Open an Explorer Window and Wait for it to close

[vacunita]

I need to open an Explorer Window so the user can drag n drop stuff there, but i need to know when the window closes so i can clean up a couple things afterwards, i'm using this code but it doesn't work how it is supposed to.
Dim oShl As New IWshShell_Class
Call oShl.Run("explorer.exe x:\", SW_SHOWNORMAL, True)
Call oShl.Popup("The Explorer Window has been closed", 4, "WSH Example", vbInformation)

it goes straight to the .popup part.
If i substitute explorer.exe with any other app it runs the app but doesn't show it, it just gives it a windowless proccess. that i have to terminate from the taskmanager.

I need it to open the explorer window and wait for it to close.

Any ideas how to go about this?

thanx in advance

 

[DarenNM]

Check out "ShellExecuteEx" and "WaitForSingleObject" API calls. There are plenty of examples on the web and probably on TT too.

Hope that helps

Regards

Daren


Must think of a witty signature

 

[vacunita]

Yes i've found several examples, the only problem is that they seem to wait for any application to finish except for an explorer window. Which is what i want it to wait for, any ideas?

 

[vacunita]

I've found alot of examples on this, but all of them seem to work the same way,. They wait for any app, except explorer. I need something that will wait for an explorer window to close before continuing.

Any ideas would be appreciated.