Re: REQ: How to create groups in Windows?

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From: Eric Kenslow
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 23:13

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reza@njmsa.UMDNJ.EDU (Syed Reza) wrote:

>Chris_Watson_at_ATLMAIL@burlington.marcam.com (Chris Watson) writes:

>>Could somebody e-mail on how to create groups and items in Program
>>Manager?  Will it also work in Windows 95?  Please email me with this
>>information and possibly examples.  Thanks.

>>email:  Chris_Watson_at_ATLMAIL@burlington.marcam.com

>Well, I don't have time to get you the exact details...but you can 
>add/edit groups in windows by editing the ".ini" file in windows 
>directory. It is in ASCII text format so your program could very easily 
>manipulate the file.

This solution won't work with Win95 as the original poster wanted,
because Windows after 3.11 uses the registry database to store stuff
that used to be in the .ini files.

What you need to do is some DDE with the program manager (or whatever
shell is loaded).  Send it a 'ddeCreateGroup' message or somesuch.
Your compiler's documentation should have a reference.  If not, go to
Microsoft's ftp site (they don't have all the files on their web site
yet) and look in their software library:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com

>Good Luck !
>Syed

/* Eric Kenslow - kenslowe@sparky.oit.osshe.edu
 * Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 23:13:23 GMT
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