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[xpclient]

Does each version expire after a certain period??????

[Thomas G Mayfield]

Does anyone have a public clone of the source? The posted location (http://mercurial.robotnik.ws/JumpList) isn't responding.

[DigiM29]

For those looking for the source: Find it in the Google Code downloads page. Sorry for taking so long to post it: (a.) My host disappeared without me ever knowing, and (b.) I no longer work on the project (partly because the source became too unruly for me!)

FYI, if you're running on another language besides English (like German), then you've probably witnessed JLE not doing its job. The reason why is that the shortcut replacements (the ones that actually contain the jump list) are not being pinned to taskbar. Pinning to taskbar is done by a mandatory workaround: It takes the text from the "Pin to Taskbar" and "Unpin to Taskbar" menu options, and executes them automatically. However, it does not work when the text is in another language, like German or Spanish.

So here's how to fix that:

1. Go to "C:\Program Files\Jumplist Extender". Open "PinShortcut.vbs".



2. You'll need to replace the "Pin" strings (shown in blue above). To see them in your language, right-click on any program shortcut in Windows Explorer. Replace the text above with the following, in your language:



3. Do the same for the two "Unpin" strings (shown in green above). First, take that same program shortcut and PIN it to both the taskbar and start menu, so that the unpin menu options show up. Then replace the text above with the following, in your language:



4. Save the script and try it out. Custom jump lists should work now in your language.

Note for jump list coders: Firefox presents the best solution for automatically pinning shortcuts: it looks up the specific language string in shell32.dll, so shortcut pinning works in any language. See source (search "shell32.dll" for relevant section).

[DigiM29]

Jumplist Extender v0.3 is released! Non-English (foreign language) users are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to download this release, as this fixes a major bug!

Download v0.3 (1.62 MB)

FIXED:

• Non-English systems would not apply jump lists to the taskbar. This has now been fixed.
  
• Broken update check would display weird code in the menus.
  
• Old web links were broken, but now fixed.

KNOWN ISSUES:

• Recent file history cannot be used with jump lists.

Some testing of this release would be appreciated

[DigiM29]

Jumplist Extender v0.3-B is released!

Download v0.3-B (1.7 MB)

FIXED:

• Log files were being made on the Desktop by mistake.
  
• Various other minor quirks.

Again, non-English users (especially German) should try this release out, since it should make Jumplist Extender work in your system!

In other news, I'm looking over the bug reports listed on the code page (finally). I'll respond to them at some point this week.

[DigiM29]

Excuse me for the quadruple post: If anyone has tried to overwrite an existing jump list with their own custom one, can you please tell me the app you were customizing, and whether or not your custom jump list worked? It would help greatly so I can determine how to lock jump lists. Some programs behave way differently, here.

Known failed cases:
* Google Chrome 4.1 (does 12.0 have a jump list?)
* foobar2000 with Win7 Shell Integration
* Windows Live Mail 10?
* Opera 11

Known working cases:
* IE9
* Firefox 4
* Windows Live Mail 11

[toweleeeie]

Hi,
I installed and tested the v0.3-B with no problem whatsoever (Win7 x64), the thing is... I tend to ALSO use the recent file history already featured in the jump lists. As I see, it is a known issue of your program : do you think it will be possible to combine both aspects (like part tasks and shortcuts, part recent history) in a future release, or is it not possible at all ?
(To retrieve my history, I simply unpinned and pinned again the programs, and the lists reappeared)

Thanks anyway, and good work ! It's a great utility script.
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Ooops, I've just seen that you no longer work on this... Too bad !

[DigiM29]

Jumplist Extender v0.4 is released!

Download v0.4 (1.6 MB)

Version 0.4 is a MINOR BUG FIX release.

FIXED:

• Command line tasks and EXE shortcuts were being executed with the wrong working directory.
  
• Jumplist Packs could not be imported because the "AppData\...\Icons\Imported" folder was missing.

ADDED:

• Keystrokes can now be sent to minimized/background windows without activating them.

KNOWN ISSUES:

• Recent/Frequent lists are not supported (yet).
  
• Small icons are not extracted from EXE files; only big ones.
  
• More at http://code.google.c...der/issues/list

@toweleeie: Yes, it's possible to combine custom jump lists and recent histories -- I just haven't implemented them. Look forward to a release in the future! Also, you can delete the jump lists under the "Open a previous jump list" window in order to get your recent history back.

[osm0sis]

DigiMarco! This is a fantastic idea!

Is there any way it could be used to fix the Windows 7 Explorer Frequent/Recent bug outlined here:

http://social.techne...31-35b6ea78888f
http://social.techne...5f-43d69529734f

Basically once you disable history and reenable, Explorer forgets it is supposed to be Frequent and will only show Recent from then on. The articles describe the API required to switch between Frequent and Recent as well.

[DigiM29]

@osm0sis: I imagine so, yes. I have plans to support Frequent/Recent in the next release.

[osm0sis]

Any progress on this bad boy? I'd be more than happy to help out with testing.