Im trying to create an application launcher using vb.net. I'm trying to launch desktop shortcuts that are hidden because I want my desktop to be free of mess. Those shortcuts are created through nircmd :http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html
I used this code:
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("E:\Documents and Settings\Rew\Desktop\SpeakClipboard.exe")
And it returned the error that the path specified cannot be found.
I tried launching an application in program files using this method and it worked well.
Is there a problem with shortcuts? I cannot specify the path for the file where the shortcut is linked because its a shortcut in the desktop and doesn't point to anything except the nircmd.exe that is on : F:\NIRCMD
But I also tried using this path for system.diagnostic.process.start:
F:\NIRCMD\nircmd.exe cdrom open g:
But still no luck.
If I understand correctly SpeakClipboard.exe is actually a shortcut? If so it probably has a hidden .lnk extension. So you should specify SpeakClipboard.exe.lnk or SpeakClipboard.lnk if it doesn't actually have .exe in the name.
There is a property on the ProcessStartInfo object that allows you to specify an argument.
eg your command would be "F:\NIRCMD\nircmd.exe" and the arguments would be "cdrom open g:"
Does that work?
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I'm working on an app that generates a report, giving you a "View folder" button to view the file within its folder once generated.
What is the best way in nw.js to focus explorer if that folder if open in explorer or open explorer if not?
I know I could open a new explorer window each time with something like
require('child_process').exec('start "" "c:\\MyPath"');
...but I'm not sure that's the best way. (If that's the way to go, I'm passing in a path variable like C:\MyPath and need to figure out how to escape \ as \\ etc. so that start will accept the path variable.)
Don't use child_process, use the method built-in to NW.js: https://nwjs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/References/Shell/#shellshowiteminfolderfile_path
Does anybody know how to change the default sources folder in Netbeans 7.1.2
I've looked through the files but can't seem to locate where the default directory is stored - I have been through the forums but can't find anything useful..?
currently C:\Users\wayne\Documents\NetBeansProjects\PhpProject7
I have read that if you select a different directory then that becomes the default - this is not the case on my installation
Thanks
If you are using Windows 7 or vista, you are gonna find it here C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\7.1.2\config\Preferences\org\netbeans\modules\projectui.properties.
However if you you are using windowsXP remember the USERPROFILE enviromental variable is not Users but rather Documents and Settings. Enviromental variables change depending on the operating system you are using. To know whats the USERPROFILE variable for yours just open a command prompt window and type SET USERPROFILE. Or you can simply type %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\$ENTER_YOUR_NETBEANS_VERSION_NUMBER_HERE\config\Preferences\org\netbeans\modules\projectui.properties and that will send you to the correct directory.
It's actually pretty simple.
"C:\Users\wayne\.netbeans\7.1.2\config\Preferences\org\netbeans\modules there is a file called projectui"
is right on the money, but he forgot one detail that you need to keep in mind for changing the directory. If you want to set the default project folder to (in my case):
"C:\Program Files\glassfish-3.1.2.2\glassfish\domains\domain1\docroot"
then you have to double the slashes. Instead of the above link you have to put:
"C:\\Program Files\\glassfish-3.1.2.2\\glassfish\\domains\\domain1\\docroot"
without spaces. I had it that way originally but it hid one of each of them.
In newer versions, right-click on the project you want to move in the 'Projects' tab, and then click 'Move'. This will allow you to move the project to a new directory.
Tip! I found (on Windows 7) that the AppData folder is hidden, so doesn't appear in windows explorer files by default .
To make it visible, open a window for the USERPROFILE directory as above, and use
Organize ->
Folder and Search Options ->
View (tab) ->
Advanced settings list ->
Hidden files and folders radio button to show them.
(Or you can open it via search or run if you type it right)
I hope that saves you the several hours it cost me...
I have a desktop application which reads files from a specified folder, then deposits the files to a folder in a third party document management system based on criteria that the user provides.
My question is:
is it possible to somehow provide different parameters to the code, depending on which shortcut of the application the user clicked on to start it up?
You can add command line parameters to a shortcut icon. Here's how you can do it in Windows:
On the Start Menu, navigate to Notepad.
Right click on Notepad and choose Send To > Desktop (Create Shortcut)
Right click on the newly-created desktop icon and choose Properties
Add your command line parameters to the Target text box.
For example, if you want notepad to open up the hosts file, this would be the content of Target property:
%SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts"
You can put pretty much anything into the Target property of a shortcut that you would put into a command line.
Yes.
The easiest way would be to have the shortcut pass those parameters in via the command line.
You could also use conditional compilation variables, and have 2 different .exes. You should be able to find samples of both approaches (command line and conditional compilation variable) in help.
I want to add a shortcut to the start menu group with following specifications:
It should point to a website, say www.xyz.com
It should have some custom icon
I need to pass some parameters to it, like www.xyz.com?lang=XXXX.
Where XXXX is language code e.g. 1033, 1036, etc. and it's dependent on the language chosen by the user for my application.
Please help.
if the website is always the same you could try including one shortcut.url inside your package for each language that you support and install only the one for that specific language on the disk.
this way you could also control the shortcut that gets used for the .url file.
I found a work-around for this problem.
I made an executable which parses stored language and then calls ShellExecute to start the default browser with required url and language option. I added a shortcut to this executable in the start menu, icon was included in the executable itself.
My XULRunner application has a button named "Show Recordings". Pressing it should result in Windows Explorer opening the folder for the user. How can I achieve this?
I can't find it in the File I/O documentation, perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place.
Edit
The problem is not finding the path, but telling the system to open the folder. I can't seem to find a "openFolder" function.
You're looking for the reveal() method on nsILocalFile.
Do you mean:
%HOMEPATH%
And by that I mean, if you want a global variable to get the current user's home directory path, use %HOMEPATH%. I guess you have to set that button to this value. For a list of Windows environment variables, start at the wiki article.