Shell Notifications Watcher

Managed C# wrapper for SHChangeNotify and SHCNE_ events.

usingvarwatcher=newShellNotifyWatcher{Path="C:\\",Recursive=true,IncludeShellNotifications=true,EventFilters=ShellEventFilters.AllEvents};// Shell item eventswatcher.ItemChanged+=(obj,e)=>Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} '{2}'",e.ChangeType,e.ItemType,e.Path);watcher.ItemRenamed+=(obj,e)=>Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} '{2}' -> '{3}'",e.ChangeType,e.ItemType,e.OldPath,e.NewPath);watcher.DriveChanged+=(obj,e)=>Console.WriteLine("{0} '{1}'",e.ChangeType,e.Path);watcher.ShareChanged+=(obj,e)=>Console.WriteLine("ShareStatusChanged: {0} '{1}'",e.Status,e.Path);// Global eventswatcher.FreespaceChanged+=(obj,e)=>Console.WriteLine("FreespaceChanged Drives: [{0}]",string.Join(", ",e.Drives));watcher.ServerDisconnected+=(obj,e)=>Console.WriteLine("ServerDisconnected");watcher.FileTypeAssociationChanged+=(obj,e)=>Console.WriteLine("FileTypeAssociationChanged");watcher.SystemImageListChanged+=(obj,e)=>Console.WriteLine("SystemImageListChanged ImageIndex: {0}",e.ImageIndex);watcher.ExtendedEventOccurred+=(obj,e)=>Console.WriteLine("ExtendedEventOccurred EventId: {0}",e.EventId);watcher.EnableRaisingEvents=true;Console.WriteLine("Listening for shell notifications.");Console.WriteLine("Path: '{0}'",watcher.Path);Console.WriteLine("Recursive: {0}",watcher.Recursive);Console.WriteLine("Events: {0}",watcher.EventFilters);Console.WriteLine("Try to add/remove a file in the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) and see what happens.");while(true){Console.WriteLine("Press 'Esc' or 'q' key to exit ...");varkey=Console.ReadKey();if(key.Key==ConsoleKey.Escape||key.Key==ConsoleKey.Q){break;}Console.WriteLine();}

Sample

dotnet run --project src/WatcherSample/WatcherSample.csproj

Listening for shell notifications.
Path: 'C:'
Recursive: True
Events: AllEvents
Try to add/remove a file in the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe) and see what happens.
Press 'Esc' or 'q' key to exit ...
Created Item 'C:\Temp\New Text Document.txt'
ExtendedEventOccurred EventId: 15
Updated Item 'C:\Temp'
Deleted Item 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\New Text Document.txt.lnk'
Created Item 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\New Text Document.txt.lnk'
Created Item 'New Text Document.txt'
Created Item 'New Text Document.txt'
Created Item 'New Text Document.txt'
FreespaceChanged Drives: [C:\]
Updated Directory 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent'
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