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N.A.N.Y. 2022 / Re: NANY 2022 Entry -- WayText

« on: June 03, 2022, 04:09 PM »

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N.A.N.Y. 2022 / Re: NANY 2022 Entry -- WayText

« on: May 17, 2022, 02:20 PM »

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best way to cull old browser bookmarks?

« on: March 28, 2022, 08:50 AM »

Thanks for the replies folks. 

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General Software Discussion / Best way to cull old browser bookmarks?

« on: March 26, 2022, 01:20 PM »

I have hundreds (thousands?) of sites bookmarked in Chrome.   Whenever I go to cull out the ones I don't need anymore, I either get distracted or overwhelmed and give up.   I was thinking that it would be great if there was a tool that would let me delete all the ones that haven't been used in 2 years, or 1 year.   It would be good if I could even just delete all the ones that no longer point to anything valid. 

Do you guys have any tips for this?

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Release: Ethervane Echo

« on: February 14, 2022, 01:55 PM »

Should be available at https://www.softpedi...-Echo.shtml#download

-rgdot (February 06, 2022, 01:42 PM)

Thanks!

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Release: Ethervane Echo

« on: February 06, 2022, 10:20 AM »

Does anyone know if there is a place to download Ethervane Echo?  Trangulos' site seems to be down.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tool to find where a hotkey press goes?

« on: February 06, 2022, 10:11 AM »

I wonder it anyone has tried to make an app that records when a hotkey press happens (or even invokes it), then records any new Windows processes/treads/etc that follow it immediately in time?  Then it could make a "best guess" at what the hotkey was assigned to. 

Of course Windows wouldn't like this because it would look like a virus. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tool to find where a hotkey press goes?

« on: February 05, 2022, 11:43 AM »

Ethervane ActiveHotkeys does seem to work (Win 10)

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General Software Discussion / Tool to find where a hotkey press goes?

« on: February 03, 2022, 05:00 PM »

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C stopped working in one of my apps.  I think it's because I probably assigned it to a different app and can't remember which..     Is there a tool that can "detect" which app is using the keypress?  I see some info about a tool called Spy++, but I think you have to have Visual Studio installed to use that.  Do you guys know of any other utilities to do this?  I'm on Win 10.

EDIT:  I figured it out...  I had an AHK thing set to that hotkey.

Insistently, I don't think it's possible to "see" where hotkeys go in Windows.  Nirsoft has an app that will tell you which hotkeys are free vs used.  It can't tell you what they are assigned to though.
https://www.nirsoft....s/hot_keys_list.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Permanent clipboard / textblock catalogue

« on: January 28, 2022, 10:10 AM »

My own app
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=51967.0
does something like this.  Really it is more useful when a person wants to do what you describe, but also works from multiple offices, and needs to write about specific people (clients, students, etc).  It inserts name and gender pronouns into the boilerplate text. 

Really you should try just making your own AutoHotkey setup with a bunch of hotstrings.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Background tool to open links in correct Chrome profile?

« on: January 27, 2022, 04:20 PM »

I also found a couple of things.  This one
https://bitbucket.or...erchooser2/wiki/Home
seems promising.  Apparently you can set it as the default browser in Windows, it then directs commands as needed.  I couldn't get it to work though, then, while messing with the icon-chooser, I completely broke it.  Now it just crashes over and over.  I even killed and deleted it, and rebooted, and redownloaded it.  Still it crashes. 

This also seems interesting:
https://dospolov.com...-with-account-surfer
it links to this $7 Windows Store app
https://www.microsof...ab=pivot:overviewtab

Not sure I want to pay $7 for an app that might not even work though...

LATER....   Well I took a leap of faith and bought/installed Account Surfer.   It seems to work well.  You do indeed set it as your default browser, then it redirects as needed.  I'm not detecting any sluggishness when opening links.  There are still 15 (yes 15!) Chrome processes running in the background even though I don't have Chrome open.  ...I suppose that's to be expected from Chrome though.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Background tool to open links in correct Chrome profile?

« on: January 27, 2022, 08:17 AM »

Good thoughts, but I think  Wraith is correct.  Using mailto wouldn't work. 

I'll investigate this more.  I couldn't find anything useful in the above-mentioned AppData folder.  Come to think of it, I didn't think to check the Chrome Add-in store. 

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Background tool to open links in correct Chrome profile?

« on: January 26, 2022, 07:54 PM »

I wonder if the setting is in here:
C:\Users\steve\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

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General Software Discussion / Re: A few new programs

« on: January 26, 2022, 03:34 PM »

That's a really old post you've referenced...

-Ath (January 26, 2022, 02:25 PM)

Sorry about that.  I even quoted the post and still didn't notice the date.  Thanks for sharing your stuff!   

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Post New Requests Here / Background tool to open links in correct Chrome profile?

« on: January 26, 2022, 01:59 PM »

I suspect that this is not even possible, but I thought I'd post anyway -- just in case. 

I use Chrome as my web browser.  Most of my bookmarks etc. are in my main personal profile. At work though, when people share links with me, I have to be in my Google account from work.   You switch profiles by clicking your avatar in the top/right of the Chrome window.   It's also possible to make Desktop links directly to each profile.  In my case the two link targets are:
 
C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe  --profile-directory=Default
and
C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe"  --profile-directory="Profile 1"

The problem is that, if you don't specify (by using one of the above links), Chrome will always open a link using the most recently-accessed profile.  So multiple times per day, I'll open a link at work that someone sends me, then Chrome will pop up in my personal profile and give me an error message that I don't have permission to access the file.  It's super-annoying! 

What I'd like is some way to "tell" Chrome that if I open an Outlook email link, use my work profile.  I guess that would need to be some kind of back-running utility that stays on all the time?  I don't know.  Maybe an Outlook add-in is what I need. 

Thoughts?

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General Software Discussion / Re: A few new programs

« on: January 26, 2022, 08:35 AM »

Hey I have a ton of small apps at www.xhirl.com/software
can you tell me what you guys think
(just added the SignupRecordTracker and the PowerNamer
-ReLipse

-relipse (November 07, 2005, 03:34 AM)

Is the link correct?  I'm getting:

This site can’t be reached
Check if there is a typo in www.xhirl.com.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Feature Request: Hotkey for Paste entire stack.

« on: January 25, 2022, 05:34 PM »

Hi Mouser.  Feature Request for CHS:  Ability to assign a hotkey to the command "Stack operations > Paste entire stack as one text block."  Actually, maybe another hotkey for  "Stack operations > Paste entire stack using Tabs."

I noted you already have one for  "Stack operations > Set stack marker," so that's cool. 

Thanks for considering this!   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is there a dual page file manager that works well on Google Drive (and Docs)

« on: January 23, 2022, 03:38 PM »

If you want to browse/manage your google docs, then there would need to be a web browser component I guess -- yes?

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Living Room / Re: Like a bad penny...

« on: January 22, 2022, 09:00 AM »

At this point I figure every day on the right side of the dirt is a good one.

-Vurbal (January 22, 2022, 05:10 AM)

This is gonna be my new motto.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR not showing up when monitors were disconnected

« on: January 20, 2022, 04:45 PM »

Ah yes -- Very nice.  Thanks Mouser!

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR not showing up when monitors were disconnected

« on: January 20, 2022, 09:51 AM »

I also just experienced this at home on my laptop.  FARR had apparently been positioned on the second monitor when last used.  I was not able to get it to work until I got to my office and plugged in the second monitor.  I do have the "when appearing, center" option checked. 

Is v2.239.03 the newest?

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: N.A.N.Y. 2021: RaptureReplica by KodeZwerg

« on: January 16, 2022, 02:56 PM »

A year since my last post on this thread and I still use RaptureReplica on a regular basis.  I wanted to share a tip that I recently learned regarding scaling.  Lot's off apps can have problems if Windows is set to scale fonts at 125% (or anything other than 100%).    This can sometimes be fixed by locating the executable (in this case RaptureReplica.exe) and changing the properties.  (see also image).  Right-click the exe, choose Properties at the bottom of the context menu, then go to the Compatibility tab, then click "Change high DPI settings" then checkmark to Override and let the app be in charge of the scaling. 

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N.A.N.Y. 2022 / Re: Now what's this?

« on: January 11, 2022, 05:19 PM »

So the NANY 2022 Wrap-Up is linked on the website, but it's empty. Nice.

-Tuxman (January 07, 2022, 08:55 PM)

What do you mean ? I don't understand !!!!!
 

-Contro (January 11, 2022, 01:30 PM)

At the top of the webpage click 'Software' then 'NANY.'   It lists a summary of the NANYs over the years but the 2022 one is empty.  From looking at the old ones, I think maybe Mouser does a written summary of everything(?)   I think he just hasn't had a chance to do the 2022 summary yet(?)  IDK. 

Mouser, you should put a link directing people to the relevant forum thread.... 
EDIT:  As I look closer, the sidebar does already have a link pointing here.   

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N.A.N.Y. 2022 / Re: Thank you to everyone who participated in NANY 2022

« on: January 11, 2022, 05:15 PM »

Things got away from me.  I'm actually rather tired of computer stuff in general and preferring to spend my free time outside in the woods.

-BGM (January 11, 2022, 09:30 AM)

Yes -- Time well spent!

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N.A.N.Y. 2022 / Re: NANY 2022 Entry -- WayText

« on: January 04, 2022, 04:45 PM »

Thanks for the entry!

-relipse (December 31, 2021, 07:31 PM)

You are most welcome Relipse!   Hopefully it will be useful for somebody.