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How to Determine if Active Desktop is On
Keywords: active desktop
Question:
How can I detect if Active Desktop is turned on?Answer:
AddExtender("wilx34I.dll")
value = RegQueryBin(@REGCURRENT, "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer[ShellState]")
binbuf=BinaryAlloc(100)
BinaryPokestr(binbuf, 0,value) ;Pokes a new value into the buffer.
hex=BinaryPeekStr(binbuf, 12, 2)
;message("",hex)
dec = xHex(hex)
;message("",dec)
;You can toggle the Active Desktop setting to see how this works
if dec & 64 then message("", "Active Desktop On")
Article ID: W13143
Filename: Detect if Active Desktop is On.txt
File Created: 2001:03:01:14:57:14
Last Updated: 2001:03:01:14:57:14