First of all, I'm not going to mention the language that I'm using because I don't want anyone to just hand me the code (that'd take the fun out of it). So all I want is a clue as to how I can detect when the mouse is over a desktop icon. By a clue, I mean for example, the name of an API that might help me. Or is there another direction I should look into? I've previously used VB, but now I need to go beyond it's limitations (although the above can probably be done in VB). I have noticed that the language I have now chosen to learn doesn't get mentioned on this forum very much. I know that I'm probably taking the hardest route, but I believe I'll learn more this way. Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.

OK, I've had a bit of a look around and from what I have read, I'll need a global hook of the mouse events. Can anyone verify this for me? Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.

Yeah. So what language are you using? The suspense is killing me! Chi They mostly come at night...mostly.