Checked Total Commander? Has an sort of open API to plugins, and either do a python 'proxy' or maybe just execute a script.
Next step might be using win32com or SWIG to set up the interface.. Just some ideas. /Andy -- Everything that was magical was just a way of describing the world in words it couldn't ignore. - "Pyramids" by Terry Pratchett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list