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General Software Discussion / Re: Dopus - adding buttons to toolbar help needed

« Last post by Darwin on October 12, 2008, 09:30 AM »

Remember that you can export your config from within Dir Opus. Any time I make a small change (quite often) I export the config. If you ever have to reinstall you simply import the config and you are back up and running in seconds.

-edbro (October 12, 2008, 09:22 AM)

Yes! This is a great feature - but has contributed to my abysmal recall of what I have done...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dopus - adding buttons to toolbar help needed

« Last post by Darwin on October 12, 2008, 09:20 AM »

So... I guess the question is: does this work in Dopus 8? I'm running Dopus 9 on this machine. I'll fire up my Win2k machine (which has Dopus 8 installed) and check it out...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dopus - adding buttons to toolbar help needed

« Last post by Darwin on October 12, 2008, 09:14 AM »

Thanks, edbro. I've been searching the help file and the Dopus forum for this info and couldn't find it. FWIW - I no longer had the xml code in clipboard this morning when I tried it, which is why I no longer got the "paste" option.

EDIT: this experience just underscores that I need to start keeping a diary/journal/log about installing and customizing software! Once I get my apps set up I leave them alone and years later can't remember what/how I did it 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dopus - adding buttons to toolbar help needed

« Last post by Darwin on October 12, 2008, 08:37 AM »

To paste an xml file as a button all you need to do is right click on a toolbar and select "Customize". Then, right click again and "Paste". 

-edbro (October 12, 2008, 07:45 AM)

edbro - we both tried that. When I enter customize "mode" and then right click again, there is no "paste" option 



At any rate, you are right: the Dopus forums are a great resource - I'll check this out over there.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dopus - adding buttons to toolbar help needed

« Last post by Darwin on October 12, 2008, 07:13 AM »

Yep, all "the junk" is, I assume, to allow for pasting straight to the toolbar.

-tsaint (October 12, 2008, 01:05 AM)

Heh, heh - except it doesn't work!

I abandoned that, and, following your idea, I've got it mostly working.

-tsaint (October 12, 2008, 01:05 AM)

Glad you got it working - sorry it was such a tortuous route! I should really keep a diary so that I don't have to start from scratch overtime I install software (or try to help someone else)!

What's not working still?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dopus - adding buttons to toolbar help needed

« Last post by Darwin on October 12, 2008, 12:38 AM »

You don't need the extra stuff in the "advanced" pull down part. Mine simply has

C:\Program Files\TeraCopy\TeraCopy.exe Copy {allfilepath|filem} {destpath}

Here's a screenshot:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dopus - adding buttons to toolbar help needed

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 09:29 PM »

Crumb! You're right! I did this about a year ago and had completely forgotten about it (I should have actually Clicked that button I directed you to, but didn't want to duplicate the buttons in Dopus... Sigh... I needn't have worried). I'm trying to recreate my steps now... I remember this now because the instructions aren't clear. Each line enclosed by <> refrers to an instruction to be pasted into a corresponding line in the edit dialog for the new button. Here's what my Copy (with Teracopy) buttons edit dialog looks like:



This should give you an idea of how to set these up. Sorry I didn't pay more attention earlier 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dopus - adding buttons to toolbar help needed

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 07:13 PM »

Teracopy adds its own buttons into Dopus. Open up Teracopy via the start menu, click on "More" (this will expand the window) then click on "Menu" and select "Options". You should see "Directory Opus" in the lower part of the dialog that appears. This will add two buttons to your toolbar, one for copying and the other for moving files.

Does this acheive what you're after, or have I missed the point? Hope it helps!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dopus - adding buttons to toolbar help needed

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 06:46 PM »

I usually open up the customize menu (right click on the toolbar and select "customize") then select a command from the Commands tab. I usually find what I need there; if I do not I edit an existing button after the fact. Note that all you need to do is drag the button and drop it whereever you want it on the toolbar...

What function are you trying to add?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Data Extractor - Anyone found this useful

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 03:39 PM »

Hmm... just took a look at the proper webpage for Data Extractor and noticed that there is a users forum. Right, off to have a read. BTW, most of the description on the webpage makes this sound to me like a GREP tool...

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Living Room / Re: One answered question before you died

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 03:25 PM »

one thing that does make me "wonder" sometimes:

<b>what is the internal experience of other animals, i.e. what the hell is it like to be a spider let alone something like a dog</b>

that is something i would genuinely like to know.

-nudone (October 11, 2008, 03:07 PM)

I hear you... I often wonder if my perception of reality is the same as, or at least similar to, that of my wife/child/friend/neighbour/a pig farmer in PNG...

I'm not happy with my choice of "perception of reality", but I can't think of a better way of putting it at the moment (experience of the world? Sensory feedback - is red to me red to them?).

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General Software Discussion / Re: [Looking for] virtual directory with all files from a folders subdirectories

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 09:49 AM »

There are a bunch of 3rd party apps to do this... Here's a DC discussion about doing this: soft and hard links in ntfs

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini Review: Espresso

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 09:38 AM »

Easy enough to *bump* a review without *bumping* it... Just drop in to post a question: "What did people think of my review" or "Has anyone tried this application? What are you experiences, four months on". I'm sure that's more or less what zero3k was after - some further feedback.

Allen, that is a nightmare story! After you AINOP story, you'll excuse me if I refuse to shake your hand should we ever meet! Don't want any bad luck to rub off on me 

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Vista Immersion Experiment

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 09:30 AM »

IMHO NortonUAC is a bad idea, but I already wrote about it in the other thread.

-f0dder (October 11, 2008, 09:25 AM)

Agreed - I was hoping Curt would read the thread!

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General Software Discussion / Re: [Looking for] virtual directory with all files from a folders subdirectories

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 09:28 AM »

The only thing I can think of, and I've no idea if it would work, would be to use FreeCommander to create and populate a virtual folder THEN create a normal folder in which you create hard links to the files in the virtual folder. This *should*, then, be accessible with Windows Explorer and a open dialog (I think?!).

Just a thought.

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General Software Discussion / Re: [Looking for] virtual directory with all files from a folders subdirectories

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 08:59 AM »

Ah... Tricky, tricky...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Data Extractor - Anyone found this useful

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 08:50 AM »

Thanks for posting the question, patteo - I came over here to do the same thing. I'm wondering about this, too, but can't find any reviews via Google.

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General Software Discussion / Re: [Looking for] virtual directory with all files from a folders subdirectories

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 08:47 AM »

This forum post, suggests that FreeCommander is getting (or has) this feature as well.

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General Software Discussion / Re: [Looking for] virtual directory with all files from a folders subdirectories

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 08:42 AM »

DOpus features "flat-view" which does this...

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Vista Immersion Experiment

« Last post by Darwin on October 11, 2008, 08:18 AM »

Curt - did you see Josh's post about NortonUAC?

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Living Room / Re: Sprint-Wow. Just. Wow.

« Last post by Darwin on October 10, 2008, 09:14 PM »

I am a bit trusting though and hope that companies will work to retain customers.

-y0himba (October 10, 2008, 08:05 PM)

Well... in fairness, while I think that the customer service at myh cell phone carrier is shocking, they've yet to come close to the loathsome, horrible service you experienced (or that Allen experienced with his ISP). So, I guess I should say that my experience has been more that customer service has been frustrating but that my issues have all been resolved without any real drama.

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Living Room / Re: One answered question before you died

« Last post by Darwin on October 10, 2008, 09:09 PM »

Because from my perspective, the nature of the question makes the topic having taken a humorous turn inevitable.

-40hz (October 10, 2008, 06:54 PM)

No argument there! I just focused on the religious aspect of Chris' comments...

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Vista Immersion Experiment

« Last post by Darwin on October 10, 2008, 06:50 PM »

XP Pro in classic mode with the Theme service disabled is a fine operating system, IMNHO! I'm finally immersing myself in Vista as well (after owning the notebook for two months!). I'm still loving it! Wonder how f0dder is making out...

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Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 41 [NEW]

« Last post by Darwin on October 10, 2008, 06:44 PM »

Fantastic, ehtyar  Thank you for doing this. DC credits coming your way 

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Living Room / Re: Sprint-Wow. Just. Wow.

« Last post by Darwin on October 10, 2008, 06:23 PM »

I've found that most services that require a multi-year contract don't have very good customer service. After all, they basically trapped you when you first signed up. They don't need to worry about keeping you, since if you leave they can just charge you exorbitant cancellation fees.

-Deozaan (October 10, 2008, 04:20 PM)

Excellent point, and pretty much my experience as well.