Properties can open last used section when starting

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Tested on build 22000.318 and 22000.346 (currently in Windows Insider beta and r
 * Fixed an issue that prevented "Restore default settings" in the "Properties" UI from working (#374) (.3)
 * Improved some wording in the Properties UI (#377) (.4)
 * Added option to show separators between toolbars in the taskbar (#379) (.4)
+* "Properties" is restarted when doing an install/update and closed when uninstalling the application (.5)
+* "Properties" can open the last used section when starting (.5)
 
 ## 22000.318.36
 

ExplorerPatcher/GUI.c

@@ -79,6 +79,62 @@ static HRESULT GUI_AboutProc(
     return S_OK;
 }
 
+static void GUI_SetSection(GUI* _this, BOOL bCheckEnablement, int dwSection)
+{
+    _this->section = dwSection;
+
+    HKEY hKey = NULL;
+    DWORD dwSize = sizeof(DWORD);
+    RegCreateKeyExW(
+        HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
+        TEXT(REGPATH),
+        0,
+        NULL,
+        REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE,
+        KEY_READ | KEY_WOW64_64KEY | KEY_WRITE,
+        NULL,
+        &hKey,
+        NULL
+    );
+    if (hKey == NULL || hKey == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    BOOL bEnabled = FALSE;
+    if (bCheckEnablement)
+    {
+        dwSize = sizeof(DWORD);
+        RegQueryValueExW(
+            hKey,
+            TEXT("LastSectionInProperties"),
+            0,
+            NULL,
+            &bEnabled,
+            &dwSize
+        );
+        dwSection++;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        bEnabled = TRUE;
+    }
+
+    if (bEnabled)
+    {
+        RegSetValueExW(
+            hKey,
+            TEXT("LastSectionInProperties"),
+            0,
+            REG_DWORD,
+            &dwSection,
+            sizeof(DWORD)
+        );
+    }
+
+    RegCloseKey(hKey);
+}
+
 static BOOL GUI_Build(HDC hDC, HWND hwnd, POINT pt)
 {
     GUI* _this;
@@ -190,6 +246,7 @@ static BOOL GUI_Build(HDC hDC, HWND hwnd, POINT pt)
             SetBkMode(hdcPaint, TRANSPARENT);
         }
 
+        BOOL bWasSpecifiedSectionValid = FALSE;
         FILE* f = fmemopen(pRscr, cbRscr, "r");
         char* line = malloc(MAX_LINE_LENGTH * sizeof(char));
         wchar_t* text = malloc((MAX_LINE_LENGTH + 3) * sizeof(wchar_t)); 
@@ -198,6 +255,10 @@ static BOOL GUI_Build(HDC hDC, HWND hwnd, POINT pt)
         size_t bufsiz = MAX_LINE_LENGTH, numChRd = 0, tabOrder = 1, currentSection = -1, topAdj = 0;
         while ((numChRd = getline(&line, &bufsiz, f)) != -1)
         {
+            if (currentSection == _this->section)
+            {
+                bWasSpecifiedSectionValid = TRUE;
+            }
             if (strcmp(line, "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n") && strcmp(line, "\r\n") && (currentSection == -1 || currentSection == _this->section || !strncmp(line, ";T ", 3) || !strncmp(line, ";f", 2)))
             {
 #ifndef USE_PRIVATE_INTERFACES
@@ -322,7 +383,7 @@ static BOOL GUI_Build(HDC hDC, HWND hwnd, POINT pt)
                         rcTemp.bottom = rcText.bottom;
                         if (PtInRect(&rcTemp, pt))
                         {
-                            _this->section = currentSection + 1;
+                            GUI_SetSection(_this, TRUE, currentSection + 1);
                             InvalidateRect(hwnd, NULL, FALSE);
                         }
                     }
@@ -790,7 +851,8 @@ static BOOL GUI_Build(HDC hDC, HWND hwnd, POINT pt)
                         wchar_t* p = wcschr(name, L'"');
                         if (p) *p = 0;
                         HKEY hKey = NULL;
-                        BOOL bIsHKLM = wcsstr(section, L"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE");
+                        wchar_t* bIsHKLM = wcsstr(section, L"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE");
+                        bIsHKLM = !bIsHKLM ? NULL : ((bIsHKLM - section) < 3);
                         DWORD dwDisposition;
                         DWORD dwSize = sizeof(DWORD);
                         DWORD value = FALSE;
@@ -1069,6 +1131,10 @@ static BOOL GUI_Build(HDC hDC, HWND hwnd, POINT pt)
                                 {
                                     value = !value;
                                 }
+                                if (!wcscmp(name, L"LastSectionInProperties") && wcsstr(section, _T(REGPATH)) && value)
+                                {
+                                    value = _this->section + 1;
+                                }
                                 RegSetValueExW(
                                     hKey,
                                     name,
@@ -1264,6 +1330,11 @@ static BOOL GUI_Build(HDC hDC, HWND hwnd, POINT pt)
         free(name);
         free(text);
         free(line);
+        if (!bWasSpecifiedSectionValid)
+        {
+            GUI_SetSection(_this, FALSE, 0);
+            InvalidateRect(hwnd, NULL, FALSE);
+        }
 
         SelectObject(hdcPaint, hOldFont);
         if (!hDC)
@@ -1310,9 +1381,70 @@ static BOOL GUI_Build(HDC hDC, HWND hwnd, POINT pt)
             dwMaxHeight,
             SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOACTIVATE
         );
+
+        DWORD dwReadSection = 0;
+
+        HKEY hKey = NULL;
+        DWORD dwSize = sizeof(DWORD);
+        RegCreateKeyExW(
+            HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
+            TEXT(REGPATH),
+            0,
+            NULL,
+            REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE,
+            KEY_READ | KEY_WOW64_64KEY | KEY_WRITE,
+            NULL,
+            &hKey,
+            NULL
+        );
+        if (hKey == NULL || hKey == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+        {
+            hKey = NULL;
+        }
+        if (hKey)
+        {
+            dwReadSection = 0;
+            dwSize = sizeof(DWORD);
+            RegQueryValueExW(
+                hKey,
+                TEXT("LastSectionInProperties"),
+                0,
+                NULL,
+                &dwReadSection,
+                &dwSize
+            );
+            if (dwReadSection)
+            {
+                _this->section = dwReadSection - 1;
+            }
+            dwReadSection = 0;
+            dwSize = sizeof(DWORD);
+            RegQueryValueExW(
+                hKey,
+                TEXT("OpenPropertiesAtNextStart"),
+                0,
+                NULL,
+                &dwReadSection,
+                &dwSize
+            );
+            if (dwReadSection)
+            {
+                _this->section = dwReadSection - 1;
+                dwReadSection = 0;
+                RegSetValueExW(
+                    hKey,
+                    TEXT("OpenPropertiesAtNextStart"),
+                    0,
+                    REG_DWORD,
+                    &dwReadSection,
+                    sizeof(DWORD)
+                );
+            }
+            RegCloseKey(hKey);
+        }
+
         _this->bCalcExtent = FALSE;
         InvalidateRect(hwnd, NULL, FALSE);
-
     }
 
     EndBufferedPaint(hBufferedPaint, TRUE);
@@ -1444,10 +1576,10 @@ static LRESULT CALLBACK GUI_WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPAR
             return 0;
         }
         // this should be determined from the file, but for now it works
-        else if (wParam >= 0x30 + 1 && wParam <= 0x30 + 9) 
+        else if (wParam >= '1' && wParam <= '9') 
         {
             _this->tabOrder = 0;
-            _this->section = wParam - 0x30 - 1;
+            GUI_SetSection(_this, TRUE, wParam - '1');
             InvalidateRect(hWnd, NULL, FALSE);
             return 0;
         }
@@ -1515,6 +1647,10 @@ static LRESULT CALLBACK GUI_WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPAR
         EndPaint(hWnd, &ps);
         return 0;
     }
+    else if (uMsg == WM_MSG_GUI_SECTION && wParam == WM_MSG_GUI_SECTION_GET)
+    {
+        return _this->section + 1;
+    }
     return DefWindowProc(hWnd, uMsg, wParam, lParam);
 }
 
@@ -1528,7 +1664,6 @@ __declspec(dllexport) int ZZGUI(HWND hWnd, HINSTANCE hInstance, LPSTR lpszCmdLin
     }
 
     HKEY hKey = NULL;
-    DWORD dwDisposition;
     DWORD dwSize = sizeof(DWORD);
     RegCreateKeyExW(
         HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
@@ -1536,48 +1671,51 @@ __declspec(dllexport) int ZZGUI(HWND hWnd, HINSTANCE hInstance, LPSTR lpszCmdLin
         0,
         NULL,
         REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE,
-        KEY_READ,
+        KEY_READ | KEY_WOW64_64KEY,
         NULL,
         &hKey,
-        &dwDisposition
+        NULL
     );
     if (hKey == NULL || hKey == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
     {
         hKey = NULL;
     }
     DWORD bAllocConsole = FALSE;
-    RegQueryValueExW(
-        hKey,
-        TEXT("AllocConsole"),
-        0,
-        NULL,
-        &bAllocConsole,
-        &dwSize
-    );
-    if (bAllocConsole)
-    {
-        FILE* conout;
-        AllocConsole();
-        freopen_s(
-            &conout,
-            "CONOUT$",
-            "w",
-            stdout
-        );
-    }
-    dwSize = LOCALE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH;
-    locale = GetUserDefaultUILanguage();
-    RegQueryValueExW(
-        hKey,
-        TEXT("Language"),
-        0,
-        NULL,
-        &locale,
-        &dwSize
-    );
     if (hKey)
     {
-        RegCloseKey(hKey);
+        dwSize = sizeof(DWORD);
+        RegQueryValueExW(
+            hKey,
+            TEXT("AllocConsole"),
+            0,
+            NULL,
+            &bAllocConsole,
+            &dwSize
+        );
+        if (bAllocConsole)
+        {
+            FILE* conout;
+            AllocConsole();
+            freopen_s(
+                &conout,
+                "CONOUT$",
+                "w",
+                stdout
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    locale = GetUserDefaultUILanguage();
+    dwSize = LOCALE_NAME_MAX_LENGTH;
+    if (hKey)
+    {
+        RegQueryValueExW(
+            hKey,
+            TEXT("Language"),
+            0,
+            NULL,
+            &locale,
+            &dwSize
+        );
     }
 
     wchar_t wszPath[MAX_PATH];
@@ -1620,6 +1758,7 @@ __declspec(dllexport) int ZZGUI(HWND hWnd, HINSTANCE hInstance, LPSTR lpszCmdLin
     SetProcessDpiAwarenessContext(DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT_PER_MONITOR_AWARE_V2);
 
     GUI _this;
+    ZeroMemory(&_this, sizeof(GUI));
     _this.hBackgroundBrush = (HBRUSH)(CreateSolidBrush(RGB(255, 255, 255)));// (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);
     _this.location.x = GUI_POSITION_X;
     _this.location.y = GUI_POSITION_Y;
@@ -1749,6 +1888,10 @@ __declspec(dllexport) int ZZGUI(HWND hWnd, HINSTANCE hInstance, LPSTR lpszCmdLin
         }
     }
     ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_SHOW);
+    if (hKey)
+    {
+        RegCloseKey(hKey);
+    }
 
     MSG msg = { 0 };
     while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0))

ExplorerPatcher/dllmain.c

@@ -3430,16 +3430,9 @@ void WINAPI LoadSettings(BOOL bIsExplorer)
         );
         if (dwTemp)
         {
+#ifdef _WIN64
             LaunchPropertiesGUI(hModule);
-            dwTemp = 0;
+#endif
-            RegSetValueExW(
-                hKey,
-                TEXT("OpenPropertiesAtNextStart"),
-                0,
-                REG_DWORD,
-                &dwTemp,
-                sizeof(DWORD)
-            );
         }
         RegCloseKey(hKey);
     }

ExplorerPatcher/settings.reg

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 "OldTaskbar"=dword:00000001
 ;y More taskbar options in the Settings app 🡕
 ;ms-settings:taskbar
-;t The following additional settings only apply to the Windows 10 taskbar:                        
+;t The following settings only apply to the Windows 10 taskbar:                          
 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
 ;c 3 Combine taskbar icons on main taskbar
 ;x 0 Always combine
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@
 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ExplorerPatcher]
 ;b Show separators between toolbars *
 "ToolbarSeparators"=dword:00000000
-;b Add shortcut to program settings in Win+X menu
+;t 
-"PropertiesInWinX"=dword:00000000
+;t 
 
 ;T System tray
-;y Enable missing system tray icons 🡕
+;y Customize notification area icons 🡕
+;shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
+;y Customize system icons in the notification area 🡕
 ;shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}\SystemIcons
 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
 ;b Show seconds in the clock
@@ -131,8 +133,8 @@
 @="{64bc32b5-4eec-4de7-972d-bd8bd0324537}"
 
 ;t ________________________
-;e For the settings marked with (**) to work in Open/Save file dialogs as well, register this
+;e For the settings marked with (**) to work in Open/Save file dialogs as well, register
-;e utility as shell extension using the option above.
+;e this utility as shell extension using the option above.
 ;y Learn more 🡕
 ;https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/wiki/Using-ExplorerPatcher-as-shell-extension
 
@@ -286,11 +288,21 @@
 
 
 ;T Other
-[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ExplorerPatcher]
+[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ExplorerPatcher]
+;b Remember last used section in this window
+"LastSectionInProperties"=dword:00000000
 ;b Open clock flyout when pressing Win+C instead of Microsoft Teams
 "ClockFlyoutOnWinC"=dword:00000000
 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
-;c 6 Default action in shutdown dialog (Alt+F4 on desktop)
+;b Show Command Prompt instead of PowerShell in Win+X menu *
+"DontUsePowerShellOnWinX"=dword:00000000
+[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ExplorerPatcher]
+;b Add shortcut to program settings in Win+X menu
+"PropertiesInWinX"=dword:00000000
+;b Remove shortcut key from program settings item in Win+X menu
+"NoMenuAccelerator"=dword:00000000
+[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
+;c 6 Default action in the Alt+F4 dialog on the desktop
 ;x 256 Switch user
 ;x 1 Sign out
 ;x 16 Sleep
@@ -298,11 +310,6 @@
 ;x 2 Shut down (default)
 ;x 4 Restart
 "Start_PowerButtonAction"=dword:00000002
-;b Show Command Prompt instead of PowerShell in Win+X menu *
-"DontUsePowerShellOnWinX"=dword:00000000
-[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ExplorerPatcher]
-;b Remove shortcut key from program settings item in Win+X menu
-"NoMenuAccelerator"=dword:00000000
 
 
 ;T Updates
@@ -324,9 +331,8 @@
 
 
 ;T Advanced
-;t Only change these settings if you know what you are doing. You've been warned!
 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ExplorerPatcher]
-;b Enable console *
+;b Enable console
 "AllocConsole"=dword:00000000
 ;b Dump memory leaks
 "Memcheck"=dword:00000000

ExplorerPatcher/utility.h

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 #define DEFAULT_UPDATE_URL "https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases/latest/download/"
 #define TOAST_BUFSIZ 1024
 
+#define WM_MSG_GUI_SECTION WM_USER + 1
+#define WM_MSG_GUI_SECTION_GET 1
+
 // This allows compiling with older Windows SDKs as well
 #ifndef DWMWA_USE_HOSTBACKDROPBRUSH
 #define DWMWA_USE_HOSTBACKDROPBRUSH 17            // [set] BOOL, Allows the use of host backdrop brushes for the window.

ep_setup/ep_setup.c

@@ -381,46 +381,50 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain(
             CloseHandle(sei.hProcess);
         }
 
-        DWORD dwGUIPid = 0;
+        HWND hWnd = FindWindowW(L"ExplorerPatcher_GUI_" _T(EP_CLSID), NULL);
-        GetWindowThreadProcessId(FindWindowW(L"ExplorerPatcher_GUI_" _T(EP_CLSID), NULL), &dwGUIPid);
+        if (hWnd)
-        if (dwGUIPid)
         {
-            HANDLE hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, FALSE, dwGUIPid);
+            DWORD dwGUIPid = 0;
-            if (hProcess)
+            GetWindowThreadProcessId(hWnd, &dwGUIPid);
+            if (dwGUIPid)
             {
-                TerminateProcess(hProcess, 0);
+                HANDLE hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, FALSE, dwGUIPid);
-                CloseHandle(hProcess);
+                if (hProcess)
-
-                HKEY hKey = NULL;
-                DWORD dwSize = 0;
-
-                RegCreateKeyExW(
-                    HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
-                    TEXT(REGPATH),
-                    0,
-                    NULL,
-                    REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE,
-                    KEY_READ | KEY_WOW64_64KEY | KEY_WRITE,
-                    NULL,
-                    &hKey,
-                    NULL
-                );
-                if (hKey == NULL || hKey == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
                 {
-                    hKey = NULL;
+                    DWORD dwSection = SendMessageW(hWnd, WM_MSG_GUI_SECTION, WM_MSG_GUI_SECTION_GET, 0);
-                }
+
-                if (hKey)
+                    TerminateProcess(hProcess, 0);
-                {
+                    CloseHandle(hProcess);
-                    dwSize = TRUE;
+
-                    RegSetValueExW(
+                    HKEY hKey = NULL;
-                        hKey,
+
-                        TEXT("OpenPropertiesAtNextStart"),
+                    RegCreateKeyExW(
+                        HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
+                        TEXT(REGPATH),
                         0,
-                        REG_DWORD,
+                        NULL,
-                        &dwSize,
+                        REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE,
-                        sizeof(DWORD)
+                        KEY_READ | KEY_WOW64_64KEY | KEY_WRITE,
+                        NULL,
+                        &hKey,
+                        NULL
                     );
-                    RegCloseKey(hKey);
+                    if (hKey == NULL || hKey == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+                    {
+                        hKey = NULL;
+                    }
+                    if (hKey)
+                    {
+                        RegSetValueExW(
+                            hKey,
+                            TEXT("OpenPropertiesAtNextStart"),
+                            0,
+                            REG_DWORD,
+                            &dwSection,
+                            sizeof(DWORD)
+                        );
+                        RegCloseKey(hKey);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }

version.h

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #define VER_MAJOR 22000
 #define VER_MINOR 318
 #define VER_BUILD_HI    37
-#define VER_BUILD_LO 4
+#define VER_BUILD_LO 5
 #define VER_FLAGS   VS_FF_PRERELEASE
 
 
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 #define VER_STR(arg) #arg
 
 // The String form of the version numbers
-#define VER_FILE_STRING VALUE "FileVersion", "22000.318.37.4"
+#define VER_FILE_STRING VALUE "FileVersion", "22000.318.37.5"
-#define VER_PRODUCT_STRING VALUE "ProductVersion", "22000.318.37.4"
+#define VER_PRODUCT_STRING VALUE "ProductVersion", "22000.318.37.5"