[SOLVED] Changing icons of non-GUI windows

[Miranda]

Hey there,

Thanks for reading

This is my script so far: (credit to trancexx, who posted it somewhere else before)

_GUISetIcon(WinGetHandle("[ACTIVE]", ""), "don't", "care") ; name, not ordinal value

Func _GUISetIcon($hGui, $sModule, $iName) ; for loaded modules in this shape
    $iName="G:\Srips\AO\burn.ico"
    $a_hCall = DllCall("user32.dll", "hwnd", "LoadImage", _
            "hwnd", 0, _
            "str", $iName, _
            "dword", 1, _ ; IMAGE_ICON
            "int", 32, _ ;32
            "int", 32, _ ;32
            "dword", 0x10) ; LR_DEFAULTCOLOR

    Local $hIcon = $a_hCall[0]

    DllCall("user32.dll", "hwnd", "SendMessage", _
            "hwnd", $hGui, _
            "dword", 0x0080, _ ; WM_SETICON
            "dword", 0x1, _ ; 1 = ICON_BIG, 0 = ICON_SMALL
            "ptr", $hIcon)

EndFunc   ;==>_GUISetIcon

I've checked, the first function gives a handle, what I've managed to get done (by playing around with dword 0x0, iconbig/iconsmall, and the sizes from loadimage) is to change the icon at the top left of a window, which then few seconds later vanishes, aswell as the alt-tab icon vanishing completely, and the icon permanentely changed in the taskbar.

What I'm trying to do is the alt-tab icon, the rest don't matter to me...

I know this is not strictly an autoit problem, but maybe someone has an idea anyhow?

Thanks alot for reading and any answers

Kind regards,

Miranda

Edited May 4, 2010 by Miranda

[Miranda]

Might want to add that I tried this on a Windows 7 64 bit, and a Windows XP 32 bit, the difference was that on windows xp the alt-tab icon didn't vanish.

Oh, and if anyone has a different reliable method of changing the alt-tab icon to something else, please do let me know.

Thanks

[Miranda]

The solution is so damn simple it hurts...

The icon only stays changed while the script is running, a simple while + sleep loop makes it all work