trunc.ate Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Does anybody know how I can quickly update the icons of the Quicklaunch toolbar (beneath the START button) with AutoIt? Background: On system-startup I am running an automated backup of my Firefox-browser via AutoIt and the RunWait command (which fires the backup application). Firefox is represented with an icon in the quicklaunch toolbar. What I want to achieve is that the link and the icon are replaced by others to show me that the browser is currently not available so I don't click on it by accident. There are other ways to notify of that (MsgBox or whatever) but I'd like to try it this way. The icon/link-replacement works but the icon is still the old one (cached). The replacement *is* possible by letting AutoIt disabling and afterwards enabling the toolbar. Drawbacks are that this is sloooow and that the width of the toolbar is not remembered. Any idea of a quicker way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I don't think this will work, but you can always try... EnvUpdate() Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doxie Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch Its all lnk files, so you can just use FileMove to rename etc... Hope that will help. Were ever i lay my script is my home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doxie Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 ooh stupid me... I have tried to post the answer above all day, but could not logon, and when i login and post it, i noticed that its not the "correct" answer If you don´t find any solution, you can try this. Move a temporary link to the same location with the same name, with a different icon. It will then update windows with the new icon, and hopefully it will then not have it cached. Were ever i lay my script is my home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzetabi Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 The "guest" options is off now. Welcome aboard with a true identity Doxie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberSlug Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 The following updates the icon right away for me on Windows XP Pro: Change the path of $LNK as needed; might have different username than "Administrator" $icon = @SystemDir & "\SHELL32.dll" $LNK = "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Firefox.lnk" FileCreateShortcut("",$LNK,"","","",$icon) Use Mozilla | Take a look at My Disorganized AutoIt stuff | Very very old: AutoBuilder 11 Jan 2005 prototype I need to update my sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trunc.ate Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 (edited) w00T - thanks, you rock! Works like a charm, I now have it like this: $icon_real = "D:\progs\Firefox\firefox.exe" $icon_temp = "E:\Icons\Firefox-disabled.ico" $LNK = "C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\<Username>\Anwendungsdaten\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Mozilla Firefox.lnk" FileCreateShortcut("",$LNK,"","","",$icon_temp) ...<backup launch code goes here>... FileCreateShortcut("",$LNK,"","","",$icon_real) Edited June 24, 2004 by trunc.ate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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