Windows Shell namespace

Windows Shell namespace
In Windows Shell programming, the Windows Shell namespace is an organized tree-structured hierarchical representation that Windows Explorer facilitates to graphically present file system contents and other objects to the end user Conceptually, the Shell namespace may be regarded as a larger and more inclusive version of the file system
The Shell namespace is a hierarchical tree that consists of the wide variety of objects that make up the system
Types of objects
Specifically, the Shell namespace consists of two basic types of objects, namely files and folders Folder objects, which are containers for file objects and other folders called subdirectories, are the nodes of the tree, while file objects are the leaves of the namespace tree Objects in the Shell namespace can represent physically stored file system objects such as files and folders, or can be virtual objects such as the My Network Places and Recycle Bin "virtual folders"
The folders and data files that reside on physical computer disk drives are the most numerous and familiar of these objects; although, through extensions thwindows namespace system c++, windows shell namespace extension, windows shell namespace object, windows namespace Windows Shell namespace