Thank you guys. I've seen @qwerty12's technique in another message. I totally get the part that sets the type and icon size, but I'm still having trouble sorting out some of the elements I too have read through the IFolder materials (as jeeswg did), but I think I'm missing some background to really ...

Hello everyone, I want to end up with a variable containing a number between 1 and 8, representing the current file explorer view layout (Extra large icons, Large icons, Medium icons, List, Details, etc.). Ideally, it would be the number I would use with Ctrl-Shift-<#> shortcut to achieve that view....

Yeah, I'm running Win 10, so there are bound to be differences. To test the desktop hide/show capability on my system, I created a folder on the desktop and gave it a "!" warning triangle icon. I then set as hidden. Now, it pops up or disappears to give me a visual reminder of the current state of v...

I like the dll call method a lot. It took me a while to sort through it though, but it doesn't brute force the registry or rely on refresh codes. For my purposes, I only want to control hidden files and I wanted to use the same key to toggle them on and off. Here's what I've come up with, based on t...