How to Hide and show an Icon from desktop on Windows7

[FastJMAN1]

I have created a floating toolbar kind of like stardock stuff that I plan on releasing in the future but I want to hide icons on desktop that have been picked for use on the toolbar and then show the icons again when the toolbar is closed. My script works perfect on XP but does not work on Windows7. It would be nice if I could make it work for both.

Got any ideas?

I hide the icon with this

Global $1Icon = FileReadLine($vfile, 2)

FileSetAttrib($1Icon, "+H", 1)

RefreshDesktop()

I show the icon with this

Global $1Icon = FileReadLine($vfile, 2)

FileSetAttrib($1Icon, "-H", 1)

RefreshDesktop()

Func RefreshDesktop()

ControlSend('Program Manager', '', '', '{F5}')

EndFunc

This works perfect on XP Pro and does not work on Windows7

I have Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit / x86

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Edited October 23, 2011 by FastJMAN1

[Jos]

Please post in the correct forum (moved from examples)

Also not sure why you created a new topic when you are already discussing this topic in another thread.

Jos

Edited October 23, 2011 by Jos

[FastJMAN1]

Please post in the correct forum (moved from examples)

Also not sure why you created a new topic when you are already discussing this topic in another thread.

Jos

Sorry about that, I was not sure if examples or not. I had a example in my post. Is the example part of the forum just for full and completed scripts?

[Jos]

I would think the forum description is clear enough:

Example Scripts

A forum to share your cool scripts, User Defined Functions and AutoIt-based applications with others.

This is NOT a general support forum!

Jos