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Cut, copy, and paste using API functions

Copying and pasting text and images programmatically isn’t difficult at all, using the methods of the Clipboard object. However, implementing a generic Edit menu that copies and pastes the highlighted

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SetFolderIcon – Associate an icon to a folder

Private Declare Function SetFileAttributes Lib “kernel32” Alias _ “SetFileAttributesA” (ByVal lpFileName As String, ByVal dwFileAttributes As _ Long) As Long’ Associate an icon to a folder, by creating a desktop.ini

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SaveRegToFile – Save a registry subkey to a .reg file

Private Const HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT = &H80000000Private Const HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG = &H80000005Private Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001Private Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002Private Const HKEY_USERS = &H80000003’Save the specified registry’s key and (optionally) its subkeys to