[Google-Desktop-Developer] Re: Plugin installer: closing sidebar or shutting down the GDS

I have had it with you guys

I am tired of deleting all of your email. I do not use you side bar and I
am not going to.

I have tried to cancel my subscription to the web site.

I have tried to strike my name for you roster.

I have ask those that wend me mail to stop.

I have had people tell me to stop diluting the website with my garbage.

NOTHING WORKS

if you don't want my garbage quite sending me mail.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cat" <cat@vv.carleton.ca>
To: "Google Desktop Developer Group"
<Google-Desktop-Developer@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:44 AM
Subject: [Google-Desktop-Developer] Re: Plugin installer: closing sidebar or
shutting down the GDS

>
> I've been running into a similar problem. I unregister the plugin using
> regsvr32 /u, and the panel disappears from the Sidebar, but the DLL is
> still used by the GoogleDesktopDisplay process. As as result, linking
> my project fails. I'm unsure whether this is a DLL reference count
> problem in my DLL or if it is indeed a bug in GD.
>
> The way I force GD to release my DLL is to change the display state of
> GD to "None" (right-click on tray icon, select None) and then change it
> back to Sidebar. Here's some code that works on my machine:
>
> HWND hGDMon = FindWindow(_T("_GD_Mon"), NULL);
> if(hGDMon) {
> SendMessage(hGDMon, WM_COMMAND, 8470 /* None */, 0);
> Sleep(5000);
> SendMessage(hGDMon, WM_COMMAND, 8467 /* Sidebar */, 0);
> }
>
> I can see at least two bugs of this method: you don't know what the
> initial state of the GD was (i.e., the user could have set it to
> Deskbar, and you're resetting it to Sidebar); also, it's
> version-dependent (even though these parameters don't look like they
> will change any time soon, they are undocumented internals on which
> Google makes no guarantee). But hey, it works.
>
> Note: For the curious, these "magic" command IDs are actually the IDs
> of the corresponding localized string resources in
> GoogleDesktopResources_XX.dll (where XX is your language code).
>
> -cat
>
>