Xtreme Installers and clipart

[stlewis]

As the Xtreme installer still destroys any links to clipart you may have patiently created, I have written some VBA to loop through a folder of clipart and generate the lines to be added to the registry.

Note that this is quick and dirty and needs care! You will need Microsoft Access, or, I imagine Excel or Word, and you must know how to add a script! There are 4 key settings which I have lazily put in the code -

strFolder = "c:\clipart\" - ie the folder with the clipart categories
iPos = 50 - the last postion used in the existing registry settings
sOutputFile1 = "c:\ClipartGallery2.reg" - the location/file to be generated
sOutputFile2 = "c:\ClipartGalleryDescriptions2.reg"

Once you have run this, you will have the two files. Use regedit to export the two clipart gallery sections and then paste the new reg files at the end of the exported reg files. Save these as ANSI. Now, after backing up your registry!!!!, double-click on each of the amended export files - this will put them into the registry.

Perhaps one of our gurus can do a better job!

[gwpriester]

Thanks Simon. It is very frustrating.

I cannot tell you how many times I have recreated my personal tool bar with my most used tools and with each new version it is lost.

This looks like a step in the right direction.

Gary

[raynerj1]

I will have to take a look at that script... Might be something worth pwaying with... Thanks!