daanodinot Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Hi, I'm wondering how I would be able to sort desktop icons, say by name. This is the handle of the desktop control: $ListView = ControlGetHandle("Program Manager", "", "SysListView321") But then how do I sort the icons? I've looked into the RegisterSortCallBack, SortItems and SimpleSort, and I've tried to use them according to the examples, but without any luck (i.e. nothing happens). I hope somebody can help me out.. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Search the examples for some software by KaFu and Melba23 about icons and the desktop, it's called ICU. UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daanodinot Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) I've Ctrl+F'd through the source, but there was no mention of "sort". But Surely, it shouldn't that be hard.. I've tried something like this: Global $fSortDescending = False _GUICtrlListView_SimpleSort($ListView, $fSortDescending, 0) But instead of sorting, a particular icon on the desktop gets selected, nothing is moved. If you put it in a loop, different icons get selected one by one, in no particular order. Edited March 3, 2013 by KeyMs92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessie Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 _GUICtrlListView_SimpleSort is used to sort a listview that's why doesn't work for your aim Hi! My UDF: NetInfo UDF Play with your network, check your download/upload speed and much more! YTAPI Easy to use YouTube API, now you can easy retrive all needed info from a video. NavInfo Check if a specific browser is installed and retrive other usefull information. YWeather Easy to use Yahoo Weather API, now you can easily retrive details about the weather in a specific region. No-IP UDF Easily update your no-ip hostname(s). My Script: Wallpaper Changer Change you wallpaper dinamically, you can also download your wallpaper from your website and share it with all! My Snippet: _ImageSaveToBMPConvert an image to bmp format. _SciteGOTO Open a file in SciTE at specific fileline. _FileToHex Show the hex code of a specified file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 The desktop is a type of listview, see... expandcollapse popup#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=Y #include <Array.au3> ; Required only for _ArrayDisplay(), but not the UDF! #include <GUIListView.au3> Local Const $aReturn = _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray(ControlGetHandle('[CLASS:Progman]', '', '[CLASS:SysListView32;INSTANCE:1]')) _ArrayDisplay($aReturn, '_GetDesktopShortcuts() array.') ; #FUNCTION# ==================================================================================================================== ; Name ..........: _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray ; Description ...: Creates a 2-dimensional array from a listview. ; Syntax ........: _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray($hListView[, $sDelimeter = '|']) ; Parameters ....: $hListView - Control ID/Handle to the control ; $sDelimeter - [optional] One or more characters to use as delimiters (case sensitive). Default is '|'. ; Return values .: Success - The array returned is two-dimensional and is made up of the following: ; $aArray[0][0] = Number of rows ; $aArray[0][1] = Number of columns ; $aArray[0][3] = Delimited string of the column name(s) e.g. Column 1|Column 2|Column 3|Column nth ; $aArray[1][0] = 1st row, 1st column ; $aArray[1][1] = 1st row, 2nd column ; $aArray[1][2] = 1st row, 3rd column ; $aArray[n][0] = nth row, 1st column ; $aArray[n][1] = nth row, 2nd column ; $aArray[n][2] = nth row, 3rd column ; Author ........: guinness ; Remarks .......: GUICtrlListView.au3 should be included. ; Example .......: Yes ; =============================================================================================================================== Func _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray($hListView, $sDelimeter = '|') Local $iColumnCount = _GUICtrlListView_GetColumnCount($hListView), $iDim = 0, $iItemCount = _GUICtrlListView_GetItemCount($hListView) If $iColumnCount < 3 Then $iDim = 3 - $iColumnCount EndIf If $sDelimeter = Default Then $sDelimeter = '|' EndIf Local $aColumns = 0, $aReturn[$iItemCount + 1][$iColumnCount + $iDim] = [[$iItemCount, $iColumnCount, '']] For $i = 0 To $iColumnCount - 1 $aColumns = _GUICtrlListView_GetColumn($hListView, $i) $aReturn[0][2] &= $aColumns[5] & $sDelimeter Next $aReturn[0][2] = StringTrimRight($aReturn[0][2], StringLen($sDelimeter)) For $i = 0 To $iItemCount - 1 For $j = 0 To $iColumnCount - 1 $aReturn[$i + 1][$j] = _GUICtrlListView_GetItemText($hListView, $i, $j) Next Next Return SetError(Number($aReturn[0][0] = 0), 0, $aReturn) EndFunc ;==>_GUICtrlListView_CreateArray But that function only works with listviews created within an AutoIt process. UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... 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daanodinot Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) Thanks for your reply! Hmm.. The class of the desktop control is "SysListView32", but perhaps that's different than a 'listview'. Is there something else I could use to sort desktop icons? EDIT @guinness Right... so would it be possible to use a sorting function for the desktop? Edited March 3, 2013 by KeyMs92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) Not as far as I'm aware. You can use _ArraySort with the code above, but as far as moving the items is concerned, I wouldn't have a clue. Edited March 3, 2013 by guinness UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) It could be the same thing but cant you find a way to get access to the right click desktop menusViewauto arrange itemsORSort byNameSurely there must be a registry key or something for theseSome info herehttp://www.msfn.org/board/topic/22555-auto-arrange-desktop-icons-setting/Found this as wellhttp://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/88153-numerical-sorting-windows-explorer-enable-disable.htmlhope it helps Edited March 4, 2013 by Chimaera If Ive just helped you ... miracles do happen. Chimaera CopyRobo() * Hidden Admin Account Enabler * Software Location From Registry * Find Display Resolution * _ChangeServices() Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daanodinot Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) Thank you. Yes, all the setings are present in [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsShellBags1Desktop] But the difficulty for me, is how I can have Windows read or write to this key. By default, this key is read when explorer.exe is loaded, and, strangely, it is only written to when the user logs off. Edited March 5, 2013 by KeyMs92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) Well write to the key then refresh explorer like this RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & "taskkill /f /im explorer.exe", "", @SW_HIDE) ; close explorer RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & "start " & @WindowsDir & "\explorer.exe", "", @SW_HIDE) ; restart explorer Edited March 5, 2013 by Chimaera If Ive just helped you ... miracles do happen. Chimaera CopyRobo() * Hidden Admin Account Enabler * Software Location From Registry * Find Display Resolution * _ChangeServices() Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daanodinot Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Thanks. Yes, I know that can be done, but then I still prefer to do it via the interface directly using the Send function. Unless, of course I can let Windows read the registry key without restarting explorer but my guess is that, that is impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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