IDEA: right-click on Close icon results in file / folder parent opening

[dsp]

As an ex-Acorn user (RiscOS) one convenient function I miss in Windows (XP SP2) is the ability to right-click the close button in explorer folder view to close the folder and also open its parent (like Windows 'up a level' option which uses an icon sometimes - if available).

A similar function worked when closing a file (right-click on the X), which would open the folder the file was in as well as closing the file. Makes browsing faster as you can move through folders in both directions with less clicks. 

Sound simple, but is it possible to implement in Windows?

[AndyM]

I think this was a feature in OS/2 also, or I had a utility that added a button next to the close button that closed the folder and opened the parent.  Very handy.

I'd be interested in this also.

[SirSmiley]

The closest I can get you is "Up One Level" which is a shell extension by SpiritPyre over at MSFN
Here's the thread http://www.msfn.org/...tensions-t52524.html

Guess it's redundant for me since I use QTTabBar and just double click on the folder background in Explorer to take me to the parent.

[kartal]

Powerpro is cure to every design problem in windows.

http://powerpro.webeddie.com/

[dsp]

Mmm all interesting apps guys, but not quite what I'm looking for. I don't want yet another full program which includes a similar option, but want the simple tweak to performs the specific task.

Is anyone up for coding this?

[skrommel]

  Try RightUpClose!

Rightclick an Explorer's close button to open the parent folder.

Skrommel

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;RightUpClose.ahk
; Rightclick an Explorer's close button to open the parent folder
;Skrommel @ 2008

#SingleInstance,Force
#NoEnv
CoordMode,Mouse,Screen
SetWinDelay,0
SetBatchLines,-1

COM_Init()
OnExit,EXIT
Return

~RButton::
MouseGetPos,mx,my,hWnd
WinActivate,ahk_id %hWnd%
SendMessage,0x84,,(my<<16)|mx,,ahk_id %hWnd%
part:=ErrorLevel
If part Not In 20  ;Vista:12,19,20
  Return

If hWnd||(hWnd:=WinExist("ahk_class CabinetWClass"))||(hWnd:=WinExist("ahk_class ExploreWClass"))
{
  psh:=COM_CreateObject("Shell.Application")
  psw:=COM_Invoke(psh,"Windows")
  Loop,% COM_Invoke(psw,"Count")
    If COM_Invoke(pwb:=COM_Invoke(psw,"Item",A_Index-1),"hWnd")<>hWnd
      COM_Release(pwb)
    Else
      Break
  pfv    :=COM_Invoke(pwb,"Document")
  sFolder:=COM_Invoke(pfi:=COM_Invoke(psf:=COM_Invoke(pfv,"Folder"),"Self"),"Path")
  pfi:=0
}

SplitPath,sFolder,name,dir,ext,name_no_ext,drive
TOOLTIP(dir)
If name=
  Return
IfExist,%dir%
{
  WinClose,ahk_id %hWnd%
  Run,%dir%
}
Return


TOOLTIP(text)
{
  ToolTip,%text%
  SetTimer,TOOLTIPOFF,2000
  Return
}


TOOLTIPOFF:
  ToolTip,
Return


EXIT:
COM_Release(psf)
COM_Release(pfi)
COM_Release(pfv)
COM_Release(pwb)
COM_Release(psw)
COM_Release(psh)
COM_Term()
ExitApp


;COM.ahk by Sean at http://www.autohotkey.net/~Sean/Lib/COM.zip
COM_Init(bOLE = False)
{
Return bOLE ? COM_OleInitialize() : COM_CoInitialize()
}

COM_Term(bOLE = False)
{
Return bOLE ? COM_OleUninitialize() : COM_CoUninitialize()
}

COM_VTable(ppv, idx)
{
Return NumGet(NumGet(1*ppv)+4*idx)
}

COM_QueryInterface(ppv, IID = "")
{
If DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ppv)+0), "Uint", ppv, "Uint", COM_GUID4String(IID,IID ? IID : IID=0 ? "{00000000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" : "{00020400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"), "UintP", ppv)=0
Return ppv
}

COM_AddRef(ppv)
{
Return DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ppv)+4), "Uint", ppv)
}

COM_Release(ppv)
{
Return DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ppv)+8), "Uint", ppv)
}

COM_QueryService(ppv, SID, IID = "")
{
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ppv)+4*0), "Uint", ppv, "Uint", COM_GUID4String(IID_IServiceProvider,"{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}"), "UintP", psp)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*psp)+4*3), "Uint", psp, "Uint", COM_GUID4String(SID,SID), "Uint", IID ? COM_GUID4String(IID,IID) : &SID, "UintP", ppv:=0)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*psp)+4*2), "Uint", psp)
Return ppv
}

COM_FindConnectionPoint(pdp, DIID)
{
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdp)+ 0), "Uint", pdp, "Uint", COM_GUID4String(IID_IConnectionPointContainer, "{B196B284-BAB4-101A-B69C-00AA00341D07}"), "UintP", pcc)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pcc)+16), "Uint", pcc, "Uint", COM_GUID4String(DIID,DIID), "UintP", pcp)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pcc)+ 8), "Uint", pcc)
Return pcp
}

COM_GetConnectionInterface(pcp)
{
VarSetCapacity(DIID, 16, 0)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pcp)+12), "Uint", pcp, "Uint", &DIID)
Return COM_String4GUID(&DIID)
}

COM_Advise(pcp, psink)
{
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pcp)+20), "Uint", pcp, "Uint", psink, "UintP", nCookie)
Return nCookie
}

COM_Unadvise(pcp, nCookie)
{
Return DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pcp)+24), "Uint", pcp, "Uint", nCookie)
}

COM_Enumerate(penum, ByRef Result)
{
VarSetCapacity(varResult,16,0)
If (0 = _hResult_:=DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*penum)+12), "Uint", penum, "Uint", 1, "Uint", &varResult, "UintP", 0))
Result:=(vt:=NumGet(varResult,0,"Ushort"))=8||vt<0x1000&&DllCall("oleaut32\VariantChangeTypeEx","Uint",&varResult,"Uint",&varResult,"Uint",LCID,"Ushort",1,"Ushort",8)=0 ? COM_Ansi4Unicode(bstr:=NumGet(varResult,8)) . SubStr(COM_SysFreeString(bstr),1,0) : NumGet(varResult,8)
Return _hResult_
}

COM_Invoke(pdisp, sName, arg0="vT_NoNe",arg1="vT_NoNe",arg2="vT_NoNe",arg3="vT_NoNe",arg4="vT_NoNe",arg5="vT_NoNe",arg6="vT_NoNe",arg7="vT_NoNe",arg8="vT_NoNe",arg9="vT_NoNe")
{
Global _hResult_
nParams := 10
sParams := 0123456789
Loop, Parse, sParams
If (arg%A_LoopField% == "vT_NoNe")
{
nParams := A_Index - 1
Break
}
sParams := SubStr(sParams,1,nParams)
VarSetCapacity(DispParams,16,0), VarSetCapacity(varResult,16,0), VarSetCapacity(IID_NULL,16,0), VarSetCapacity(varg,nParams*16,0)
NumPut(&varg,DispParams,0), NumPut(nParams,DispParams,8)
If (nFlags := SubStr(sName,0) <> "=" ? 3 : 12) = 12
NumPut(&varResult,DispParams,4), NumPut(1,DispParams,12), NumPut(-3,varResult), sName:=SubStr(sName,1,-1)
Loop, Parse, sParams
If arg%A_LoopField% Is Not Integer
          NumPut(8,varg,(nParams-A_Index)*16,"Ushort"), NumPut(COM_SysAllocString(arg%A_LoopField%),varg,(nParams-A_Index)*16+8)
Else NumPut(SubStr(arg%A_LoopField%,1,1)="+" ? 9 : 3,varg,(nParams-A_Index)*16,"Ushort"), NumPut(arg%A_LoopField%,varg,(nParams-A_Index)*16+8)
If (0 = _hResult_:=DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdisp)+20), "Uint", pdisp, "Uint", &IID_NULL, "UintP", COM_Unicode4Ansi(wName, sName), "Uint", 1, "Uint", LCID, "intP", dispID))
&& (0 = _hResult_:=DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdisp)+24), "Uint", pdisp, "int", dispID, "Uint", &IID_NULL, "Uint", LCID, "Ushort", nFlags, "Uint", &dispParams, "Uint", &varResult, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0))
&& (3 = nFlags)
Result:=(vt:=NumGet(varResult,0,"Ushort"))=8||vt<0x1000&&DllCall("oleaut32\VariantChangeTypeEx","Uint",&varResult,"Uint",&varResult,"Uint",LCID,"Ushort",1,"Ushort",8)=0 ? COM_Ansi4Unicode(bstr:=NumGet(varResult,8)) . SubStr(COM_SysFreeString(bstr),1,0) : NumGet(varResult,8)
Loop, % nParams
NumGet(varg,(A_Index-1)*16,"Ushort")=8 ? COM_SysFreeString(NumGet(varg,(A_Index-1)*16+8)) : ""
Return Result
}

COM_Invoke_(pdisp, sName, type0="",arg0="",type1="",arg1="",type2="",arg2="",type3="",arg3="",type4="",arg4="",type5="",arg5="",type6="",arg6="",type7="",arg7="",type8="",arg8="",type9="",arg9="")
{
Global _hResult_
nParams := 10
sParams := 0123456789
Loop, Parse, sParams
If (type%A_LoopField% = "")
{
nParams := A_Index - 1
Break
}
sParams := SubStr(sParams,1,nParams)
VarSetCapacity(dispParams,16,0), VarSetCapacity(varResult,16,0), VarSetCapacity(IID_NULL,16,0), VarSetCapacity(varg,nParams*16,0)
NumPut(&varg,dispParams,0), NumPut(nParams,dispParams,8)
If (nFlags := SubStr(sName,0) <> "=" ? 1|2 : 4|8) & 12
NumPut(&varResult,dispParams,4), NumPut(1,dispParams,12), NumPut(-3,varResult), sName:=SubStr(sName,1,-1)
Loop, Parse, sParams
NumPut(type%A_LoopField%,varg,(nParams-A_Index)*16,"Ushort"), type%A_LoopField%&0x4000=0 ? NumPut(type%A_LoopField%=8 ? COM_SysAllocString(arg%A_LoopField%) : arg%A_LoopField%,varg,(nParams-A_Index)*16+8,type%A_LoopField%=5||type%A_LoopField%=7 ? "double" : type%A_LoopField%=4 ? "float" : "int64") : type%A_LoopField%=0x400C||type%A_LoopField%=0x400E ? NumPut(arg%A_LoopField%,varg,(nParams-A_Index)*16+8) : VarSetCapacity(_ref_%A_LoopField%,8,0) . NumPut(&_ref_%A_LoopField%,varg,(nParams-A_Index)*16+8) . NumPut(type%A_LoopField%=0x4008 ? COM_SysAllocString(arg%A_LoopField%) : arg%A_LoopField%,_ref_%A_LoopField%,0,type%A_LoopField%=0x4005||type%A_LoopField%=0x4007 ? "double" : type%A_LoopField%=0x4004 ? "float" : "int64")
If (0 = _hResult_:=DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdisp)+20), "Uint", pdisp, "Uint", &IID_NULL, "UintP", COM_Unicode4Ansi(wName, sName), "Uint", 1, "Uint", LCID, "intP", dispID))
&& (0 = _hResult_:=DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdisp)+24), "Uint", pdisp, "int", dispID, "Uint", &IID_NULL, "Uint", LCID, "Ushort", nFlags, "Uint", &dispParams, "Uint", &varResult, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0))
&& (3 = nFlags)
Result:=(vt:=NumGet(varResult,0,"Ushort"))=8||vt<0x1000&&DllCall("oleaut32\VariantChangeTypeEx","Uint",&varResult,"Uint",&varResult,"Uint",LCID,"Ushort",1,"Ushort",8)=0 ? COM_Ansi4Unicode(bstr:=NumGet(varResult,8)) . SubStr(COM_SysFreeString(bstr),1,0) : NumGet(varResult,8)
Loop, Parse, sParams
type%A_LoopField%&0x4000=0 ? (type%A_LoopField%=8 ? COM_SysFreeString(NumGet(varg,(nParams-A_Index)*16+8)) : "") : type%A_LoopField%=0x400C||type%A_LoopField%=0x400E ? "" : type%A_LoopField%=0x4008 ? (_TEMP_VT_BYREF_%A_LoopField%:=COM_Ansi4Unicode(NumGet(_ref_%A_LoopField%))) . COM_SysFreeString(NumGet(_ref_%A_LoopField%)) : (_TEMP_VT_BYREF_%A_LoopField%:=NumGet(_ref_%A_LoopField%,0,type%A_LoopField%=0x4005||type%A_LoopField%=0x4007 ? "double" : type%A_LoopField%=0x4004 ? "float" : "int64"))
Return Result
}

COM_DispInterface(this, prm1="", prm2="", prm3="", prm4="", prm5="", prm6="", prm7="", prm8="")
{
Critical
If A_EventInfo = 6
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(NumGet(this+8))+28),"Uint",NumGet(this+8),"Uint",prm1,"UintP",pname,"Uint",1,"UintP",0), VarSetCapacity(sfn,63), DllCall("user32\wsprintfA","str",sfn,"str","%s%S","Uint",this+40,"Uint",pname,"Cdecl"), COM_SysFreeString(pname), (pfn:=RegisterCallback(sfn,"C F")) ? (hResult:=DllCall(pfn,"Uint",prm5,"Uint",prm6,"Uint",this,"Cdecl")) . DllCall("kernel32\GlobalFree","Uint",pfn) : (hResult:=0x80020003)
Else If A_EventInfo = 5
hResult:=DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(NumGet(this+8))+40),"Uint",NumGet(this+8),"Uint",prm2,"Uint",prm3,"Uint",prm5)
Else If A_EventInfo = 4
NumPut(0,prm3+0), hResult:=0x80004001
Else If A_EventInfo = 3
NumPut(0,prm1+0), hResult:=0
Else If A_EventInfo = 2
NumPut(hResult:=NumGet(this+4)-1,this+4), hResult ? "" : COM_Unadvise(NumGet(this+16),NumGet(this+20)) . COM_Release(NumGet(this+16)) . COM_Release(NumGet(this+8)) . COM_CoTaskMemFree(this)
Else If A_EventInfo = 1
NumPut(hResult:=NumGet(this+4)+1,this+4)
Else If A_EventInfo = 0
COM_IsEqualGUID(this+24,prm1)||InStr("{00020400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}{00000000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}",COM_String4GUID(prm1)) ? NumPut(this,prm2+0) . NumPut(NumGet(this+4)+1,this+4) . (hResult:=0) : NumPut(0,prm2+0) . (hResult:=0x80004002)
Return hResult
}

COM_DispGetParam(pDispParams, Position = 0, vtType = 8)
{
VarSetCapacity(varResult,16,0)
DllCall("oleaut32\DispGetParam", "Uint", pDispParams, "Uint", Position, "Ushort", vtType, "Uint", &varResult, "UintP", nArgErr)
Return NumGet(varResult,0,"Ushort")=8 ? COM_Ansi4Unicode(NumGet(varResult,8)) . SubStr(COM_SysFreeString(NumGet(varResult,8)),1,0) : NumGet(varResult,8)
}

COM_CreateIDispatch()
{
Static IDispatch
If Not VarSetCapacity(IDispatch)
{
VarSetCapacity(IDispatch,28,0),   nParams=3112469
Loop,   Parse,   nParams
NumPut(RegisterCallback("COM_DispInterface","",A_LoopField,A_Index-1),IDispatch,4*(A_Index-1))
}
Return &IDispatch
}

COM_GetDefaultInterface(pdisp, LCID = 0)
{
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdisp) +12), "Uint", pdisp , "UintP", ctinf)
If ctinf
{
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdisp)+16), "Uint", pdisp, "Uint" , 0, "Uint", LCID, "UintP", ptinf)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+12), "Uint", ptinf, "UintP", pattr)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdisp)+ 0), "Uint", pdisp, "Uint" , pattr, "UintP", ppv)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+76), "Uint", ptinf, "Uint" , pattr)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+ 8), "Uint", ptinf)
If ppv
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdisp)+ 8), "Uint", pdisp), pdisp := ppv
}
Return pdisp
}

COM_GetDefaultEvents(pdisp, LCID = 0)
{
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdisp)+16), "Uint", pdisp, "Uint" , 0, "Uint", LCID, "UintP", ptinf)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+12), "Uint", ptinf, "UintP", pattr)
VarSetCapacity(IID,16), DllCall("RtlMoveMemory", "Uint", &IID, "Uint", pattr, "Uint", 16)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+76), "Uint", ptinf, "Uint" , pattr)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+72), "Uint", ptinf, "UintP", ptlib, "UintP", idx)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+ 8), "Uint", ptinf)
Loop, % DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptlib)+12), "Uint", ptlib)
{
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptlib)+20), "Uint", ptlib, "Uint", A_Index-1, "UintP", TKind)
If TKind <> 5
Continue
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptlib)+16), "Uint", ptlib, "Uint", A_Index-1, "UintP", ptinf)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+12), "Uint", ptinf, "UintP", pattr)
nCount:=NumGet(pattr+48,0,"Ushort")
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+76), "Uint", ptinf, "Uint" , pattr)
Loop, % nCount
{
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+36), "Uint", ptinf, "Uint", A_Index-1, "UintP", nFlags)
If !(nFlags & 1)
Continue
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+32), "Uint", ptinf, "Uint", A_Index-1, "UintP", hRefType)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+56), "Uint", ptinf, "Uint", hRefType , "UintP", prinf)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*prinf)+12), "Uint", prinf, "UintP", pattr)
nFlags & 2 ? DIID:=COM_String4GUID(pattr) : bFind:=COM_IsEqualGUID(pattr,&IID)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*prinf)+76), "Uint", prinf, "Uint" , pattr)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*prinf)+ 8), "Uint", prinf)
}
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+ 8), "Uint", ptinf)
If bFind
Break
}
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptlib)+ 8), "Uint", ptlib)
Return bFind ? DIID : "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}"
}

COM_GetGuidOfName(pdisp, Name, LCID = 0)
{
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdisp)+16), "Uint", pdisp, "Uint", 0, "Uint", LCID, "UintP", ptinf)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+72), "Uint", ptinf, "UintP", ptlib, "UintP", idx)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+ 8), "Uint", ptinf), ptinf:=0
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptlib)+44), "Uint", ptlib, "Uint", COM_Unicode4Ansi(Name,Name), "Uint", 0, "UintP", ptinf, "UintP", memID, "UshortP", 1)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptlib)+ 8), "Uint", ptlib)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+12), "Uint", ptinf, "UintP", pattr)
GUID := COM_String4GUID(pattr)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+76), "Uint", ptinf, "Uint" , pattr)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+ 8), "Uint", ptinf)
Return GUID
}

COM_GetTypeInfoOfGuid(pdisp, GUID, LCID = 0)
{
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdisp)+16), "Uint", pdisp, "Uint", 0, "Uint", LCID, "UintP", ptinf)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+72), "Uint", ptinf, "UintP", ptlib, "UintP", idx)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptinf)+ 8), "Uint", ptinf), ptinf := 0
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptlib)+24), "Uint", ptlib, "Uint", COM_GUID4String(GUID,GUID), "UintP", ptinf)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*ptlib)+ 8), "Uint", ptlib)
Return ptinf
}

; A Function Name including Prefix is limited to 63 bytes!
COM_ConnectObject(psource, prefix = "", DIID = "")
{
If Not DIID
0+(pconn:=COM_FindConnectionPoint(psource,"{00020400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}")) ? (DIID:=COM_GetConnectionInterface(pconn))="{00020400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" ? DIID:=COM_GetDefaultEvents(psource) : "" : pconn:=COM_FindConnectionPoint(psource,DIID:=COM_GetDefaultEvents(psource))
Else pconn:=COM_FindConnectionPoint(psource,SubStr(DIID,1,1)="{" ? DIID : DIID:=COM_GetGuidOfName(psource,DIID))
If !pconn || !ptinf:=COM_GetTypeInfoOfGuid(psource,DIID)
{
MsgBox, No Event Interface Exists! Now exit the application.
ExitApp
}
psink:=COM_CoTaskMemAlloc(40+StrLen(prefix)+1), NumPut(1,NumPut(COM_CreateIDispatch(),psink+0)), NumPut(psource,NumPut(ptinf,psink+8))
DllCall("RtlMoveMemory", "Uint", psink+24, "Uint", COM_GUID4String(DIID,DIID), "Uint", 16)
DllCall("RtlMoveMemory", "Uint", psink+40, "Uint", &prefix, "Uint", StrLen(prefix)+1)
NumPut(COM_Advise(pconn,psink),NumPut(pconn,psink+16))
Return psink
}

COM_CreateObject(CLSID, IID = "", CLSCTX = 5)
{
DllCall("ole32\CoCreateInstance", "Uint", SubStr(CLSID,1,1)="{" ? COM_GUID4String(CLSID,CLSID) : COM_CLSID4ProgID(CLSID,CLSID), "Uint", 0, "Uint", CLSCTX, "Uint", COM_GUID4String(IID,IID ? IID : IID=0 ? "{00000000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" : "{00020400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"), "UintP", ppv)
Return ppv
}

COM_ActiveXObject(ProgID)
{
DllCall("ole32\CoCreateInstance", "Uint", SubStr(ProgID,1,1)="{" ? COM_GUID4String(ProgID,ProgID) : COM_CLSID4ProgID(ProgID,ProgID), "Uint", 0, "Uint", 5, "Uint", COM_GUID4String(IID_IDispatch,"{00020400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"), "UintP", pdisp)
Return COM_GetDefaultInterface(pdisp)
}

COM_GetObject(Moniker)
{
DllCall("ole32\CoGetObject", "Uint", COM_Unicode4Ansi(Moniker,Moniker), "Uint", 0, "Uint", COM_GUID4String(IID_IDispatch,"{00020400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"), "UintP", pdisp)
Return COM_GetDefaultInterface(pdisp)
}

COM_GetActiveObject(ProgID)
{
DllCall("oleaut32\GetActiveObject", "Uint", SubStr(ProgID,1,1)="{" ? COM_GUID4String(ProgID,ProgID) : COM_CLSID4ProgID(ProgID,ProgID), "Uint", 0, "UintP", punk)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*punk)+0), "Uint", punk, "Uint", COM_GUID4String(IID_IDispatch,"{00020400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"), "UintP", pdisp)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*punk)+8), "Uint", punk)
Return COM_GetDefaultInterface(pdisp)
}

COM_CLSID4ProgID(ByRef CLSID, ProgID)
{
VarSetCapacity(CLSID, 16)
DllCall("ole32\CLSIDFromProgID", "Uint", COM_Unicode4Ansi(ProgID,ProgID), "Uint", &CLSID)
Return &CLSID
}

COM_GUID4String(ByRef CLSID, String)
{
VarSetCapacity(CLSID, 16)
DllCall("ole32\CLSIDFromString", "Uint", COM_Unicode4Ansi(String,String,38), "Uint", &CLSID)
Return &CLSID
}

COM_ProgID4CLSID(pCLSID)
{
DllCall("ole32\ProgIDFromCLSID", "Uint", pCLSID, "UintP", pProgID)
Return COM_Ansi4Unicode(pProgID) . SubStr(COM_CoTaskMemFree(pProgID),1,0)
}

COM_String4GUID(pGUID)
{
VarSetCapacity(String, 38 * 2 + 1)
DllCall("ole32\StringFromGUID2", "Uint", pGUID, "Uint", &String, "int", 39)
Return COM_Ansi4Unicode(&String, 38)
}

COM_IsEqualGUID(pGUID1, pGUID2)
{
Return DllCall("ole32\IsEqualGUID", "Uint", pGUID1, "Uint", pGUID2)
}

COM_CoCreateGuid()
{
VarSetCapacity(GUID, 16, 0)
DllCall("ole32\CoCreateGuid", "Uint", &GUID)
Return COM_String4GUID(&GUID)
}

COM_CoTaskMemAlloc(cb)
{
Return DllCall("ole32\CoTaskMemAlloc", "Uint", cb)
}

COM_CoTaskMemFree(pv)
{
Return DllCall("ole32\CoTaskMemFree", "Uint", pv)
}

COM_CoInitialize()
{
Return DllCall("ole32\CoInitialize", "Uint", 0)
}

COM_CoUninitialize()
{
Return DllCall("ole32\CoUninitialize")
}

COM_OleInitialize()
{
Return DllCall("ole32\OleInitialize", "Uint", 0)
}

COM_OleUninitialize()
{
Return DllCall("ole32\OleUninitialize")
}

COM_SysAllocString(sString)
{
Return DllCall("oleaut32\SysAllocString", "Uint", COM_Ansi2Unicode(sString,wString))
}

COM_SysFreeString(bstr)
{
Return DllCall("oleaut32\SysFreeString", "Uint", bstr)
}

COM_SysStringLen(bstr)
{
Return DllCall("oleaut32\SysStringLen", "Uint", bstr)
}

COM_SafeArrayDestroy(psa)
{
Return DllCall("oleaut32\SafeArrayDestroy", "Uint", psa)
}

COM_VariantClear(pvarg)
{
Return DllCall("oleaut32\VariantClear", "Uint", pvarg)
}

COM_AtlAxWinInit(Version = "")
{
COM_CoInitialize()
If Not DllCall("GetModuleHandle", "str", "atl" . Version)
DllCall("LoadLibrary"    , "str", "atl" . Version)
Return DllCall("atl" . Version . "\AtlAxWinInit")
}

COM_AtlAxWinTerm(Version = "")
{
COM_CoUninitialize()
If   hModule := DllCall("GetModuleHandle", "str", "atl" . Version)
Return DllCall("FreeLibrary"    , "Uint", hModule)
}

COM_AtlAxAttachControl(pdsp, hWnd, Version = "")
{
Return DllCall("atl" . Version . "\AtlAxAttachControl", "Uint", punk:=COM_QueryInterface(pdsp,0), "Uint", hWnd, "Uint", 0), COM_Release(punk)
}

COM_AtlAxCreateControl(hWnd, Name, Version = "")
{
If DllCall("atl" . Version . "\AtlAxCreateControl", "Uint", COM_Unicode4Ansi(Name,Name), "Uint", hWnd, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)=0
Return COM_AtlAxGetControl(hWnd, Version)
}

COM_AtlAxGetControl(hWnd, Version = "")
{
If DllCall("atl" . Version . "\AtlAxGetControl", "Uint", hWnd, "UintP", punk)=0
pdsp:=COM_QueryInterface(punk), COM_Release(punk)
Return pdsp
}

COM_AtlAxGetHost(hWnd, Version = "")
{
If DllCall("atl" . Version . "\AtlAxGetHost", "Uint", hWnd, "UintP", punk)=0
pdsp:=COM_QueryInterface(punk), COM_Release(punk)
Return pdsp
}

COM_AtlAxCreateContainer(hWnd, l, t, w, h, Name = "", Version = "")
{
Return DllCall("CreateWindowEx", "Uint",0x200, "str", "AtlAxWin" . Version, "Uint", Name ? &Name : 0, "Uint", 0x54000000, "int", l, "int", t, "int", w, "int", h, "Uint", hWnd, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)
}

COM_AtlAxGetContainer(pdsp)
{
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pdsp)+ 0), "Uint", pdsp, "Uint", COM_GUID4String(IID_IOleWindow,"{00000114-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"), "UintP", pwin)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pwin)+12), "Uint", pwin, "UintP", hCtrl)
DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(1*pwin)+ 8), "Uint", pwin)
Return DllCall("GetParent", "Uint", hCtrl)
}

COM_Ansi4Unicode(pString, nSize = "")
{
If (nSize = "")
    nSize:=DllCall("kernel32\WideCharToMultiByte", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", pString, "int", -1, "Uint", 0, "int",  0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)
VarSetCapacity(sString, nSize)
DllCall("kernel32\WideCharToMultiByte", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", pString, "int", -1, "str", sString, "int", nSize + 1, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)
Return sString
}

COM_Unicode4Ansi(ByRef wString, sString, nSize = "")
{
If (nSize = "")
    nSize:=DllCall("kernel32\MultiByteToWideChar", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", &sString, "int", -1, "Uint", 0, "int", 0)
VarSetCapacity(wString, nSize * 2 + 1)
DllCall("kernel32\MultiByteToWideChar", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", &sString, "int", -1, "Uint", &wString, "int", nSize + 1)
Return &wString
}

COM_Ansi2Unicode(ByRef sString, ByRef wString, nSize = "")
{
If (nSize = "")
    nSize:=DllCall("kernel32\MultiByteToWideChar", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", &sString, "int", -1, "Uint", 0, "int", 0)
VarSetCapacity(wString, nSize * 2 + 1)
DllCall("kernel32\MultiByteToWideChar", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", &sString, "int", -1, "Uint", &wString, "int", nSize + 1)
Return &wString
}

COM_Unicode2Ansi(ByRef wString, ByRef sString, nSize = "")
{
pString := wString + 0 > 65535 ? wString : &wString
If (nSize = "")
    nSize:=DllCall("kernel32\WideCharToMultiByte", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", pString, "int", -1, "Uint", 0, "int",  0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)
VarSetCapacity(sString, nSize)
DllCall("kernel32\WideCharToMultiByte", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "Uint", pString, "int", -1, "str", sString, "int", nSize + 1, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)
Return &sString
}

COM_ScriptControl(sCode, sLang = "", bExec = False, sName = "", pdisp = 0, bGlobal = False)
{
COM_CoInitialize()
psc  := COM_CreateObject("MSScriptControl.ScriptControl")
COM_Invoke(psc, "Language=", sLang ? sLang : "VBScript")
sName ? COM_Invoke(psc, "AddObject", sName, "+" . pdisp, bGlobal) : ""
ret  := COM_Invoke(psc, bExec ? "ExecuteStatement" : "Eval", sCode)
COM_Release(psc)
COM_CoUninitialize()
Return ret
}

[AndyM]

This is great!   

   But I had to unload it because it disables the right-click menu for taskbar/toolbar/start menus.  More precisely, it's the items on the submenus/fly-out choices which can't be right-clicked.

Can this be fixed?

[skrommel]

  I had problems hitting the X button in Vista, so I added a few more window parts to react to. Try the version above.

Skrommel

[AndyM]

I tried the new version, but I still can't right-click on an item in the fly-out menus of toolbars/quicklaunch etc.  It's as if I'm right clicking on what's underneath the icon (desktop, other window, etc)

But I'm happy to try anything you come up with since having this work would be very cool.