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Windows 7 How-To Videos: Libraries and Federated Search

More Windows 7 videos that I recorded have been posted on Channel 9. This installment deals with Windows 7 shell libraries and Federated Search, a subject that I haven’t covered in depth on my blog. The videos feature an introduction to shell libraries and demonstrate how to integrate your application with Windows 7 libraries from managed and native code, how to register for library change notifications (if you care about changes to library contents), and how to use Federated Search to integrate...

Windows 7 How-To Videos: Windows 7 Taskbar

Rather than make an HTML index of the videos , I figured it would be more convenient for my visitors to watch the videos directly from here, thanks to the Channel 9 embedding capabilities (and Silverlight). Introduction and Application ID Overlay Icons and Progress Bars Jump Lists Part 1 Jump Lists Part 2 Custom Previews and Thumbnail Clips Tabbed Thumbnails When more videos are posted, I will create new posts that will have them embedded.

Windows 7 How-To Videos: Introduction to the Windows 7 Taskbar

As part of our work on the Windows 7 training materials, I recorded 23 short how-to videos explaining how to use the new Windows 7 features from managed code (often using the Windows API Code Pack ) and from native code. Our Sela team, including Alon , Dima, Arik , and many others, collaborated on the slide decks, demo code, and other aspects of these recordings. The first installment of these videos is already live on Channel 9 —you can download or watch online six videos about the Windows 7 taskbar...