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Setting webpage as desktop item .bat file

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by sdcowley, Apr 19, 2006.

  1. sdcowley Newcomer, in training

    Hi, I have a webpage that I want to set as a desktop item and I want to do this through a batch file, so that everyone that runs it, will have the same result.

    Is there anyway I can do this. I know how to create a batch file, and do all the rest of what I need.

    I'm just stuck on what command strings I would use to set the webpage as a desktop item.

    any help would be great :-D
  2. Nodsu Newcomer, in training Posts: 9,431

    "desktop item"? You mean a shortcut icon on the desktop?
  3. sdcowley Newcomer, in training

    Afraid not.

    I mean, i have a webpage that I want as a desktop item. So, that it is permanently on my desktop (not as another window,) so I can use the webpage as if it were on my desktop
  4. Spike Newcomer, in training Posts: 2,371

    I've set a webpage as my desktop before now - but only one I myself constructed and so I had the file on my machine.

    Webpages as desktop wall paper are not as functional as the real thing, it must be said.
  5. sdcowley Newcomer, in training

    the webpage I have made just consists on a few buttons that when click, will open the actual page you want.

    It is on a shared drive, so many people can access it.

    So i want to make a batch file that will install this page as a desktop item on the desktops of all who run the .bat file
  6. N3051M Newcomer, in training Posts: 2,800

    sure you dont just go right click on [desktop>properties>desktop>customise desktop>web]? or you want an installer that does that for you?

    or am i just way off? :p
     
  7. sdcowley Newcomer, in training

    yes, that is exactly what I want. An installer that does that
  8. Nodsu Newcomer, in training Posts: 9,431

    I think one needs a bit more programming than a batch file to mess around with Windows desktop. Unless you are in luck and someone has written a program for that, you have to do it yourself.

    I wrote a program to change the wallpaper once, but that included direct modifuication of the registry and dealed only with images.