I am trying to run Litestep over explorer (not using the installer) and I know this is not really supported, but I have 2 questions that I can't seem to figure out:

1)Is there a way to keep the Windows taskbar "hidden or behind Litestep" without killing explorer so that I can use Litestep over explorer?

2)How can I give my theme a wallpaper to use so when I close Litestep, the computers' original wallpaper returns?

P.S. I would prefer to NOT edit the registry to accomplish either of these tasks as I am aiming for a portable version of Litestep.

Thanks

It is supported by the application...just isn't done much by its users.

1) Well you could always set the taskbar to autohide or just load modules to cover it as AlwaysOnTop.

2) Im not thinking this is going to be possible without the help of an outside process.

You could have a startup script read and store the wallpaper in use when LS is started, and then restore it on exit. The relevant registry keys are:
You can probably use regedit in command line mode to export these at startup, then reload them when LS quits. Otherwise you can use vbscript to manipulate them.

The following snippet of vbscript will force an update of the desktop after the old wallpaper value has been written back into the registry.

Alternatively you could execute the command from a batch file, or directly from the LS bang that runs on exit (e.g., with the systemevents-0.2 module).

@ DeViLbOi: (referring to #2)Do you know of any applications to do this?

@ Boreas: Ok, thanks...I could probably write something in AutoIt to do that...I was just hoping that there was some "magic" way to accomplish this without editing the registry....

Also, has anyone been successful with what I'm trying to do? - Make Litestep portable...

There is an entire LSPortable package that was designed to run off a thumb drive. The original site seems to be down, however. Maybe someone else has an active link or a copy they can post somewhere?

Hmmm...I tried to find that package, but no luck...


Does anyone have LSPortable.zip? Or point me to it?

Thanks

I found a copy I'd downloaded a while back - I'll send it to you. I've never actually *tried* it, mind you.

Very nice! Thank you Boreas!!

I'm gonna check out the code and try it out. I'll post what I find.

buymeapc :: Best guess would be a shell manager like ShellOn or Carapace. Basically the external application would need to detect the LS process and change the wallpaper when it is running.