putting an Icon in "My Computer"

[kurganme]

yaipa wrote:
> All,
> 
> I've been asked by my boss to put an Icon in WinXP's "My Computer" for
> a utility we use around the shop.  My tool of choice is of course
> Python and therefore what I am using to attempt my given task.  I have
> no trouble putting Icons in the WinXP Toolbar using Python, but have
> totally failed to get an Icon to appear in My Computer.  Any Idea on
> why and maybe how to get around this using Python? 

This is not an easy task.
Here is a good starting point:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_adv/namespaceextension/namespace.asp

The python could not be a good choice in this case.

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Kurganme [ http://kurganme.blogspot.com ]