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General Software Discussion / Re: Steam, and customer satisfaction

« Last post by 4wd on May 03, 2013, 05:02 AM »

@Target: If you want to save your data allowance let me know, I'll make sure my CoD: MW3 install is up to date, archive it onto DVD and mail it to you.

BTW, the 35GB install seems excessive - it only takes up 14.2GB on both my XP and Win7 machines.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 02, 2013, 10:20 PM »

Thanks - looks like this is going to be a bit of fun, the PPTP not having a physical connection means I need another way to see if it's online, (possibly something as simple as count the number of IPs periodically).

Quick question, do you only ever have one PPTP VPN connected at a time?

EDIT: Worked out how - some things are so easy once you stop looking too hard  


PPTPchek - Simple PPTP connection monitor (I'm starting to run out of names)

Nothing fancy, same command args as ConnStat above:

PPTPcheck.exe [delay]       - delay = optional delay before monitoring starts
eg. PPTPchek.exe 30

All it does is call rasdial.exe every 2 seconds, if the named connection no longer exists the program exits.

Code: AutoIt [Select]

1. #Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
2. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Icon=netshell_190.ico
3. #AutoIt3Wrapper_UseUpx=n
4. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Fileversion=0.3.0.20
5. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Fileversion_AutoIncrement=y
6. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Icon_Add=netshell_193.ico
7. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Icon_Add=netshell_191.ico
8. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Icon_Add=netshell_192.ico
9. #EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
10.  
11. #comments-start
12.  
13. PPTPchek- Displays an icon in the SysTray while the specified PPTP connection exists
14.  
15. PPTPchek.exe [delay]
16.  
17. where: [delay]       = Optional delay before monitoring starts (in seconds)
18.  
19. eg.  PPTPchek.exe 30
20.  
21. Tray icon will  change colour at the end of the delay period, (if given or when rasdial.exe has finished), to indicate monitoring has begun.
22.  
23. NIC status will be checked every 2000 milliseconds.
24.  
25. PPTPchek can be terminated by causing the PPTP connection to disconnect, (eg. pull the cable), or choosing Exit from the icon context menu.
26.  
27. If the icon is flashing between its normal icon and a red cross it indicates the program is PAUSED - use the context menu to unpause.
28. #comments-end
29.  
30. #include <Constants.au3>
31. #include <StaticConstants.au3>
32.  
33. Opt("TrayAutoPause", 0)
34.  
35. TraySetState()                                                                   ; Show tray icon
36. If $CmdLine[0] > 1 Then
37.         If Int($CmdLine[2]) > 0 Then
38.                 $j = 0
39.                 $i = TimerInit()
40.                 While $j < Int($CmdLine[2]) * 1000                          ; Loop until delay expired
41.                         $j = TimerDiff($i)
42.                         If ProcessExists("rasdial.exe") = 0 Then ExitLoop   ; If rasdial.exe process doesn't exist, exit the loop
43.                         Sleep(1000)
44.                 WEnd
45.         EndIf
46. EndIf
47. TraySetState(2)                                                                 ; Hides tray icon after delay
48. TraySetIcon(@ScriptName, -5)                                         ; Change icon
49. TraySetState(1)                                                                 ; Show tray icon, ie. monitoring starts
50.  
51. While 1
52.         If _GetState() = "" Then _Exit()
53.         Sleep(2000)
54. WEnd
55.  
56.  
57. Func _Exit()
58.         Exit
59. EndFunc
60.  
61.  
62. Func _GetState()
63.         While ProcessExists("rasdial.exe")
64.                 Sleep(250)
65.         WEnd
66.         Local $foo = Run(@comspec & ' /c rasdial.exe', '.', @SW_HIDE, $STDOUT_CHILD)
67.         If @error Then
68.                 MsgBox(48, "PPTPchek", "PPTPchek: Failed to run rasdial.exe")
69.         EndIf
70.         Local $output
71.         $output = ''
72.         While 1
73.                 $output &= StdoutRead($foo)
74.             If @error <> 0 Then ExitLoop
75.         WEnd
76.         StdioClose($foo)
77.         If StringInStr($output, "No connections") Then Return ""
78.         Local $temp = StringSplit($output, @CRLF)
79.         TraySetToolTip($temp[2])
80.         Return $temp[2]
81. EndFunc

UPDATE:

• Monitoring delay will be terminated as soon as the rasdial.exe process terminates.
• ToolTip now indicates connection name.
• Doesn't need a connection argument, (for running via Task Scheduler)
• Checks to see if rasdial.exe is running before executing it
• Interval changed to 2 seconds

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 02, 2013, 08:15 AM »

Can you run the attached program when you have a PPTP VPN connected, select all the lines in the output window, copy then paste into a text file and attach it to a reply here?

Doesn't do anything strange, just reports information regarding network devices: device names, status, etc - no secret information, (source included so anyone can check).

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 02, 2013, 06:53 AM »

Simple connection monitor: ConnStat.exe

The simple part: an icon = connected; no icon = disconnected


ConnStat - Connection Status

ConnStat.exe <adapter> [delay]

where: <adapter >= NIC adapter name as given under Windows Network Connections, use quotes if necessary
            [delay]    = Optional delay before monitoring starts (in seconds)

eg.  ConnStat.exe "virtualbox host-only network" 30

Tray icon will change colour at the end of the delay period, (if given), to indicate monitoring has begun.

If the NIC given does not exist or it does not have a status of Connected, the program will exit.

NIC status will be checked every 1000 milliseconds.

ConnStat can be terminated by causing the NIC to disconnect, (eg. pull the cable, disable it, nuke the destination, etc), or choosing Exit from the icon context menu.

If the icon is flashing between its normal icon and a red cross it indicates the program is PAUSED - use the context menu to unpause.

Code: AutoIt [Select]

1. #Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
2. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Icon=netshell_193.ico
3. #AutoIt3Wrapper_UseUpx=n
4. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Icon_Add=netshell_190.ico
5. #EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
6.  
7. #comments-start
8.  
9. ConnStat - Connection Status
10.  
11. ConnStat.exe <adapter> [delay]
12.  
13. where: <adapter >= NIC adapter name as given under Windows Network Connections, use quotes if necessary, it's case-insensitive
14.             [delay]    = Optional delay before monitoring starts, (in seconds).
15.  
16. eg.  ConnStat.exe "virtualbox host-only network" 30
17.  
18. Tray icon will change colour at the end of the delay period, (if given), to indicate monitoring has begun.
19.  
20. If the NIC given does not exist or it does not have a status of Connected, the program will exit.
21.  
22. NIC status will be checked every 1000 milliseconds.
23.  
24. ConnStat can be terminated by causing the NIC to disconnect, (eg. pull the cable), or choosing Exit from the icon context menu.
25.  
26. If the icon is flashing between its normal icon and a red cross it indicates the program is PAUSED - use the context menu to unpause.
27. #comments-end
28.  
29. #Include <Array.au3>
30.  
31. ; No command line args = message and exit
32. If $CmdLine[0] = 0 Then
33.         MsgBox(48, "ConnStat", "Command format:" & @CRLF & "ConnStat.exe <network connection> [delay]" & @CRLF & @CRLF & 'eg. ConnStat.exe "Local Area Connection 2" 30')
34.         _Exit()
35. EndIf
36.  
37. TraySetState()                                                                   ; Show tray icon
38. $checkConn = $CmdLine[1]                                            ; arg 1 = NIC
39. If $CmdLine[0] > 1 Then
40.         If Int($CmdLine[2]) > 0 Then Sleep(Int($CmdLine[2]) * 1000)    ; arg2 = optional delay
41. EndIf
42. TraySetState(2)                                                                 ; Hides tray icon appears after delay, ie. monitoring starts
43. TraySetIcon(@ScriptName, -5)                                         ; Change icon
44. TraySetState(1)                                                                 ; Show tray icon
45.  
46. While 1
47.         $connNICs = _AdaptersConnected()                            ; get NICs with state "connected"
48.         $i = _ArraySearch($connNICs, $checkConn, 1)            ; search NIC list for our adapter
49.         If @error Then _Exit()                                                   ; exit if not found
50.         Sleep(1000)
51. WEnd
52.  
53.  
54. Func _Exit()
55.         Exit
56. EndFunc
57.  
58. ; Function by guiness @ http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/134245-get-netconnection-status/#entry936095
59. Func _AdaptersConnected($sComputer = @ComputerName)
60.     Local $aReturn[1] = [0], $iDimension = 0, $oColItems, $oWMIService, $sDelimeter = Chr(01), $sReturn = ""
61.  
62.     $oWMIService = ObjGet("winmgmts:\\" & $sComputer & "\")
63.     $oColItems = $oWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_NetworkAdapter Where NetConnectionStatus='2'", "WQL", 0x30)
64.  
65.     If IsObj($oColItems) Then
66.         For $oObjItem In $oColItems
67.             If $oObjItem.AdapterType = "" Or $oObjItem.NetConnectionID = "" Then ; Ensures that the connections are physical adapters.
68.                 ContinueLoop
69.             EndIf
70.             If StringInStr($sDelimeter & $sReturn, $sDelimeter & $oObjItem.Description & $sDelimeter, 1) Then ; Ensures there are no duplicates.
71.                 ContinueLoop
72.             EndIf
73.             $sReturn &= $oObjItem.Description & $sDelimeter
74.  
75.             If ($aReturn[0] + 1) >= $iDimension Then ; http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/...en-you-have-to-resize-an-exist
76.                 $iDimension = ($aReturn[0] + 1) * 2
77.                 ReDim $aReturn[$iDimension]
78.             EndIf
79.  
80.             $aReturn[0] += 1
81.             $aReturn[$aReturn[0]] = $oObjItem.NetConnectionID
82.         Next
83.     EndIf
84.  
85.     ReDim $aReturn[$aReturn[0] + 1]
86.     Return $aReturn
87. EndFunc   ;==>_AdaptersConnected

You can run multiple copies and you can rename the executable to anything you like.

EDIT: For some wierd reason I can't get the ToolTip to change to something other than the executable name, (I was going to make it the passed NIC name), more reading to be done.

NOTE: Currently only works for physical adapters.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on May 02, 2013, 02:57 AM »

If the VPN connection drops out the icon stays put, so there is no indication the the connection has dropped.

Half a dozen posts later it has all become clear - all you want is a network connection monitor, nothing to do with batch files at all really. 

If I hover the cursor over the NetConnected icon there is a 'Left-click to execute file and exit' option, what actually happens is that the icon disappears but the VPN stays connected.

It's not an option, it's a ToolTip - what you're saying is that as soon as you hover over the icon you get the ToolTip and then the program exits without you doing anything further, (something it doesn't do on my machine).

Anyway, now that all that's required is a connection monitor it's back to the drawing board 

Icon changed for NetConnected, download archive again.

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Coding Snack Guidelines / Re: Count Number of Pages in PDF Files

« Last post by 4wd on May 01, 2013, 02:23 AM »

If you're willing to add a couple of extra files, (besides pdfinfo.exe), to get it working here's a DOS batch/command file that will output:

"Filename", pages

Call as follows:

PDF-Pages.cmd <directory>

Include quotes around the directory path if required, eg. PDF-Pages.cmd "D:\My Documents"

Output goes to a file named output.txt.

Code: Text [Select]

1. REM PDF-Pages.cmd
2. @echo off
3. del output.txt
4. for /r %1 %%f in (*.pdf) do pdfinfo.exe -meta "%%f" >out.txt & echo "%%f", | tr.exe -d "\r\n" >>output.txt & find "Pages:" out.txt | tr.exe -d "\055\056\072[:alpha:][:space:]" >>output.txt & echo. >>output.txt
5. del out.txt

You'll need tr.exe, libintl3.dll and libiconv2.dll from coreutils binaries and coreutils dependencies archives available here - put them in the same directory as the batch/command file.

Worked OK here over 380 PDF files in 21 sub-directories.

Anyway, it was an exercise in DOS

EDIT: Ooppss!  Just realised not what you're after 

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Coding Snack Guidelines / Re: Looks like I still dont have a final solution for a custom directory list :(

« Last post by 4wd on May 01, 2013, 01:28 AM »

dir /s /on /b /a:d > list.txt

This one is close, about as close as I have come.
the output though is "too complete" as I only need one line for each folder or better stated
I need one line showing the first occurrence of the file index.php, then skipping to the next subdirectory and listing the same thing there.

-questorfla (April 30, 2013, 12:24 PM)

It'll list every occurrence of index.php but maybe:

dir /s /on /b /a:-d index.php > list.txt

Otherwise, as skwire has said, we need an example input and example output to be able to get the right idea.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Raymond.cc compares antivirus memory usage

« Last post by 4wd on May 01, 2013, 12:30 AM »

My biggest problems with AV's are when downloading - they tend to not only check the download but also the contents of the download folder which tends to be over-full - or simply when navigating within any file dialogue (save/open).
I guess those two overlap.

MSE used to really slow things down as per above, but it has improved and stabilised the last few months.

-tomos (April 30, 2013, 05:09 PM)

It's too bad that it doesn't have the option to only scan files when they are opened - like most other AV programs.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on April 30, 2013, 11:24 PM »

I just tried it again and the icon is flashing between different colours and a cross, I opened Network Connections and the VPN that this is set up for shows no indication of trying to connect.

-pilgrim (April 30, 2013, 11:48 AM)

If it's flashing between an icon and a red cross that means the script is paused, ie. you clicked the RMB on it and the default AutoIt action is to bring up the Script Paused/Exit menu - just right-click it again and choose Script Paused to unpause.

The ON files contain the name of the VPN as well as username and password so each one is specific to a single VPN server, therefore I am going to need a different ON file for each VPN server, although I have no intention of creating files for all of them at the last count there were 40+.
This also means that I will need a separate X batch file for each one and that in turn means that I need separate scripts or apps to trigger the various X batch files as the path will be different for each one.

It sounds more like you need a decent Network Connection Manager but let's see if I can reduce the number of batch files required without doing much of anything

The way you've described it you need one "X" batch file for every ON batch file, is this correct?

The "X" batch file is there for the sole purpose of setting/deleting a flag file and choosing which of the following two, (ON or OFF), batch files to run based on the (non)existence of the flag file.

However, if you move the conditional test to the ON and OFF batch files there's no need for the "X" batch files at all.

Now you only need one ON batch file for each connection and the OFF batch file.

eg. The first few lines of each ON batch file would be:

Code: Text [Select]

1. if not exist pptp-running.txt goto startvpn
2. REM prog is already running
3. start /D "C:\Batch Files\PPTP ON-OFF" PPTP-OFF.bat
4. goto alldone
5. :startvpn
6. REM prog is not running
7. copy NUL>pptp-running.txt
8.  
9. VPN connection commands
10.  
11. :alldone

For the OFF batch file, (PPTP-OFF.bat), the first few lines would be:

Code: Text [Select]

1. if not exist pptp-running.txt goto alldone
2. del pptp-running.txt
3.  
4. VPN disconnection commands
5.  
6. :alldone

Running any ON batch file with an already established connection would cause disconnection, so in effect every ON file becomes an OFF file if there is a connection.

If we add in a little program, (see below), that throws an icon into the SysTray when run and optionally runs the OFF batch file when clicked then all you require would be a program launcher, (Launchy, FARR, etc), to choose which ON batch file you want to run.

Would not this be easier?

NetConnected is a small program that will put an icon into your SysTray and then just sit there.  It takes one optional argument, a file to run when you click on it with the LMB or choose Exit from its menu - the file will then execute and NetConnected will exit.

eg. NetConnected.exe "C:\Batch Files\PPTP-OFF.bat"

If you run NetConnected without arguments then it will terminate any previous running instance then exit.  You can also rename the executable to anything you like, it will still work.  (I chose a generic network icon for it but if you want something else let me know - I might see if I can get it to change according to a supplied country code or icon.)

So your ON files would become:

Code: Text [Select]

1. if not exist pptp-running.txt goto startvpn
2. REM prog is already running
3. start /D "C:\Batch Files\PPTP ON-OFF" PPTP-OFF.bat
4. goto alldone
5. :startvpn
6. REM prog is not running
7. copy NUL>pptp-running.txt
8.  
9. VPN connection commands
10.  
11. NetConnected.exe "C:\Batch Files\PPTP-OFF.bat"
12. :alldone

And you could add it to the OFF file:

Code: Text [Select]

1. if not exist pptp-running.txt goto alldone
2. del pptp-running.txt
3.  
4. VPN disconnection commands
5.  
6. :alldone
7. NetConnected.exe

Is that any better?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on April 29, 2013, 09:11 PM »

I just tried the EXE but apart from an icon appearing nothing happened, ......

-pilgrim (April 29, 2013, 09:12 AM)

That's exactly what should happen when you run it.......then it just sits there until you click the LMB on it at which point it goes and runs your batch file and the icon changes colour.

Simples 

I am trying to keep to AHK and batch files, they give me enough headaches.

Fair enough, I find the syntax used in AHK is too strange to get to grips with

My intention was to use a one of the Windows network icons and only have it show when the VPN is connected, the way it is on XP.

So what you want is something along the lines of the OpenVPN GUI which provides an indication in the SysTray and allows you to easily switch between VPNs?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Turn a batch file into an AHK script.

« Last post by 4wd on April 29, 2013, 08:35 AM »

A simple AutoIt script, seems to work here, you may need to change the batch file folder and/or names if I got it wrong.

I'm sure you could think of something better to call it:

Code: AutoIt [Select]

1. ; ToggleIcon
2.  
3. #Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
4. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Icon=OnOff.ico
5. #AutoIt3Wrapper_UseUpx=n
6. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Icon_Add=On.ico
7. #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Icon_Add=Off.ico
8. #EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
9.  
10. #include <Constants.au3>
11. #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
12. #include <WindowsConstants.au3>
13. #include <StaticConstants.au3>
14.  
15. $flag = "C:\pptp-running.txt"
16. TraySetClick(16)
17.  
18. If Not FileExists($flag) Then
19.         TraySetIcon(@ScriptName, -6)
20. Else
21.         TraySetIcon(@ScriptName, -5)
22. EndIf
23.  
24. While 1
25.         $msg = TrayGetMsg()
26.         Switch $msg
27.                 Case $TRAY_EVENT_PRIMARYUP
28.                         _Toggle()
29.                 Case Else
30.                         ContinueLoop
31.         EndSwitch
32.         Sleep(500)
33. WEnd
34.  
35. Func _Toggle()
36.         If Not FileExists($flag) Then
37.                 $file = FileOpen($flag, 2)
38.                 FileClose($file)
39.                 Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & '"C:\Batch Files\PPTP-US-ON.bat"', "C:\Batch Files", @SW_HIDE)
40.                 TraySetIcon(@ScriptName, -5)
41.         Else
42.                 FileDelete($flag)
43.                 Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & '"C:\Batch Files\PPTP-US-OFF.bat"', "C:\Batch Files", @SW_HIDE)
44.                 TraySetIcon(@ScriptName, -6)
45.         EndIf
46. EndFunc

Left-click the icon to toggle the connection, right-click to exit it via menu.

NOTE: This was knocked up before you mentioned hotkeys and different icons but it wouldn't be hard to change.

Changing icons is just a matter of changing the icon files and recompiling or you could probably go nuts and use a config file that specifies what images to use.

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Living Room / Re: What to do with an SSD after it fails

« Last post by 4wd on April 25, 2013, 07:48 PM »

I found the smily at the bottom right corner of the image to be illuminating

-ewemoa (April 25, 2013, 06:25 PM)

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?

« Last post by 4wd on April 24, 2013, 08:55 PM »

A couple I don't think have been mentioned already:

3G Watchdog - Watches your mobile data usage.
Brightest Flashlight - Turns on anything that produces white light on the phone, (mine doesn't have a flash so the screen goes to maximum brightness).
WD TV Remote - Remote control for your WD TV Live device - works well.
WoL Wake on LAN WAN - So I can wake my servers up from anywhere to access something.

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Living Room / Re: What to do with an SSD after it fails

« Last post by 4wd on April 24, 2013, 07:36 PM »

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone testing Daminion Media Manager ?

« Last post by 4wd on April 24, 2013, 07:39 AM »

We decided to drop the price for Daminion, and release multiple Daminion versions:

• Daminion Free - Free (can be imported up to 15k files per one catalog)
• Daminion Standard - $49 (can be imported up to 50k files per one catalog)
• Daminion Pro - $99 (without limitations for number of files per catalog)

-K.Murat (April 17, 2013, 07:25 AM)

Just to clarify, with the Free and Standard versions you can only open one catalog ?

If so, is that one in total or one at a time ?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: activate Windows (7) mapped network drives

« Last post by 4wd on April 23, 2013, 08:24 PM »

I'm a little bit lost how to use this, ....

-Losdollos (April 23, 2013, 10:20 AM)

For Onenote, instead of specifying the directory as Y:\ you'd specify it as \\Diskstation\office - Onenote should happily sync with that instead.  I don't use MS Office so maybe someone else can say exactly what you do.

I have been poking around, but if I don't have x:\ or y:\, then how do I select the directory on the NAS to move my files to, in Totalcommander?

Not sure about TC but in Directory Opus I can just specify a button that is the directory I want, eg.



The button marked LAN will open three different remote shares depending on which mouse button I press:

Sue-PC = \\192.168.0.210        (or \\SUE-PC)
SABnzbd = \\192.168.0.208      (or \\SABNZBD)
WDLXTV = \\192.168.0.235      (or \\WDTVLIVE)

I would think that TC would allow you add drive buttons for specific destinations and then you can just use:

\\Diskstation\office
\\Diskstation\media

etc. and just label the buttons as you want.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: activate Windows (7) mapped network drives

« Last post by 4wd on April 23, 2013, 05:15 AM »

what happens if you just use the UNC or IP address instead of mapping the drive?

-4wd (April 22, 2013, 09:48 PM)

If only I understood what you are saying, I am not so smart in these matters 

Would you mind explaning a little more what you mean?

-Losdollos (April 23, 2013, 03:55 AM)

No problem, UNC is Universal Naming Convention^w used to access a network shared resource which can be a file, folder, printer, etc.

eg. \\SomeComputer\SomeFolder\SomeFile

IP is what you've already posted above, \\192.168.7.44\media

Instead of mapping a NAS share so that you can use Y: or X: as a path to a file, just use the UNC path, (or IP), to access the folder\file, eg.

\\NAS\media          <- change NAS to whatever name your NAS shows up as, eg. Synology
\\192.168.7.44\media
\\NAS\office
\\192.168.7.44\office

and add them to your Favourites in Explorer, (or whatever filemanager you use).

I don't think Onenote would have any problem syncing if you specified either one of those forms, (I might be wrong though), most Windows programs since Win98 usually work with one or the other.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: activate Windows (7) mapped network drives

« Last post by 4wd on April 22, 2013, 09:48 PM »

Just as a matter of interest, what happens if you just use the UNC or IP address instead of mapping the drive?

I don't think I've mapped a drive since Win98, it was easier to use the IP - seemed to be a little more reliable also.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: activate Windows (7) mapped network drives

« Last post by 4wd on April 21, 2013, 06:05 AM »

What if you just set a Scheduled Task to run at user logon of:

dir Y: >NUL && dir X: >NUL

Attached is a task you can import into the Task Scheduler along with a cmd file to put in C:\.

Something to try and it's reasonably simple.

You could also make it only happen if the network is available by setting a condition:

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Living Room / Re: The Coffee/Caffeine Thread!

« Last post by 4wd on April 20, 2013, 08:54 PM »

You can still get that in Tesco, ...

-Stephen66515 (April 20, 2013, 12:03 PM)

Good to know, must have just been out in the stores I visited.

but after me and a friend went through an entire jar in a night, then our boss almost calling the police on us cause he thought we was "coming down" off pretty much every drug you can think of (My god that was horrific), I have not touched the stuff since.

I'm lucky enough to be unaffected by caffeine, drink it all day and have no problem going to sl...  .........huh, wut?

I just drink it because I like the flavour but whether I have it or not doesn't bother me.  At home I get ~8-12 cups a day because my wife can't go for more than an hour without making a cup of tea, (so I end up with a cup of coffee whether I want it or not), but I just spent a month in Adelaide having one cup in the morning or none....basically comes down to whether or not I can be bothered boiling water 

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Living Room / Re: The Coffee/Caffeine Thread!

« Last post by 4wd on April 19, 2013, 10:29 PM »

You used to be able to get Rocket Fuel Coffee in Tesco in the UK but the last time I was there, (2011), it didn't appear to be on the shelves.



It tasted quite good but since my normal fare is Moccona Dark Roast, (or Nescafe Black Gold in the UK), take that as you will.

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?

« Last post by 4wd on April 18, 2013, 01:53 AM »

... or on trains (or in train stations) particularly enjoyable like I do?

-40hz (March 13, 2013, 01:04 AM)

Throwing up another one along the train theme:



Having traveled on the Transsiberian automatically meant I had to watch it and it turned out to be a surprisingly good film.

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General Software Discussion / Re: thunderbird alternative

« Last post by 4wd on April 17, 2013, 07:27 AM »

I still use Thunderbird but stopped upgrading at v10, the last version before they forced "tabs on top" onto everyone.

Anyway, it's still a WIP, but the same programmer who does the optimised Pale Moon browser also has MailNews v16, an optimised version of Thunderbird, available in x86 or x64.

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Living Room / Re: Raspberry Pi's $35 Linux PC

« Last post by 4wd on April 06, 2013, 08:10 PM »

^Yeah. I'm tired of being on a waiting list twice now. (The first time after, waiting three months, my order apparently vanished without a trace and I had to get back at the foot of the queue again.)

-40hz (April 05, 2013, 02:31 PM)

Send me your address and I'll send you my RPi Rev.A since it's now sitting around doing nothing....my waiting list is very short 

Be a slight delay since I'm currently interstate but I can get it sent by remote.

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General Software Discussion / Re: 'Connect to Internet' shortcut needed.

« Last post by 4wd on March 30, 2013, 01:25 AM »

CleanTray: On 7 I could only get it to work by clicking on the EXE, when it was in the batch file the icons remained, in both cases it had changed the order of the icons the next time I ran the ON file.

-pilgrim-online (March 29, 2013, 05:03 AM)

Strange because that's how I run it on my W7 machine - in a batch file and it works OK.

Don't use 'start', just have a line:

<path if req>CleanTray.exe