
private Semaphore semaphore;
Initial count for the semaphore(Randonm you can choose any big count)
private const int MAXCOUNT = 10000;
private static bool _pvInstance ;

#endregion

#region Properties

The PrevInstance property returns True if there was a previous instance running when the default instance was created
public static bool PrevInstance
{
get
{
return _pvInstance ;
}
}

Return the total number of instances of the same application that are currently running
public static int InstanceCount
{
get
{
// release the semaphore and grab the previous count
int prevCount = DefValue.semaphore.Release();
// acquire the semaphore again
DefValue.semaphore.WaitOne();
// evaluate number of other instances that are currently running.
return MAXCOUNT - prevCount;
}
}

#endregion

Constructor.
private TestApplication ()
{
// create a named (system-wide semaphore)
bool ownership = false;
// create the semaphore or get a reference to an existing semaphore

string appName = "TestApplication _" + Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location.Replace(":", string.Empty).Replace("\\", string.Empty);
semaphore = new Semaphore( MAXCOUNT, MAXCOUNT, appName , out ownership);
// decrement its value
semaphore.WaitOne();
// if we got ownership, this app has no previous instances
_prevInstance = !ownership;
}
Destructor to destroy.
~TestApplication ()
{
// increment the semaphore when the application terminates
semaphore.Release();
}
}

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