NetworkPlaces

The NetworkPlaces class is one of many that SHELL32 exposes through its exported DllGetClass function. Instances can therefore be created using such well-documented COM functions as CoCreateInstance, by anyone who knows the CLSID:

The class implements the following interfaces (in the SHELL32 version 6.00 from Windows Vista):

• IBackReferencedObject
• IContextMenuCB
• IDelegateHostItemContainer
• IInitializeNetworkFolder
• INewItemAdvisor
• IObjectWithBackReferences
• IPersistFolder3 and its bases IPersistFolder2, IPersistFolder and IPersist
• IRegItemFolder
• IShellFolder2 and its base IShellFolder
• IShellIconOverlay
• ITransferProvider

Note that several of these interfaces are acquired by aggregating a RegFolder object.

Availability

The NetworkPlaces class is implemented in SHELL32 version 4.00 and higher.