We are creating a new short cut on the desktop and if there is an existing short cut with a similar name to the one we are creating, deleting the old one. The problem is, even though the lnk file is actually gone, the icon still appears on the desktop. Simply hitting F5 while focused on the desktop makes the icon disappear.
I would be interested in the UDF... do you know the name?
A slight modification to your code was all that was needed. Thanks!
RefreshDesktop
function RefreshDesktop() dim $shell $shell=createobject("shell.application") $shell.MinimizeAll() sleep 0.5 $=sendkeys("{f5}") $shell.UndoMinimizeAll endfunction
The odd thing is, on my home pcs, I couldn't reproduce the symptoms I was having on my work pcs. Hmmmmm??? I'll post more if I can figure out the difference.
found a way to script this but it's not supported below XP
the sleeping is awfull thus I want to search for a better way...
btw, have you tried what happens if you open explorer window... it should also refresh it. well, the problem with that is then that I have been unable to close just that window but my script closes all IE and explorer windows
anyway, that way you wouldn't need to trust sendkeys and users slowness of not screwing everything up...
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I'll take no credit for this UDF, EVEN THOUGH I did change the name of your vars and add 3 lines of code. That was a lot work you know. ![[Wink]](images/icons/wink.gif){kind=icon}
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and requires more than 0.5 seconds or even 0.75. Sleeping for a second seemed to do the job.
