[help]replacing My Computer

Hi,

I want to replace the "My Computer" Icon on the desktop. I currently have Avedesk. Is it possible to do so? I've tried nearly everything to get a nice looking "My Computer"-Icon with its full functionality like right-clicking and chosing properties and having the System Properties right there.

Thx in advance,

Babylon

#205858

http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/index.php?s...ystem++shortcut :naughty:

#205867

Thx, but I got that already :rolleyes:

I need the right-click functionality, so I can do a right-click on the icon and select properties and I have the system properties.

#205873

Just right click on it and go to desklet properties. Simply drag and drop a png or ico file on the image in the window you just opened.

#206128

It currently isn't possible to recreate the "My Computer" icon with what is available for AveDesk. A new desklet must be specially created which will include the system properties selection upon right-click. Creating the desklet would be quite simple but I'm lazy to do it myself.

I am using IconX (Part of DesktopX) which actually replaces the original desktop icons with almost anything you want and still retain the proper right-click capabilites. IconX works well together with AveDesk so you may want to give it a shot.

Or maybe someone else may want to write that desklet for you.

Cheers

#207319

It's actually a missing feature in the shortcut desklet, which I hope to add soon.

technical explanation: the routine that generates pidls from the editbox isn't prepared for pidl-strings/unparsed shell:XXXXXXXXX strings, so it simply returns an invalid pidl. With an invalid pidl, the contextmenu function cannot retrieve a valid contextmenu ofcourse.

#207324

Originally posted by AndreasV@Aug 25 2004, 09:56 PM
It's actually a missing feature in the shortcut desklet, which I hope to add soon.
technical explanation: the routine that generates pidls from the editbox isn't prepared for pidl-strings/unparsed shell:XXXXXXXXX strings, so it simply returns an invalid pidl. With an invalid pidl, the contextmenu function cannot retrieve a valid contextmenu ofcourse.
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Good to hear AndreasV. I always look forward to AveDesk's new features.

#207327