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Automatic Screenshotter / Re: How to capture a transient window?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 17, 2019, 06:37 PM »

automatic screenshotter might help.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties

« Last post by wraith808 on February 17, 2019, 06:35 PM »

Nothing changed.  What now?

-berkland (February 12, 2019, 09:29 AM)

Open up one of those URL files with a text editor and see if an "IconFile=<some path here>" line is there.  If so, this might be a refresh issue with Windows Explorer.

-skwire (February 12, 2019, 01:41 PM)

skwire, not sure how to open up URL files with a text editor, but I may have gotten what you need.  Attached preferences.txt file is TXT file of URL file that had the proper icon.  Attached measuredup.txt file is TXT file of URL file that did NOT have the proper icon.  Neither file has an "IconFile=<some path here>" line.  Is this what you need???

[ Invalid Attachment ]     [ Invalid Attachment ]

-berkland (February 17, 2019, 05:58 PM)

If it's just a text file, then you can actually just quote the text in a post.  But I modified your post to remove the attachthumb markup so that they would show.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Automatically adding custom-folder music to iTunes 12.x +

« Last post by wraith808 on February 17, 2019, 09:38 AM »

I'd only think that MOT would work because of the fact that the changes wouldnt necessarily be in even batches of 10

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Coding Snacks / Re: Automatically adding custom-folder music to iTunes 12.x +

« Last post by wraith808 on February 15, 2019, 11:15 PM »

I thought about the balloon tip, but it would generate it for each change, which would be annoying IMO.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Automatically adding custom-folder music to iTunes 12.x +

« Last post by wraith808 on February 15, 2019, 05:33 PM »

https://docs.microso...ws-commands/robocopy

Specifically:

/xo   Excludes older files.

Add that to the given command line and it should only copy new files.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Automatically adding custom-folder music to iTunes 12.x +

« Last post by wraith808 on February 15, 2019, 01:17 PM »

You could actually do a combination of the two; use robocopy for the command in the powershell script to only copy the file that changed.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Automatically adding custom-folder music to iTunes 12.x +

« Last post by wraith808 on February 14, 2019, 08:57 PM »

When I put an answer up in powershell, 4wd switches to robocopy 

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Coding Snacks / Re: Automatically adding custom-folder music to iTunes 12.x +

« Last post by wraith808 on February 13, 2019, 07:01 AM »

As I said, I'm working on a more robust solution, but have been a bit busy at work.  Not sure if someone else is interested in making another solution.

There are also a number of synchronize applications that either run on a schedule or are resident.  FreeFileSync is one that is free.  Syncovery is one that I can personally recommend.   There are also programs that can monitor folders for changes, and those do the same as the PowerShell script, and some can launch other items, just like the PowerShell script.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Folder Organizer/Sorter

« Last post by wraith808 on February 11, 2019, 09:19 PM »

Any updates?

-wetsmellydog (February 11, 2019, 06:54 PM)

Sorry, things have been really busy at work, so I haven't been able to work on it like I wanted to.  I have the baseline working but haven't had a chance to get it tuned in the way that I'd want it.  Things should hopefully calm down a bit within the next week or so, and I should be able to get back to it.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Automatically adding custom-folder music to iTunes 12.x +

« Last post by wraith808 on February 11, 2019, 11:03 AM »

I was actually working on something that would work for this, but life got in the way of finishing it.  Hopefully soon.  But there are a few alternatives out there to watch directories and then do things based on the directory changing.  An easy alternative is also PowerShell.  I have the following script running as my first step to creating that program.

Code: PowerShell [Select]

1. ### 1. Setup folder to watch (it's currently set to the default download directory with my username commented out)
2. ### 2. Should it watch subdirectories?  I have it set to false since my process copies to the subdirectories
3. ### 3. Set file filters- I have it set to all files
4.  
5.     $dirWatcher = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher
6.     $dirWatcher.Path = "C:\Users\<username>\Downloads"
7.     $dirWatcher.Filter = "*.*"
8.     $dirWatcher.IncludeSubdirectories = $false
9.     $dirWatcher.EnableRaisingEvents = $true  
10.  
11. ### 4. Define your action for when an event is raised.
12. ###    This is currently a multi-part action, logging it, then running my cleanup program
13.  
14.     $watcherAction =    {
15.                             $path = $Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath
16.                             $changeType = $Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType
17.                             $logEntry = "$(Get-Date), $changeType, $path"
18.                             Add-content "C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\DirSweeper\log.txt" -value $logEntry
19.  
20.                                             [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start("C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\DirSweeper\DirSweeper.exe")
21.                         }
22.  
23. ### Decide which events to watch (I only watch for files being created)
24.  
25.     Register-ObjectEvent $dirWatcher "Created" -Action $watcherAction
26. ###    Register-ObjectEvent $dirWatcher "Changed" -Action $watcherAction
27. ###    Register-ObjectEvent $dirWatcher "Deleted" -Action $watcherAction
28. ###    Register-ObjectEvent $dirWatcher "Renamed" -Action $watcherAction
29.     while ($true) {Start-Sleep 5}

Just kill the window when you want to stop it.  That command I have in there to my other program can be anything that you want to script to do the copying.  Thanks to 4wd for getting me back into PowerShell scripting.

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Living Room / Re: Apologies, confessions and a bit of a rant

« Last post by wraith808 on February 10, 2019, 03:41 PM »

If anyone has a mechanism for dealing with bullying that doesn’t require a properly functioning HR department, I’d love to hear about it.

-oblivion (February 10, 2019, 02:49 PM)

A lot would depend on how large the company is, and how much you're invested in staying there.  If you have a letter from the HR department talking about the incident and their poor handling of it, you can burn the whole place down pretty effectively.  I'd suggest keeping a log of everything involved and every occurrence, no matter how small, so that if it does end up coming back against you, you'll have proof of everything from your side.  It's a pain, but it works.  Also, your director of HR reports to someone else.  If you can loop them in, that might be a way to circumvent them and get things done.  Of course, all of this is contingent on being willing to leave if it comes to that.

Not a great situation, and sorry that you've had to deal with it.  I hope it works out for the best for you in the end.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Is DC attacked again?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 09, 2019, 01:53 PM »

Hacking, DDOS etc is not confined to "big" sites, important sites and it has never been. It is about games and anybody with a tool showing off and trying to gain a reputation in the dark corners. My site, a very very minuscule part of the web with zero thing or data of interest, gets attacked by those trying to login ...is just one example to prove the point

-rgdot (February 08, 2019, 09:37 PM)

Same here.  One of the reasons I've minimized my use of WordPress now.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Is DC attacked again?

« Last post by wraith808 on February 07, 2019, 03:14 PM »

This is pretty criminal.

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General Software Discussion / Re: some useful but less-known software. share your list!!!

« Last post by wraith808 on February 05, 2019, 11:30 PM »

maybe I'm nitpicking, but if anyones adding to the list can they please add something more than just a name + link. 

In a lot of cases the name is a clue as to what the program does, but I'm probably not alone in being wary of clicking on an unqualified link to find out whats on the end of it

Not suggesting for a minute that anyone here would consciously do anything risky, but still...

-Target (February 05, 2019, 09:57 PM)

It's not even just the risk, but the time taken to even find out what something is.  A lot of it isn't self-evident, so I find myself skipping over things without a description.

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N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018 Release: cnpaperplay - Codenames /Codenames Duet Play on Paper Clone

« Last post by wraith808 on February 02, 2019, 05:33 PM »

My wife and I just played this, and this is my report and review of the game (not of the program that generates games).

I printed just the instructions and the first game for each player, so we could both try it.

-david842 (February 02, 2019, 04:03 PM)

Did you look at the instructions for the game that it is based upon?  I think that he just included his alterations, so that might help.

https://czechgames.c...es-duet-rules-en.pdf

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« Last post by wraith808 on February 01, 2019, 11:02 AM »

Is your dollar bill worth thousands The bizarre trend for collecting cash with ‘interesting’ serial codes

-Arizona Hot (January 31, 2019, 01:24 AM)

I can't for the life of me figure out if that is the stupidest thing I've ever heard, or my new hobby … Or both.

Either way, I am definitely going to be checking it out this weekend.

-Stoic Joker (February 01, 2019, 07:57 AM)

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Living Room / Re: Refurbished or used internal hard disks 3½ 6TB-12TB

« Last post by wraith808 on January 31, 2019, 09:38 PM »

Refurbish doesn't necessarily mean repaired; it can mean something as simple as someone bought it and then returned it, they checked it and put it back out.  But I personally wouldn't take a chance.

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General Software Discussion / Re: [Splasm Software] Why can't I tab to the TYPE field?

« Last post by wraith808 on January 31, 2019, 09:36 PM »

When I am entering transactions, it will tab between each field EXCEPT the type field. I always have to go back and manually choose my selection. What am I doing wrong? I enter the date, hit tab and it skips the Type field and goes straight to the amount field--this really slows me down to go back to the type field each time. HELP! I have quite a few type options I made for myself so I need to change them constantly. I have it chosen as NONE in the box which is fine but will it not just tab to it at least so I don't need to backtrack on each entry?

-tutu11 (January 24, 2019, 01:55 AM)

Have you tried to go to the site of the software to ask for support?

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Living Room / Re: Gencon board (and video) game convention, Indiana Aug 2-5, 2018 - Ill be there

« Last post by wraith808 on January 30, 2019, 05:11 PM »

It's early enough that I think I might try to attend this year... at last. 

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by wraith808 on January 28, 2019, 09:36 AM »

I found a new band...

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Living Room / Re: Blades in the Dark

« Last post by wraith808 on January 27, 2019, 08:05 PM »

Yes, I've played it and several other Forged in the Dark type RPGs.  You can make it fit, but there are certain aspects that wouldn't carry over well to something that's programmed, IMO.  Though Darkest Dungeon has a bit different flair and background, it does remind me of Blades.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Switching.social

« Last post by wraith808 on January 27, 2019, 01:35 PM »

I saw a few alternatives to gmail that I was going to look into.  I'd heard of Nextcloud before, but not Cryptpad, so I'm going to look into that also.

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General Software Discussion / Switching.social

« Last post by wraith808 on January 26, 2019, 09:44 PM »

https://switching.social/ is a list of ethical(?), easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives.  I (?) ethical because that seems to be biased to the views of the site when that estimation should be in the eyes of the beholder.  But there are quite a few alternatives on there that seem to be worth looking into that I'd not heard of before.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by wraith808 on January 20, 2019, 05:45 PM »

It wasn't the WOEID stuff that was a pain, it was the new OAuth requirements.  OAuth is a damn nightmare.

-skwire (January 20, 2019, 02:29 AM)

My experiences with OAuth.



In other words, I agree.  Totally.

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Android Apps / Re: android app keyboard

« Last post by wraith808 on January 18, 2019, 08:02 AM »

I use switftkey sometimes, but gbkard has actually become quite good.