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For folders containing many files and subfolders the process of collecting file information (e.g. overall size) can take a while. If you'd like to suppress the scan, you can set the CalculateSelectedFiles property in the SelectionList to false.
This will suppress fetching the overall filesize, etc.

In newer versions of ShellBrowser, you can also activate the "simple" checkbox mode to avoid too much overhead when checking elements.

Implement the BeforeInvokeCommandOnSelected event and in the eventhandler set e.InvocationProcessed = true to intercept the default action.

Another option is to implement the FolderChanging event of an attached ShellControlConnector.

Because the history functionality is contained in ShellControlConnector, you need to attach one to the ShellHistoryToolStrip Control by setting the property of the same name.

Yes. The components can be used with Express and Community Editions of Visual Studio.

ShellBrowser.NET components are designed for Windows Forms, ShellBrowser WPF components for WPF respectively.

In both cases you need "Windows Desktop" versions/workloads in the Visual Studio Express or Community Edition.

Use the static method ShellBrowser.GetLinkTarget.

Yes; ShellBrowser.NET components are compatible with the .NET 8 target framwork.

During your maintenance period, they are located at Downloads -> Older versions in the customer area, if you are logged in to your customer account.

You should be able to find the installation files and keys of the two last major versions there.

Starting with Windows 10 Cloud storage providers can integrate access into Windows File Explorer via shell extensions.

Also ShellBrowser relies on the availability of the needed extensions.

The ExplorerBrowser component matches Windows Explorer very closely offering the same views and columns.

Other ShellBrowser controls such as the ShellListView/TJamShellList are normally able to operate normally with cloud storage views, however some columns might be presented differently (e.g. the synchronization state is presented as textual information rather than an icon).

ShellBrowser relies on the Windows notification system to monitor changes. Sometimes individual notifications are summarized into bigger chunks. It depends on the size of the folder, the number of affected elements and also the type of folder whether this happens or not. Unfortunately this behavior cannot be influenced.

A current list of supported frameworks and Windows versions can be found in the compatibility overview.