CmdLine ParamStr and Folder Shell command parameters

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From: Ian Robertson
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:20

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My program creates the following registy entries:

Folder
  Shell
    command
(default) String value = "C:\app.exe" "%1"

The string pointed to by CmdLine and obtained by ParamStr(1) is "C:\app.exe"

The idea is a user right clicks a folder in explorer - the shell menu loads - the user clicks my shell entry - and the name of the folder is passed as a parameter from shell to my app as part of the CmdLine string.

Can anyone help me get the folder name instead of the path of my exe? I thought the %1 is supposed to pass the path of the folder clicked, not my exe.

Any help is gratefully received.

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