Trying to execute .SCF file from nnCron using hotkey

[LuckMan212]

hello. I don't show "quick launch" toolbar on my desktop-- it takes too much space. So I sometimes want to Show Desktop (hides all open windows) so I made hotkey in nnCron to do this:

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#( CLASSIC-TASK-#-HK_show_desktop
WatchHotKey: "^+9"
AsLoggedUser
NoLog
Action:
<VBScript>
   set Shell = WScript.CreateObject("Shell.Application")
   Shell.Open "%FOLDER-APP-DATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show Desktop.scf"
</SCRIPT>
)#

This works but sometimes it is very slow to respond (2-3 seconds). I would like to make a better method that calls this ".scf" file directly without the use of VBScript.

I tried smth like:

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S" cmd.exe /c start %FOLDER-APP-DATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show Desktop.scf" StartApp DROP

but it gives errors.

can you suggest a way that I might achieve this?
thanks
nncron.exe v 1.91 Build 1083 21.03.2006

[Valery_Kondakoff]

There is an example in the docs - how to run applications using *.lnk files: http://www.nncron.ru/help/EN/add_info/t ... ks.htm#lnk . You can use it to run *.scf files.

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#( test_scf
NoActive
CREATE path_var 256 ALLOT
Action:
FOLDER-APP-DATA path_var PLACE
S" \Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show Desktop.scf" path_var +PLACE
5 0 0 path_var COUNT S>ZALLOC Z" open" 0 ShellExecuteA DROP
)#

[LuckMan212]

works!
brilliant thank you

[Valery_Kondakoff]

you can make this example shorter and easier to understand just by using the exact path. like this:

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#( test_scf
NoActive
Action:
5 0 0 Z" C:\Documents and Settings\kondakov\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show Desktop.scf" Z" open" 0 ShellExecuteA DROP
)#

[LuckMan212]

thanks Valery!
is there anyway to substitute
C:\Documents and Settings\kondakov\Application Data\

with
%FOLDER-APP-DATA%

I dont know how to insert this using Postfix notation.

somthing about EVAL-SUBST maybe?
I tried:
5 0 0 Z" %FOLDER-APP-DATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show Desktop.scf" EVAL-SUBST Z" open" 0 ShellExecuteA DROP

but this gave an internal nnCron error...

[Valery_Kondakoff]

Of course, there is a way... Use au-string with EVAL-SUBST to substitute FOLDER-APP-DATA and the convert it to az-string:

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#( test_scf1
NoActive
Action:
5 0 0 S" %FOLDER-APP-DATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Show Desktop.scf" EVAL-SUBST S>ZALLOC Z" open" 0 ShellExecuteA DROP
)#