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#64467 - 2002-04-11 03:36 PM Read desk top
Saleem Saleem Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-04-11 Posts: 280 Loc: UAE	Gretings to all Just a (may be) simple question I wana read the target of an icon in the desktop and want to change the path. Example if msword.exe is pointing to \\server1\programs\msword.exe I wana change to \\server2\progrmas\msword.exe I am running kix 3.63, Any idea ?? Saleem _________________________ “I’ll not change you unless you don’t have intention to change yourself” --H:Quran
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#64468 - 2002-04-11 03:37 PM Re: Read desk top
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	can't you just replace the icon with new link file? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#64469 - 2002-04-11 03:58 PM Re: Read desk top
Saleem Saleem Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-04-11 Posts: 280 Loc: UAE	I can but I have to check that icon is there or not if old one exist on the desktop I can replace it, But how to check the old one ? _________________________ “I’ll not change you unless you don’t have intention to change yourself” --H:Quran
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#64470 - 2002-04-11 04:26 PM Re: Read desk top
Breaker Breaker Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-06-15 Posts: 268 Loc: Yorkshire, England	Would this not work: code: If exist("%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\MS Word.lnk") shell "cmd.exe /c copy msword.lnk %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\msword.lnk" Endif I mean, that's just a guess. I think I've seen the %USERPROFILE% env variable used elsewhere, but it ought to be OK. Someone slap me if I'm talking rubbish, because this is completely untested. _________________________ ================================================ Breaker
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#64471 - 2002-04-11 04:27 PM Re: Read desk top
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	you could check for it's age or difference to the new one and first of all does it exist. to check what shortcuts do is not possible on normal lnk-files. then there is as an example url-links which can be used as normal linkfiles and their format is pure ini. cheers, _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#64472 - 2002-04-11 04:30 PM Re: Read desk top
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	breaker, ok but not functional on all systems. desktop folder information needs to red from registry to be sure. then just replacing would not seem to be enough. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#64473 - 2002-04-11 04:31 PM Re: Read desk top
Breaker Breaker Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-06-15 Posts: 268 Loc: Yorkshire, England	Just checked. The %USERPROFILE% env variable is perfectly valid, but now that I actually think about it, you'd need to do a bit more checking, in case people have different names for the Word shortcut. But you could enumerate all the shortcuts and files on the desktop, looking for the string "word", I guess. Hasn't Shawn posted a UDF that allows some manipulation of shortcuts? _________________________ ================================================ Breaker
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#64474 - 2002-04-11 04:39 PM Re: Read desk top
Breaker Breaker Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-06-15 Posts: 268 Loc: Yorkshire, England	You should look here for a more thorough discussion of this subject. WshShortCut UDF posted by Shawn Hope this helps! _________________________ ================================================ Breaker
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#64475 - 2002-04-11 06:10 PM Re: Read desk top
Saleem Saleem Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-04-11 Posts: 280 Loc: UAE	Thanx for reply guys.. Breaker: As you doubt shortcut name could be changed by users I am using kix 3.64 I doubt WSH function will work on it or not. _________________________ “I’ll not change you unless you don’t have intention to change yourself” --H:Quran
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#64476 - 2002-04-11 06:58 PM Re: Read desk top
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	If you drag/drop a shotcut onto NotePad, you will see the target is in plain text. With that in mind, you could use any one of a number of grep-like file search utils (or even code it in KiX) to search for the old target. Then making a new shortcut is just a matter of using any one of a number of utils or UDFs. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#64477 - 2002-04-17 12:23 AM Re: Read desk top
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	breaker, still, as you said that %userprofile% is valid. sure it is. but %userprofile%\desktop-assumption isn't! desktop-folder varies depending of the system language and os type. valid desktop path is still in the registry. cheers, _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#64478 - 2002-04-16 02:15 PM Re: Read desk top
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	To establish the desktop location, you can do a readvalue on - For the user: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders "Desktop" For all users: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell Folders Under 9x, this one is called "Common Desktop" HTH, - Kent [ 16 April 2002, 14:15: Message edited by: kdyer ] _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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