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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
« Last post by Curt on April 29, 2011, 04:09 PM »-you were of course all right. Thanks! MClickFocusTab removed.
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A new favourite of mine: MClickFocusTab. No more "right-click > Open in background tab", just middle-click the link, and it will open in background tab/window.Isn't that default behavior? Or at least behavior that can be set with standard settings? At least middle-click opens new tab in background here, and I don't have any tab-related addons afaik-Curt (April 27, 2011, 11:06 AM)-f0dder (April 29, 2011, 10:17 AM)
Do No Evil; Google Chrome Style
Have you seen this warning when you try to click a link in Outlook or Word? "This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." Here is a screen shot:
There are many reason this warning can happen. Typically, the cause is that some setting in the registry (the database of configuration data on a Windows computer) has become corrupted. How exactly it became corrupted is an open question. One completely, 100% foolproof, way to corrupt the registry is to install and then uninstall Google Chrome. I discovered this when I realized that the error goes away if you reinstall Google Chrome, even if you do not set Google Chrome to your default browser. It turns out that Google leaves behind pointers to a ChromeHTML file type handler for web pages, but removes the file type handler itself during uninstallation.
To make it easier to repair a computer that has had Chrome installed I decided to write a registry file that restores the registry to its original state, and makes your computer work again. The file ended up being quite long. Google leaves behind a lot of detritus in the registry after uninstalling Chrome. It even leaves behind pointers to file icons in the, now removed, Chrome program.
If you have this error, you can use the registry script below. Or, you can do just the essential surgery by removing these two registry keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.htm
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.html
That will at least make your computer mostly functional again. To really restore full functionality after you install Google Chrome you need to run the registry file, or reinstall Windows.
Attachment: Nuke Chrome.reg:NukeChrome.zip (1.64 kB - downloaded 2986 times.)
Technical Details
When Outlook or Word starts it reads certain registry values to learn which program to use as the file handler for web pages. Those registry keys include HKCR\.htm[l] and the ones listed above. The values in those keys do not actually point to the file handler, but rather, describe the file type of the file handler. Normally, that file type is htmlfile. When you click a link in an e-mail your computer will look up the program that handles the htmlfile file type, and opens the link using that program.
When you install Google Chrome and set it to be the default browser it creates the keys above, along with many others. Those keys set the file type for .htm and .html files to ChromeHTML. The ChromeHTML file type, understandably, points to chrome.exe as the program to invoke. As long as Chrome is set to the default browser the operating system will take the route link->hkcr\software\classes\.html->hkcr\software\classes\ChromeHTML->chrome.exe. If Chrome is not set to the default browser for that user the operating system knows to launch the default browser instead.
When you uninstall Google Chrome it deletes the ChromeHTML key, but not the keys listed above, and many others. When Outlok launches it reads those handlers and tries to find the ChromeHTML file type that those keys defines. The ChromeHTML file type has, however, been deleted. Outlook (or rather Word, which is the email rendering program) catches that but does not have a good error message to show the user. It has been programmed to display the "this file type has been blocked" error when it can't find the file type in the registry. Thus, Outlook and Word (and any other program that handles HTML links) work correctly when Chrome is installed but not set to default, but fail after you uninstall Chrome and the linkages in the registry are incomplete.
Published Sun., Apr 24 2011 2:51 PM by jesper-Jesper's Blog
Welcome to Jesper Johansson's blog. This is my home for pontification on the web. In case this is your first time here, I have been working on information security for about 20 years, and have been writing and speaking on the topic for about 10.
My most recent book is the Windows Server 2008 Security Resource Kit . Because I am also a scuba instructor you may find some posts related to that topic as well. Just because it took me so long to get it, I also like to say that I have a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of Minnesota.
Dear Friends, I suspect that many of you have noticed that the last issue of Karen's Power Tools Newsletter was dated March 17, 2010, and you may have been anxiously awaiting another. It is with great sadness that I write to tell you of Karen's death on April 12, 2011, after a long struggle with several debilitations, including diabetes. I know that Karen touched many of you with her kindness, wit, creativity and encouragement. She was a loving daughter, sister, aunt and friend. And she was a pretty darned good programmer, too. We are deeply grieving her loss. For now, Karen's server is still running, the programs she has written can still be downloaded, and donations can still be made through the website. We are also working to fill all CD orders that have been submitted or mailed.
It is difficult to make business decisions while grieving. So, at this point, I cannot say what will be the future of KarenWare.com, except to say that we will certainly continue Karen's commitment to safeguard your privacy as shown at the Privacy link of KarenWare.com. Many of you have already written many kinds words of condolence and comfort. Please know that we greatly appreciate you. If you care to make a contribution in her honor, she was a long-time supporter of The Dohnavur Fellowship, a special children's ministry in southern India. You can learn more about them at www.DohnavurFellowship.org.
All we ask is that you remember her whenever you take the case off of your computer, contemplate removing entries from your Windows Registry, listen to Bob Wills or Riders in the Sky, or wave and say 'Hi!' to anyone on the 'net. May God richly bless you, as He has all those who knew Karen. Bill Kenworthy Karen's brother
Help Mozilla make sure your favorite add-ons get updated for upcoming Firefox releases by using this extension to report whether they still work or are having some issues with alpha and beta releases. Note: Recommended for alpha and beta users only!
14 April 2011
priPrinter 4.0 BETA is available!
Changelog v3.16
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Fixed file copy issues on SAMBA shares
Small GUI fixes
Changelog v3.15
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Overwriting a file as fully transactional operation
Optimized synchronization speed (non-cached volumes, e.g. memory sticks in particular)
Volumes can be specified by name: [<volume-name>]\<path> (usecase: variable drive letters, RealtimeSync)
Copy NTFS compressed, encrypted and sparse file attributes
Copy NTFS compressed and encrypted directory attributes
Copy NTFS alternate data stream Improved performance: CSV export, copy to clipboard, sync log display Improved color theme support
Fixed crash on certain system text colors settings
Fixed progress numbers for manual deletion
Allow aborting manual deletion via escape key
Use relative name for file tooltip
Automatically redirect arrow keys to main grid
More tolerant directory creation (operation not supported/wrong parameter)
More tolerant file move: ignore existing files (user-defined deletion directory)
Added macro %weekday%
Source: README, updated 2011-04-20-FreeFileSync
there's something about FireShot that makes the hair on my back rise
- not sure exactly what it is, but it just doesn't feel right.-f0dder (April 23, 2011, 10:53 AM)
(mind you, it works with Firefox, Thunderbird and Seamonkey only!)I LOVE my version of Babylon Pro, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed-cyberdiva (April 22, 2011, 01:33 PM)