new menu object/script

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im looking for an object/script that will create a pop out menu that watches a folder and and when opened creates/shows icons that are in that folder on the fly. im tired of creating shortcuts in DesktopX manualy or draging the exe in to desktopx to create the shortcut.

 

i am sort of a beginner/intermediate to desktop x and am looking for new theater media machine menus to make it easier to use.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Do you mean a shortcut to a folder that opens as a pop up menu and lists the contents of the folder? You can set that in shortcut properties by checking Open As Popup Menu.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

an active, scroll able, slide out window (240x240)with thumbnail view icons of what is inside the folder you point it to.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ah. Well, I have yet to find any working script that can extract the icons of files/programs,  due to the way icons are stored. Only way I know how is through drag and drop.

It is possible to get the content of a folder then create (clone) shortcut text objects for each item (did this for my Dirty NrG theme start menu.) If you still want icons you could, alternatively, use FileSystemObject to identify the file types of each item in the folder then assign your own custom icons for different file types to the objects; I did that with my Microbe theme.

Here are a few resources that might help:

SCROLLING CONTENT

LIST CONTENT OF A FOLDER EXAMPLES

FILE SYSTEM OBJECT

 

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