---
name: "_SHGetInstanceExplorer"
section: "3w"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwine-dev"
version: "1.4.1-4"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/_SHGetInstanceExplorer"
---

# \_SHGetInstanceExplorer(3w)

## NAME

**\_SHGetInstanceExplorer** (SHLWAPI.@)

## SYNOPSIS

HRESULT \_SHGetInstanceExplorer\
  (\
   IUnknown\*\* *lppUnknown*\
  )

## DESCRIPTION

Get an interface to the shell explorer.

## PARAMS

*lppUnknown* **\[Out\]**  Destination for explorers **IUnknown** interface.

## RETURNS

**Success:** **S\_OK**. *lppUnknown* contains the explorer interface.

**Failure:** An **HRESULT** error code.

## IMPLEMENTATION

Not declared in a Wine header. The function is either undocumented, or missing from Wine.

Implemented in **"dlls/shlwapi/thread.c"**.

Debug channel **"shell"**.