Add status icons over file icons in Explorer, like Dropbox or SVN in .NET

Question

I\'m writing a Windows service application in C# with FileSystemWatcher.

How can I add status icons to files and folders in Windows Explorer similar to

Answer 1

I've never play with this, but I think it's the right way.

Custom Folder

First make the folder a System Folder, then create a Desktop.ini file and apply the change inside.

[.ShellClassInfo]
InfoTip=@Shell32.dll,-12690
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=-238