[python-win32] making icons on task bar require double-click

[Randy Syring]

Steven,

There are some good suggestions in there.  The first two look very 
feasible.  Thanks for the advice, I will check them out.

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Randy Syring
Intelicom
502-644-4776

"Whether, then, you eat or drink or 
whatever you do, do all to the glory
of God." 1 Cor 10:31



Steven James wrote:
> That is better explained...I still don't think you could modify the 
> behaviour of the quicklaunch, but here are some suggestions:
>
> 1) Write a custom explorer toolbar. You may be able to use PowerPro 
> for this (http://powerpro.webeddie.com/)
> 2) Use Launchy or something like it instead of quicklaunch.
>
> 3) Write a python script to scan your quick launch dir, replace every 
> shortcut with a link to itself (with a customized icon), and launch 
> the intended program only when one of the new shortcuts is clicked 
> twice in short succession. (haha that should keep you busy).
>
> 4) Upgrade to Windows 7, which negates the need for a quicklaunch anyway.
>
> 5) Make your quicklaunch bar smaller, and use the little 
> double-arrow-menu as a pop-up quicklaunch instead of having all icons 
> showing.
>
> Some of those might be helpful, some not.
>
> Steven James
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Randy Syring <rsyring at inteli-com.com 
> <mailto:rsyring at inteli-com.com>> wrote:
>
>     Tim,
>
>     Thanks for your response.  I think I may have been using the wrong
>     term.  I like the normal windows taskbar on the bottom of the
>     screen.  What has happened to me though is that my quick launch
>     has grown so large that I have put it at the bottom of the taskbar
>     with the open windows above it.  The way I accidently click the
>     quick launch icons is that when I go to switch to another window,
>     I overshoot the window "tile" and hit a quick launch button
>     instead.  To solve this problem initially, I moved the quick
>     launch toolbar to the top of the screen and set it to remain on
>     top.  However, some programs don't honor this and end up behind
>     the toolbar, which is very annoying.
>
>     I guess, if its not possible to modify the quick launch icons,
>     that is ok.  I can live with it.
>
>     Thanks again for your response.
>
>     --------------------------------------
>     Randy Syring
>     Intelicom
>     502-644-4776
>
>     "Whether, then, you eat or drink or 
>     whatever you do, do all to the glory
>     of God." 1 Cor 10:31
>         
>
>
>
>     Tim Roberts wrote:
>>     Randy Syring wrote:
>>       
>>>     Is it possible, with a python program, to run through the task bar
>>>     icons and change them so that their current single-click event would
>>>     get transferred to a double-click event?  I click them by mistake
>>>     sometimes and its very annoying to wait for the program to open just
>>>     so I can close it.  I haven't been able to find a way to accomplish
>>>     this natively so I figured a python script set to run when my user
>>>     logs in and the windows extensions might do the trick.
>>>         
>>     In short, no.  This requires an injectable window hook, and there is at
>>     present no way to do that kind of window hook in Python.
>>
>>     How do you happen to click on these accidentally?  Perhaps there are
>>     other ways to solve this.  For example, you can configure the taskbar so
>>     that it hides itself unless you hover the mouse at the bottom of the
>>     screen.  Or, you can drag the taskbar to any other edge of the screen. 
>>     If you find yourself hovering around the bottom edge most of the time,
>>     perhaps moving the taskbar to the top would solve that.
>>
>>       
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