This topic has been moved from http://gbatemp.net/t...nds-iconhandler,
because the project is renamed from "NDS IconHandler" to "NDS ExplorerEx"


i have created an Windows-Explorer-Extension (NDS ExplorerEx). Its shows the NDS-Game-Image as Icon and Game-infos as ToolTip.

Features

• shows the ROM-Image as icon
• shows ROM-infos as tooltip
• trim & untrim ROMs
• rename ROMs

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History

v.1.1.0

• only one Installer for x86 and x64
• shows CRC (original-rom-crc from database and the real file-crc) in Info-Tip
• fix auto-update-stuff
• fix some little bugs
• includes rom-database v5968

v.1.0.8

• database now based on http://advanscene.com/
• added a column-handler (currently available columns: "ROM-Code", "Genre", "Publisher")
• added a pattern for renaming (customizable in settings)
• automatic product- & database-update

v.1.0.7

• added patchmode (you can select more as one ROM and can trim/untrim or rename)
• added a Rominator-database-converter (drag the ds.rod over the ds.rod2nds-rom.dat.exe its wil create the nds-rom.dat in the same folder as your ds.rod. Copy the nds-rom.dat to %APPDATA%NDS ExplorerEx and have fun)

v.1.0.6

• Fix problem when installing (on some systems)

v.1.0.5

• check Header- & Banner-CRC
• added ContextMenu-Handler (for rename & trim/untrim)

v.1.0.4

• little fix
• now with Installer
  
  NOTE: when the v1.0.0.3 is installed, then uninstall it with the old-stuff uninstall.bat before you install v1.0.4

v.1.0.0.3

• renamed "NDS IconHandler" to "NDS ExplorerEx"
• added a ToolTip-Handler (shows now ROM-Infos in ToolTip see Image)
• fixed wrong icons by Hombrews without Image

v.1.0.0.2

• fix some wrong icons

v.1.0.0.1

• first release

Download:

NDS ExplorerEx v1.1.0 on filetrip.net

have fun

 

NDS ExplorerEx v1.0.6 available

 

Thanks ... fixed

 

now i've had time to try this i must say thank you very much

 

hey ardi,
really great program. i downloaded the newest ds.rod and i drag it onto the ds.rod2nds-rom.dat.exe and it creates a new dat file, but the dat size is 0kb. is there something i'm doing wrong?
thanks

 

you've could of requested a mod to change the title for you, intead of creating a new thread beause of a new name

 

Questions:

• Can you edit the ROM name stored in the ROM itself? If so, how do you know if you are changing the actual file name or the internal name?
• What database is the ROM info pulled from?
• How does it know what the trimmed and clean ROM dump sizes are?

I agree with obaz that being able to organize by Genre would be nice. Not sure if its possible as the genre is pulled from (what I expect) an external database, not the file itself. Not sure if Explorer can sort by anything other then file data (file type, size, etc.).

 

This software is great! Thank you for coming up with this.

I have a couple of questions,
does the trim functionality will remove wifi or ds wireless play?
where can i get Rominator-database-converter (ds.rod2nds-rom.dat.exe)?

 

Thanks guiness, the problem - i was looking at %appdata%/NDS ExplorerEX

thanks for your help