Locating Desktop Icon Positions using Memory Mapped Files

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Problem:

Using Sendmessage with LVM_GETITEMPOSITION causes page faults in Explorer.

Resolution:

Using memory-mapped files to do the cross process messaging needed.

Code:

Public Domain

The following code is a VB6 project, all the modules can be used in other 32 Bit versions of VB.

If using an earlier version, start a new project and paste the code into the Form1 form. And then add the .bas module.

Includes Source code to:

• Locate ALL the Desktop Icons
  
• Print directly to the Desktop
  
• Refresh the Desktop
  
• Swap Icon Positions
  

The code is fully commented.

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