7Zip Folder Sample

This console application has a Shell folder server that demonstrates how to create a nonrooted, virtual file folder using ShellBoost. The application integrates files with the .7z extension in the Shell Namespace, just like Windows does using .zip files.

See the File as Folder support chapter for more information.

This sample can be found in the GitHub repository with CBFS Shell samples.

Notes:

• This sample requires 7-Zip (https://www.7-zip.org/) to be installed on the machine.
• This sample uses Squid-Box's SevenZipSharp (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Squid-Box.SevenZipSharp/) NuGet packages as an Interop wrapper over 7-Zip.

Other files than .7z can be handled easily by this sample with a small code modification. In fact, all files supported by 7-Zip can be handled by this sample.