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Available in: Actual Window Manager, Actual Window Guard.
The Change Caption action allows you changing window's caption string to one you like better.
Hint: The Change Caption action is useful for instances where the default caption is needlessly cluttered with superfluous information you don't need to see (like program version numbers, folder paths, active database filenames, etc.) or times when you want to disguise a window's identity.
Possible triggers: Startup.
Sadly, Armando the thesis writing is far from over... What this last month represents is more a last gasp for summer - I had a house full (literally!) of in-laws with whom I could not really communicate (they're all Korean) and spent a lot time on DC. I actually got a lot of PhD work done, too, but it is more planning and writing the skeleton - I still have to flesh it out. As of tomorrow, I will be teaching three classes again so will have to organise my time better. Hopefully, I'll be able to participate here as well.-Darwin (September 03, 2007, 10:01 PM)
). Whoever designed the stupid registry system should be shot - resuscitated and then shot again!-Carol Haynes (September 04, 2007, 03:51 PM)
Poor guy. But... Odly maybe : thanks carol. 
Yes, strangely it feels good to hear you say that. I hate -- with a deeply rooted passion -- the way the registry is handled. Even if you are happy tinkering in the registry it is really hard to back up applications settings as there is no easy way to determine what needs to be backed up.
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This is one of the big headaches of the Windows System - everything gets scattered about all over the place as the programmer see fit. OK there are guidelines set out by Microsoft about what should and shouldn't be done but MS is often on of the worst culprits at breaking those guidelines - some MS apps add literally thousands of registry entries - the thought of trying to track them all down is a nightmare. Some of these registry changes (like entering serial codes and activation details) are often hidden from registry monitoring apps - and some don't even seem to use the registry at all (or files accessible to the Windows File System).-Carol Haynes (September 04, 2007, 03:51 PM)
And Darwin makes the 1400 post count!
(see attachment in previous post)-hamradio (August 10, 2007, 02:42 PM)
darwin.IMO, Farr could become a full-blown task switcher (it's already been mentioned several times) which would list all applications, the way we want it, etc., etc.. Farr being the central interface to deal with programs seems pretty logical to me. There's already the Switch To Task, an AHK script by Justice. The problem is if you don't remember the title bar name of the app. you want to switch too...…it’s a bit problematic.
I agree with your comment about the resource/functionality ratio. That's why I believe that using farr as a task switcher-manager would be very appropriate. One app to rule them all...
by the way, Mouser... I know v2 is imminently pending, and I also know that this suggestion has been talked about in the past, but... has the "farr as an alt-tab replacement" been considered?
So?
One app to rule them all...
OK, Golem, I hear you...-Darwin (September 03, 2007, 05:14 PM)
In the same vein as TaskswitchXP, there is also M$' own alt-tab replacement powertoy. I've tried both and they offer similar functionality, but as always at a greater resource cost than I am willing to pay for the functionality returned...-Darwin (September 03, 2007, 04:47 PM)
. Anyway, it's pretty good otherwise.Great Armando! I know that this is already on his to-do list, maybe your note will help promote it up the list! Your saved searches request is a great one as well, and shouldn't be too difficult to implement given that there is a history of searches available already.-Darwin (September 03, 2007, 12:28 AM)