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In the end I added a recursive search for all .lnk files for the start menu in either %userprofile% or %programdata% + "\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" and in addition extracted the registry...

But surely that would help standardise and potentially reduce the number of those variants? It also makes it much easier for any developer as you can re-use the documentation and testing methodology...

That is a good find. I don't know if anyone else is aware of it. I understood (perhaps mistakenly) that Krool's controls were based originally based on another development, perhaps the two are...

A quick search tells me that WMIC is NOT available on Windows XP editions other than PRO so it is not an option for my program. I would have to bundle wmic.exe with the program itself and that feels...

That is an interesting solution, it wasn't how I expected to extract that information, I was expecting a combination of a folder search and a registry trawl but that is a definite alternative as long...

I apologise, the lazy person is me.

I am looking for some code to find out what programs are installed into the Windows o/s. I understand largely what needs to be done, open the two start menu...

No, not a win but not looking for a win. Just want fair treatment and greater publicity for both.

Well, I've reported it already so I for one will treat them equally. I want RADBasic to succeed in its promise to achieve 100% VB6 compatibility, if that's possible.

I like TwinBasic and its idea...

It seems that the RADBasic news post was removed as it was reported by someone else on this forum, the moderator just moved it even though I asked him asked not to - and no it wasn't shaggy.

The...

Well, the mods do need to be consistent. Otherwise it is just bad moderation. I'll take what they do as moderating is a hard and unthankful task but it needs to be the same for all, one rule for all....

The mods moved the NEWS item on RADBasic to the other basic section when specifically asked not to. However, they only moved the RADBasic thread and not that for TwinBasic making the mods seem less...

The worry to me is that this tool is not BASIC-centric and thus is unlikely to be VB6 compatible. It might be useful tool for developing in general providing a nice forms generator for tools that...

That's a different question.

Indic, will this be a FOSS product or a commercial one?

I think it can. The video shows what the IDE is doing and gives a good indication of what it plans to do. It is a video, nothing more. Given time I expect details of progress, perhaps a dedicated...

Which BASIC is the IDE front ending? Is this your own interpreter and compiler or are you front-ending TRUE BASIC?

Like buses, the VB6 alternatives all seem to be arriving at the same time.

Indic Software, that name might be in some of our combined memories. They once proposed that they would be able to come...

BUMP - anyone tried to do this in code? Apologies for bumping.

Re: windows 10 - It is THAT bad, my own personal experiences have shown how bad it is for a poor desktop user. The white cog of doom has been encountered and my decision is made.

I do love...

First Class, I know VS Code runs on Win 7 - I will test and reply if there are any issues.

BTW I sent you some cash a while back for your Rubberduck add in, hope to do the same for TB.

What a bu@@er, I do not use Windows 10 for development and do not plan to either. So, I won't be able to test TwinBasic for the moment. What a pity. I suggest you chaps find alternatives for other...

Honestly, we should support both! Two irons in one fire all at the same time. There has always been room for a competing yet compatible product to Microsoft's VB6. The major surprise so that it has...

This is a more visible link to the well-hidden thread for TwinBasic, VB6's Second Potential Replacement which has just launched a preview and deserves some attention from the VB6 community.
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This is a more visible link to the well-hidden thread for RADBasic, VB6's Potential Replacement which has just launched a Kickstarter and deserves some attention from the VB6 community.
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RADBasic KickStarter has started!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/koss3982/rad-basic-a-100-compatible-visual-basic-6-solution

I have contributed. I think it is a noble cause and we all...

Might be worth me creating something that does it all for me, unless that is what Nano does?

Very good, will investigate NanoVB6.

As I said, TM (Task Manager) does not use WMI for that reason, as WMI is too slow to provide the information. I have not seen a task manager that reads the remote process information on a timescale...

Task Manager = TM

OK, it was hidden amongst all the words in the first post and I assumed you were working on a local machine by implication but you really want to extract performance information for potentially...

Yes, but whether you or anyone else would want it done - well, that's not really the point. This is a coding forum and I'm posting here as I'm trying to find out how to move it using code, I'm not...

You didn't mention remote machines before... so, the target has changed?

- but that requires explorer.exe to be killed and restarted, a bit dirty. It doesn't actually move the taskbar, it just tells explorer to do it for you next time it reads the registry on a restart. I...

So, Assuming this question must have been asked before or someone must have attempted it.

To get the VB6 IDE running from USB (to allow a developer on the run to code using VB6 on any machine in...

Hopefully a quick answer will be forthcoming from someone who has experience of trying to do this already. I just need a confirmation that it is possible or is no longer possible in Win 7 or 10.
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Shouldn't you be using something like GetProcessTimes function (processthreadsapi.h) instead of WMI?
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What's that to do with anything VB related?

That looks very weird... I'd start a separate thread about that vb6 binary if I were you.

Ignoring xiaoyaiao' gibbersiht completely. You are doing a good job faf.

Well, you'd be adding "sufficient functionality"... a slider, a control or two and some tests for OCX versions, you'd have a tool that provided sufficient functionality.