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Ath:
any??
-kalos (May 18, 2012, 11:56 AM)
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What vlastimil said is probably the most reliable and usable option. Have you tried that already?

Restoring closed windows is handled by one of Skrommel's snacks, GoneIn60s, afaik.

kalos:
to be honest, I didnt undestand a thing of what vlastimil said  ;D

x16wda:
also, undoing closing of windows, applications, or whatever else could be useful, would be nice too
-kalos (May 15, 2012, 02:40 PM)
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ReOpen may do part of what you want, it will let you re-open folders or programs that you have recently used.

skwire:
any??-kalos (May 18, 2012, 11:56 AM)
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Kalos, in regards to your file system requests, I don't think you realise the insane complexity of what you're asking for.  How do you expect a program to automatically keep track of all sorts of changes, deletes, copies, moves and such and then, poof, just let you restore stuff at the drop of a hat?  File systems simply don't work that way...

to be honest, I didnt undestand a thing of what vlastimil said  ;D-kalos (May 18, 2012, 12:38 PM)
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What vlastimil is talking about is probably your only hope of approximating what you want in regards to file system changes and this is what as known as a version control system (VCS).  Here's a quick read describing what such a thing can do for you:

http://abdullin.com/wiki/version-control-system-vcs.html

However, this is not an automatic, everything-on-your-system type of thing.  That is, you would have to commit snapshots of the files and such you want to be able to revert to.  All this, of course, would require a decent amount of setup on your part.  In addition, you would need a good amount of disk space if you plan to try and version control large numbers of (large) files.

Shades:
+1 to the post above

Besides that, you have to have the discipline to keep using the selected VCS system for all the files you want to keep track of. And that is a lot harder for users that don't quite grasp the concept and/or significance of these kind of systems.

Read up on the material already offered by skwire, there are threads here in DC that discuss these systems in more detail and search on the internet for (free) books on this subject.

Once you get the logic behind such systems, you'll wonder how you ever could have gotten by (with computing) before.

Oh yeah, don't make the mistake of using VCS systems as an alternative for a backup.   

 

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