Namespace... ermmm... ummm...

A namespace is a COM object that can plug directly into (and communicate with) the Windows Explorer Shell (Desktop) ...

Ummm... the best way to describe it would be to tell you what it's not - it's not a shortcut... when you right-click on a desktop shortcut - you get the standard stuff like open,scan sendto, etc...

When you right click on a desktop namespace - explorer calls a special function in the namespace object to display it's own right-click menu items ...

When you double-click on a shortcut - it runs whatever is defined in the target. When you double-click on a namespace object - explorer communicates with the object (through another special function) and helps it to display (in explorer fashion) whatever it is the namespace wants displayed...

Hope this helps ?

Shawn.