Also should have mentioned the fact that PPro is 32 bit app and explorer 64 bit, leading to more complications in implementing this capability (and in fact this may be the main reason it does not work now).
--- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, "brucexs" <bruc...@...> wrote: > > > compatibility is introduced. Everything else appears to work - menus, rolling > up windows.. I don't get why the simple location/positioning of icons on a > desktop is a fail point. > > Because it is not using supported Windows APIs, as do the other things you > mention. For XP and previous, you have to reverse engineer internal Windows > data structures running in Explorer and use special tricks to manipulate > them. I imagine the same is true Vista and later, where the internal data > structures may have changed and/or the new security model may mean new tricks > have to be used to reach into Explorer. > > I am afraid I stopped officially supporting PowerPro some time ago. I fix > easy bugs now and then, but this one would require significant work. In > addition, I don't have access to Windows 7. > > So I am afraid I don't have any plans to try to fix this. >
