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General Software Discussion / Program to copy contents of a cloud drive to a local drive -slowly

« on: December 22, 2014, 06:32 PM »

I guess that is the best way to put it.  I have a need to get the contents of our CLOUD storage onto a local system.  This is a pretty big pile of files and while I can sit here and manually do this one folder at a time, I would rather not as there are several hundred folders.  My first though was to simply run a SYNC program but I really don't need a Sync, other than maybe as a "one-way" thing.  There is nothing to Upload or sync back to.  I just need to "back-up" the Cloud.

I have used a couple like 'All-way Sync' before and maybe that is still the best way to go.  Some of the Sync programs tend to get Overly in a hurry which in this case I am not and preserving enough bandwidth to function would be a main concern. 

I need to download about 60GB of files.. Slowly!  Which in most cases is not what people are after. Using Windows, for instance, is hopelessly chaotic.  At least the GUI part.   If I try to drag and drop the whole thing at once it always crashes.  Folder by folder works but is getting tedious. 

Maybe a program that would drag and 'drop-to-copy' one folder at a time and do the next when the first is done?  Or a program that gave a way to limit the number of files it would try to copy at once?  Some way to limit the amount of computer overhead and bandwidth use so that everything copies... eventually.. and the system can run normally all the while albeit a little slower? 

The Cloud drive is mapped as a network drive and I have already begun the local folder copy of it but ran into these issues and thought I would see if anyone else has ever tried to "back-up" out of a cloud before and knew a better way.    Every time I Google Cloud Backup .. Well I am sure you know what I find,  Everyone going the Other Way

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Living Room / Website access for someone in a temprarily Down Zone

« on: December 18, 2014, 04:32 PM »

Anyone know of a way I can help someone get access to our website if the area they are in is having "problems".  I think it has to do with DNS but cant prove it.
If they run "IsItDownRightNow.com" it says the website is UP and must be down just for them.
We have had this happen before along similar lines.  I have checked from coast to coast and cannot find anyone who cannot access the site or the IP.
Does IE or Firefox offer any methods of rerouting their requests through to a different area via proxy or >??  It was important enough to the people who wanted to connect  to ask but I don't know what to tell them as I have never had to deal with it,  Things like that usually fix themselves (and may eventually for them).  At the same location they were able to access no problems last week so I am leery of going to far with trying to change anything but if I could provide them with a way to "get out" to somewhere that the Internet was better served I would.  They have a perfect signal at a large Hotel and are able to get to a lot of places .  Just not here. 

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General Software Discussion / auto switching of network drive mapping

« on: December 17, 2014, 01:04 PM »

I know here is a way to do this.  There may be both a commercial program as well as a simpler method but i have seen it somewhere.
When users are Inside4 an office network they have access to a folder on a server that is mapped as a local network drive on the office subnet.
When they leave, they need to also access this same folder but it will be via FTP.  And in both cases the drive has to remain mapped as a specific drive letter.  That is the trick that I am having problem with.
Short of writing a script they would have to run when not in the office, I have seen a utility that can do this based on the IP address in use by the NIC. If they are on the Office IP, it maps the drive to the local IP it is on.
If they are anywhere else BUT the office IP, it can be set to use various other paths to reach that same drive.
Windows has no problem mapping it to Both a local drive letter AND a network Place Via FTP but the need is for the Drive Letter Mapping to switch from a local IP to using the Network Place sort of automatically.
Any Ideas appreciated but the key is the drive letter used MUST stay the same whether inside the office on local mapping or outside on mapped FTP access.
Thanks

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General Software Discussion / Changing from MyISAM to InnoDB in MYSQL DB

« on: December 10, 2014, 07:21 PM »

Given the following statements in a "template.sql" used as the starting point for building a MySQL DB.

Code: Text [Select]

1. DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `cat_permissions`;
2. CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `cat_permissions` (
3.   `category_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
4.   `user_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
5.   `permission` enum('View') NOT NULL default 'View',
6.   PRIMARY KEY  (`category_id`,`user_id`)
7. ) TYPE=MyISAM;

If I change the 'Type' to "Type=InnoDB" ...        When I run the install, I just wondered what the chances of it working?   I would like to convert a DB from MySQL to InnoDB and not real sure about the consequences of the making the change.  Either that, of find out why this won't run under MySQL Vesion 5.5, or any version since 5.1

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General Software Discussion / If someone can tell me where i am missing the boat on this Mysql script?

« on: December 07, 2014, 05:48 PM »

Code: Text [Select]

1. set /p  db="Enter Search Database Name :  "
2. cd C:\Database
3. mysql -u root -p -e ‘create database %db%’

This is something so simple and I have read multiple "How To" but nothing seems to want to cooperate.
This is part of a batch file where I am trying to create an empty MySQL database in the "c:\database" folder.
I have tried several different versions of the statement but each seems to have something not quite right.
on this system, root (the user) has no password and I can login using PHPMyAdmin and create this same DB with no problem using root and no password to get in.
The more I change the script from simple the worse the errors get but it never creates that DB.
>   4WD , as you already pointed out, I did have to go through this before but the circumstances apparently were different enough that the same statement from that script wont work either.  It has to be something from the way I am trying to use a batch file to run a MySQL command?>

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Living Room / need a quick fix for something easy. Script to change a single word in text file

« on: December 06, 2014, 02:56 PM »

Posted in another place but might get answer here too.  Need to figure out asap.

I have a program that has a config file inside "/programdata/myprog/" so no one can "see" it unless they have access to hidden files.  It needs to be edited anyway and that cant be done unless they have admin rights.
The file points the user to the correct IP address for the program to work.  I already tried making batch/shortcut with admin and evn tried run as admin (for those who called and asked)

This worked for ME and for some people but not for others.  When I check their copy of "getthere.cfg" it is still the old one.

I need to edit their "getthere.cfg" file to change the only occurrence of an IP (example)"12.34.56.78" to IP "12.34.56.90".  These people are located all over the place and so far I have had to connect to each of them with Teamviewer or other and do it for them.

How can I send them a script that will run "as admin" on their system to open "c:\programdata\myprog\getthere.cfg" and change that ONE IP address.

Even if I send them the new config file they can't insert it without having admin privileges and I would never tell any of them how to get that

And it has to be a one click fix.  Trust me, that is all they can handle.
  

 
  
 

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Coding Snacks / Quick method to do simple task -must be a one click fix for those who need it :)

« on: December 06, 2014, 11:23 AM »

OK, I hope someone is in this morning.  This is easy but I can't figure out how to get it into a batch file for the people I am having to walk through manually.

I have a program that has a config file inside "/programdata/myprog/" so no one can even see it.
The file points the user to the correct IP address for the program to work.  I wrote a short script that I then made a shortcut to and gave the shortcut admin rights which swapped out the corrected cfg for the old one.

This worked for ME and for some people but not for others.  When I check their copy of "getthere.cfg" it is still the old one.

I need to edit the cfg file they have to change the only occurrence of IP "12.34.56.78" to IP "12.34.56.90".

How can I send them a script that will run "as admin" to open "c:\programdata\myprog\getthere.cfg" and change that ONE IP.  It is the only occurrence of the IP in the cfg file..

If I try to send them the new config file they can't insert it without admin permissions and I would never tell any of them how to get that

And it has to be a one click fix.  That is all they can handle.

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General Software Discussion / Where is select all?

« on: November 30, 2014, 10:27 PM »

Unless i am just to tired to remember, there used to be a way to use a right click option called "Select all".  This was done so that you could search a directory and all subdirs for a certain type of file, say DOC or PDF and when the list came up it coule have hundreds of files in it.  You could either select the first file found one, then scroll to the last one hold SHIFT when you selected it which highlighted them all.  At which time you could move them all at once to a new location.
The highlight top and shift highlight last worked (and still does) but on listed that go several pages it is tedious. 
I swear there used to also be an option for "select all" which did the same thing then you could right click and move them all to the folder you wanted them in.
I may have dreamed this up but i really thought it used to be there.  If not, anybody know a way to add it to 8.1 windows explorer?
 

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General Software Discussion / Cloning from 2TB to 4TB on Boot drive ..How?

« on: November 30, 2014, 12:18 AM »

I recently made a half-hearted attempt with Macrium 5 to try to get from a 2 TB MBR to a 4TB GPT and (of course) failed.  I thought maybe someone out there might know of a way to accomplish this without having to deal with multiple partitions.  This system is nothing but a giant file server but the storage layout is such that it would be best if it could all be kept in a single drive partition to get the best use of the space.  If I have to do it, I will just start from scratch on the 4TB and load it with Windows 8.1.  Then load the necessary software and copy over the data.  But that would be tedious.

My next concern is backups.  In the past, I have used Macrium to do a complete clone of the drive onto a second 2 TB drive every 4 months.  In between , only the added data in C: drive is backup up to the Clone.  The reason for the full copy every 4 months is to be sure to get  all the updates that had been loaded to the program files on the main drive  to also be the same on the backup drive.  All was fine until I was handed  a Huge amount of old data files. to add to the mix. 
Enough that it would have put the 2TB drive, close to 90% capacity so I thought might as well go to 4TB now instead of waiting.

This was the first time I have had to deal with GPT at all and has not been much fun.  The first attempt with Macrium using the 4TB setup as a GPT drive and cloning the 2TB MBR drive onto it resulted in a mixed mess of partitions.  It could  boot and lost no files but ended up with about half the drive as "unreachable".  I believe that Macrium converted the 4T back to MBR before or during the cloning.  This would explain the "lost 2TB of Space"  which i could see but could not partition or use.

This worried me a little as to what would happen if I DID reload the system on the 4TB drive from scratch under GPT and then run a clone from one GPT-4TB to another GPT-4TB...I would assume they would both stay that way?  I tried asking this on the Macrium forum and got a loy of mixed replies.  This is a real Paid for copy of Macrium 5 and says it has full GPT support but I am not sure if it can be used to get from MBR to GPT the first time so just wondered if anyone here has tried it.  and afterward, I certainly hope it would stay with GPT on the Cloned backup.

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General Software Discussion / Does anyone have know why you cannot map a drive letter to an FTP drive

« on: November 15, 2014, 09:59 PM »

If this setup had worked as described in Windows it would have solved a long running problem with remote access to network resources.  This is the other half of why I needed that utility to change the mapping for a drive letter depending on which network the user was connected to.

Due to the speed (or lack thereof) i had put off even trying until recently.  The service we use for CLOUD storage of these fies has to run a client program to function.  This "client" effectively hides "what is really happening" so the user thinks their files have magically popped up in their cloud storage in seconds.  Naturally they keep loading more till done.  All that really happens is that the title of the file (or maybe not even that) is loaded long before all the data is transmitted so it LOOKS like it is there, but only to the person who just uploaded it.

No one wants to see the REAL speed of a 10MB upload to a cloud drive over a wifi connection running off a cellular router that probably is not even connected to 3G.

Network speed is always going to be a problem but i would rather the Users SAW their file was "in transit" and not THINK that they can shut down their system and forget it.  The others in their group who are patiently waiting for those files to show up in the shared folder eventually complain.  To me of course.  The UPloader swears they saw the file "Go uP" so it must be IT 's fault? 

Windows 8.1 plainly offers the option of creating a "network Place" just like Windows 7. Then adds the extra magic of offering to "View Ftp Site in File Explorer" which THEN offers you "Easy Access"  to "Map as Drive".

Wow.  If only it worked.

Everything works as it should including the user and password verification (which you have to do twice though it doesn't tell you that).  This would  not be quite so bad if it were not for the fact that if you BUY a 3rd party program, ( Like WebDrive )you CAN do it just as easy (or easier) than above.  But only with their help.
 
No one I have asked seems to know why.  Webdrive sure isn't going to tell me but why would MS put in something that useful and then NOT make it work?   Can't even map a drive letter to MS One Drive as far as I know.

Anyway, if anyone has a clue as to what the issue is, it would be appreciated. So many people have posted that the thing works when all they are getting is the same old "Network Place" which will not work as a reference point in a database program.  It MUST be on a specific drive letter referenced path.

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General Software Discussion / Creating an empty MySQL db from within a batch script

« on: November 14, 2014, 08:07 PM »

I once had this working but I have misplaced the exact procedure.  It was a short one or two line sequence that ran at the front of an install script that created an empty database ready to be loaded.
 
The first line allowed input of the DB name and the second created the empty DB inside the correct folder.  The only prerequisite is the collation format is preferred to use Latin1_swedish_ci.  The rest of the field loading and parameters is done later in the script but it assumes the empty DB is already there. 

It is a lot faster to do during the creation script than to use PHPMyAdmin or similar to create the DB then exiting to run the other script to load the tables.
Unfortunately, I have not used this is a couple years and do not remember the exact sequence to get it to work but I do remember it took quite a while to find the right setup to run from inside a batch file even though the task itself is rather simple.

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Finished Programs / SOLVED: Easy use of a variable to edit a php (text) file in a batch file

« on: November 13, 2014, 07:13 PM »

Not sure where I am missing something . It may be that editing a .php" file doesn't the same rules as a .txt file but i am using a text editor to modify manually.
the file "config.php" need for line 3 which states :   $directory   = "directory";   .  to change the word in quotes to the value of %inputb%.  Once that is done, the config.php file is used to continue to creation of the folder.  That's about it. 
The prior operations would have loaded the correct value for the name "directory" into the variable %inputb%  I know inputb has the correct data in it as I can print it on screen with echo but I cannot get it to edit the config.php file as shown without exiting the batch which was the whole point in doing it
so that after building the layout it ends with that file modified to reflect the value of the variable at the time it was loaded.
The php file has 54 lines total and i only need to add the name of the directory in line 3.  I cant just use the variable itself because of other scripts that would use the same config file that would not provide the information for %inputb%

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Coding Snacks / Folderwatch (a MAC application) for PC's

« on: October 27, 2014, 02:39 PM »

I found exactly what i needed in FolderWatch, unfortunately, it is for Mac's only.  The concept behind it is so simple that I felt sure there had to be a "built-in" method to accomplish the same thing in Windows 8.1.  After playing with various settings in "Libraries" (none of which worked) I though i would see if someone here has already written the App

The need is pretty simple.  I want to make any changes done to files in the "Documents" folder occur simultaneously in another folder on the same drive.  Basically a "local" version of Sync. 

Changing the location that the "Documents" folder points to still leaves me with only one copy of each file. 
Without making an edit to any of the applications that use it, is there a way to make "Documents" , "Pictures",  etc work so that they have a real-time "clone" in another location on the same drive

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Coding Snacks / The Best Way to handle finding and removiong Duplicate Files

« on: October 26, 2014, 12:04 AM »

In trying to create an all encompassing archive of all the company documents, i have ended up with an extremely bloated folder containing more redundant info than anything else.  There are probably 10 copies of the exact same file in all in different places.  I can't risk running a mass "delete all but one copy"(though i wold like to) and am looking for the best way to scan this huge repository maybe in small chunks the first time to try to remove as many as i can.  
Some of these files are backup copies of PST files over 5GB in size that I may have 3 or 4 copies of.

This has been a work in progress for some time and and as it all starts getting into a single location i am finding this more and more often.  The ability to scan for duplicates exceeding 500MB might be a good start.

Years ago I used to have a program i used a lot on MP3's and Photos but don;t remember the name and it may not even be Windows 8 compatible.  If you can point me anything at all right now, just cleaning out the duplicated PST files would be a huge help.

The more control the program offers for filters would probably be nice.  I doubt I would even throw away the extras but getting them out of the main reference area would be a big help.

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Living Room / Wanted to get some opinions on current ultrabooks if possible

« on: October 24, 2014, 12:50 AM »

She also is not fond of spending big bucks on anything and in some cases I have to agree.  Bu Murphy's Laws and a trail of bad luck had put me through 3 systems in the past 4 weeks,

Screen size, Touchpad, Memory, Speed, Storage, wifi capability and battery life.  She uses the same system as her desktop when in the office

Every one of the normal brand ultra-books I tried failed for one reason or another. And I wondered if anyone had found the perfect mix.  SSD would be nice but 256 is too small for her, must be 500GB minimum.  8GB RAM is necessity.I5 or I7 depending on price. 13-14 “screen, no larger.  Weight as low as it can go.  Touchpad that works like a TOUCHAD with no fancy whirly finger motions.  No Multi triple function F keys. Must have webcam and Windows 8.1 OS. Other than that it should work as well on WiFi as it does on wired as she travels more than home or office.  Reliability would be a big Plus.
 
It seems that out of every brand I set up from the YOGA-2 to the Toshiba Ultra she has now and a couple others in-between.  They all seem to fail at critical moments.  It is my opinion that most of what is hitting the market right now seems to be set for Low price not quality or performance.
 
I usually get one or two days to set up the next one before she leaves again and right away I start getting the phone calls.  “Pointer won’t move” or, “Outlook is frozen”, or “Touch-pad acting weird”, or, in the WORST case lately, hard-drive died! (That one I blame on  Murphy!!)

Tomorrow I have to find another one and wondered if anyone had any suggestions with pricing at $1000 +/- $100 with specs as above.  I would love to go with the Intel Surface Pro but in addition to price being high, it just doesn’t feel very sturdy.  Drop it and you better have Replacement Insurance on it.

Thanks to all for any suggestions. And this has to be a normal production model I can pickup locally custom load and have ready for her to leave with on Monday 

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General Software Discussion / Cloning SERVER 2008 R2 SYSTEM TO A BACKUP 2TB DRIVE-Which app is best?

« on: October 22, 2014, 12:46 AM »

I have had wonderful luck using even the Free copy of  Macrium  Reflect on almost anything, windows 7 all versions as well as windows 8 all versions.  I wont need to use it but once for a real Server OS but it has to be done prior to performing a Database upgrade.   I Must have a complete failsafe in case the upgrade  falls through.

Quick reading led me to believe that Easus Advanced server, even though the rice was pretty steep, might be best for the job.  I ave just spent over 5 hours of failed attempts to Clone this drive.  I considered that the empty clone being used might be the problem ought a new drive: Still no help.  It gets to 60% (I guess he visual; cues with EASUS are not so good, you have to guess at where you are.
If it gets to where the time left seems to go up and down while the time spent kept going forward, this was the only indication that something was not Right.
Tomorrow is do or die.  We are at Max capacityfor the DB and have to change formats or risk losing it all. 
I would appreciate anyone whohas used one of these programs with better than average results.  I have been lucky so far.  Five failed attempts and it still boots though not without a lot of struggling.
The EASUS To Do ADV Server at over $200 was a real disappointment.

These problems may be coming from cross linked files but there is no report of any kind generated telling you why it failed.  It just gets stuck in a loop and after almost 2 hours of running and the clock still ticking but the countdown gets to 40 minutes down to 35 back to 55.

Just asking for advice,  If I had a working copy that could be used to "Save the Day" I would be more comfortable with trying to run repair tools

I am not sure Macrium Reflect Freeversion will work on a Server but until i can get a refund for the EASEUS software I cant buy another high priced failure

Thanks for needed advice.

PS:  I ran the EASUS both as a a hot clone through Windows GUI and using the PE environment but both failed.

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General Software Discussion / Change the focus of all the"save or search in" possibilities at once

« on: October 16, 2014, 08:23 AM »

This is just an annoyance but if anyone knows the answer. 

When working with various editor programs like Paint, Notepad, etc.  I have to go to the same folder with each program to save the results of the items I am working on.  If there is a place to change the default locations used for everything all at once,  that might solve the problem.  Apparently each one uses the last directory that program was used in which is not the one I currently need it to be in. 

The layout is such that unless I am watching close, I end up in a previous subfolder which is in the same name for two levels up the path until it reaches the USER level where it will be in the User's layout.  I have to reset each one manually for the first save until they are all going to the same place. 

Examples would be saving images downloaded from the net.  If that is the first thing I need to do, I navigate to the correct user's directory and down to the correct subfolder and save the result.  If the next thing I do is open that image in Paint to add a background and then save the result, they end up in whatever location I last used Paint in.  The list is endless.  Every program remembers where it was last used and puts results there instead of using the current directory in focus at the time.   When I am in a hurry, this results in creating files that I cannot find later .  Or worse!  Overwriting files in a folder where they were already correct with the images that need to be in the another User's images folder.

I am not sure how Windows manages the "default remembered" folder for each program but the current setup has caused more than one time-consuming mistake that has to be corrected.  At  the same time, its normal setup I am sure has many advantages under other circumstances.

A utility to "make this my default location" would be a great right-click option.

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Coding Snacks / Packrat's tool for "Idea Surfing" the web

« on: October 16, 2014, 07:22 AM »

I once asked for this and got many suggestions for download managers that were either more than needed or didn't offer the methods I would like use.  This probably could be written in AHK if I was better at using it.

When "Idea Surfing"  I run across more than I have time to fully research.  I downloading trial software of all kinds that a month later I have no idea why or what it is for.  When I can remember to do it, I like to use the following process:

Create a sub folder inside Downloads with a name as close to the actual sitename as possible.
Change focus to that folder and save the complete link to the page I am on.
Save a single-file MHT webarchive of the page because often when I go back later, these sites are no longer there.
Then DL the item I went there for.
Last, open notepad to leave "additional_info.txt" I might find useful later.

I end up with a complete package in a folder that I can easily find by searching for any word that might appear in the txt file or mht title and organized by type of DL.

It would be nice if this could all be a right click download option offering "Where to save" showing the directory tree under Downloads so I could file it in a sub-folder by type such as AV software, Programming tools, Website Applications, or create a new category if necessary. 

My main objective could be accomplished by simply creating the mht file and embedding the hyperlink inside the title of the mht.  If that part could be automated I could just run it before downloading the file itself.

Call it a "Packrat's Dream DL Tool" 

I figured I might as well "Ask for the Sun and stars if asking for the Moon   
Add zipping the folder and all files when done and delete the original to save HD space and maybe even small enough to email the  package to anyone I am collaborating with.

(Might help keep any accidental "Malware" safely stored too!         You never know these days!

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Finished Programs / SOLVED: Program to show total character count in path for filename in a directory list

« on: October 14, 2014, 05:32 PM »

I have seen this somewhere so i know it exists.  A directory display that lists all the files in a given directory showing the total length of the path to display the file.  I believe I have an issue where the total path length is exceeding the allotted variable size to store the file for download.  The variable is set to 255 and I am pretty sure the path to reach the file from root c: is over 190 characters (in some cases) including all directory names.  A few people are getting very creative about names and I have seen Word docs of over 60-70 characters long.  A directory display showing this would allow me to see if there really is a problem and if so make it very clear to the people causing it.

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General Software Discussion / Xcopy Batch to run a loop inside of another loop loop

« on: October 12, 2014, 06:38 PM »

xcopy (var1)\(var2)\cache\*.* C:\backupdata\(var1)(+var2)
next to end

where var1 = list of names (20 or so)<Loop A>
and
var2 = list of their clients (up to 20)<LOOP B>

Tis is to create an exact copy of the files inside Only the cache folder stored in the backup above.  My problem is I always get lost in the "Loop-d-loop Logic" options.  (For x in ?= etc.)
The folders exists in the past as stated each (name) may have from 0 to 20 (client) folders and each client folder has a (cache) folder.
I need to copy the complete contents of that folder to another one at C:\backupdata\"(name)+(client)"\cache\*.*
If the file already exists in that folder it should overwrite but none ever deleted.  After copying every subfolder and file in that "cache", it should shift to inputting the next client until it has run through all of them for that (name).  These names are all subfolder names in the root folder the batch starts in (or it can be one level down)
Root\names\clients\cache The structure is just like that.  Some (name)s may not have any (client)s but all (client)s have cache folders

The only reason for doing it this way is to avoid keeping backups of all the Other folders and files that are inside each client that are all standard.  I'm still trying to get inside the 2nd loop.   Any pointers.  I know it is probably something simple.  I tried pulling the variable from a list but it would be better if they could be pulled from the run itself since they are all names in a directory listing anyway.

The current process works fine but wastes a ton of time and space making redundant copies of unneeded files.

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Coding Snacks / Right click Hyper link in email text and have option to send shortcut to desktop

« on: October 08, 2014, 01:54 AM »

Outlook 11 windows 8.1 if it matters.
This sounded so easy i told my wife she should be able to do it. BUT I would gladly do it for her.

Then, I tried.      I found that  there seems to be a total disconnect in the right click context menu when using Outlook.  Nothing I could find and no research I could do seemed to touch anywhere near the problem.  Yet this seems like a useful tool.  If you have the email with the note saying "Click for Free Daily What-zit" link in an email why can't you just right click and choose to send it to your desktop as a shortcut named "Click Here for Free Daily What-Zit?"  No big deal, just send the shortcut to the desktop from the email

Sure, you can go through all the copy hyper-link, create shortcut on desktop , paste in the hyper link and STILL have to go back and copy the name "Free Daily What-Zit" as well for the shortcut and maybe 5 minutes later you get what should have been a single right click and done job.

Hated to admit defeat to the wife but I am hoping someone here might have the answer before i face her in the am
PS:  Tried quicksteps too but they were worthless.
Help!

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General Software Discussion / Opinions on Best software for Extracting Attachments from PST files

« on: October 06, 2014, 11:19 PM »

There are quite a few out there from Free to $49.95.  So price isn't an issue as much as which one can do the job.  I need to gather and save all the attachments from several years worth of Email that is saved into several hundred PST files.  It would be nice to be able to run the program on the whole directory just once and have it dump all the attachments found into folders named after the PST they came from.

There must not be a big demand for anything like this as there doesn't seem to be a lot of opinions on which one, if any, is worth the price.  The ones offering the  "Free Trial of 10" look just like the ones that say Free ..Period.  The only one I have found that seemed to actually do anything was a Free script hosted on Source-Forge.  I would not mind paying for something made to do this and do a good job of it.

It is a simple straightforward need and I just wondered if anyone out there has tried any of them and could give me an opinion of whether they work, or just make a mess of things.  There is no need to cut out the attachment, I just need to make a copy of each attachment saved in a folder and leave the PST intact.  This is part of an effort to archive emailed documents separate from the stored email files not a need to reduce the size of the PST in use.

Thanks for any advice.

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Living Room / Is there a way to ZCode for self destruct in PHP?

« on: September 18, 2014, 06:00 PM »

have to run a web-installer written in php that has to be deleted after it is run. It is a run-once setup process that for security reasons needs to be removed so it cannot be run again. The final lines of code display that the routine successfully completed then exits. Is there a way to script in for the file to "self destruct" after displaying that message?

It has never failed a successful run so I am not very worried about having to add another copy of it if that happens.

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General Software Discussion / Automatic shortcut creation for items in a folder.

« on: September 10, 2014, 11:26 AM »

This is something I need to find to put a stop to users who can't seem to understand that their desktop is NOT made to keep all their documents piled up on.

I can make a single shortcut to My Documents on their desktop for them but that isn't good enough apparently.  They want one for every single folder and file. (Not all files within folders, just a few that are "loose files" usually word docs.).

None of them can remember HOW to make a shortcut once shown.  Besides which, it is a matter of they just don't want to do even the least bit of extra effort.  The issue is not just one of neatness, their Documents Folder is automatically backed up on the Office Servers because the files in there are important.  But I cannot automatically  backup their entire desktop due to hidden system files and others. 

I'm trying to find a utility that would automatically create a shortcut on their Desktop to any folders that are created or moved into their My Documents folder.  Basically, the same procedure as "right click, send, shortcut to desktop" but I was wondering if there might be a way to make that just "happen" automatically for any folders created or placed inside another folder.

The same procedure might be used for other Main Storage folders like pictures, music etc.  I am just unsure of how to make this an automated procedure that would occur every time.

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General Software Discussion / method of network drive-mapping regulated by location

« on: August 28, 2014, 02:40 AM »

This is something that I started looking into when I ran across a method of of setting different printers to be the default based on the location of the unit.  If you were at home, your system would know that your HOME installed printer would be the one chosen by default when clicking print.  But if you went to your office, the change of location ( I assume triggered by the change in system IP) would be enough to enable some routine to switch your default from printer A to printer B.

This would be a useful function to have but I never got back to looking into it and I mention this because if that can be done, hopefull there is a similar way to accomplish the following:

We have a database program that requires all data files to be stored on a "networked" drive location designated R: 
When a laptop system is on the local network, that R: drive letter is mapped to an IP address containing a shared folder.  This part works fine.
But for the past couple of years we have had issues blocked this even using a VPN.  The solution we were advised was to use CLOUD Storage mapped to the same drive letter.  when the direct mapped IP was unavailable.  This required changing the mapping from "Local IP address/shared folder" location to the "Cloud mapped drive" location.

If it is possible, I would like to be able to make this switch happen automatically, remap the drive letter from ONE (the local IP) to the other "cloud Mapped" location based on some factor that could be used to determine which mapping would be correct.  I am not sure this can even be done nor if it can, what to use as the determination for which path to choose.

The problem with the dual location was always how to keep so many (50 thousand) files that are in use and changed quite a bit in some kind of synchronization.

Recently, I ran some tests using the newest version of Western Digital  4TB My Cloud unit.  I found that the remote access was not nearly as bad as the other Cloud Service AND since this is a Local 4TB Appliance that would be connected to out 1GB Intranet, it would give people blazing fast speeds when at the office and decent speeds when not.   Plus since it is the same versions of each file regardless of how they get there,  no Sync would ne needed.

With the speed of transfer remaining in the hundreds of KBPS instead of usually Less than 100 kbps, remote access was acceptable for use and those who tried it were happy with it.

The only problem left was the changes in the mapping.  Once the drive letter was mapped to the correct path for inside the office, it takes a bit of restructuring to get this to work correctly outside the office network because that uses the newest WebDAV form of drive mapping.

The WD My-Cloud access , even though it was still a form of WebDAV  as able to handle this arrangement speeds up to 10 times faster than any other Cloud Arrangement I had tried.

Has anyone ever run across a drive mapping utility that could switch the path for the drive mapping based on some criteria i can locate?  Map the dribve to whichever layout provided the best path to follow to reach the files?

I am sure i can do probably write some kind of script and tell the users to run Local.bat fi inthe office or Remote.bat if not to remap the drives to the correct settings based on their location but it would be a "slick trick" to make this fully automatic.