Reading/Writing Reg keys with extention in name

[showaco]

Start MRU

In wm6.5, the start menu has all the link files listed in registry as keys like this and then these keys have values for : icon, rank, etc.
I'm having trouble accessing the registry keys that are named similiar to this:
Activesync.lnk

I need to access values within like these:
HKLM\Security\Shell\StartInfo\Start\Activesync.lnk\rank

"rank" is the list order for how start menu items are displayed and I'm writing a configuration app for rearranging the start menu easily.

If the key has then ".lnk" extention in name, then I get an error, other keys for start menu folders("Games","Tools", etc) I have no problems with. This is a sample line of how I'm reading the values.(they are dword) Ranks is a list box for listing the rank numbers, SubFolder is the list box of all available directories(.lnk variety) under the Start key. I place the normal start menu folders into a different arraylist when parsing subkeys of Start, and that part works fine using similiar code.

      Ranks.Add=reg.GetInt("Security\Shell\StartInfo\Start\"&SubFolder.Item(i),"Rank")

Is basic4ppc not able to read values in keys named with extentions or am I missing it? I use mortscript some and it reads the same keys without issues, but I don't like mixing mortscript in if I can help it.

 

[Erel]

I don't know of any problem with extensions or keys with commas. Can you post a small program that demonstrates this problem?

 

[showaco]

thanks for the reply, I tried a different approach(reading reg without using variable) and it worked, so it must be an error caused by my variable that I need to track down.

 

[agraham]

Ranks.Add= ...

This is the problem. You don't assign to a property to add to a ListBox, you invoke a method.

Ranks.Add( ...)

 

[showaco]

thanks for the help, got it all sorted and working fairly smooth, check it out here: [MAY 17][WM6.5]re/START(startMenu), Chome Editor v1.6 BETA, TitaniumWeatherv4.2*RADAR - xda-developers

 

[Erel]

Looks great :icon_clap:

 

[showaco]

Thanks, another question. Is there a way to access the wm start menu mru to get a list of recent apps? I would like to be able to add the recent apps into start menu of wm6.5 to make it more user friendly. I can manage adding them, but need a way to access the list.

 

[joel2009]

i think it was removed as of 6.5, i know there was a way to access it before though