SCOUG OS/2 For You - August 1999

Q.  Dear Mr. Know-It-All,

I lost my Drives object. How do I get it back?

A.  This is a job for your regular Desktop backups. However, since you asked, you probably don't have one. Create a REXX CMD file (i.e. fixme.cmd) containing the lines:

The REXX comment must be the first line. Run fixme.cmd from an OS/2 command prompt. If all goes well, RESULT will be set to 1 and the Drives object will appear on the Desktop. You can then move it from the Desktop to the Connections folder.

This method can be used to recreate any Workplace Shell object as long as you know its Class, Object id and settings. The general form of SysCreateObject is:

where:

Class

is the object's class.

Title

is the name assigned to the object. This is what the WPS displays with the object's icon.

Location

is where to create the object. The desktop is often a good choice, but any valid location can be used.

Settings

are the object specific settings. Each setting is terminated by a semi-colon. For the types of objects you are likely to recreate using this technique, the OBJECTID value should be the only value you need to supply.

Option

is either Fail, Replace or Update. Only the first letter is needed. R is usually the best choice.

For example, if two weeks later you lose your drive D object and you still do not have a backup, the following would SysCreateObject call will recreate it.

This technique can sometimes correct corrupted Drive objects.