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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scan computer for foreign language files

« on: November 23, 2012, 02:55 AM »

Your additions have been added.

Pilgrim-Which files are these?

-dtsouers (November 22, 2012, 11:54 PM)

To indicate the one I mentioned above the location in Windows 7 is:
C:\Users\Pilgrim\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\sheq54fh.default\extensions\{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}\chrome\noscript.jar\locale\
In XP the path is through Documents and Settings.

To edit the file and remove the unwanted language files I have to use 7-Zip.
Nearly all FF extensions are the same but some only have one or two language files, No-Script with over 50 is one of the highest counts.

EDIT

I just ran your latest version and it appears that it is picking up at least some of these folders as it found:
C:\Users\Pilgrim\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\sheq54fh.default\extensions\{d37dc5d0-431d-44e5-8c91-49419370caa1}\chrome\locale\
When I ran the program it left the ES and MN files.
I noticed when the program opens there are a number of languages it omits, is there any way to have an option to only leave English?

Many thanks.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Scan computer for foreign language files

« on: November 17, 2012, 09:40 AM »

dtsouers,

I have only just found this thread and your utility and wanted to say thanks.

Removing foreign language files is something I started doing when I bought a Netbook and when I found out how many there were I have since done the same on my other computers.

I have just run your utility on my main computer and apart from system files only two programs, both recently updated, had any.
If I had found the utility before it would have saved me a couple of hours.

The only ongoing problem is Firefox extensions, NoScript alone has over 50 language files. I get at those with 7-Zip.

Thanks again.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Screen Mask

« on: September 21, 2012, 08:38 AM »

Clive,

Did you try the installer or the portable version of Zorro?

I have the x64 portable version on Windows 7 Pro and it is working without problems.

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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: Context Menu Organiser for Windows 7 x64

« on: May 28, 2012, 09:46 AM »

I am looking for a program to use in Windows 7 x64 that will give me the same options that Mmm+ has in XP.

Specifically:
The option to create sub menus and move existing (default) items into them.
The option to add shortcuts for any file/folder or application.
The option to hide unwanted items.
The option to hide the program itself.
The option to edit the program from any context menu.

I have looked at all the programs I can find that are on offer and cannot find anything that matches these requirements.
Mmm+ is one of the most useful pieces of software I ever found, a view that appears to be shared by many, I am surprised that there appears to be nothing like it for Windows 7.

Pilgrim.

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Skwire Empire / Re: sCheckbook

« on: April 10, 2012, 10:38 AM »

You sir are a gentleman.

Just had a dry run and it does everything I need, it's a fraction of the size of the program that I have been using and is not cluttered up with countless 'Report' options which I never use anyway.
Sorting is not an issue for me as I get regular hard copies of accounts sent to me, once an item appears on there I remove it from the file.

As ever many thanks.

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Skwire Empire / Re: sCheckbook

« on: April 09, 2012, 09:54 AM »

Hi again,

I was just about to start looking for something like this.
Just one small request, any chance of having the date in dd.mm.yyyy format?

Thanks.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: September 10, 2011, 04:53 AM »

That last idea was great from my point of view as well as I open the majority of images I use in the centre of the screen, till now I have been calculating the image size against the screen resolution and setting the coordinates accordingly.
Thanks WillieCee for the idea and thanks skwire for implementing it.

When I started this thread I never expected it to develop to the point it has but it is one very useful program.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: August 26, 2011, 08:58 AM »

There we go.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: June 25, 2011, 05:42 AM »

skwire,

Just tried that out and it is brilliant.

The hotkeys and the extra context menu item are not things that I would have thought of but they have made a good program even better.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: June 24, 2011, 10:21 AM »

skwire,

Sorry I never realised there are two types of transparency.

I was talking about making the actual image transparent (your item 2) in terms of adding another item at the end of the parameters to set a percentage so that each time that particular image opened from a given trigger (shortcut/batch file) it had the same transparency but that the image itself could be opened by a different trigger or program without any transparency.

Ath,

Apologies if my use of PM caused confusion but it was mainly about issues not directly relevant to this thread.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Right click shortcut or executable and pick the priority it will run with

« on: June 24, 2011, 05:20 AM »

Just installed this in XP-SP3 Home, it is showing up in Task Manager when I right click on an exe but the GUI is not opening?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: June 24, 2011, 04:31 AM »

Website | Download
v1.0.3 - 2011-06-23
    + Handles transparency in PNG files now.  (Thanks, pilgrim-online)

-skwire (June 23, 2011, 05:07 PM)

The only problem I have is working out how to set it?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: June 20, 2011, 05:19 AM »

I tried your idea on my Netbook yesterday and it would not work, in fact I could not get the batch file to run either.
These are the windows I got when I tried:

-pilgrim-online (June 20, 2011, 03:57 AM)

IMHO, the full path to the Frameless.exe (with quotes if it has spaces) and the full path to the image (again with quotes if the path contains spaces), the screen position and the timeout value should go in the Run field in your last screenshot, just like you had them in the batchfile. You could optionally set the Start in field, but that should not be needed for it to work.

If the batchfile won't even work, I'd first check if your paths are correct. Oh, and you should probably not run the exe from a network (UNC) path, it's not forbidden or impossible, but it could cause (security) issues or even prevent frameless to be started.

-Ath (June 20, 2011, 04:21 AM)

All the details were in the Run field and when I clicked on apply the folder which contains both the exe and the image appeared in the Start in field.
I copied and pasted what was in the Run field into a batch file and triggered it manually, it worked, so that part was right.
All the files are on the same partition of the hard drive so it cannot be a network issue.

Hm, could it be that it's running on a different desktop? So not on the foreground user's desktop, but on a background Administrator desktop? You could try to run it as the foreground user (Run as field) and see if that helps.

-Ath (June 20, 2011, 04:25 AM)

I only have one account on each of my computers, to begin with the default account name appeared in the 'Run as' box, when that did not work I tried changing it to 'Administrator', that did not work either.
What did happen both times was a 'you do not have permission' notice appeared but it still showed up under Scheduled Tasks when I clicked apply.
I even checked the permissions for the files with NTFS Permissions Tool and everything was showing as allowed.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: June 20, 2011, 03:57 AM »

Ath,

I tried your idea on my Netbook yesterday and it would not work, in fact I could not get the batch file to run either.
These are the windows I got when I tried:







The OS is trying to set it up as a Scheduled Task that requires a time which obviously there is no way of adding?
If I entered it without a time it just showed up as 'Disabled'.

The boxes in the third image are empty but I entered the full path and parameters when I tried it.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: June 18, 2011, 07:04 AM »

You should in general not need to create a batchfile to start a tool with command-line parameters. Just create a shortcut to the exe, and in the properties of that shortcut, add any command-line parameters at the end of the 'Target' field. Do include a space after the phrase that's already there (the full path/exe name, usually).
You can use environment variables if you need, by using % around the name, like %PATH%.

-Ath (June 18, 2011, 05:59 AM)

Ath,

I cannot check this out until I get back on my Netbook but in that case the exe is Frameless and the rest of the batch file is the path to the particular image that I was using.
I have just tried this with a test file I have set-up on my PC and it worked.

That is a very useful piece of information, thank you.

In a previous thread I started on this forum it was pointed out to me that what I was trying to do at that time was already available in the OS but if it had not been pointed out to me, like now, I would probably never have found it.
Always did prefer mechanical things, at least you can take them apart and see how they work.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: June 18, 2011, 05:22 AM »

Another viewer with only command line options ! Mycview ... could be useful ...

-joiwind (June 17, 2011, 05:17 PM)

Thanks for that, the slideshow reminds me of ArtSage but the program is much smaller.
Just downloaded and tried it, not what I had in mind when I started this thread but very interesting all the same.
Have now added it to my growing collection.

skwire,

That's brilliant and thank you for both downloads, I will do some experimenting when I get the time.

I do have one question relating to batch files in general:
When I started playing about with them I kept getting the Command Prompt flash up on the screen, I overcame that by creating a shortcut to the batch file, opening the shortcut properties and setting Run to 'minimized', then using the shortcut as the trigger.
This works in most cases but a couple of times it has failed.
One particular instance was on my Netbook where I wanted to trigger a visual battery warning, although I entered the path to the shortcut and not the batch file the CMD window still flashed up, any ideas of how to prevent this?
I did wonder if this happened because it was being triggered by the OS (Power Options), as it does not happen when I run off of third party programs.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: June 16, 2011, 08:37 AM »

the only addition that I can think of would be to set the images to close after a given period

-pilgrim-online (June 16, 2011, 04:24 AM)

This functionality would be very easy to add.

-skwire (June 16, 2011, 08:01 AM)

If it is not too much trouble it would be useful, I would need to be able to set the period manually or disable it, just as I can the position.
I have stayed with the original version so far on my Netbook and it works perfectly.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: June 16, 2011, 04:24 AM »

vixay,

Thank you for your reply.

maxview is way too big, not to mention the cost.

As I put at the top of my original post my OS is XP-SP3 and any sort of programming beyond very basic batch files is beyond me although I have had a look at AHK since skwire suggested it.

Frameless does everything I wanted in my original post and from my point of view I doubt it could be improved on, it's small, it allows me to position images exactly where I want them, the only addition that I can think of would be to set the images to close after a given period which I might look into when I have the time, for now I settle for closing them manually.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: May 20, 2011, 05:27 AM »

Bear in mind that I did change up the commandline syntax a little bit so I hope you haven't gotten too far into your batch files.

-skwire (May 19, 2011, 01:20 PM)

I want this for my Netbook but all the trials have been carried out on my PC so nothing is set.

I also made the taskbar button an option as well.  Please check the readme.txt for details.

I may stick to the original as having got it working I am not sure that I need the additions but I shall try both before I decide.

pilgrim-online - another suggestion, though a bit late (especially after skwire's hard work...) : ImageOpen

-joiwind (May 19, 2011, 01:22 PM)

Just like waiting for a bus, nothing for ages and then three come along at once.

How did he make that program so small?

I have downloaded a copy to have a look at but the first problem that I can see is how to create a batch file that will open it with 'No Border' set, as every time you start the program it resets to the default.
I have also downloaded a copy of CaptureScreen to compare it with what I already have.

Thank you again skwire for the program and your time, thank you joiwind for a very useful link, and thank you to the others for their input.

One question in conclusion; does anyone know of an elementary tutorial on writing batch files?
Some of what I found is extremely comprehensive but most of it is way over my head.
What I need is something that offers working examples that I can then try to modify myself.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: May 19, 2011, 09:42 AM »

Problem Solved!

After reading your last post I went right back to the beginning and started again.
I moved the program file and the image to a different folder and put them together.
I deleted the batch file and it's shortcut, rewrote the first and recreated the second.

Everything works!

I have no idea which part of that changed things and I can only apologise for what must have been my mistake although I am not aware of having done anything different from the first time.

Frameless does exactly what I wanted in a simple straightforward manner, thank you.

This is the second time you have helped me and it is much appreciated.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: May 19, 2011, 08:21 AM »

The way it is shown in my previous post there is just a single space after the first line as it would be if it was all on one line.


When I opened Notepad full screen it put 'Files\001_screenshot_1.jpg" 100 100' on the second line.

If I open Notepad to the size I normally use it at I finish up with this:

"C:\Documents and
Settings\Pilgrim\My
Documents\Received
Files\Frameless\Frameless.exe"
"C:\Documents and
Settings\Pilgrim\My
Documents\Received
Files\001_screenshot_1.jpg" 100
100

If I save the file using either of these options it will not run at all.
I even copied and pasted the command from your last post and that would not run.

I have experienced this with other batch files I have created and the only way out that I have found if they do not run is to check the spaces at the end of each line.


Forgive my lack of knowledge but I have a question:

If I double click on Frameless.exe it opens an information window.
If I remove the second part of the command from the batch file should that not do the same?
Because if I run the batch file without the image path the command window flashes on and off and nothing else happens.

I have just tried this with two other image viewers and they both opened the program window?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: May 19, 2011, 06:11 AM »

Tried that, still doing the same thing?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: May 19, 2011, 05:43 AM »

I have spent an hour trying a variety of settings with the following results:

Actual batch file in use:

C:\Documents and Settings\Pilgrim\My Documents\Received Files\Frameless\Frameless.exe
"C:\Documents and Settings\Pilgrim\My Documents\Received Files\001_screenshot_1.jpg" 100 100

This will open the image in whatever viewer is set as the default (tried several), it also opens the image in the default position of whatever viewer it opens, i.e. First Impression opens in the centre of the screen regardless of the coordinates in the file.

If I set Frameless as the default viewer the image always opens top left.
When I tested this yesterday I left out the position settings as I was short of time so it defaulted to that position anyway but I have since tried adding them and no matter what they are it makes no difference to the image.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: May 18, 2011, 11:47 AM »

Frameless works well if I set it as the default viewer, if not it opens the default viewer along with the image.

I will give it another go tomorrow, my usual default viewer First Impression gives a preview if you hold the curser over a file, which I make quite a lot of use of.

Being able to put the images in different positions is great.

Is there any way of separating the default viewer from the one I use in the batch files?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Open images without program window showing.

« on: May 18, 2011, 09:45 AM »

2) Did you want taskbar buttons shown for each image?

-skwire (May 18, 2011, 09:14 AM)

Hi,

The only option I need is to be able to turn images off, one at a time if several show at once.
For my purposes this could be either from a taskbar button or the image itself.
The only use I could think of for taskbar buttons would be to minimize/maximize images which would be handy but not essential.