Open a file’s properties window using Java

This is a question only regarding Java in Windows.

I need a method that will call this window:

So essentially the method should be something like:

public void openProperties(File file){ // or String fileName

}

So the statement: opernProperties(new File(test.txt)); should open the above window.

So just to clarify, I do not want to read and manage the properties. I just want to open the properties window.

Answer

I was able to display the file properties window using the following:

• Go to https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/net/java/dev/jna/
• Download the snapshot JARs jna-4.3.0-20160510.203907-1.jar and jna-platform-4.3.0-20160510.204004-1.jar (We can’t use the latest version that is located at maven repo since it’s 4.2.2 and it does not have the SHELLEXECUTEINFO)
• Load the jars and paste the following code below

This should display the properties window with a delay of 3 seconds. Notice that alk talked about passing the window through hwnd member if you don’t want it to auto close after the 3 seconds

public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        ShellAPI.SHELLEXECUTEINFO shellExecuteInfo = new ShellAPI.SHELLEXECUTEINFO();
        shellExecuteInfo.lpFile = "C:\setup.log";
        shellExecuteInfo.nShow = User32.SW_SHOW;
        shellExecuteInfo.fMask = 0x0000000C;
        shellExecuteInfo.lpVerb = "properties";
        if (Shell32.INSTANCE.ShellExecuteEx(shellExecuteInfo)){
            Thread.sleep(3000);
        }
    }