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Ah. &nbsp;Afraid it was something along those lines. &nbsp;Thanks! &nbsp;I'll<br />
give it a shot.<br />

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Ah.  Afraid it was something along those lines.  Thanks!  I'll
give it a shot.


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Greets all,<br />
<br />
I'm trying to retrieve the positions of all the icons on the desktop in 95 using VC++. &nbsp;<br />
Any idea how to go about it? &nbsp;<br />
<br />
I've already tried grabbing the SysListView32 window and using the ListView_GetItemPosition <br />
macro to attempt this, but it crashes Explorer every time I try. &nbsp;The amusing/annoying thing is, I <br />
CAN do a ListView_GetSelectedCount call using the same hwnd and get a valid answer. &nbsp;Most<br />
of the other ListView_* macros crash explorer as well, with some notable exceptions. &nbsp;Is this<br />
information in the registry somewhere? &nbsp;Any hints or other possible directions to try would be <br />
appreciated.<br />
<br />
- Tnerb<br />

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Greets all,

I'm trying to retrieve the positions of all the icons on the desktop in 95 using VC++.  
Any idea how to go about it?  

I've already tried grabbing the SysListView32 window and using the ListView_GetItemPosition 
macro to attempt this, but it crashes Explorer every time I try.  The amusing/annoying thing is, I 
CAN do a ListView_GetSelectedCount call using the same hwnd and get a valid answer.  Most
of the other ListView_* macros crash explorer as well, with some notable exceptions.  Is this
information in the registry somewhere?  Any hints or other possible directions to try would be 
appreciated.

- Tnerb


Retrieving desktop icon positions...

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