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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Explorer "File manager" Alternative

« Last post by tomos on February 05, 2021, 06:14 AM »

The most important thing immediately is that I can preserve the creation date when copying between drives

I think that with the dates should not be a problem with any half-decent file manager.
With XYplorer, you can trial the portable version (scroll down this page a bit for the link). XYplorer is cheaper than Dopus, and also offers a lifetime license. The regular license includes updates for one year (is not a subscription though).

I dont know can you trial the portable version of Dopus. I preferred Dopus myself for reasons not really relevant here (image handling). It is expensive, but, as 4wd says major (paid) updates dont come around so often.

The link below is not a direct comparision (e.g. some pros or cons of one file manager are not listed on the other, even though they exist there too) but it will give you an idea of each individual manager:
https://www.slant.co...er_vs_directory-opus

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot on High Definition Monitor

« Last post by tomos on February 04, 2021, 02:52 AM »

Note that screenshots just don't look good resized. They're too "sharp-edged" which makes resizing very unforgiving. For screenshots, I use SC or my default viewer which is the one that comes with Dopus.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Explorer "File manager" Alternative

« Last post by tomos on February 04, 2021, 02:47 AM »

#2 (comparing files) you don't specify the criteria. Dopus offers a bit comparison

4) Can index and include external hard drives and directories not currently connected to the system.

you don't mean index the contents of the files here, do you?
Same question for #3

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot on High Definition Monitor

« Last post by tomos on February 03, 2021, 05:48 PM »

By the way, Windows 10 is set at 150% scaling on the UHD monitor, if that affects anything.

-nkormanik (February 03, 2021, 05:47 AM)

I have 125% scaling in my laptop and I notice that screenshots in the browser, e.g. in the forum here always look blurry (no zoom in browser window) - I dont know whether this is just a coincidence or whether these two things are actually related... On my desktop which uses 100%, the same screenshots look perfectly sharp in the same browser.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot on High Definition Monitor

« Last post by tomos on February 03, 2021, 05:43 PM »

Thanks Mouser.  I use another image viewing program to subsequently view the saved screenshots.  Perhaps the problem lies there.

-nkormanik (February 03, 2021, 05:47 AM)

did you rule out SC as a problem? I mean do images show correctly in SC when shown @ 100% ?

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Android Apps / Re: Change Font Color

« Last post by tomos on January 30, 2021, 05:36 PM »

Discussion List has the option to change text colour. But I can't actually get the widget to show
(this may be user ignorance - I never use widgets)

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by tomos on January 26, 2021, 04:47 PM »

Mort by Terry Pratchett. A nice (and not too big) hardback.



about 70 pages in -- a very easy and entertaining read so far. My first book by Pratchett. I used be more of a novels reader, but just kind of gave up a few years back. Read an occasional non-fiction, not much else.

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General Software Discussion / Re: wanted: file manager for moving files (possibly with speed limit)

« Last post by tomos on January 26, 2021, 03:05 PM »

In trying to remember the *Commander options, I ran across one that I think I'll try.  The price tag is a bit extreme (up there with DOpus), but it is a perpetual license, unlike DOpus. https://fman.io/

-wraith808 (January 26, 2021, 02:17 PM)

if you do try it, let us know how you get on 

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General Software Discussion / Re: wanted: file manager for moving files (possibly with speed limit)

« Last post by tomos on January 26, 2021, 01:05 PM »

I know Skwire uses Altap Salamander (so it must be good :-)
https://www.altap.cz/

Doesn't XYplorer have a free version -- hmm, still available but not supported/updated since 2017. You may even find a portable version in portable apps or somewhere... https://www.xyplorer.com/free.php

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021: MoveFileHere

« Last post by tomos on January 17, 2021, 06:16 PM »

I did get another chance -- I seem to get error messages no matter what I do:

1) With exe, pressing enter after F7 gets same error as above

2) with AHK file, pressing enter/spacebar/left-click after F7 gets:
---------------------------
MoveFileHere.ahk
---------------------------
Error:  0x8000FFFF - Catastrophic failure

Specifically: hwnd

   Line#
   216: Hotkey,Lbutton,hotkey_lbutton,vState
   217: Hotkey,Esc,hotkey_esc,vState
   218: }
   224: {
   225: vHwnd := WinActive("ahk_class CabinetWClass")
   226: if (vHwnd) 
   227: For window, in ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows
--->   228: if (window.hwnd = vHwnd) 
   229: {
   230: path := window.Document.Folder.Self.Path
   232: Return,SubStr(path, 1, 2) = "::" ? "" : path
   233: }
   234: }
   244: {
   246: vHwnd := vHwnd ? vHwnd : WinExist("A")

Continue running the script?
---------------------------
Yes   No   
---------------------------

3) I get the same error using a different folder -- note it does find the folder and displays the correct file


Do you think is it to do with it being a user account? (UAC at "Default", which appears to be high). I can try it in the admin account, but not tonight ;-)

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Living Room / Re: good Videos [short films] here :)

« Last post by tomos on January 17, 2021, 02:53 PM »

TROLL BRIDGE is a love-letter to Terry Pratchett and Discworld:

-panzer (January 17, 2021, 11:46 AM)

very good, I enjoyed that
the song at the end uses the tune of an old Irish anti-recruitment ballad "Arthur McBride" (youtube)

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021: MoveFileHere

« Last post by tomos on January 17, 2021, 02:03 PM »

^ Nod5 thanks for that info

The error you describe is a bug but I haven't found a way to reproduce it yet. It could be an issue with file permissions or Windows 10 security (partially) blocking the exe, hard to say.

-Nod5 (January 17, 2021, 10:31 AM)

it's a user account (there is no problem with elevating permissions though when necessary). Not sure what the security settings are. Will get back to it again in a couple of days time, and try a few variations and report back then.

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: N.A.N.Y 2021: Incipitor

« Last post by tomos on January 17, 2021, 01:59 PM »

^ thanks BGM

Be sure and read Incipitor's help file - it explains all this stuff.

-BGM (January 17, 2021, 01:35 PM)

yes...    

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General Software Discussion / Re: Vivaldi, the new Web browser for power users

« Last post by tomos on January 17, 2021, 06:16 AM »

I dont know is this a Vivaldi problem or a Chrome problem (I have little experience with Chrome):

In Firefox, if I simply type 'u' in the addressbar it shows my most frequently visited page with a u in it at the top of a list: the donationcoder 'unread all' forum page. I just have to press enter.

[EDIT #2] different browser, I guess I just got to work differently -- if I just type 'd' it autocompletes to the page I want...

In Vivaldi dropdown I get:
#1) search engine icon with 'u' i.e. enter will do a search [EDIT// I got rid of this in search settings]
#2) 'Frequently visited pages' *not* including dc which has to be one of my most visited page, (does include some sites with no 'u' in the name  e.g. evernote.com)
#3) 'Typed history' not here
#4) 'Bookmarks' -- I've change the settings to favour bookmarks (and bookmarked the page), but see no difference. It's not shown here.

Here's my settings, any ideas what I could change here?



[EDIT #2] different browser, I guess I just got to work differently -- if I just type 'd' it autocompletes to the page I want.

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: N.A.N.Y 2021: Incipitor

« Last post by tomos on January 17, 2021, 05:51 AM »

Start Menu confusion:
because I initially have to run incipitor as admin, it automatically chose the start menu for the admin account, and not the one for the current user account. So I uninstalled that context menu entry, and did a search for the start menu location.

In the user account (Windows 10 x64) there seem to be two start menus:

C:\Users\*me*\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
&
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

I see you've chosen the user account above, but see here that there's a lot more shortcuts in the ProgramData folder...
Can anyone help my confusion ? :-)

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021: MoveFileHere

« Last post by tomos on January 16, 2021, 05:14 PM »

Trying the exe file in Windows 10.

Two things:

1) (minor) it doesnt recognise that the Download folder has been moved from it's default location (the new location is recognised correctly by File Explorer and Vivaldi). I edited the ini file to point to correct folder, so no real problem here

2) When I press F7, the name of the file to be moved shows as a tool tip type message (near the mouse pointer) but nothing is moved. If I click on the message I get this error:

---------------------------
MoveFileHere.exe
---------------------------
Error:  0x8000FFFF - Catastrophic failure

Specifically: hwnd

   Line#
--->   161: if (window.hwnd = vHwnd) 

Continue running the script?
---------------------------
Yes   No   
---------------------------

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: One-Time Grid

« Last post by tomos on January 16, 2021, 01:45 PM »

How I use it: Every time I need a new password I grab a sheet (I printed some out front and back of a page and each has 6 grids on it) and circle the group of character that I want to use as the password, like a word search puzzle, (making sure to follow that site's guidelines for passwords) and then indicate the start and end. It may sound like a pain, but it's not (at least I don't think so). I write the description/website at the top along with the username. I have also included a random string and a pin that can be use as a suffix/prefix to the password.

-c.gingerich (October 14, 2020, 12:37 PM)

hi Chris,
trying to figure out if I understand this correctly:

is the main point of this:
1) having help to create a random password ?
2) having a hard copy that you can store (e.g. in your safe) ?

unimportant:
you say that you "indicate the start and end" -
3) do you draw a line from start square to finish square through each character in sequence (I of course initially chose the most complex line possible, but this doesnt make the password any better...)
4) do you keep that line relatively simple :-) ?

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

« Last post by tomos on January 16, 2021, 07:25 AM »

Nessun Dorma done differently

Not sure what that instrument is called :-)
Artist: Juanjo Monserrat

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Screenshot Captor / Re: How to disable auto ScreenShotCaptor software updates

« Last post by tomos on January 14, 2021, 04:07 PM »

Can you tell me which version of SC you have where this behavior of the magnified window does not happen?

-mouser (January 14, 2021, 03:32 PM)

I found an older version[4.31.1], and it works just fine. I keep it handy, so that when the software auto-updates, I can tear that out and install the kept version, that is well behaved

-user7989 (January 14, 2021, 12:49 PM)

I'm a bit confused by the OP though as SC does not auto-update...

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Living Room / Re: My new project is now live: Co-op For Two on YouTube

« Last post by tomos on January 01, 2021, 06:02 AM »

Well, after a quick look: it looks great - - and you both sound great. Well done!

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021: MoveFileHere

« Last post by tomos on December 31, 2020, 05:47 PM »

Looking forward to trying this one



EDIT// okay, needs Windows 10 -- will have to wait till later in the week

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021: Zever2TFT - Display solar production on TFT or eInk display (IoT)

« Last post by tomos on December 31, 2020, 05:46 PM »

Looks great Ath

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Living Room / Re: Saying goodbye to the old year with a cheer!

« Last post by tomos on December 31, 2020, 05:44 PM »

The old year is gone here.
Here's to a good new one!

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Living Room / Re: Saying goodbye to the old year with a cheer!

« Last post by tomos on December 30, 2020, 05:53 PM »

^ they got rhythm 

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N.A.N.Y. 2021 / Re: NANY 2021 Entry: The Lightning Bolt Quiz

« Last post by tomos on December 26, 2020, 04:48 PM »

^ You make a lot of very good points.
Especially:

Yes, politics, religion, and perhaps a few other things are generally verboten topics on this forum. But that has always been a soft line, and small exceptions where the discussion veered somewhat across the line have existed in the past. In them, a few mostly respectful, if not slightly heated, posts about politics and/or religion were made. And then, because it was usually off topic for the thread the posts were made in, or because of at least one warning from a moderator (but usually mouser) with the power to enforce the warning, the conversation was steered back to the topic on hand.

Some maybe relevant points:
I havent noticed (or had forgotten) this evengalising in the past that you speak of.
I dont think anyone intended to bully, but unfortunately it was disrespectful how we all hopped on the 'I'm evil' bandwagon and maybe boils down to bullying
I think my posts were taken as the "warning" by the moderator. (As I say above, I guess I prompted it as well.) Meaning the moving of the posts was not really 'without warning'. But I guess that's a minor point...