Hi TBUDL, I have a (possibly) daft idea I'd like some advice/help on if possible or at the very least a response that what I'm thinking of just isn't possible in TB!.
If one runs Win XP and uses the Welcome Screen as the Logon mechanism (rather than the NT/2000 classic ctrl-alt-del logon box) then it's possible to have extra information listed against each user's account icon - principally the number of programs currently running under each ID and the number of unread email messages in their MSN/Hotmail accounts - should they have one. This is possible because (according to Microsoft's info) both Outlook/Express and Messenger are capable or checking that mail and then updating the registry key stored at... HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/UnreadMail I was wondering if there was a way to get TB! to report the number of new mail messages (ie: unread messages) to (say) a shell/batch script of some kind that could then update the registry key indicated. I don't use hotmail but I have several accounts, from all of which the mail gets congregated into one set of folders under TB! This would mean that if I could get a single notification out of TB! I could probably do something with the XP registry. I've looked into the helpfiles under the command line options but not found anything really meaningful. Is there any obscure feature that might help me hidden away somewhere? As usual, any and all help would be appreciated. Best Wishes, Mark. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Using TheBat! 1.54/10 Windows NT 5 1 2600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Just4Fun - Freestuff, Humour and More! - http://just4fun.ipfox.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark R Harding The Integrated Systems Group (Vision) Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road Edinburgh. EH9 3JL. Scotland. U.K. Phone: +44 (0)131 650 5662 Fax: +44 (0)131 650 6554 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.ee.ed.ac.uk/~mrh/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- PGP-Key Available at: http://www.ee.ed.ac.uk/~mrh/pgp.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
