eggrock

eggrock

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Thanks everybody, that gets me much of what I need to know. My goal isn't 'pretty' (in the eye candy sense) but 'functional' (and stable/compatible), so I can access certain things on my PC faster than otherwise. Power Toys gives me a little of this (primarily the Command Prompt Here exe), Tweak UI will give me more, and now I'm looking at TPAs like these to add more desktop things, and I guess a little 'pretty' if I'm up to it. Stuff like a Google sea

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Reply to Help me understand DesktopX in New Users WinCustomize Forums

That's the end result, and it sound like you need to write code to retrieve the weather data (as an example) and then display it. What does DesktopX give me that I'd want to pay $70 for versus writing my own executable? [edit] I'm almost overwhelmed with the number of different products out there--which is great! What I'd like to do to start off with is have the functionality of windowblinds; I've always wanted tabs on my desktop. Nex

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Help me understand DesktopX in New Users WinCustomize Forums

I'm afraid I don't really understand what DesktopX is all about. I'd love to be able to completely customize XP to my own format and it looks like a bonus is learning VB (VBScript?) at the same time (I loathe Javascript). What I don't get is, why not write desktop modification software as a standalone program? VB is basically free (with the free SDK), or C/C++ or whatever. I guess I don't get how DesktopX enhances the whole customizing experie

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