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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2007, 04:17 PM »

I've been using Total Commander for (and its predecessor Windows Commander) for about 5 years; took me less than a day to be won over to its clean, powerful interface, which just keeps getting better every year.

There's one desirable feature which it's still missing, though, and I'm wondering which of the the other FMs support it -- namely, virtual folders, i.e. the ability to create a persistent folder "containing" arbitrary files which actually are located anywhere, and to operate on them just as if one had opened each one's home folders (view, edit, rename, copy, change properties...)

-jdmarch (October 17, 2007, 02:15 PM)

DOpus does support virtual folders

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Living Room / Re: How much RAM do you have on your PC?

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2007, 10:27 AM »

Treated myself to a nice 19" LCD monitor as a consolation price.

-nosh (October 17, 2007, 10:16 AM)

thats good nosh,
we dont have to feel sorry for you!

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2007, 07:43 AM »

hi TeaTime
welcome   
bienvenue, or whatever it is you say over there !

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fixed Drive Letters for Removable Drives

« Last post by tomos on October 17, 2007, 02:59 AM »

Just remove the drive spec, windows will interpret it as "from the root of the drive this program is running off". Why didn't you just try it?

-Ehtyar (October 16, 2007, 06:01 PM)

hi Ehtyar,
I wasnt trying to be smart (well maybe I was but I didnt mean to offend) -
in fact the opposite is the root problem (being completely ignorant of how to proceed)

I do want to make my usb stick a fixed drive
But while I have no idea what to do iwith "G:\myfavapp\app.exe = \myfavapp\app.exe" -
is it intended for PowerPro as well? I do have PP running... do I make a script with it as edbro suggested?
it probably doesnt suit me cause I use the USB stick for backup -
I dont think I have any programmes on it anymore

[On the other hand if it's as easy as you say I could put a programme on it simply to implement this]

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 03:55 PM »

hey Kalos,
I replaced Explorer, but not actually for any of the reasons you list
so I guess you could say each of us can do whatever we want to do...

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General Software Discussion / Re: default image open assoc. screwed up - DOpus/ExifPro dont mix?

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 03:01 PM »

Dirhael,
thanks for all this help.
Unfortunately, everything in DOpus is as it should be...
well, I should say the utility had changed back image associations to ms PHOTOED,
but when I change them (well, jpeg) back to anything else I

You got me going in the right direction!!!
SORTED 

Problem was actually in "FileType Groups/Images", which consisted of three different jpeg extensions
Under Events/doubleclick was {dlgopen}
whatever that is - when I got rid of it things seem to work okay (so far anyway )

Thanks again 

EDIT: not sure about problems with WinExplorer - but dont care that much about them especially at the moment
will check later tomorrow...

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General Software Discussion / Re: default image open assoc. screwed up - DOpus/ExifPro dont mix?

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 02:28 PM »

I did some searching around on Google, and found this little utility which may be able to help you.

-Dirhael (October 16, 2007, 01:45 PM)

thanks Dirhael, will try that out

-tomos (October 16, 2007, 02:11 PM)

unfortunately
no joy there - it said it worked (+ no error messages) & might need a restart -
which i did but still getting the open box when trying to open jpegs..

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General Software Discussion / Re: default image open assoc. screwed up - DOpus/ExifPro dont mix?

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 02:11 PM »

I did some searching around on Google, and found this little utility which may be able to help you.

-Dirhael (October 16, 2007, 01:45 PM)

thanks Dirhael, will try that out

Seeing as Directory Opus doesn't even touch the Windows settings for opening images (the Open verb etc.), it's impossible that it is causing the problems you are having with Windows Explorer. If I were to guess, the registry entries for certain image types have been corrupted.

-Dirhael (October 16, 2007, 01:45 PM)

but it is odd that it's only in DOpus that the open dialogue box appears...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is it so hard to find a decent image organizer?

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 01:15 PM »

Just a heads up that a new build of exifpro is available for download.

-Darwin (September 03, 2007, 03:08 PM)

nother new version Oct 5th

any users of DOpus & ExifPro, esp if you've ever made ExifPro default viewer..
 could you please look at this thread:
default image open assoc. screwed up - DOpus/ExifPro dont mix?

EDIT: dont worry
(unless you were having problems too in which case go see), that Dopus/ExifPro thing is sorted.

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General Software Discussion / Re: default image open assoc. screwed up - DOpus/ExifPro dont mix?

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 01:12 PM »

I am going to contact the ExifPro people,
re DOpus, I'm not sure how much help I'll get these days with Opus 8 instead of 9 - might just get told to upgrade.

As I say,
1) wondering if anyone having similar problems
2) any ideas for a cure (whether or not having similar problems!) - I know there's a bunch of threads about file associations, I will look them up but thought I'd make new thread here cause this fairly specific situation

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General Software Discussion / [SORTED!] default image open assoc. screwed up - DOpus/ExifPro dont mix?

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 01:08 PM »

I'm wondering has anyone else had similar problems
in particular with Directory Opus [8] & ExifPro or other viewers ?
If it's not your default viewer - dont try it just to see, this is the second computer I've had this problem on! *


Summary:
I made ExifPro default viewer for images - it didnt work very well:
now, even though I've changed back associations all I get (still) when trying to open a jpeg image in DOpus is
an open-dialogue-box for the ExifPro installation folder


A bit more detail:
Okay, with DOpus the Opus viewer is set as default - I turned this off in
1) Preferences/DoubleClick/Files...
2) Then in Settings/Filetypes I made ExifPro my default viewer for jpegs, pngs & tiffs

It worked once or twice, I changed some settings in ExifPro to suit use more
(afraid I'm not sure *exactly* which I changed at this stage - dont know if relevant either..)
Then when I tried to open jpegs I got an open dialogue box for the ExifPro installation folder.
pngs & TIFFs continued to work - the problem seems to be mainly with jpegs

At this stage in Win Explorer things *seemed* to be okay but not sure how closely I checked...

I tried to change things back but it unfortunately it didnt work -
still got the ExifPro open-dialog box instead of file opening in DOpus viewer.

Then tried making "Windows Pic & Fax Viewer" default viewer for all images
but what happened was files would open okay but I cant move on to the next image...


Now situation is DOpus viewer is deselected (as in see (1) above),
I've made ExifPro default viewer again - it works well in Win Explorer but doesnt open jpegs in DOpus.. same ol dialog box

Just to double check,
(quickly changing associations yet again..)
with default Windows viewer associated with images,
in DOpus: jpegs dont open - get open-dialog box instead
             other images will open but wont move on to next image when prompted
in Win Explorer:everything opens, but wont move on to next image when prompted


* I did have this problem on my last days with my previous computer -
it was full up harddrive, low memory, just thought it was yet another "I'm struggling - you're overworking me" symptom...

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Living Room / Re: The Ugliest Products in Tech History

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 11:32 AM »

interesting, I felt fairly neutral about most of the stuff there -
well, I wouldnt buy a zunes thingy...

Maybe its strange but I quite like the Osborne 1 portable computer -
wonder when they going to start producing retro computers like the way you can get 50's style radios...
(you could probably fit a very powerful computer into that Osborne box & a nice wide screen, discreetly change the colours & you're off )

While Microsoft Windows 1.0 is not a pretty sight -
I think XP's default theme should have beaten it onto the list...

& first prize of the bunch should definitely have gone to that iMac (& that's nothing personal against Apple)

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Older Newsletters / Re: Newletter for October 15 - Codename "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK"

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 11:15 AM »

thanks from here too,
to Darwin & his Lumberjack crew 

Newsletter for October 14th, 2007

Codename "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK"

-Darwin (October 15, 2007, 05:07 PM)

so,
ye work all night & sleep all day then !?! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Nothing to see here :/

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 06:37 AM »

nice collection of 404 pages
via Gizmo's Newsletter:
http://techsupportalert.com/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/17/404-error-pages-reloaded/

also some more here at dc
404 - Page Not Found

Image from http://www.vi-su.de/404

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: fixing tray icons

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 03:52 AM »

from "Shareware that don't have freeware replacements"

Well, I gave up on Tray Wizard. It kept on forgetting that I hid some icons and also didn't allow some of them to display. So, now I'm using TraySaver which is better at managing the system tray. You can get it from http://www.mlin.net/...les/TraySaverB10.exe. The source for it can be found at http://www.mlin.net/.../TraySaverSource.zip.

-Zero3K (October 02, 2007, 08:17 PM)

just happened to remember it - dont use tray management myself!

PS does Target = Tom C.?? (same avatar at any rate..)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Timer based on real time

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 03:33 AM »

On App Restart I didnt allow to Activate Directly ( without apply changes) because the activation time still reflects the last configured time, which might not be applicable. So, I prefer to click on apply with a new start time or, incase if i like to use the same then apply the old setting and activate !

-destiny_ruler (October 15, 2007, 02:29 PM)

that makes sense

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fixed Drive Letters for Removable Drives

« Last post by tomos on October 16, 2007, 03:23 AM »

Very simple way to handle this: G:\myfavapp\app.exe = \myfavapp\app.exe. Problem solved

-Ehtyar (October 15, 2007, 07:47 AM)

  ????? (or was it a joke that went over my head ?? )

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General Software Discussion / Re: FileHamster - auto incremental file monitor/backup as you work - and free!

« Last post by tomos on October 15, 2007, 11:19 AM »

Upgrade to FileHamster +plus only $19.95!
New Features Include:

    * WatchTree filters
    * WatchTree enhancements
    * Enhanced network and removable drive support
    * Offline libraries
    * Customized OpenWith menu
    * Full UNC support
    * Adjust SubFolder properties within a watch
    * And ALL future features and enhancements...

-http://www.mogware.com/filehamster/upgrade/index.html

I'm sure they wont mind me quoting their response to my query about what direction they taking:

We have always planned on a continuous rollout of new features and enhancements to FileHamster in the form of paid plugins.  In addition to those plugins we are also planning on continued addition to the plus version of FileHamster.  As for the free version, minus bug fixes, we hope to suspend any further changes.       Currently we have the following plugins in testing:             TeamPlugin – Gives FH the ability to work with a shared library across a network.             ScriptPlugin – Gives FH the ability to add scripted events to each completed revision.             ReplicationPlugin – Gives FH the ability to replicate revisions to secondary locations each time a revision occurs.             AdvancedZip – Gives FH the ability to delta or patch zip revisions.

sounds okay to me* -
they interested in the idea of being able to make an exportable report as well
so i happy

*EDIT: I mean it sounds fair enough to me -
"As for the free version, minus bug fixes, we hope to suspend any further changes."
cause it works very well as is, I dont know if I even need any of the capability of paid version
Presumably new plugins (paid or free) will work with the free version

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Timer based on real time

« Last post by tomos on October 15, 2007, 09:58 AM »

does the Set Loop mean that it will only (in this case) run 5 times 5mins & then stop ?

I cant make the number any higher than 5 ?!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Timer based on real time

« Last post by tomos on October 15, 2007, 09:27 AM »

can someone test my application ? I want to be assured it works the way I want on other systems too.

-destiny_ruler (October 14, 2007, 03:36 AM)

xp home / up-to-date

it's working nicely here, unfortunately my sound card isn't working (brand new pc but havent had time to get to that yet)
but
popups are coming up nicely on time -
I'm finding it a helpful reminder of time passing by which makes me think "what am i doing right now" each time it pops up 

Would be nice:

1) if it closed to systray 2) if you could right click on systray icon for to close it or whatever - nothing happens here anyways when I do - have to double click it to open it & then close it 3) if on (re)starting one just had to click "activate" instead of "apply changes" & then "activate" - but thats a minor one

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General Software Discussion / Re: Less Than Worthless Reply From Take 2 Interactive

« Last post by tomos on October 15, 2007, 09:14 AM »

I've had that experience with apps that actually have very good support -
except I didnt have to wait 10 days of course 

They look at the first line of your mail & presume you havent a clue, dont read any further & send a reply requesting for more info.

Next time I contact any support I'm going to start off by saying
Attatched is x, y, & z logfile or whatever,
I KNOW that § is an option BUT ß didnt work for me - whats the problem -

I guess most of them are under pressure be it cause they small operations, or
big operations with stupid management & underpaid/unhappy(probably) staff who
dont give a toss more often than not cause their management doesnt either...

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by tomos on October 14, 2007, 05:19 PM »

Sure

-Lashiec (October 14, 2007, 04:54 PM)

was actually being silly there but interesting read 

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General Software Discussion / Re: FileHamster - auto incremental file monitor/backup as you work - and free!

« Last post by tomos on October 14, 2007, 04:48 PM »

Upgrade to FileHamster +plus only $19.95!
New Features Include:

    * WatchTree filters
    * WatchTree enhancements
    * Enhanced network and removable drive support
    * Offline libraries
    * Customized OpenWith menu
    * Full UNC support
    * Adjust SubFolder properties within a watch
    * And ALL future features and enhancements...

-http://www.mogware.com/filehamster/upgrade/index.html

Unfortunately there's no more details at the mo

Actually,
I'm a bit pissed off - I'm just after buying the "Report Window Plugin" which I thought would create an exportable report, unfortunately it doesnt [seem to].
I mean, I think this is an absolutely wonderful programme -
I'd recommend it to anyone, paid or free 
but,
I have this niggling..
"okay 10$ for plugin, 20$ for plus version, if I request x or y capability is it going to be another 10$ plugin & another &... "

sorry for being so negative but there you go...

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by tomos on October 14, 2007, 03:14 PM »

You're being too optimistic

-Lashiec (October 14, 2007, 02:37 PM)

could you give us a link for that Lashiec...

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General Software Discussion / Re: File Managers! Windows Explorer replacement! Come one, come all...

« Last post by tomos on October 14, 2007, 01:39 PM »

....

Pontificaciously, Ken

-KenR (October 14, 2007, 12:03 PM)

Oh, there is a manual?   

Just yesterday a friend wrote me and told about a vision he allegedly had recieved from God. In the vision there was a blindfolded couple, standing in front of a giant diamond. They didn't know there was this huge treasure, so they didn't know they could touch it and grab it  if only they would reach out their arms. Your praise to D'Opus makes me sort of feel the same way.

-Curt (October 14, 2007, 12:19 PM)

I'm trying to figure out a good metaphor for Opus - I still have 8 & heard that with 9 the manual got much better
Anyways,
with 8 it's a bit like a diamond you have to polish your self which is a bit of a slog it has to be said -
I remember reading at their forum some guy saying he was going to take the manual on holidays with him

So, you do need to study it a bit, then if you have an idea of what you want to do,
but need help - go to their forums where Nudel & others are very helpful.

Actually the best intro is probably Nudels tutorial - start with that - might make you want to have another go at it.
http://resource.dopu...viewtopic.php?t=1242
& this the new features for 9
http://nudel.dopus.com/opus9/

I cant say how it compares with other filemanagers (apart from win explorer)
but if you customise it a bit AND if time is money ( ) it pays for itself very quickly