C# Signature:

[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr CommandLineToArgvW(
   [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string lpCmdLine, out int pNumArgs);

VB.NET Signature:

Declare Function CommandLineToArgv Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "CommandLineToArgvW" ( _
    ByVal lpCmdLine As String, _
    ByRef pNumArgs As Integer) As Long

User-Defined Types:

None.

Notes:

Minimum DLL Version Shell32.dll version 6.0 or later

Minimum operating systems Windows XP

This function is implemented as Unicode.

For more information check out the MSDN page for this function:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/reference/functions/commandlinetoargv.asp

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