Disable the application from the taskbar, start using Inno Setup

Question

I am developing the installer using the installer Inno Setup XP, Win7, 8. I need the application icon to be attached to the taskbar and start. So far, I could do it.

Now, when the user uninstalls this program, the pinned items should be detached. I could not find a solution.

Please guide.

Answer 1

You said you were using a function from this link. I assume from this post:

procedure zylPinAppToTaskbar(strPath, strApp: string);  
var  
  vShell, vFolder, vFolderItem, vItemVerbs: Variant;  
  vPath, vApp: Variant;
  i: Integer;
  sItem: String;
  h: LongInt;
  szPinName: String;
  filenameEnd : Integer;
  filename    : String;
  strEnd    : String;
begin 
  SetLength(szPinName, 255);
  h := LoadLibrary(ExpandConstant('{sys}\Shell32.dll'));
  LoadString(h, 5386, szPinName, 255);
  FreeLibrary(h);
  strEnd := #0;
  filenameEnd := Pos(strEnd, szPinName);
  filename := Copy(szPinName, 1, filenameEnd - 1);
  if (Length(filename) > 0) then  //WinXp or lower, no pin taskbar function
  begin
    vShell := CreateOleObject('Shell.Application');
    vPath := strPath;
    vFolder := vShell.NameSpace(vPath);
    vApp := strApp;
    vFolderItem := vFolder.ParseName(vApp);
    vItemVerbs := vFolderItem.Verbs;

  for i := 1 to vItemVerbs.Count do
  begin
    sItem := vItemVerbs.Item(i).Name;

    if (sItem = filename) then
    begin
      // 63 63 72 75 6E 2E 63 6F 6D
      vItemVerbs.Item(i).DoIt;
      break;
     end;
    end;
  end;
end;

( ). , . Shell32.dll , Pin , ( filename). Shell Folder ( vFolder). FolderItem (vFolderItem), (vItemVerbs ) , Name , Shell32.dll. , DoIt .

, , , , , , , - . Shell32.dll, Unpin 5387, , , :

// this magical 5386 value is the ID of the "Pin this program to taskbar"
// popup menu caption string in the Shell32.dll string table
LoadString(h, 5386, szPinName, 255);

:

// this magical 5387 value is the ID of the "Unpin this program from taskbar"
// popup menu caption string in the Shell32.dll string table
LoadString(h, 5387, szPinName, 255);

. , .

---

:

[Code]
#ifdef UNICODE
  #define AW "W"
#else
  #define AW "A"
#endif

const
  // these constants are not defined in Windows
  SHELL32_STRING_ID_PIN_TO_TASKBAR = 5386;
  SHELL32_STRING_ID_PIN_TO_STARTMENU = 5381;
  SHELL32_STRING_ID_UNPIN_FROM_TASKBAR = 5387;
  SHELL32_STRING_ID_UNPIN_FROM_STARTMENU = 5382;

type
  HINSTANCE = THandle;
  HMODULE = HINSTANCE;

  TPinDest = (
    pdTaskbar,
    pdStartMenu
  );

function LoadLibrary(lpFileName: string): HMODULE;
  external 'LoadLibrary{#AW}@kernel32.dll stdcall';
function FreeLibrary(hModule: HMODULE): BOOL;
  external '[e-mail] stdcall';
function LoadString(hInstance: HINSTANCE; uID: UINT;
  lpBuffer: string; nBufferMax: Integer): Integer;
  external 'LoadString{#AW}@user32.dll stdcall';

function TryGetVerbName(ID: UINT; out VerbName: string): Boolean;
var
  Buffer: string;
  BufLen: Integer;
  Handle: HMODULE;
begin
  Result := False;

  Handle := LoadLibrary(ExpandConstant('{sys}\Shell32.dll'));
  if Handle <> 0 then
  try
    SetLength(Buffer, 255);
    BufLen := LoadString(Handle, ID, Buffer, Length(Buffer));

    if BufLen <> 0 then
    begin
      Result := True;
      VerbName := Copy(Buffer, 1, BufLen);
    end;
  finally
    FreeLibrary(Handle);
  end;
end;

function ExecVerb(const FileName, VerbName: string): Boolean;
var
  I: Integer;
  Shell: Variant;
  Folder: Variant;
  FolderItem: Variant;
begin
  Result := False;

  Shell := CreateOleObject('Shell.Application');
  Folder := Shell.NameSpace(ExtractFilePath(FileName));
  FolderItem := Folder.ParseName(ExtractFileName(FileName));

  for I := 1 to FolderItem.Verbs.Count do
  begin
    if FolderItem.Verbs.Item(I).Name = VerbName then
    begin
      FolderItem.Verbs.Item(I).DoIt;
      Result := True;
      Exit;
    end;
  end;  
end;

function PinAppTo(const FileName: string; PinDest: TPinDest): Boolean;
var
  ResStrID: UINT;
  VerbName: string;
begin
  case PinDest of
    pdTaskbar: ResStrID := SHELL32_STRING_ID_PIN_TO_TASKBAR;
    pdStartMenu: ResStrID := SHELL32_STRING_ID_PIN_TO_STARTMENU;
  end;
  Result := TryGetVerbName(ResStrID, VerbName) and ExecVerb(FileName, VerbName);
end;

function UnpinAppFrom(const FileName: string; PinDest: TPinDest): Boolean;
var
  ResStrID: UINT;
  VerbName: string;
begin
  case PinDest of
    pdTaskbar: ResStrID := SHELL32_STRING_ID_UNPIN_FROM_TASKBAR;
    pdStartMenu: ResStrID := SHELL32_STRING_ID_UNPIN_FROM_STARTMENU;
  end;
  Result := TryGetVerbName(ResStrID, VerbName) and ExecVerb(FileName, VerbName);
end;

:

if PinAppTo(ExpandConstant('{sys}\calc.exe'), pdTaskbar) then
  MsgBox('Calc has been pinned to the taskbar.', mbInformation, MB_OK);
if PinAppTo(ExpandConstant('{sys}\calc.exe'), pdStartMenu) then
  MsgBox('Calc has been pinned to the start menu.', mbInformation, MB_OK);

:

if UnpinAppFrom(ExpandConstant('{sys}\calc.exe'), pdTaskbar) then
  MsgBox('Calc is not pinned to the taskbar anymore.', mbInformation, MB_OK);
if UnpinAppFrom(ExpandConstant('{sys}\calc.exe'), pdStartMenu) then
  MsgBox('Calc is not pinned to the start menu anymore.', mbInformation, MB_OK);

Answer 2

. .

oShell := CreateOleObject('Shell.Application');
objFolder := oShell.Namespace(ExpandConstant('{localappdata}\My_Path'));
objFolderItem := objFolder.ParseName('MyApp.exe');
colVerbs := objFolderItem.Verbs();
for i := 0 to colverbs.count() do
begin
   VerbName := lowercase(colverbs.item(i).name);
   StringChangeEx(VerbName,'&','',true);
   if (CompareText(Verbname, 'Pin to Start Menu') = 0) then
     colverbs.item(i).DoIt
   if (CompareText(Verbname, 'Pin to Taskbar') = 0) then
     colverbs.item(i).DoIt
end;

"Unpin from Start Menu" "Unpin from Taskbar" .