From ac42e02b4bf17fd259d047e31e464a47d9454a70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lamparter <71598437+Lamparter@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 12:19:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a static method to PCWSTR that allows constructing from a
 string

---
 src/Files.App.CsWin32/Extras.cs | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Files.App.CsWin32/Extras.cs b/src/Files.App.CsWin32/Extras.cs
index 422d9fbdfc68..15aad46052a4 100644
--- a/src/Files.App.CsWin32/Extras.cs
+++ b/src/Files.App.CsWin32/Extras.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ public static unsafe nint SetWindowLongPtr(HWND hWnd, WINDOW_LONG_PTR_INDEX nInd
 		public const int PixelFormat32bppARGB = 2498570;
 	}
 
+	namespace Foundation
+	{
+		public partial struct PCWSTR
+		{
+			public static unsafe PCWSTR FromString(string value)
+			{
+				fixed (char* p = value)
+				{
+					return new PCWSTR(p);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	namespace Extras
 	{
 		[GeneratedComInterface, Guid("EACDD04C-117E-4E17-88F4-D1B12B0E3D89"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]