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N.A.N.Y. 2025 / N.A.N.Y 2025: Silencer
« on: December 17, 2024, 02:45 AM »
NANY 2025 Entry Information

Application Name Silencer
Version 1.1.0.2
Short Description Mute/unmute any active application, and more!
Supported OSes Windows 10/11
Download Link https://download.ru/files/OpATQB8r
System Requirements.NET Framework 4.8.1
Author Grumpy Coder


Features
  • Press CTRL+SHIFT+M to mute/unmute any active application (ex: game). 
  • Press CTRL+SHIFT+N to set active application volume to 20%, press again to restore previous volume. 
  • Press CTRL+SHIFT+P to play/pause any playing media on your PC (ex: YouTube), no need to be focused. 

Planned Features
  • Nothing as of yet, but I'm open to suggestions.

Usage
Installation
  • Download, unzip, and run.

Using the Application
  • There is no UI, it lives in the system tray.
  • You'll find an icon for the application in the system tray, which is used to close it as well as add/remove it to startup.

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N.A.N.Y. 2024 / N.A.N.Y 2024: ChunkPatcher (Steam "What's New" Remover)
« on: December 17, 2023, 12:50 AM »
NANY 2024 Entry Information

Application Name ChunkPatcher
Version 1.0.0.6
Short Description Removes the obnoxious Steam "What's New" section.
Supported OSes Windows 10/11
Download Link https://download.ru/files/CIMHD8n7
System Requirements.NET Framework 4.8.0
Version History
  • 1.0.0.0 - Initial release.
  • 1.0.0.1 - The application no longer requires administrative permission to work properly.
  • 1.0.0.2 - Added an option in the INI file to adjust the check interval (seconds).
  • 1.0.0.3 - Fixed minor bug, removed application window from alt-tab.
  • 1.0.0.4 - Modified code to work with Steam's May 2024 patch.
  • 1.0.0.5 - Added menus to add/remove application from startup.
  • 1.0.0.6 - Fixed a bug that affected the patching success.
Author Grumpy Coder


Description
This is based on Kopert solution to removing the obnoxious Steam What's New section, because Valve couldn't be bothered to make it optional for some stupid reason.

Features
The application runs in the background to monitor the chunk css file, and when it detects it has been poisoned modified by Steam, it will automatically patch it for you.
It will first close Steam, patch the file, and re-launch Steam when it's done. The whole process should take a few seconds.

Planned Features
You tell me.

Screenshots
2023-12-17 09_41_36-.png

Usage
Installation
The application is portable, just extract it somewhere safe, and run the exe file.

Using the Application
The application is completely automated, and there's no real UI. It relies on an INI file for settings.
I don't suggest you mess around with it (INI) unless you know what you're doing, though.

Uninstallation
Delete it.

Tips
If you don't like seeing the popup window every time, just change the QuickPatch to 1, in the INI file, and restart the application.
You can adjust the checking interval, by changing the "CheckInterval" in the INI file (number of seconds).

Known Issues
None that I know of.

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N.A.N.Y. 2024 / N.A.N.Y 2024: Colorful (Sticky) Notes
« on: October 04, 2023, 10:21 AM »
NANY 2024 Entry Information

Application Name Colorful Notes
Version 1.0.0.0
Short Description A simple Sticky Notes application.
Supported OSes Windows 10/11
Download Link https://download.ru/files/ci3HYSNt
System Requirements.NET Framework 4.7.2
Author Grumpy Coder


Description
  • It's a simple "Sticky Notes" application. It was inspired by my very own Painted Glass. 

Features
  • You can add up to 20 notes, and each note can store up to 280 characters.
  • Everything is saved in a portable database file (*.ldb), so you can back it up easily.
  • You can change the notes colors using the context menu.
  • All notes can be moved using the drag_move.png icon.

Planned Features
  • Nothing as of yet, but I'm open to suggestions.

Usage
Installation
  • Download, unzip, and install.

Using the Application
  • Create a note, give it a title, and enter whatever you want in its body. Everything is saved automatically.
  • You'll find an icon (Screenshot 2023-10-04 182610.png) for the application in the system tray, which is used to close it as well as delete ALL notes if needed.

Screenshots (Click image to play GIF)

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N.A.N.Y. 2023 / N.A.N.Y 2023: PingPong (ping latency alarm)
« on: December 28, 2022, 01:40 PM »
Application Name PingPong
Version 1.0.0.1
Short Description Ping latency alarm
Supported OSes Windows 10/11
Download Link Here
System Requirements.NET Framework 4.7.2
Author GrumpyCoder


Description
A small application that can ping a web address (URL) at a specified interval, and gives an alarm sound when the latency is higher than a specif value. 
Now, the "Beep" sound is optional. Also, I added a color-changing (green/red) system tray icon based on ShiMing suggestions.

Notes
I stumbled upon this coding snack idea by timmy2, and decided to do it for fun. But I didn't realize that the thread was over a year old.
I posted it here as per hamradio's suggestion, I hope someone might find it useful.  :)


Screenshots
2023-01-18 08_30_09.png



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N.A.N.Y. 2023 / N.A.N.Y 2023: Gradynt (gradient wallpaper generator)
« on: November 06, 2022, 02:38 AM »
Application NameGradynt
Version1.0.0.0
Short Description A gradient image/wallpaper generator
Supported OSes   Windows 10+
Download   Download Link
Author   GrumpyCoder

Description
A simple gradient image generator. Images can be saved or set directly as wallpaper.
You can choose your initial colors, gradient direction, as well as random shades (of your initial colors).

PS: The executable is large because it's portable (includes required .NET 6).

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N.A.N.Y. 2022 / N.A.N.Y 2022: Desktop Maid
« on: December 06, 2021, 04:12 AM »
Application NameDesktop Maid
Version1.0.0.6
Short Description Keep your desktop clean of unwanted shortcuts!
Supported OSes   Windows 10
Prerequisites   .NET 5.0 (Desktop Runtime)
Download   Download Link
Author   GrumpyCoder

Description
Don't you hate it when newly installed/updated applications ruin your pristine desktop with their filthy shortcuts without your permission?  :mad:
Are you tired of manually deleting said shortcuts off your desktop over and over again?   :'(
Introducing "Desktop Maid", the clever little application that will keep your desktop clean once and for all!  :Thmbsup:

  • It will automatically monitor your desktop and move any newly detected shortcuts into its "JunkBin" folder where they will remain out of sight until you choose otherwise.
  • Did I mention that "Desktop Maid" is clever? That's right, it will only get rid of shortcut files and will not touch anything else.
  • You can always restore and exclude any shortcuts that it "deleted" so you can keep your desktop exactly the way you like it!
  • What are you waiting for? Download now!!  :P


History
1.0.0.0
 - Initial release

1.0.0.1
 - Exclusions are now stored in an XML file (DesktopMaid.xml) for portability.

1.0.0.2
 - The application is now a single instance only (as it should be).
 - Added support to monitor both the user's desktop and the public (all users) desktop.

1.0.0.3
 - New (more fitting) icon.
 - Added (Exit) context menu to the tray icon.

1.0.0.4
 - Added new settings tab.
 - Added customizable option to monitor most common shortcuts (lnk, url, and appref-ms).
 - Minimize to tray and minimize to tray on startup are no separated.
 - Monitoring the all users (public) desktop is now optional (enabled by default).
 - You can now show a small counter to represent the number of shortcuts in the junk list on the tray icon.
 - Added exception logging.

1.0.0.5
 - Added option to add the application to Windows startup (for lazy folks).

1.0.0.6
 - Minor improvements

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / N.A.N.Y 2021: PaintedGlass (decorate your desktop)
« on: November 30, 2020, 01:16 AM »
Application NamePaintedGlass
Version1.1.0.2
Short Description Colorful painted glass to decorate your dekstop
Supported OSes   Windows 10
Download   Download Link
VirusTotalVirusTotal Link
Author   GrumpyCoder

Description
This is purely decorative, I just thought it would be nice if you can decorate your desktop with something like painted glass.

History
1.0.0.0
 - Initial release

1.1.0.0
 - Now there are three shapes to choose from (Square, Squircle, and Circle).
 - You can use the tray icon to enable/disable global "clickthrough"

1.1.0.1
 - Removed the "glitter bomb" button.
 - Added confirmation message for the "delete all" button.

1.1.0.2
 - Minor code clean up
 - Removed the need for the LiteDb.Helper.dll
 - Now the "glass" forms will no longer appear in the Windows Alt+Tab


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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / NANY 2020 - Ducky (A Simple Dock)
« on: December 16, 2019, 01:14 AM »
Application NameDucky
Version1.0.0.0
Short Description A simple dock.
Supported OSes   Windows 7, 8, or 10
Download   https://mega.nz/#!iJ...GqiTUAMkLr-ZJR-UPPdU
VirusTotalhttps://www.virustot...efb0097d2f/detection
Author   GrumpyCoder

Description
This is a simple dock. Drag and drop any executable or shortcut on the main window and it will be added as a button which you can use to launch it later.
Right-click the button if you want to remove it. You can move on the window horizontally by dragging it from the small orange stripe on the right.
Also, you can right-click on it (orange stripe) to show the settings window.

History
1.0.0.0 - Initial release

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / NANY 2019 - DisplayOff
« on: December 04, 2018, 10:32 PM »
Application NameDisplayOff
Version1.0.0.0
Short Description Turns off the display and terminates itself.
Supported OSes   Windows 7, 8, or 10
Download   https://www.dropbox....2e92l/DisplayOff.zip
Author   Lohengrin Percival

Description
I needed a way to manually turn off the monitor without having to use the physical power button, so I made this.
It doesn't put the PC to sleep, it just turns off the display the same way Windows does, then terminates itself and moving the mouse or pressing any key on the keyboard will turn the display back on.

Bonus
Because the application is so simple, I decided to share the code as well.

Code: C# [Select]
  1. using System;
  2. using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
  3. using System.Windows.Forms;
  4.  
  5. public class DisplayManager
  6. {
  7.     private const int SC_MONITORPOWER = 0xF170;
  8.     private const uint WM_SYSCOMMAND = 0x0112;
  9.  
  10.     [DllImport("user32.dll")]
  11.     static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
  12.  
  13.     public enum MonitorState
  14.     {
  15.         On = -1,
  16.         Off = 2,
  17.         Standby = 1
  18.     }
  19.  
  20.     public void SetMonitorState(MonitorState state)
  21.     {
  22.         SendMessage(new Form().Handle, WM_SYSCOMMAND, (IntPtr)SC_MONITORPOWER, (IntPtr)state);
  23.     }
  24. }

History
1.0.0.0 - Initial release

PS: I couldn't find the template, so I copied c.gingerich format.

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