Yes it does.. All updates until now is in the first post.

does the recycle bin icon change when there is something in it now? i havent been paying attention to this thread in a while...

Thanks for your contribution!!
Like bi11y said: use %ProgramFiles% instead off C:\\Program Files (see Guide)
Include the line to add it to the Desktop and a reg file to remove it.

Keep 'm coming!


You're welkome!


I don't know if ObjectDock uses less memory,.. I only know that it works.
Try adding "::{00000000-5000-0000-0000-000000000002}" as a new dock button with Y'z Dock (it's the CLSID from the Textless My Computer).


The "Recycle Bin MUP" (Multiple User Profiles) still does'nt change the Icon, but it supports Drag & Drop now.
If you don't have Multiple User Profiles on your Computer, you can use "Add Recycle Bin.reg" which is fully functional.

i just want to add the microsoft office and the shutdown to y'z dock.. how would i go about adding the registry file to it?

(would't mind doing it for winamp/firefox/

Found a way to add the Icons with working Context Menu's to Y'z Dock without having them on the Desktop:

Edit the "Add" reg files from the Icons you want to add to Y'z Dock, go to the last line and replace
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{CLSID}]
with
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\NetworkNeighborhood\NameSpace\{CLSID}]
This will add the Icons to My Network Places instead of to the Desktop.
If you have the Icons on the Desktop, first merge the "Remove" regs and then merge the modified "Add" regs.

Now drag any shortcut to Y'z Dock and edit it (right click and select "Property of Dock Item").

To change it to for example the Office 2003 Icon, change the "Link to:" address to
::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}\::{00000000-5070-0000-0000-000000000002}

The first part ({208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}) is the CLSID from My Network Places.
The second part ({00000000-5070-0000-0000-000000000002}) is the CLSID from the Office 2003 Icon (you can copy it from the reg file).
Dont forget to include the :: and the \ !
Clear the Work folder, change the Name and you're done!

thanks alot herbby you ROCK.. now i need to figure out what you siad... Back to work for me will check back tommorow

ok, herby i tried what you did in post 455 but i just cant seem to do it. Is it possible u can include a screenshot? Or make it possible to drag n drop?

That is great! Now I have a recycle bin in my Quicklaunch menu.

I actually got it too work great.. now is it possible to get it to move to another folder such as D:/Appz rather than Network?

Just create a shortcut from Network Neighborhood to D:\Appz. All the function remains.

Thanks for the contributions everyone has made, to create a really clean desktop on my PC, but I would like to make a request. Can someone create icon for Virtual Daemon Manager, with the entris for Emulation and Unload and Loading of images?

Anyone interested in a program that will create these little Gems? It is almost finished and is in beta stage. I may need beta testers in the near future. Here is a screen shot.

Sorry for the late reply,.. been a little bizzy...
It's only possible to add them to Virtual Folders like the Desktop, My Computer, the Control Panel, Network Neighborhood and Entire Network.
More info here...


I'm a little bizzy atm but I'll look into it asap.


Welkome to Neowin!
This is great!!! It would save me alot of work!!
Count me in!

Does it support Expandable String Values?

Great!
Me too!

Yep, sure does. That is the only way I got it to work. I'll let you know when it is ready.

Same here...!

same i wouldnt mind testing that out, as well.

Only hard part would be finding the strings to do what you want it to..either way i want hookups

Ok, your on the list. :-)

ADVIcons is ready for testing. Please goto http://www.code714.com, sign up and download. You can then sign up to the Beta Testers newsletter to be informed of other beta programs. Hope ya like it.

Is this not going to be freeware??

Sorry to say, no. It took me a while to make this and right now programming is paying my bills.

I wanted to say that if anyone whats to take a stab at making a help file (HTML format) send me a PM and you will get a free copy.

I may make it freeware in the future. I'm sure you all know how hard it is to pay bills. I agree it should be freeware, but, right now I need the money.

I hope that Herby will be mentioned somehow in the credits... come on, he is the creator of this trick.

Anyway, since it's so simple to add a Desktop Icon Without Text just downloading these regs, I don't think that make your software shareware it's a good idea...

Yes, you are right. I will add Herby in the credits (sorry Herby).

Well, the icons listed here are specific to programs, and some people do not know how to make them (I am thinking of others not on this forum). With this program ANY exe file/folder can be added not just specific to a program. There are future additions/features that will make it stand out. Anyway, not to be rude but, if you don't think it is worth it then you don't have to buy it. As I said, I need to pay bills. So it will stay shareware for now. Sorry.

Well, it's just a doubt I have, nothing more.

I really like the program but it's too bad that it's shareware.
I've also put alot of time in them but I'm not asking money for it (not that I can't use it).
Tbhoc is also creating a program for it but he's bizzy with another project.

why cant you just use shell object editor and regedit? takes like 30 seconds.

I tried ADVicon and it looks nice as program.
But my opinion about it is that you are making money on someone elses idea(s).
That is maybe why the law about intellectual ownership is so in discussion. (In US & Europe).

Just wondering how many bills that will pay.
I suggest you get a job.

Just my 2 cents.

@Herby:
Nice job dude.
What if you charged per reg-file

For people that want ordinairy "no named" icons, I found this on my harddisk.
Download here
+ attached here too, in case

Just double click the .reg-file for your OS, then copy the .cmd to your desktop and drag the icon(s) on to it.
Then just copy the .cmd-file back to a safe place

I don't know who to give credits for, cause I can not remember where I got it.
Sorry 'bout that.

@ Amadeke: Thanks!

I have some great news: [attachmentid=122037]

I received a PM from Tbhoc:

hello ppl, i want my icons games without text, it's possible??

colin mcrae2005, gtr, richard burns rally, full warrior, csi miami,
i did what Amadeke said , but don't work , only one icon without text is work.

thanks

When drag the icon(s) on to cmd file show the message ."unnamed file already in same folder"

you can only have 1 unnamed icon of the same type.. e.g. if you have 1 .txt unnamed you can't have a other one..

You can create them with Shell Object Editor, just give them an uncommon name like "Wuppy01", search for that name in the registry (Start -> Run... -> Regedit.exe -> Edit -> Find...) and delete it (the Default value).

@ ljsoares: I can't find the command line parameters for Virtual Daemon Manager, can you PM them to me?

Here's a new Icon for Adobe Photoshop CS2:

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this is a truly awesome mod but its missing some good p2p programs like Azureus, ABC, BitComet, K-Lite, DC++, LimeWire/Pro. and also mIRC and Daemon-tools would be good to have. otherwise this totally rox man keep up the good work

why not do it yourself..
Herby's tutorial..

oh i didnt c that one thank you

Thanks for looking into this, I have been able to creat the Virtual Daemon Manager icon by editing an existing one and that was easy, but what i wanted to know is if its possible to create it so that you can drag and drop cd images onto the icon, and here are the switches. Maybe if drag and drop does not work, then to have the default action to browse for CD image.

Command Line Switces

-lock
used to lock the DLL operation to be sure no unauthorized program can load daemon.dll and use its functions. Used mainly in autostart (if 'Autolock' option is enabled), but can be used in command line too. Unlocking can be done from Virtual DAEMON manager or other GUI that is currently running. Note that locking has no effect on DAEMON Manager itself or other programs which have been 'authorized' by us to use the DLL.

-noicon
this option is used to prevent DAEMON Tools from creating a taskbar icon. It has no effect if DAEMON manager is already running or you specified another command (except 'lock') in the command line! DAEMON manager automatically exits after command is executed and does not create taskbar icon.

-mount
allows mounting images from command line (or shortcut).
Syntax is: -mount <n>,<path>
where 'n' means DVD-ROM device number ('0' - '3' allowed) and 'path' is the full path to the image file.
Example: daemon.exe -mount 0,"c:\My Images\nameofimage.cue".
Do not forget to set the path in quotes if it contains spaces!

-unmount
allows unmounting images from command line.
Syntax is: -unmount <n>
where 'n' means DVD-ROM device number ('0' - '3' allowed)

-safedisc ?
allows turning Safedisc emulation on/off from command line.
'-safedisc on' enables emulation, '-safedisc off' disables it

-securom ?
allows turning Securom emulation on/off from command line.
'-securom on' enables emulation, '-securom off' disables it

-laserlock ?
allows turning Laserlock emulation on/off from command line.
'-laserlok on' enables emulation, '-laserlok off' disables it.

-rmps ?
allows turning RMPS emulation on/off from command line.
'-rmps on' enables emulation, '-rmps off' disables it.

ADVIcons is cool, a good feature may possibly be Make it Capable of Drag and Drop so that we can drag it to *Y'z Dock* Another cool feature would be the ability to make folders like that. (similar to kkmenu) But kkmenu is too hardd to understand

Lastly its shareware which imo is yucky. it should be donateware. If they like it and think its worth it you will be donated.

Ah,.. you ment the default Daemon Manager...
I've tried it but I can't get it to work (drag & drop),.. can't find a way to get it to browse thru a command line either.
I'm out of ideas atm but I'll look into it again.

There's someone (I think he's italian) whoa shares these reg but he has modified the initial credits removing "by Herby" and adding "by AND1Games"...

I think he has taken the regs I've translated into italian from one of the site where I've posted them, because I've added a certain path for the icons, not the one by default for each program as in the original by Herby, and this modified path is in "his" regs.

On emule a member of an italian forum has find a photoshop CS 2 reg which is exactly the same posted here by Herby and that isn't on the set I've translated but uses the alternative path as the ones I've modded...

I've not removed Herby's reference from the regs I've posted (on that ones you can read "Original idea by Herby, modded and translated by Squek"), but this guy is making something really unfair.


P.S.: sorry for my english...

it's not fair..

Yeah,.. people like that suck,.. but there's nothing you can do about it, they're just tweaks.

yeah, this is true dude, but i still feel bad that you figured something out and the credit is getting stolen from ya. viva la Herby!

[quote=Herby,May 8 2005, 06:37]


hi
Great job on the textless Icons, looks really good, adds a clean appearence. Of couse i edited the releases you made (one i used) to reflect my needs\wants, like i added restart and shut down to My Computer. Also made a utilities Icon and plaeced frequently used programs in it.
Do have a question....would you know how to add separators in these context menus? Also be cool to have textless icons in context menus...LOL.

Thank much for your work.
Jim


ps...now might be good time to read your tutorial

Thanks,..


Hey Jim,.. welcome to Neowin!
I think it's not possible without a shell extension dll,.. but I'll look into it.

Hi all!

Herby, would it be possible to make one that uses the start menu as its context menu?

Welcome to Neowin!
This is also not possible without a shell extension dll, but you can have the Start Menu or All Programs as an expanding menu on your Taskbar; have a look here...

Okay, thanks Herby.

It works permanently, it's unbelievable
Again, good work Herby!

Cant you just name it by holding down alt and typing on the number pad 0160 or 255(i think that wrks to) i know the 0160 works

yes. that's what i do.