Custom Desktop Folders

[Mike Bonner]

Time for me to run away, but if things stay quirky, I'll see if I can
borrow a win8 system and poke around this eve when I get back.

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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