Toolbar Selection
I am packaging a toolbar for Internet Explorer on Windows XP.
I need to set the toolbar to be selected (active), and the only way to do this is to change the HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\Web Browser [ITBarLayout] value in the registry. This registry key is a VERY long binary number which holds all of the user settings.
The only way I can get this to work is if I overwrite the number that is already there, which would overwrite the user settings.
The only other way I can think of is to use a SendKeys script, but we have that menu locked down by group policy, so no dice there.
I considered attempting to isolate the bits that need to be set in the {ITBarLayout} value, and somehow using logical operators to set those bits, but I don't have any tools for doing something like that.
Any ideas?
I need to set the toolbar to be selected (active), and the only way to do this is to change the HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\Web Browser [ITBarLayout] value in the registry. This registry key is a VERY long binary number which holds all of the user settings.
The only way I can get this to work is if I overwrite the number that is already there, which would overwrite the user settings.
The only other way I can think of is to use a SendKeys script, but we have that menu locked down by group policy, so no dice there.
I considered attempting to isolate the bits that need to be set in the {ITBarLayout} value, and somehow using logical operators to set those bits, but I don't have any tools for doing something like that.
Any ideas?
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Posted by:
MSIMaker
19 years ago
I'm assuming that the binary number is going to be unique on each machine.
That key holds the data as to the positions on the different toolbars. After testing for a little bit I found I could isolate the google toolbar data when I moved the toolbar from one level to another.
I think you might be able to do the same thing with your tool bar and poke the binary data into the key.
Create a Wisescript to capture the data that is currently in use and poke your data into it.
Good luck.
That key holds the data as to the positions on the different toolbars. After testing for a little bit I found I could isolate the google toolbar data when I moved the toolbar from one level to another.
I think you might be able to do the same thing with your tool bar and poke the binary data into the key.
Create a Wisescript to capture the data that is currently in use and poke your data into it.
Good luck.
Posted by:
MSIMaker
19 years ago
Poke is an old DOS term....sorry.
Perhaps "Insert" is more correct.
Perhaps "Insert" is more correct.
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