When you select a file or folder in Explorer window, and choose 'Properties' from the menu, you get the properties window that contains some essential information about the file: The size of file, created date, modified date, attributes, and so on.

　　It's possible to display this properties window programmatically, by using the ShellExecuteEx API function. 

　　The function below accept 2 parameters, and displays the properties window of the file: 

　　hwnd - The handle of the window that calls this function. 

　　lpszFile - The file or folder that you want to display its properties. 

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void  ShowFileProperties(HWND hwnd, LPCWSTR lpszFile) {     SHELLEXECUTEINFO ShExecInfo = { 0 };     ShExecInfo.cbSize =  sizeof (SHELLEXECUTEINFO);     ShExecInfo.fMask = SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST ;     ShExecInfo.hwnd = hwnd;     ShExecInfo.lpVerb = _T( "properties" );     ShExecInfo.lpFile = lpszFile;     ShExecInfo.lpParameters = _T( "" );      ShExecInfo.lpDirectory =  NULL ;     ShExecInfo.nShow = SW_SHOW;     ShExecInfo.hInstApp =  NULL ;      ShellExecuteEx(&ShExecInfo); }