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Find And Run Robot / Sending the selected text to a program via FARR

« on: March 07, 2020, 06:18 PM »

I have https://velocity.silverlakesoftware.com/ (documentation for programming languages) installed and am wondering if it is possible to select some text, press a key, send it to FARR and then click a mini toolbar icon or type "v e l o.." to have this string be passed onto Velocity and show the results.

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Find And Run Robot / Installable vs Portable?

« on: March 07, 2020, 04:01 PM »

I understand the obvious benefits of portable software like FARR.

But is there any benefit of using it via the installed program option?

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Find And Run Robot / No Break/Pause key on the keyboard and another question

« on: March 06, 2020, 10:16 PM »

Hello,

I am trying to use Windows after many years of using Mac and just installed FARR.

Have a couple of questions..

1) I would like to send the selected text to FARR by highlighting it. The built-in way to do this is by hitting Ctrl + Pause/Break.

The keyboard I am using (Logitech MX Keys) does not have the Pause/Break key.

Can anyone advise as to what my alternatives are?

2) In the results list of FARR window, some text seems to be cut off near the bottom.

Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/fn8opK1.png

Is there a fix?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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General Software Discussion / Battery Management software

« on: May 20, 2017, 04:59 PM »

I am trying to move back to Windows from Mac.

One of the software I use on Mac is http://fruitjuiceapp.com/ which shows notifications on when it's good to unplug and plug back in depending on calibrations it does to the battery based on its cycles run etc.

Am I right in understanding that it's not recommended to always have a (Windows 10) laptop connected?

Is there a similar program for Windows? I did a google search and found http://batterycare.net/en/index.html.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

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General Software Discussion / Images don't show up properly in Photoshop

« on: November 14, 2009, 03:55 AM »

When I open any image in Photoshop, it is all screwed up like in the attached screenshot.

At 200% zoom, it looks alright but when viewing at anything less than 200%, the image doesn't appear the way it is.

Any idea?

Operating System: Windows Vista 32-bit
Photoshop version: CS4

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General Software Discussion / How to add URLs in RUNit?

« on: November 13, 2009, 10:54 PM »

I came to know about RUNit, a portable launcher via freewaregenius.

I can drag files and folders into the setup window just fine but can't understand how to add URLs to a list.

If anyone knows, please reply.

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BrowserTraySwitch / Feature Request: Left click on tray icon to cycle browsers

« on: October 15, 2009, 10:32 AM »

Currently left clicking and right clicking the tray icon does the same: show BTS menu.

It would be very helpful if left click cycles between the available browsers in the list.

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General Software Discussion / How to run a program and minimize it?

« on: October 12, 2009, 09:57 PM »

There's this program Billy that gets minimized to system tray when the minimize button is clicked. I would like to launch this program and have it immediately minimized to sys tray. So I created a shortcut to it and set it to run minimized via the shortcut properties. However when it is launched via this shortcut, it doesn't go to the tray instead appears like this:



Is there a fix to this natively in Windows other than having to depend on writing a macro using AutoHotKey or otherwise?

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General Software Discussion / What are some good multimedia viewers?

« on: October 05, 2009, 06:23 AM »

I am looking for a windows program that can be used to view, organize and tag multimedia: images, music and videos.

Does ACDSee handle videos and mp3s also?

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General Software Discussion / Looking for a AutoSave program

« on: September 24, 2009, 06:37 AM »

I need a program that will send Ctrl+S to designated list of running applications every user specified time interval.

I tried running http://www.atopsoft....m/products/autosave/ and have it like so:



But it doesn't do anything at all.

Any other recommendations? AutoHotKey script is welcome.

I tried unsuccessfully to write a macro in MacroExpress:

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General Software Discussion / Need help in installing RSSOwl

« on: September 23, 2009, 12:41 PM »

I downloaded the latest RSSOwl RSS reader from http://www.rssowl.org/node/251

Upon clicking RSSOwl.exe to install it, get the following:



I do have the latest Java installed.





Any idea how to fix this?

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BrowserTraySwitch / Need help switching browsers using FARR

« on: September 22, 2009, 10:50 AM »

I can switch default browsers by right clicking system tray icons just fine.

I want to do the same by using FARR. So I set up the following aliases

Browser Tray Switch - Firefox | C:\Program Files\BrowserTraySwitch\BrowserTraySwitch.exe -switch C:\Program Files\BrowserTraySwitch\BrowserFiles\Firefox.btsregfile
Browser Tray Switch - Maxthon | C:\Program Files\BrowserTraySwitch\BrowserTraySwitch.exe -switch C:\Program Files\BrowserTraySwitch\BrowserFiles\Maxthon.btsregfile

Nothing happens when I use the above. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Alias: Freeware and Tech Sites Search Alias Group

« on: September 09, 2009, 12:06 PM »

I've put together an alias group using which one can search in one or all (Ctrl+Alt+Enter) of the following 12 sites:

Freeware Genius
Free Download a Day
Gizmo's Freeware Reviews
Elite Freeware
Freeware Mission
DonationCoder
SHELL EXTENSION CITY
Download Squad
Cybernet News
gHacks
Lifehacker
Digital Inspiration



Attached is a zip file that has the .alias file and the needed icons.

If you find this useful and want to see more similar sites added, please reply.

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LaunchBar Commander / Feature Request: Double click to open a folder

« on: September 08, 2009, 11:32 PM »

I have a lot of Folder type nodes that displays subfolders as submenus. I would like to be able to go to any folder when I double click on it (both in the dock as well as popup menu).

Currently the option available is Ctrl+Click (which for some reason doesn't work properly/always...I have to some times press Ctrl+click twice or thrice to trigger opening of the folder).

Double click is easier to do than Ctrl+click.

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General Software Discussion / Any software that magniies circular region around the cursor?

« on: June 23, 2009, 02:05 PM »

I am looking for a free s/w that will magnify a circular region around the cursor. Like in the screenshot below:

that screenshot is from a video and my guess is that it's a feature of some screencasting s/w on Mac.

I am on Windows and was wondering if such a feature is available in Camtasia or alternately if I can find any simple program that will magnify the region around the cursor.

Thanks for any pointers.

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General Software Discussion / Organize your desktop icons with Stardock Fence

« on: February 13, 2009, 12:44 AM »

This is one of the best programs I have found out in the recent times!

http://www.stardock....cts/fences/index.asp

Fences is a one-of-a-kind program, allowing you to draw labeled shaded areas on your desktop, which become movable & resizable containers for your desktop icons. These groups can help bring organization and consistency to your computer's desktop, solving the "constant mess" problem that has plagued the desktop since its inception.

via CyberNet

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General Software Discussion / Want a way to see what links on a webpage open in new window

« on: January 22, 2009, 09:49 PM »

I am looking for a bookmarklet or greasemonkey script or Firefox add-on that will show/highlight all those links (anchor text, if present for the link) on the current web page that open in new window/tab (i.e., URLs that have target="_blank" or target="_new").

If anyone knows this, please post.

@mouser: Please move this thread to the right forum if need be.

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General Software Discussion / [How To] Control your computer by voice commands

« on: September 23, 2008, 02:39 AM »

You can control Windows XP computer by using a free program called Shoot. It uses the in-built Microsoft speech technology. I wrote a blog post with a short video where I open browser, search, open and close tabs, switch tabs; run notepad, calculator etc. by issuing voice commands.

For details, visit http://www.howtotuts...computer-with-voice/

Below is a screenshot of my blog post. Clicking on it will take you to the above URL from where the video can be watched.



Is there any other similar free program that works on XP?


edit by jgpaiva: fixed url link and attached image to post

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Google Chrome Wiki

« on: September 12, 2008, 02:56 PM »

Check it out:

http://www.gchromewiki.com/ 

If you find that any Chrome related stuff that should be in there but is missing currently, please add it there or post in here.

Comments/feedback is appreciated.

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General Software Discussion / [How To] Switch tabs in Chrome by using the mouse wheel

« on: September 07, 2008, 02:35 PM »

Tab Mix Plus add-on for Firefox has a handy feature where in you can switch to previous and next tabs by scrolling your mouse (with the cursor on tab bar) up and down respectively. We can achieve the same in Google Chrome using AutoHotKey. This post gives the details:

http://www.howtotuts...ing-the-mouse-wheel/

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General Software Discussion / [How To] Set keyboard shortcuts in Google Chrome

« on: September 05, 2008, 06:14 AM »

Hi guys,

As you already know Google Chrome does not yet offer customizable keyboard shortcuts. In the mean time, we can use AutoHotKey for setting keyboard shortcuts to common tasks like switching to previous and next tabs, going back and forward in the history, closing and un-doing last closed tab. Function keys can also be mapped for these actions.

I have written about it in a blog post. If interested, check it out.



Thanks to Lanux.

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General Software Discussion / Launchers that support virtual folders (cascading sub menus)?

« on: August 22, 2008, 04:56 AM »

Besides True Launch Bar and LaunchBar Commander, are there any other applications which can display sub folders & files upon mouse over? Let's say my 'My Documents' folder has 10 sub folders (again, some of them have sub content) and 2 files, most of the free s/w (like LaunchOnFly) can't let you simply add 'My Documents' AND show its content dynamically upon a mouse over. You will have to manually add each folder/file that you want to the menu.

TLB implements this best but isn't free.

Virtual Folders
 
You can also create virtual folders on the True Launch Bar. When you create a virtual folder, you select the folder's content you want to see in the toolbar menu. It can be any folder on your disk or on a local network (Favorites, Programs, Recent, etc.); or you can add file system folders such as Printers, Control Panel, My Computer, Dialup Network or other similar folders. If you right-click on an item in the virtual folder, you can see a full context menu like in the Explorer window, and you can perform any action from this menu (Properties, Open, Delete...).

LBC doesn't yet have a context menu for the menu items.

So, any other software? Ideally I should be able to bring up the launch menu upon a keypress at the current cursor position.

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LaunchBar Commander / Show sub menu items on mouse over

« on: August 17, 2008, 11:10 PM »

Is it possible to have a menu's items come up on mouse over as opposed to mouse click?

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General Software Discussion / How to extract icon of a folder?

« on: August 17, 2008, 10:39 PM »

I found several software that extracts icons from dlls and exes, but none that would extract an icon of a specified folder itself. I want to get the .ico file of a specific folder. Any ideas? I have already looked in %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll and it's not in there.

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General Software Discussion / How to prevent Win+S from sending the system to sleep?

« on: July 20, 2008, 09:08 PM »

On both Windows XP and Vista, pressing Windows+S key stores the session into memory (not sure if it is standby/sleep or hibernate) and resumes when the system is restarted. How do I prevent this? I don't want Win+S key to do anything to do w/ power management.

Thanks in advance.