I am writing a Shell Namespace Extension.
How may I force explorer to access (and open) items that are not enumerated with IShellFolder::EnumObjects by typing their parsing name in the address bar?
I have seen SFGAO_NONENUMERATED flag which I believe is used to mark such items (so in theory it should be possible, otherwise why do one need this flag?). I don't want to use SFGAO_HIDDEN or SFGAO_SYSTEM because such items could be seen nevertheless.
I am expecting explorer to call IShellFolder::ParseDisplayName with absolute or at least relative path to the item requested. But instead it is calling IShellFolder::ParseDisplayName only for the first segment of the parsing name (basically the first folder's parsing name). After this explorer queries content of each sub folder via IShellFolder::EnumObjects and calls IShellFolder::GetDisplayNameOf to get both display and parsing name of each item enumerated.
Based on this comment from Raymond Chen I understood that it is normal for explorer to rely on both display and parsing names to retrieve the item requested in the address bar. But the biggest issue here is that my items (that I want to obtain) are not enumerated. So explorer does not know about their existence.