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#20574 - 2002-04-25 10:09 AM Hiding all Desktop Icons
ash wilson (kyosei) ash wilson (kyosei) Getting the hang of it Registered: 2002-04-22 Posts: 58 Loc: auckland new zealand	I want to be able to hide all desktop icons for a fixed interval so that only the wallpaper is visible. Does anyone know how to do this on both win9x and nt/2000 workstations. _________________________ KYOSEI. There are only three groups of people that can count. Those that can, and those that can't.
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#20575 - 2002-04-26 12:53 AM Re: Hiding all Desktop Icons
Dean R Dean R Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2002-03-15 Posts: 115 Loc: Ireland, but Im an Aussie	You can use policies to hide them full stop. But you want them hidden for a certain time? is this right? How long and for what purpose?, if you could clarify exactly what you are trying to do. _________________________ -------------------------------- When you can take this stone from my hand Gwasshoppa you are read... yoink Gwasshoppa? Gwasshoppa? Where did you go? ---------------------------------
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#20576 - 2002-04-25 02:51 PM Re: Hiding all Desktop Icons
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	You could cover over the desktop using IE COM _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#20577 - 2002-04-25 03:00 PM Re: Hiding all Desktop Icons
Radimus Radimus Moderator Registered: 2000-01-06 Posts: 5187 Loc: Tampa, FL	there is also the possibliity of terminating Explorer.exe process, and then starting it again I don't know what all the ramifications of what that might be for the rest of your script... _________________________ How to ask questions the smart way <-----------> Before you ask
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#20578 - 2002-04-25 04:00 PM Re: Hiding all Desktop Icons
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	I've also resorted to low-tech... ;untested $RC=SetConsole("SHOW") $RC=SetConsole("ALWAYSONTOP") $RC=SetTitile("KiXtart Logon") $RC=SetFocus("KiXtart Logon") $RC=SendKeys("~{enter}") _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#20579 - 2002-04-25 04:26 PM Re: Hiding all Desktop Icons
BrianTX BrianTX Korg Regular Registered: 2002-04-01 Posts: 895	Why would you want to hide the icons on the desktop for a fixed interval? What are you trying to prevent or prepare for? Brian
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#20580 - 2002-04-26 03:01 AM Re: Hiding all Desktop Icons
ash wilson (kyosei) ash wilson (kyosei) Getting the hang of it Registered: 2002-04-22 Posts: 58 Loc: auckland new zealand	Thanks for replies. Various pressures are at work here wanting IT to reduce the number of screens that a user sees during login, to zero. The current Kix login script is extremely stable and has functioned without problems across all our platforms for over a year but should we require to change it significantly then we would expose information screens for that part of the script, like installing or modifying an application. HR have some Company philosphy type screens that they want as wallpapers but desktop icons clutter the screens. W2k has the 'show desktop icons' if active desktop is enabled but even this is not acceptable as it leaves the user able to effectively bypass the 'message'. So I need a way to remove desktop icons for a period long enough for the 'message' to be effective and perhaps even pop the same message up at some regular or irregular interval. I would like to know how to schedule such things too! _________________________ KYOSEI. There are only three groups of people that can count. Those that can, and those that can't.
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#20581 - 2002-04-26 03:11 AM Re: Hiding all Desktop Icons
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	If you're interested in popping up a splash screen using IE COM ( you can go full screen if you want), then have a peek at this thread. Logon splash screen..... Seems to me this'd meet you req. Basically format the propaganda as HTML, splash it up with IE COM and you're the hero. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#20582 - 2002-05-20 05:08 PM Re: Hiding all Desktop Icons
MCA MCA KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-04-28 Posts: 5152 Loc: Netherlands, EU	solved? _________________________ email scripting@wanadoo.nl homepage scripting@wanadoo.nl \| Links \| Summary of Site Site KiXforms FAQ kixtart.org library collection mirror MCA \| FAQ & UDF help file UDF kixtart.org library collection mirror MCA \| mirror USA \| mirror europe UDF scriptlogic library collection UDFs \| mirror MCA
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