Specifies a file's perceived type. This set of constants is used in the AssocGetPerceivedType function.

Syntax

typedef enum {
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_CUSTOM = -3,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED = -2,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_FOLDER = -1,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_TEXT = 1,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_IMAGE = 2,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_AUDIO = 3,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_VIDEO = 4,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_COMPRESSED = 5,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_DOCUMENT = 6,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_SYSTEM = 7,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_APPLICATION = 8,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_GAMEMEDIA = 9,
    PERCEIVED_TYPE_CONTACTS = 10
} PERCEIVED;

Constants

PERCEIVED_TYPE_CUSTOM

The file's perceived type as defined in the registry is not a known type.

PERCEIVED_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED

The file does not have a perceived type.

PERCEIVED_TYPE_FOLDER

Not used.

PERCEIVED_TYPE_UNKNOWN

The file's perceived type hasn't yet been requested. This is the cached type of the object when it is created. This value is never returned by AssocGetPerceivedType.

PERCEIVED_TYPE_TEXT

The file's perceived type is "text".

PERCEIVED_TYPE_IMAGE

The file's perceived type is "image".

PERCEIVED_TYPE_AUDIO

The file's perceived type is "audio".

PERCEIVED_TYPE_VIDEO

The file's perceived type is "video".

PERCEIVED_TYPE_COMPRESSED

The file's perceived type is "compressed".

PERCEIVED_TYPE_DOCUMENT

The file's perceived type is "document".

PERCEIVED_TYPE_SYSTEM

The file's perceived type is "system".

PERCEIVED_TYPE_APPLICATION

The file's perceived type is "application".

PERCEIVED_TYPE_GAMEMEDIA

Windows Vista and later. The file's perceived type is "gamemedia".

PERCEIVED_TYPE_CONTACTS

Windows Vista and later.The file's perceived type is "contacts"

Remarks

Prior to Windows Vista, this enumeration was declared in Shlwapi.h.

Enumerated Type Information

Header and IDL files	shtypes.h, shtypes.idl
Minimum operating systems	Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)