I'm using the following code to access the Windows Explorer Shell's band site service:
Guid GUID_TrayBandSiteService = new Guid(0xF60AD0A0, 0xE5E1, 0x45cb, 0xB5, 0x1A, 0xE1, 0x5B, 0x9F, 0x8B, 0x29, 0x34);
Type shellTrayBandSiteService = Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(GUID_TrayBandSiteService, true);
site =
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