Hello How do I make icon labels transparent using C++? More info: Make XP Desktop Icon Label Transparent Please tell me if this is possible to do via C++. Thanks in advance, Panarchy PS: I would like whichever method you suggest to me to be able to run without launching of a command-prompt window.
This is probably in the Registry somewhere, so what I'd do is to install a utility like RegShot, take a registry snapshot, perform the actions in the page you linked to, take a second registry snapshot and compare the two. RegShot does all that for you and produces a difference report. And the way to do this without launching a command prompt window as I've already told you once is to write the program as a Windows program starting with WinMain, not as a simple main() program because the latter will give you a command prompt however briefly. You need to find out how your compiler supports Windows programs so that you don't get an "unresolved symbol: main" error at link time. For MinGW for example you need to specify the flag -mwindows. See http://www.osix.net/modules/article/?id=670
Hello Thanks for your reply. Not a bad idea, to do as you say. After thinking about it for a while, since registry changes are involved, it'd probably be best for me to write it into the actual installer. NSIS What are your thoughts on this? Panarchy
I've worked it out (with a little help from usenet). Add the following to your NSIS script to achieve transparency on your icon text labels; Code: Section "Icon Text Label" WriteRegDWORD HKCU "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \Advanced" "ListviewShadow" 1 SendMessage ${HWND_BROADCAST} ${WM_SETTINGCHANGE} 0 "STR:Environment" SectionEnd Enjoy Panarchy
