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How to access a file’s properties on Windows?

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Here is a function which reads all file attributes as a dictionary: import win32api #============================================================================== def getFileProperties(fname): #============================================================================== “”” Read all properties of the given file return them as a dictionary. “”” propNames = (‘Comments’, ‘InternalName’, ‘ProductName’, ‘CompanyName’, ‘LegalCopyright’, ‘ProductVersion’, ‘FileDescription’, ‘LegalTrademarks’, ‘PrivateBuild’, ‘FileVersion’, ‘OriginalFilename’, ‘SpecialBuild’) props = {‘FixedFileInfo’: None, ‘StringFileInfo’: None, ‘FileVersion’: None} try: … Read more

Power off an USB device in software on Windows

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Some USB hubs have the ability to turn power off to its downstream devices. “Is it possible to power up ports on a USB hub from Ubuntu?” https://askubuntu.com/questions/149242/is-it-possible-to-power-up-ports-on-a-usb-hub-from-ubuntu Which points to some c source for hub-ctrl.c See: http://www.gniibe.org/development/ac-power-control-by-USB-hub/index I tested this on Ubuntu with a Dream-Cheeky USB LED unit, and it did seem to turn … Read more

How to programmatically move Windows taskbar?

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I also have this need on Windows 7. Here is my take to do this using autohotkey script: ; This script will try to drag and move the taskbar to where the *current* mouse ; cursor is ; 0x111: WM_COMMAND, 424: lock/unlock taskbar, http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/Taskbar_Manipulation.aspx RegRead, TaskbarLocked, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced, TaskbarSizeMove If TaskbarLocked = 0 SendMessage 0x111, … Read more

Win10 dark theme – how to use in WINAPI?

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See https://github.com/ysc3839/win32-darkmode This guy has it all laid out in some nice reusable code (MIT license). It seems that Dark Mode is still an area of development in Windows 10, but I believe that Microsoft will eventually properly document and expose it to desktop apps. Until then, we are stuck with undocumented ordinal-only imports, then … Read more