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General Software Discussion / Re: Sandboxie lifetime license discontinued
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 28, 2013, 02:52 PM »
Not sure about the licensing but it looks like the author is taking his marbles and going home.  They say end of Jan. 2014 he's done with it.  I sensed a change when Vistax64 came out.  There was pressure for a 64 bit Sandboxie.  I think he never wanted to go there.  At least the forums had a less happy tone when all that started.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Sandboxie lifetime license discontinued
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 28, 2013, 10:18 AM »
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General Software Discussion / Re: 'logging off' & 'shutting down'
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 28, 2013, 07:12 AM »
If you want to get a look at some stuff MS tries to send out and have a router with most ports blocked you can see failed outgoing connection attempts on various ports if you look through the log files.  Maybe a network guru can chime in.  I don't remember the names of the log files off hand.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA : Reload Target Program
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 27, 2013, 06:50 AM »
@4wd it's not TMP for me as I don't use it.  I tend to start with the same bunch of tabs and so use Browser Bunch to load a particular browser.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA : Reload Target Program
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 27, 2013, 06:48 AM »
I haven't tried much in the way of record playback as I get frustrated if I miss a click and have to start again.  This page has some candidates:
www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-hotkey-macro-recorder-utility.htm

also others may suggest some they have used.  On the Gizmo site often there's a gem "hidden" in the user comments.  I always read through those as often a suggested utility is better than those in the actual article.

Edit: what you may run into using ReRun is that it has a good chance to invoke the program with the same command line args but if stuff was done after, such as loading new files in an editor etc, it has no way to detect the state of the program.  But it may work out for some programs.
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Find And Run Robot / Re: 2.213.01 Hotkey mystery
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 27, 2013, 06:41 AM »
Thanks for the replies.  Where I'm at now, FF x64 26.0 Portable kicks ass.  FARR and my hotkeys all work.  The only hassle is being portable I can't fully set it as default without a lot of effort.  So now my plan, since I can't find x64 FF 26.0 installer, is to install the 26.0 32 bit to be default.  Just to hanlde those WiFi terms of service pages that pop up but don't look for an already running browser. I'm downloading it now.

Also I found there's a new fangled Download Statusbar for FF 26 and later.  Even with ignore version checking the old one won't kick in.

It will be interesting to see if I get any feedback from the Pale Moon side.  Someone on the forum asked me to post Transpose AHK program.  They detected my posts on DC I guess.  :)
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA : Reload Target Program
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 26, 2013, 04:22 PM »
Well one issue has been resolved. If Pale Moon browser is not running, my hotkeys work as expected.  The browser must have hooked something at low level.  I posted on the Pale Moon forum.

So now you shouldn't be afraid to try ReRun.  :)
But if you have a series of actions you need to perform to save your data a macro record/playback program might work better for you.  Stuff like Firefox restart works because it's inside the program and can read what tabs are open etc..
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Find And Run Robot / Re: 2.213.01 Hotkey mystery
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 26, 2013, 04:10 PM »
Ok Mouser.  I've verified it's Pale Moon.  If it has the focus Pause doesn't bring up FARR, F9 doesn't bring up my ReRun and Shift Numpad Plus doesn't bring up Folder Cache.  If I close it, those hotkeys work even if, say, Firefox has the focus.

I'll post on the Pale Moon forum there's definitely an issue.  Maybe he's hooking at a low level.
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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 26, 2013, 02:12 PM »
Speaking of FreeCommander, it looks like XE stable has been released a few days ago:
www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm

I downloaded the portable version. All I've done so far is hit F2 to see if the Renamer was implemented.  :)
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Find And Run Robot / Re: 2.213.01 Hotkey mystery
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 26, 2013, 01:19 PM »
Strange.. try killing all other processes and see if you can find if one bad actor might be responsible for this.

I think it's weirder than that.  I made a small test script with one hotkey.  If I run it inside the Scite4AHK editor, it works.  If I compile and run it, it won't work in Pale Moon. I'm thinking it might be due to the fact that Toshiba has a keyboard hardware configuration thing for setting function keys to require FN key or normal.  Although it has nothing to do with the function keys. I can set any hotkey and it won't work in Pale Moon.  So it must be some strange keyboard side effect.

If you haven't heard of anything like this then that makes me think it's a Toshiba/W8 thing rather than just a W8 thing. But if someone with Pale Moon wants to try it, this script sounds a tone when Winkey-t is pressed and any FF derived browser 4.x or newer is the active window:

Sendmode,Input
GroupAdd,EditorGroup, ahk_class MozillaWindowClass   ;Firefox 4+ Browser

#IfWinActive ahk_group  EditorGroup
#t::
SoundPlay,*16
return

I tried it compiled 32 bit Ansi/Unicode 64 bit.  Won't work with Pale Moon 24.2.2 but it does work with any other Firefox I tried.  It's just peculiar.

Edit: apparently Winkey-t has a function for taskbar in Windows.  But it doesn't matter. It can be set to Control-Winkey-PGDN or something. It still won't work.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA : Reload Target Program
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 26, 2013, 11:26 AM »
What OS are you running?  If it is in the range XP to Windows Seven you may want to try ReRun.  I wrote it for the case where I close a program too soon.  It's not a reloader per se, but it watches the active window and captures the running program to a queue of 28 buttons.  To ReRun a program you hit the hotkey, which pops up the button bar, and click a button.  It has some options as to run with or without the command line used with the last time that program was started etc..

It works on Windows 8 also. The main glitch I haven't figured out seems to be with the Hotkey not popping up the button bar.  But that may have to do with my Laptop as well as Windows 8.  Even on Windows 8 if you left click the Desktop first, then press F9 the button bar pops up(alternatively you can double click the tray icon to open the button bar.)

You may download from this page:
http://milesaheadsoftware.tk

If you try it please read the Readme.txt.  There are some instructions for using the program on a 64 it system. It seems in most cases the 32 bit version can see running 32 bit programs but not 64 bit.  Whereas the 64 bit ReRun can see both.  So a 64 bit compile is included in the download zip.

If it seems to work well with the programs you use most then I should be able to adapt it to something more automatic.  I'd have to figure out how to close the target program in a friendly fashion though.  :)
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Find And Run Robot / 2.213.01 Hotkey mystery
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 26, 2013, 11:04 AM »
It's not just FARR, but I noticed it seems to suffer from the same strange behavior I noticed on my own hotkey programs.  Namely, the main hotkey, which should fire no matter which window has focus, does not fire unless I click on the Desktop first.

I am running a Toshiba Satellite C55D-A Laptop with Windows 8.0 Home with FARR 2.213.01 portable.

Some of my programs where the hotkeys work fine from XP to W7 are displaying this quirk where I have to click on desktop first.  Also some other weird things with selective hotkeys(that depend on which window has focus) but they are not relevant here.  It seems like Windows 8 has been around long enough that I would have heard something if all hotkeys were having problems.  So I'm wondering if it's some weird synergy with Toshiba Laptop and its keyboard hardware peculiarities, and Windows 8.  Really strange.  The weirdest is that any Firefox based browser will react to my hotkeys except for Pale Moon, which has the same window class(I've posted on Pale Moon site for that.)  I just though I'd mention this as maybe someone else will notice some clue.  :)

As far as I can tell, once the search window comes up everything acts normally.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: So, about wallpaper changers...
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 26, 2013, 09:53 AM »
I have an idea. How about a naming contest?  The winner gets a free DonationCoder Flannel Shirt.  :)
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Post New Requests Here / Re: So, about wallpaper changers...
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 25, 2013, 05:34 PM »
How about Paper Cachet ?
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General Software Discussion / Re: ReRun 2.4.4.1
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 24, 2013, 07:20 AM »
Merry Christmas.
 :-*

Same to you.  I hope you enjoy the day.  Lucky for me there's a tourist mall within walking distance.  There's always some stores/restaurants open.  Otherwise the town is pretty much locked up.  I can't complain about the weather though.  A string of days with blue skies and wearing sleeveless shirts.  :)
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I noticed it on http://alternativeto.net/

guess I'll have to try it out.  :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: ReRun 2.4.4.1
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 23, 2013, 12:59 PM »
ReRun 2.4.4.1  Added 64 bit build to the download.  For now this version is attached to the first post.

To my surprise compiling as 64 bit seems to display command line args for both 32 bit and 64 bit programs(most of them anyway.)  See the Readme.txt if you are running on 64 bit Windows.

Edit: also, at least for the time being, I've had to remove the "check for updates" function.

Edit2:  The zip file is attached to the first post in thread.
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Living Room / Re: 'gallows engineering' expression?
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 23, 2013, 09:33 AM »
Hmm, it is strange how people get into jargon.  Some business theorist must've come up with the appetite angle after seeing Ford eat crow on the Pinto settlements.  Speakin' of which, I think I could risk some breakfast soon.  :)
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Living Room / Re: 'gallows engineering' expression?
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 22, 2013, 03:54 PM »
There's a 'dynamic' factor involved, in that improvements are not made to a given design until after X-number of people die from the negligently cheaper design first.

That's exactly what happened with the Pinto

Business being a profession practiced cold, I think they just call it cost/benefit analysis.
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Living Room / Re: 'gallows engineering' expression?
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 21, 2013, 05:31 PM »
One of the best known examples was the Ford Pinto.  The trunk had no "floor" because it just used the top of the gas tank as the bottom of the truck.  Rear end collisions tended to rip the gas tank open, causing fatal fires.  I don't know the savings per automobile accrued by skimping on the sheet metal.  But I never owned one!
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Living Room / Re: Hidden Netflix Marathon Gems to Watch Online
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 21, 2013, 05:25 PM »
According to search, Nowhere Man is available on Netflix.  I had the box set.  Very interesting show.
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Living Room / Re: 'gallows engineering' expression?
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 21, 2013, 02:56 PM »
I don't recall a technical term for it.  But I knew an engineer expert in this field.  He worked for Burnt Cadaver Consulting Incorporated.  I believe they also had some banking interests at one time.
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Living Room / Re: Jazz Recommendation Thread
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 17, 2013, 05:39 PM »
Dexter Gordon

From Doin' Alright on it's tough to pick a bad one.  I saw him live at a small club in the early 70's. Quite an amazing performance.  Man that dude could play!
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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / NANY 2014 Pledge: Laptop utility to run any program on Lid Close
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 17, 2013, 06:05 AM »
NANY 2014 Pledge:  Laptop utility to run any program on Lid Close.  Admittedly this will be an easy one.  But since I have a Laptop now I can test it.  I envision a check box for lock screen on close.  Maybe a Gui that allows dragging a shortcut and/or File Open Dialog to select the program.  I'll have to put together something to test to see if it makes sense to run something on Lid Open as that may require a service.  But the thing will do "something" when you close the Laptop Lid.  :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Browser Bunch 1.4.2.0 - with BBSS
« Last post by MilesAhead on December 16, 2013, 10:39 AM »
The included BBSS has been updated to work with Opera.  See Readme.txt revisions for usage note.
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