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Could you elaborate on that, CleverCat?-BigJim (October 27, 2007, 12:52 PM)
AK, your little nanny is VERY useful. I use it daily - so a big 'thank you' from me, too.
I'd like to be given the opportunity to edit the new folder name before it's processed so that I could, e.g. change "Filenanny.zip" to "File Nanny" for the folder name.
Keep up the fine work-BigJim (October 20, 2007, 07:13 PM)
Don't bother reorganising Program Files. Life's too short. Except for those programs that install themselves in their own folders on the root (OS excepted). Reorganise those using the uninstall option. They were obviously written by idiots
Have a folder on a different drive called StuffIveInstalled. Put your installer files in there. Rename them from grjdlstp.exe or whatever to the program name, and put the version number in the name too. If you got (say) an emailed registration code, save the email as an .eml and rar the whole lot up together (plus any saved configs, that kind of thing). You can also put info in properties, summary, simple view, comments to guide you on settings if you need to reinstall.
I also have a folder called YeOldeInstallers just in case an upgraded version sucks and I want to rewind - TMPGenc DVD Author - that means you
And I've another called TomorrowNeverComes for freeware stuff that I download but never get around to trying out - though getting into that one is an achievement; most don't even make it out of Downloads
From there on it depends on what you actually do with your PC - I have mine project based, with personal stuff completely separate, though I can never really get to grips with personalish work stuff, no matter how many shortcuts I drop into folders.
Whatever you do - make it easy to keep going. Or it wont. And yes, its do as I say, not as I do
Oh, and take regular Ghost snapshots - easily worth the money, though if there was something just as good without those damn services muscling into autostart I'd dump it in a minute-jpcjpc (September 27, 2007, 04:03 PM)
My FARR won't open MS Publisher...Finds it but won't open?-CleverCat (August 31, 2007, 06:17 AM)
Comment on your comment before mine - no such folders exist on my system.-Carol Haynes (September 02, 2007, 09:00 AM)
Nope-Carol Haynes (August 31, 2007, 08:10 AM)
One thing that helps me keep track of downloaded software, is a folder labeled "downloads & Drivers".
Inside I have a folder for every program I get, including: the original file, the unzipped (if applicable), a copy of the web page explaining it, and maybe a .txt file with password or key.-Padlock6 (August 30, 2007, 06:53 PM)
That means I have a MyDocuments folders, which is full of directories created by programs when they install, etc., and then I have a MyDocs folder which is all my real stuff. I find this makes it easier for me to isolate my "real" files from files created by programs which I don't really care about. Note that this means that the "default" folder used by programs to store stuff is not going to be the MyDocs folder so this solution is only good for people who dont mind changeing where programs you really use store there stuff, etc. i.e. don't do this unless you know what you are doing.
