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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Need easier way to get plugins
« on: June 08, 2008, 12:32 AM »
I really miss the days when most plugins came with the FARR2 alpha. There at least needs to be an easier way to get all the major ones.

Right now, I have to manually download the DcUpdater, click Recheck, and then Right click on every single plugin that I want to install.

If nothing else, at least add a simple way to download/install all plugins listed there in one click.

Also, FARR2 likes to be annoying with "Welcome to FARR" blue boxes in the bottom right of the screen. At least make them go away quicker.

Finally, I'm making these critiques because I generally find FARR to be the best thing around, but I have to set up a lot of PCs, so these speed bumps in the way of getting things running smoothly effect me often. Thanks!

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Very exciting times for people who love to install applications easily with the power of FARRv2 and GetIt.
The newly released Appupdater is now supported by GetIt. http://www.nabber.org/projects/appupdater/

Not only does that mean that the list of applications you can easily install is growing drastically, this new application-getter also has the exciting feature of checking all your installed programs for updates, and upgrades them for you!

Of course, FARRv2 users have easy access to this feature, just by typing "installupgrade". With FARRv2 now being public (yay - finally!), there's no excuse not to make your life that much easier.

>0.37 (December 22, 2007)
-Now supports Appupdater!
[GetIt.exe]
-Added support for Appupdater in misc locations
-Added parameter: upgrade (upgrades with all engines that support it, which is currently only Appupdater)
-Parameter 'update' can be used instead of typing 'updatedb' now, same functionality
[FARRv2 Alias]
-Added 'installupgrade' command, to call 'upgrade'

>0.36 (September 18, 2007)
-Now Open Source (under GPLv3; source included in src/ folder)!
...

As always, download here: http://puchisoft.com/GetIt/
Enjoy!


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Not only does AppSnap work fully now, but the Repository Manager is also ready!

>0.20 (September 7, 2007)
[GetIt.exe]
(updatedb)
-Now supports injecting any number of 3rd party repositories into AppSnap
(install)
-No longer leaves GetIt window open after opening the AppGetter
[GetIt_Gui.exe]
(Repository Manager)
-First release (still lacks ability to change Repository order, use .txt file directly for now)
[Installer]
-Always runs GUI after install now, unless it was ran silently (no annoying msg box question)
-Comes with Puchisoft's 3rd party repository for AppSnap


So go on an start hosting your own repositories! Or just enjoy the ones others made for your convenience. ;)

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Emailed.

For now, this is something I came up with. Since I don't just have this issue (Running a Limited User Account, but running some programs as Admin, and in turn having those Admin programs spawn other programs that shouldn't have Admin rights as Admin) with just FARR, but I also with Xplorer2, I am looking into a solution like so:

Note that this is probably overkill for most right now, and this is not to say that having FARR have this sort of Rights Management build in wouldn't be much nicer.
Also, this only works when you start Programs directly (clicking an EXE, or having FARR or anyone else run the EXE, as opposed to shell opening an MP3 and having WinAmp open that way).

I associated ".EXE" with a batch file. You may not have realized this was possible, but it's just like associating a ".MP3" with Winamp.exe. You can associate ".EXE" with some program, which then becomes responsible for launching what you want to launch.
You might think you'd get into an infinite loop, but Windows knows better. heh

Right then, so now whenever I start a program via ANYTHING, it opens with my little batch file.

Earlier I recommended DropMyRights, but that was designed for if you are running as an Admin by default, and want to downgrade. My scenario is that I am running as a Limited User, I upgraded my access, and now I want to downgrade it again.
I will now recommend CPAU ( http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/cpau/index.htm ).

So when my batch file is called upon to start a program, it looks at a WHITELIST of programs that need admin rights. If something isn't in the list, it will just be started by the current (limited) user.

The only thing else that I need is a shell context menu that is "Run as Admin". Sure, it's build into WinXP, but I don't feel like typing in my password so much.

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