I think it is showing the real accounts, with the `hidden` accounts, such as the help and support account, if you have VMWare installed, __vmware_user__ and other things. You could try: For Each oresult In ocollection Dim oname As String = oresult("Name").ToString If Not oname.StartsWith("SUPPORT") Then If oname <> "__vmware_user__" Then If oname <> "ASPNET" Then If oname <> "HelpAssistant" Then textBox1.Text = oname & " " End If End If End If End If I don't know if this'll work very well.

Christian Graus wrote: Maybe if you were not also an MVP.... This could be one of those cases where I think we should change those lines to "Village Idiot". Maybe they'll listen then? Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007

Yes. You may do so by creating a timer. Inside the timer Tick() event, type system.diagnostics.process.kill("<processname>"), where <processname> is the process you wish to end. Please mail me with any questions or comments. Best Regards, Richard Faulkner

I am sorry to say this, but you most likely have no option of doing so unless you patch(modify the resources) of explorer.exe. I suggest you rather add your program to the control panel. One way of doing this is by purchasing a third-party program that adds programs to the control panel. Another free option is to download this VBScript file. You need to edit it, because it was originally for placing TweakUI to the control panel. Please mail me with any questions or comments. Best Regards Richard Faulkner

This is used to tell the .NET CLR how to marshal arguments back and forth when doing interop between managed and unmanaged code, such as when calling into the Win32 API. You can find out more by reading the .NET Developers Guide - Interoperating with Unmanaged Code[^] section. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007

Actually, there is a quite simple way. Type the code below, where <code>; is the action you want when the form is minimized: Private Sub Form1_SizeChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.SizeChanged If Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized Then End If End Sub Please mail me with any questions or comments. Best Regards, Richard Faulkner

Hello The withevents key word means that you can enable the catching of events in that object. If you are accessing a class with events you need to insert that keyword to catch them.If not you can still access the methods, properties... but you won´t catch events. 'Main Form Private WithEvents Catch_Event as new Test Private Sub Test_Result (ByVal Value as Integer) Handles Catch_Event.Test_Result End Sub 'Class Test Public Class Test Public Event Test_Result (ByVal Value as Integer) Public Function StartEvent() RaiseEvent Test_Result (10) End Function End Class Hope it Helps

I take it you're looking for something to give you the path to the Documents and Settings folder?? You don't need the API to do it: Imports System.IO Dim profilesPath As String profilesPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERPROFILE")) Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007

amaneet wrote: As the executiable files of the machine resides into the registry I think you've asked this question before... .EXE's are NOT stored in the registry. Indexes to COM components, which are supplied to certain .EXE's and .DLL's, are stored there. amaneet wrote: What keysin the registry allows the user to open the yahoo messanger There are no keys that allow this. amaneet wrote: Administrator can prevent the user to stop openning a particular exe. This is controlled by Group Policy. Pickup a copy of the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit to learn more about it. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007

Yes, you have to add a Reference to the System.Management.dll. It contains the entire System.Management namespace. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007

Thanks to both of u.

There's a start folder in the start menu, you can put a shortcut there. There's also a Run registry key in the Windows sub keys, you can put the path there. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

well you can do this thing by making a public member object look at this in form one under a button clicking event dim myform as new form2 myform.yourpublicmember= textbox1.text in form two in form load event Public YourPublicMember As String Private Sub Form2_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Label1.Text = YourPublicMember End Sub

Can you write some code to have it go through the "document and settings" directory on the system and count the number of profile directories. Just remember to subtract at least 3 for Administrator, Default User, and All Users. David

Thanks sir/Madam

amaneet wrote: Can i list all the exes using the registry.in vb.net 2005. Of course not. Not every exe on your machine exists in the registry, only COM dlls, and files that have been recently used, etc. amaneet wrote: Is there any way out to sort out this as well. Of course. Write a list of files you want to ignore, and write code to ignore them. I see no hard and fast rule, it looks to me like you want to write an exclusion list. On what basis did you want to exclude them ? Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

Hi, Here an example. U have 2 dlls : DLL1 and DLL2. In DLL1 u have a class Employee with a method Fire() In DLL2 u have a class Boss. 1- if u declare the Fire method as protected, in the boss class u can invoke the Fire method and U cannot invoke the fire method anywhere else the Boss class 2- if u declare it as Internal : u can invoke the fire method anywhere in DLL1 but not in DLL2. U cannot also view the method in the Boss class (because it's in the DLL2) 3- If u declare it as Internal protected, u can only invoke the method from a class inheriting from Employee located in the DLL1. HTH. Hayder Marzouk