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#104531 - 2003-09-08 04:57 PM Compare Registry
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	I am trying to script in my login script "SwapMouseButton" for left handed users. This seems easy, well no it is harder then I thought. I have tried changing "SwapMouseButtons", but this does not affect the current logged on user. So I have downloaded an application off the internet that swaps the mouse button over on the fly. So I want to take a snapshot of the registry before i run this application then after and see the difference. Now I have downloaded loads of comapre programs off the internet and they are all rubish. so anyone know of a good one that works Or any other suggestions. Thanks
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#104532 - 2003-09-08 05:36 PM Re: Compare Registry
Jack Lothian Jack Lothian MM club member Registered: 1999-10-22 Posts: 1169 Loc: Ottawa,Ontario, Canada	I use regsnap (Or maybe snapshoot - I will check at home.) It both dumps snapshots plus does the compare & generates a reg file containing the extact differences. Unfortunately, there have been several programs with this name. Also, while I downloaded it orginally from nonags as freeware, the authors have since changed it to commercial ware I think. Since, I downloaded it as freeware, I would think I could send you a copy of my version. Unfortunately, I have it at home. Send me your e-mail address I will try to dig out my version for you. _________________________ Jack
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#104533 - 2003-09-08 05:39 PM Re: Compare Registry
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	Thanks Jack that sound perfect. richard.farthing@richardrfarthing.f9.co.uk
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#104534 - 2003-09-08 05:53 PM Re: Compare Registry
Jack Lothian Jack Lothian MM club member Registered: 1999-10-22 Posts: 1169 Loc: Ottawa,Ontario, Canada	Hi Richard, It will be about 7 or 8 hours before I am at my home computer so here are some links you could checkout. http://lastbit.com/regsnap/default.asp http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,19840,00.asp http://www.sharewarejunction.com/info.asp?ProductID=4824 http://www.softlookup.com/preview/dis10275.html Theses links seem to offer regsnap as shareware, freeware, timetrial & commercial. Maybe one of them might suit your needs immediately. Confusing range of versions & choices - it appears the author has been evolving his marketing strategy. You might also try doing a google search of "regsnap" it gave me a lot of links. PS: This link seems to offer a beta version for free (It appears version up to 2.0 were freeware): http://www.cspltd.ndirect.co.uk/windows/system.htm Ah: I see why he went commercial The MSDN site gives it a hearty recommendation. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnexnt02/html/ewn0102.asp [ 08. September 2003, 18:20: Message edited by: Jack Lothian ] _________________________ Jack
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#104535 - 2003-09-08 07:09 PM Re: Compare Registry
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	simple switch does not do. I think we have one script on this board focusing on this subject. not more than a year old. the main thing is to get windows to read the updated value from reg, IIRC. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#104536 - 2003-09-08 09:53 PM Re: Compare Registry
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	You your right lonk that modifying the registry is not just the soloution. I have done a compare on every part of the registry, and only the "SwapMouseButton" is changing. I have done a search on the board, but get nothing. Any ideas lonk or anyone.. doing a search on "active registry" now.
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#104537 - 2003-09-08 10:19 PM Re: Compare Registry
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	code: SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETMOUSEBUTTONSWAP, 1, NIL, 0) The above can be used, I am not a programmer, how could I use this API call within KiXtart or VBS. [ 08. September 2003, 22:20: Message edited by: Richard Farthing ]
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#104538 - 2003-09-08 10:27 PM Re: Compare Registry
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4563 Loc: USA	Try adding: SETM "SwapMouseButton=" or possibly one of the other SET commands The valuename after SETM can be anything... We used this to apply settings for the screensaver. [ 08. September 2003, 22:38: Message edited by: Al_Po ]
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#104539 - 2003-09-08 10:40 PM Re: Compare Registry
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4563 Loc: USA	Here is another discussion about this... Applying Registry Settings This doesn't work for everything... but may work for what you are doing.
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#104540 - 2003-09-08 10:47 PM Re: Compare Registry
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	not sure alpo that is the topic I remember, but at least it goes pretty close. some settings can be forced explorer kill and restart. and some by opening a appropiate folder in explorer (see fontinstall() udf) _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#104541 - 2003-09-08 11:14 PM Re: Compare Registry
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	Thanks for getting back, tried everything and it seems it is going to be one of them entrys that cannot be refreshed in KiX. I will get someone to write it in Dephi or C++, using the API call code I posted above. Then use it against a security Group on the login script. Thanks
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#104542 - 2003-09-08 11:23 PM Re: Compare Registry
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	Richard, Does the reg change work after a reboot? If so, why not always set this entry for lefties and reset it for righties?? You could 'warn' the user of the mousebutton change and tell them to reboot (that's wat M$ always says) if necessary... _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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#104543 - 2003-09-09 12:09 AM Re: Compare Registry
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	We use mandatory profiles, so I could just create another profile for the left handed user. But I want to keep the number of profiles down to a minimum. Thanks to Al-Po I can get rid of our special ScreenSaver Logour Profile and script it. Thanks
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#104544 - 2003-09-09 12:16 AM Re: Compare Registry
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	This URL shows how to change it but it is in VB6. SwapMouseButton - VB6 Code Just loading Visual Studios now.... [ 09. September 2003, 00:23: Message edited by: Richard Farthing ]
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#104545 - 2003-09-09 12:20 AM Re: Compare Registry
Mart Mart KiX Supporter Registered: 2002-03-27 Posts: 4673 Loc: The Netherlands	quote: The page cannot be found The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. [cut] .... [/cut] HTTP 404 - File not found Internet Explorer _________________________ Mart - Chuck Norris once sold ebay to ebay on ebay.
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#104546 - 2003-09-09 12:34 AM Re: Compare Registry
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	Sorry sorted it now, Who knows VB6 ??. I have this project that swaps the mouse Button, but it has a form with a command button. How do I do a VB6 project without a stupid form . The code for the SwapMouseButton is on my previos post.
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#104547 - 2003-09-09 12:36 AM Re: Compare Registry
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	I can whip you up a quick non-vb6 exe if you want Richard, ja ? Should only take 10-15 mins.
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#104548 - 2003-09-09 12:44 AM Re: Compare Registry
Richie19Rich77 Richie19Rich77 Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-16 Posts: 624 Loc: London, England	Thanks Shawn I have created this project in VB6, which hides the form, but for the life of me I don't know how to compile it. or if it can be done in KiX then cool. VB6 Project [ 09. September 2003, 00:45: Message edited by: Richard Farthing ]
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#104549 - 2003-09-09 12:45 AM Re: Compare Registry
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	ok its done, send me an email at stassie@sympatico.ca and i will send it to you ...
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#104550 - 2003-09-09 01:06 AM Re: Compare Registry
Shawn Shawn Administrator Registered: 1999-08-13 Posts: 8611	ok on its way, if you end up not using it, fine by me, it only took 10 mins to do ... you can get usage info by just running the util with no parms ... that took more time than coding the call to the API The usage text is just a straight copy/paste from the API docs on MSDN ... C:\>swapmouse SwapMouse v1.0 (www.kixtart.org) Syntax: swapmouse flag Parameters: flag - specifies whether the mouse button meanings are reversed or restored. If this parameter is 1, the left button generates right button messages and the right button generates left-button messages. If this parameter is 0, the buttons are restored to their original meanings. Return Value: If the meaning of the mouse buttons was reversed previously, before the function was called, the return value is non-zero. If the meaning of the mouse buttons was not reversed, the return value is zero. [ 09. September 2003, 01:06: Message edited by: Shawn ]
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