Custom Desktop Folders

[Mike Bonner]

Strange.  Wish I had win8 to try.  If I set things using the property
inspector, it does adjust that file, but if I only do it with my script
(and set the IconResource)  it stays the same.  Most of the stuff you list
in the file is for inside except the logo.
foldertype just adjust settings for efficient indexing.

All I have in my desktop.ini (again windows 7) is this:

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconResource=genericapp.ico

with the ico file inside the folder, so no path needed after all. (if its
elsewhere, of course path it!)

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Ray <ray at linkit.com> wrote:

> Another interesting point:  after I create the Desktop.ini file from
> within Livecode it's text is this:
>    [ViewState]
>    Mode=
>    Vid=
>    FolderType=Pictures
>    Logo=C:\Users\RayAc\Desktop\M\PubblyIcon.ico
>
> and the file's size is 91 bytes.
>
> After I manually set the desktop folder picture from the Properties tab,
> to make sure it sticks, neither the text nor the attributes change at all,
> but the size somehow grows to 93 bytes.  Something else is happening to the
> Desktop.ini file when changing the folder's picture manually but I don't
> know what it is.
>
> On 4/17/2015 9:17 AM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>
>> I'm not positive, but I THINK when you put files into the folder, it makes
>> adjustments so that a) it still kinda shows your icon, while b) its trying
>> to show previews of whats in the folder.  I'm not sure this is what you're
>> seeing, but it sounds right.  I think there was a way around this
>> behavior,
>> (assuming my guess is right), but I'll have to try to remember what I saw.
>> (probably another setting in the desktop.ini)
>>
>> Unfortunately, its not behaving the same for me.  Maybe its a random
>> feature!
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Ray <ray at linkit.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I see.  So there are three different states of this check box: empty,
>>> checked and "squared".  That's a new thing for me.  I always thought
>>> there
>>> were just two states of both check boxes and radio buttons, but I think I
>>> can handle that.  Thanks for laying it out.
>>>
>>> On another note, I've discovered that while the desktop icon I assign to
>>> a
>>> folder is there when I first create the folder and set it all up, it
>>> shrinks the instant I write or copy a file into the folder, either
>>> through
>>> Livecode or manually on the desktop.  Do you know why this might be
>>> happening?
>>>
>>> I only see the icon I assign when viewing by medium and large icons.
>>> Could this have something to do with it?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/17/2015 8:52 AM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>>>
>>>  If you notice, when you set the read only aspect of the folder using the
>>>> shell, then look at the properties of the folder, the box isn't checked.
>>>> Its greyed out. This is because you set the folder itself.  When you use
>>>> the checkbox in the proprieties inspector for the folder, you're
>>>> actually
>>>> setting the rules for the contents of the folder, not the folder itself.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect, if you create a folder, then check that box, then check its
>>>> attributes from the shell (attrib foldername) that the folder itself
>>>> won't
>>>> show R as one of its attribs. The checkbox isn't doing the same thing as
>>>> the shell call.
>>>>
>>>> Freaks me out a bit actually!
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