Automatically ADD my custom toolbar buttons
Hi
Okay, so I've created serveral custom IE Toolbar buttons and the apps they launch, and everything is fine.
EXCEPT
That I have to MANUALLY customize my IE toolbar and place them.
MS say this is the DEFAULT, by design.
But I can't find any mention of the 'non' default. i.e. for those who want their new buttons / toolbars to automatically appear when a user fresh installs their software.
Any ideas?
I've poked around the registry for the last hour and I can't find anything concrete. At least nothing that's readable without MS's registry codebook. Grrrrr
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[674 byte] By [
Xena] at [2007-11-17 17:10:22]
# 1 Re: Automatically ADD my custom toolbar buttons
If I'm not mistaken, you can change the REGISTRY for custom toolbars in two HKEYs. If you use HKEY_CURRENT_USER, only that user will see the toolbar. If you change the one in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then all users on that machine will see the toolbar.
Good Luck,
-Cool Bizs
# 2 Re: Automatically ADD my custom toolbar buttons
Unless I'm mistaken, your correct for GIVING the icon to people or the machine.
BUT
All that does is show it up in the left list box under the TOOLBAR CUSTOMIZE dialog i.e. ALLOWS them to pick it MANUALLY and put it on their Toolbar.
It STILL doesn't place it on it automatically.
Last night I think I read somewhere that maybe and ACTIVEX control would place it on it. At least I think that's how Yahoo do it for their buttons / toolbars..
But I'm still not sure what to do.
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Xena at 2007-11-10 0:23:35 >
# 3 Re: Automatically ADD my custom toolbar buttons
Do you mean something like that
http://www.dev-archive.com/internet/IEExtensions.html
pekko at 2007-11-10 0:24:33 >
# 4 Re: Automatically ADD my custom toolbar buttons
Originally posted by Xena
Unless I'm mistaken, your correct for GIVING the icon to people or the machine.
BUT
All that does is show it up in the left list box under the TOOLBAR CUSTOMIZE dialog i.e. ALLOWS them to pick it MANUALLY and put it on their Toolbar.
It STILL doesn't place it on it automatically.
Last night I think I read somewhere that maybe and ACTIVEX control would place it on it. At least I think that's how Yahoo do it for their buttons / toolbars..
But I'm still not sure what to do.
X
Hi,
Not really, by modifying and adding the right information in the [ROOT]\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\INTERNET EXPLORER\EXTENSIONS
where ROOT can be either HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (visible to all users) or HKEY_CURRENT_USER (only for the current user), the icon will automatically appear on the STANDARD BUTTONS toolbar on IE :)
-Cool Bizs
# 5 Re: Automatically ADD my custom toolbar buttons
Xena..
Do you mind telling me how you implemtened the IE tollbar, I aslo need an exe that istalls this toolbar :blush:
R.T at 2007-11-10 0:26:34 >
