The set of available verbs depends on the particular file or folder. Generally, the actions available from an object's shortcut menu are available verbs.
For more information about verbs and their availability, see Object Verbs. See Extending Shortcut Menus for further discussion of shortcut menus.
The following verbs are commonly used.
Launches an editor and opens the document for editing. If FileName is not a document file, the function will fail.| edit | |
| explore | Explores the folder specified by FileName. |
| find | Initiates a search starting from the specified directory. |
| open | Opens the file specified by the FileName parameter. The file can be an executable file, a document file, or a folder. |
| Prints the document file specified by FileName. If FileName is not a document file, the function will fail. | |
| Empty string | For systems prior to Microsoft? Windows? 2000, the default verb is used if it is valid and available in the registry. If not, the "open" verb is used. For Windows 2000 and later systems, the default verb is used if available. If not, the "open" verb is used. If neither verb is available, the system uses the first verb listed in the registry. |
