Avedesk Hints & Tips

[AndreasV]

I'm getting spammed with questions in my mailbox, so maybe it's a good idea to make a Hints & Tips topic. If not, I'll trash it

Why do my labels keep returning to the filename when using the shortcut, drive or folder desklet?

There is an option to automatically update the foldername on rename for these desklets. You need to disable that option.

See this screenshot too.

When I use My label disappears!

It's probably because you tried to use a Type1 font. Type1 fonts are not supported by AveDesk1.1. Try to use a different, similiarly looking font. For example, Lucida Sans Unicode is similiar to LucidaMAC.

How do I make a shortcut to ?

In the Shortcut Desklet, you can use own of these links in the path field. Note that a link to My Computer is Shell:driveFolder

shell:Common Administrative Tools
shell:Administrative Tools
shell:SystemX86
shell:My Pictures
shell:Profile
shell:CommonProgramFiles
shell:ProgramFiles
shell:System
shell:Windows
shell:History
shell:Cookies
shell:Local AppData
shell:AppData
shell:Common Documents
shell:Common Templates
shell:Common AppData
shell:Common Favorites
shell:Common Desktop
shell:Common Menu
shell:Common Programs
shell:Common Startup
shell:Templates
shell:PrintHood
shell:NetHood
shell:Favorites
shell:Personal
shell:SendTo
shell:Recent
shell:Menu
shell:Programs
shell:Startup
shell:Desktop
shell:Fonts
shell:ConnectionsFolder
shell:RecycleBinFolder
shell:PrintersFolder
shell:ControlPanelFolder
shell:InternetFolder
shell:DriveFolder
shell:NetworkFolder
shell:DesktopFolder

Where can I find more desklets?

• DockEx
  
• Wincustomize (in the ObjectDock section).
  
• In this forum. I will regularly post updates or new desklets here too.
  

Note that AveDesk1.1 is compatible with Object Dock docklets. You can simply create a folder named 'Docklets' in the AveDesk-rootfolder, and place OD-docklets there.

What's up with the Effects?

There are two varieties with AveDesk 1.1:

1. Effects.

Mainly a Visual C++ written DLL that exports a set of defined functions

and responds to them. The SDK is available at www.dockex.com. Requires some C/C++ knowledge.

This is the variety that Alilm has chosen.

2. EffectLets. (Effect + ScriptLet = EffectLet)

Mainly a XML file that contains some script code and responds to the same set of

'events'; Requires notepad.exe to develop. A SDK is not available yet but if you

can read / understand the available effectlets, you can start coding in vbScript

or JavaScript right away. HTML coders should feel at home already.

Beware that XML has some differencies to HTML - if internet explorer loads the

file without parse errors, its likely that AveDesk will accept it.

This is the variety of choice for folks not knee deep in programming.

(source: herd)

[shmengie]

yay google! i found these. i think they are helpful...

My Documents

::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}

Network Neighborhood

::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}

Recycle Bin

::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

My Computer

::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Control Panel

::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Dial-Up Networking

::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}::{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}

Printers

::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}

Scheduled Tasks

::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}::{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

Fonts

::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}::{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524152}

[feliplay]

how can i do shortcut to showcase?

for example , open showcase from rklauncher ...

thanx

[nightcrawler1089]

Assign a keyboard shortcut to Showcase, which you can do natively within AveDesk (it's in Options, I believe).

Then, use the methods linked to from here:

http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread....yboard+shortcut

-NC

[fede777]

Is there any option for ave to load my theme when I start XP? i have to load it manually every single time

[Amig]

here some more shell commands. hope it helps.

shell:Common Programs

shell:GameTasks

shell:UserProfiles

shell:MyComputerFolder

shell:SyncSetupFolder

shell:DpapiKeys

shell:SamplePlaylists

shell:Favorites

shell:My Video

shell:SearchHomeFolder

shell:System

shell:CommonVideo

shell:SyncResultsFolder

shell:Cookies

shell:CommonMusic

shell:My Pictures

shell:Cache

shell:Downloads

shell:CommonDownloads

shell:AppData

shell:SyncCenterFolder

shell:My Music

shell:ConflictFolder

shell:SavedGames

shell:InternetFolder

shell:Quick Launch

shell:SystemCertificates

shell:Contacts

shell:TreePropertiesFolder

shell:Profile

shell:Start Menu

shell:Common AppData

shell:PhotoAlbums

shell:ConnectionsFolder

shell:Administrative Tools

shell:PrintersFolder

shell:Default Gadgets

shell:ProgramFilesX86

shell:Searches

shell:Common Startup

shell:ControlPanelFolder

shell:SampleVideos

shell:SendTo

shell:ResourceDir

shell:ProgramFiles

shell:CredentialManager

shell:PrintHood

shell:MAPIFolder

shell:CD Burning

shell:AppUpdatesFolder

shell:Common Start Menu

shell:LocalAppDataLow

shell:Templates

shell:Gadgets

shell:Programs

shell:Recent

shell:SampleMusic

shell:Desktop

shell:CommonPictures

shell:RecycleBinFolder

shell:CryptoKeys

shell:Common Templates

shell:Startup

shell:Links

shell:OEM Links

shell:SamplePictures

shell:Common Desktop

shell:NetHood

shell:Games

shell:Common Administrative Tools

shell:NetworkPlacesFolder

shell:SystemX86

shell:History

shell:AddNewProgramsFolder

shell:Playlists

shell:ProgramFilesCommonX86

shell:PublicGameTasks

shell:ChangeRemoveProgramsFolder

shell:Public

shell:Common Documents

shell:CSCFolder

shell:Local AppData

shell:Windows

shell:UsersFilesFolder

shell:ProgramFilesCommon

shell:Fonts

shell:Personal

[billthamos]

Is the Aveapps still under development? I would like to try some of the apps but I don't want to install them if they are not being actively maintained.

Any help would be welcomed.