1use windows::Win32::System::Com::{
 2    CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED, CoCreateInstance, CoInitializeEx, IDispatch,
 3    IServiceProvider,
 4};
 5use windows::Win32::System::Variant::VARIANT;
 6use windows::Win32::UI::Shell::{
 7    CSIDL_DESKTOP, IShellBrowser, IShellDispatch2, IShellFolderViewDual, IShellWindows,
 8    SID_STopLevelBrowser, SVGIO_BACKGROUND, SWC_DESKTOP, SWFO_NEEDDISPATCH, ShellWindows,
 9};
10use windows::core::{BSTR, Interface};
11
12pub fn shell_execute_from_explorer(
13    file: &str,
14    parameters: &str,
15    directory: &str,
16) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
17    unsafe {
18        CoInitializeEx(None, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED).unwrap();
19
20        let mut _hwnd = Default::default();
21        let shell_dispatch: IShellDispatch2 =
22            CoCreateInstance::<_, IShellWindows>(&ShellWindows, None, CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER)?
23                .FindWindowSW(
24                    &VARIANT::from(CSIDL_DESKTOP as i32),
25                    &VARIANT::default(),
26                    SWC_DESKTOP,
27                    &mut _hwnd,
28                    SWFO_NEEDDISPATCH,
29                )?
30                .cast::<IServiceProvider>()?
31                .QueryService::<IShellBrowser>(&SID_STopLevelBrowser)?
32                .QueryActiveShellView()?
33                .GetItemObject::<IDispatch>(SVGIO_BACKGROUND)?
34                .cast::<IShellFolderViewDual>()?
35                .Application()?
36                .cast()?;
37
38        shell_dispatch.ShellExecute(
39            &BSTR::from(file),
40            &VARIANT::from(parameters),
41            &VARIANT::from(directory),
42            &VARIANT::from(""),
43            &VARIANT::from(0i32),
44        )?;
45
46        Ok(())
47    }
48}