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The DESKTOP.INF file
a few known tidbits
WARNING: this is NOT official! Use at your own risk! Anything I'm not pretty sure about is accompanied by "?". If you know something I don't, let me (C.I.S. 70317,1707) know, por favor.
#a and #b - key initial and repeat, keyclick and bell (I think)
#? parameters comments
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#c color pallettes in octal with no spaces
#d ? ??
#D %g %i %lt %f document icon (D for doc?)
#F %g %i %lt %f folder icon (F for folder?)
#G %i %g %lt %f application is GEM (G for GEM?)
#M %ix %iy %i %lt %d %lbl file cabinet icon
#P %i %g %lt %f [%inst] TOS with command tail, also used to 'install'
#T %ix %iy %i %lt %d %lbl trash can icon
#W %hs %vs %cx %cy %w %h %hst %p always 4, in order of draw, last draw is top
#E %d %d display as: text,icon; sort by: date,type,etc.
%i = icon: 00-file cabinet, 01-document, 02-trash, 03-program, 04-folder
%vs = vertical slider
%hs = horizontal slider
%lt = icon letter - has no effect inside windows(rats!)
%lbl = icon label
%hst = history(?)
%cx = x position in character cell units
%cy = y position in character cell units
%h = height in character cell units
%w = width in character cell units
%ix = x position in icon cell units
%iy = y position in icon cell units
%f = file name of application
%ins = sufix of installed application
%p = path
%g = (FF: AES shell handles this; 04: GEMDOS handles this)?
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#W 00 00 30 01 1E 17 08 A:\PATHNAME\*.*@
\\ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \_____________/
\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \_______%p
\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \_______________%hst
\\ \ \ \ \ \ \
\\ \ \ \ \ \ \________________%h
\\ \ \ \ \ \
\\ \ \ \ \ \_________________%w
\\ \ \ \ \
\\ \ \ \ \__________________%cy
\\ \ \ \
\\ \ \ \___________________%cx
\\ \ \
\\ \ \____________________%vs
\\ \
\\ \_____________________%hs
\\
\\_____________________"W" for window
\
\____________________desktop preprocessor?! 
