I'm trying to enable the quick launch toolbar (in windows xp) from within a vb script of vb application. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this

Here you go

'Brute force Quick Launch enabler

Option Explicit



Dim oShell



Set oShell=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")



oShell.Run("rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 1")

WScript.Sleep 100

oShell.AppActivate "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties"

oShell.SendKeys "%Q"

WScript.Sleep 200

oShell.AppActivate "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties"

oShell.Sendkeys"%A"

oShell.Sendkeys"%H"

WScript.Sleep 100

oShell.AppActivate "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties"

oShell.Sendkeys"{ENTER}"

Roger

roger,

kwel Brute force option

still SendKeys is mostly my very last resort (Especially in an app.)

I was looking to for an option to enable / disable the "quick Launch" too

with regmon & filemon (sysinternals) I was watching file and reg. activity

.... didn't find anything !!!

where the # is that setting ??????????????

someone knows ?? (should be saved somewhere)

in the mean time roger thanks for the BF-workaround

gr /\/\o\/\/

I have tried all those things to but there must be a way to code this properly. Why have microsoft done this is such a stupid way

The only way I have been able to get it is though the cmdlines.txt file when your building XP. I use a regedit /s filename.reg

filename

;Enable Quicklaunch bar
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop]
"Toolbars"=hex:11,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"TaskbarWinXP"=hex:0c,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,e2,2b,d8,\
  64,57,d0,11,a9,6e,00,c0,4f,d7,05,a2,22,00,1c,00,0a,01,00,00,1a,00,00,00,01,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,01,14,02,00,00,00,\
  00,00,c0,00,00,00,00,00,00,46,83,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,a0,b0,48,5e,89,8d,bd,\
  01,00,d8,9e,e4,2a,8d,bd,01,00,45,fe,5e,89,8d,bd,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,13,01,14,00,1f,0f,e0,4f,d0,\
  20,ea,3a,69,10,a2,d8,08,00,2b,30,30,9d,19,00,23,44,3a,5c,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,cd,97,15,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,af,24,5c,b9,\
  10,80,57,69,6e,6e,74,00,00,20,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,af,24,a3,b9,10,00,50,72,\
  6f,66,69,6c,65,73,00,50,52,4f,46,49,4c,45,53,00,19,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,c1,\
  24,08,92,10,00,69,65,35,30,30,2e,30,30,30,00,00,28,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,c1,\
  24,08,92,10,00,41,70,70,6c,69,63,61,74,69,6f,6e,20,44,61,74,61,00,41,50,50,\
  4c,49,43,7e,31,00,21,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,c5,22,9d,91,10,00,4d,69,63,72,6f,\
  73,6f,66,74,00,4d,49,43,52,4f,53,7e,31,00,29,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,d3,22,32,\
  a6,10,00,49,6e,74,65,72,6e,65,74,20,45,78,70,6c,6f,72,65,72,00,49,4e,54,45,\
  52,4e,7e,31,00,24,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,db,22,76,ba,10,00,51,75,69,63,6b,20,\
  4c,61,75,6e,63,68,00,51,55,49,43,4b,4c,7e,31,00,00,00,8d,00,00,00,1c,00,00,\
  00,01,00,00,00,1c,00,00,00,36,00,00,00,0d,f0,ad,ba,8c,00,00,00,1a,00,00,00,\
  03,00,00,00,e7,18,2d,23,10,00,00,00,49,45,35,30,30,5f,58,31,43,00,43,3a,5c,\
  57,49,4e,4e,54,5c,50,72,6f,66,69,6c,65,73,5c,49,45,35,30,30,2e,30,30,30,5c,\
  41,70,70,6c,69,63,61,74,69,6f,6e,20,44,61,74,61,5c,4d,69,63,72,6f,73,6f,66,\
  74,5c,49,6e,74,65,72,6e,65,74,20,45,78,70,6c,6f,72,65,72,5c,51,75,69,63,6b,\
  20,4c,61,75,6e,63,68,00,00,10,00,00,00,05,00,00,a0,1a,00,00,00,a3,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,cc,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,4a,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,40,00,32,00,e6,01,00,00,c4,24,15,9f,20,00,4c,61,75,6e,\
  63,68,20,49,6e,74,65,72,6e,65,74,20,45,78,70,6c,6f,72,65,72,20,42,72,6f,77,\
  73,65,72,2e,6c,6e,6b,00,4c,41,55,4e,43,48,7e,32,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,00,40,00,\
  00,00,02,00,00,00,36,00,32,00,48,02,00,00,c4,24,15,9f,20,00,4c,61,75,6e,63,\
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  4e,43,48,7e,31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,00,36,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,00,32,00,51,\
  00,00,00,ec,22,46,39,20,00,53,68,6f,77,20,44,65,73,6b,74,6f,70,2e,73,63,66,\
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  00,00,01,00,00,00,aa,4f,28,68,48,6a,d0,11,8c,78,00,c0,4f,d9,18,b4,37,02,00,\
  00,e0,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00

hi rdalling.... that method doesnt work for me...

can anyone else attest to that

Is your cmdlines.txt even running? You need to enable it in your winnt.sif.

bring out some code and maybe I can see something you missed, It definitely works for me...

R

hi rdalling.... that method doesnt work for me...

can anyone else attest to that

You can't do this as a logged in user. If you are logged in, when you log out, it will overwrite it with the current values. This should be done in cmdlines.txt, or if you don't want to worry about a clean install, then load the hive, and do it that way.

ahh i c.. so u gotta do at setup... i tried it as logged in user

cheers

aahh, another step in the right direction, thx again roger

I did figure out some more info :

0c,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02 < --------------

the setting we do want is at the 8th Byte -|

(2 in my case)

possible are (as far as i know) 1 = disabled 2 = Off 3 = On

I did write a .net snapplet that will only change the 8th Byte, and keeps the rest the same(even remote, if i will manage the update).

that does work now, next thing to tackle is the update,

I think there is an API to broadcast an update request to all windows,

i did use that once for setting System-variables.

b.t.w. there is in the HKLM also a reg-entry "default desktop" that will set it right for a new user.

gr /\/\o\/\/

the part of the snappet, for whos interested :

Dim MyReg As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey = Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.OpenRemoteBaseKey(Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive.CurrentUser, "YourPuter")

Dim MyRegKey As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey

MyRegKey = MyReg.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop\", True)

Dim a As Byte()

a = MyRegKey.GetValue("TaskbarWinXP")

a(8) = 3 ' <- value to make selectable (removed for readability)

MyRegKey.SetValue("TaskbarWinXP", a)

the WM_SETTINGCHANGE message is used to to refresh the windowssettings,

(as set in the registry e.g. system variables)

but I can't get it working with the Quick Launch (I see the Languagebar refreshing but not the Quick Launch)

my guess is that the quick launch is not listening

I did past the code I used below ( taking the risk of getting moved to a programming tread )

maybe it will set someone on the track (sending to "quick launch" window directly ?)

I'm outa options

gr /\/\o\/\/

Declare Auto Function SendMessageTimeout Lib "User32" ( _

ByVal hWnd As Integer, _

ByVal Msg As UInt32, _

ByVal wParam As Integer, _

ByVal lParam As Integer, _

ByVal fuFlags As UInt32, _

ByVal uTimeout As UInt32, _

ByRef lpdwResult As IntPtr _

) As Long

Private Const HWND_BROADCAST = &HFFFF&

Private Const WM_SETTINGCHANGE = &H1A

Private Const SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG = &H2

Public Sub EnvRefresh ( )

Dim dwResult As IntPtr '

SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST, _

Convert.ToUInt32(WM_SETTINGCHANGE), _

0, 0, _

Convert.ToUInt32(SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG), _

Convert.ToUInt32(5000), _

dwResult)

MsgBox(dwResult)