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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by nkormanik on July 22, 2012, 02:31 AM »

My goodness.  Definitely would like the new version, then.

I'm not positive how to send a PM.  Would you briefly say how?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by nkormanik on July 22, 2012, 01:54 AM »

I'm using Folder Monitor (FolMon) all the time now.  Another example of your excellent work.

Thinking more about BSM, best to simply leave well enough alone.  Works terrifically.  Maybe someone else will have a substantive enhancement request at some point.  Who knows.

The images file folder = 50 gb
One tree of shortcuts = 1.45 gb
Another tree of shortcuts = 1.47 gb

I'll try using Skwire's ZeroZipper, and see how that goes.

If not, no worries.  Things are now all set up the way I had hoped.

Thanks again for your generous assistance!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Back up set of folders to flash drive

« Last post by nkormanik on July 20, 2012, 03:09 PM »

Seems the bottom line -- whatever the tool -- is to have a backup.

Sure helps me to sleep better at night.

On my radar screen are those "network drives."  Would be great to have a big one, with built in "dlna," so the TV can also communicate with it.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by nkormanik on July 20, 2012, 02:14 AM »

4wd's Batch Shortcut Modifier, BSM, just finished adjusting nearly 700,000 shortcuts in a large directory tree -- all without hitch.

Thanks so much, 4wd, for some really helpful software!


Here are some possible enhancement for BSM, but by no means necessary.  BSM is great as is presently, in my opinion:

-- Progress indicator while Testing -- I wasn't sure anything was happening, so stopped BSM via Task Manager.

-- Remember preferred size/layout of Test window (BSM.ini file entry?)

-- Remember state of check boxes, such as Recurse on (BSM.ini file entry?)

-- Change Go ---> Stop, once process is underway.

-- Change notice when hovering over Go to "Starts Shortcut Modification"

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Back up set of folders to flash drive

« Last post by nkormanik on July 19, 2012, 02:33 PM »

Simple as that.  Thank you!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Back up set of folders to flash drive

« Last post by nkormanik on July 19, 2012, 03:22 AM »

I ran SyncBack again.  It reported the two folder trees as identical.  "Success."

Just finished using UltraCompare.  It found the culprit.  A hidden file.  One automatically created by an image viewer, containing a "thumbnail database."  Good grief.

SyncBack settings apparently overlooked hidden files in the mirror process.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Back up set of folders to flash drive

« Last post by nkormanik on July 19, 2012, 12:34 AM »

I set up Beyond Compare as you suggested, to hopefully focus ONLY on file name difference.

There is no "GO" button.  How do I get the Beyond Compare process started?

By the way, I tried to find the one-file discrepancy between directory trees using TCBOO.  No luck.  After an hour or so TCBOO quit, with warning about something exceeded, and stack overflow issues.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by nkormanik on July 18, 2012, 11:58 PM »

4wd, so the file names of shortcuts themselves will not be affected by BSM, only the contents of the shortcuts -- path to target, and filename of the target?

Here is a more complicated task, if you care to help further..., involving BOTH the target path and the target filename:

On drive e: now...

e:\1\QQQ\images\50501\...(16,000 .png images)
e:\1\QQQ\images\50502\...(16,000 .png images)
e:\1\QQQ\images\50503\...(16,000 .png images)
etc.

Within the first folder above are the files....

_50501_20101_20102_.png
_50501_20101_20103_.png
_50501_20101_20104_.png
_50501_20101_20201_.png
etc.

Within the second folder above are the files....

_50502_20101_20102_.png
_50502_20101_20103_.png
_50502_20101_20104_.png
_50502_20101_20201_.png
etc.

Notice the second (and subsequent) folder's file names are identical to the first, except for the first portion of the file name -- 50501 vs. 50502.

Using a combination of Skwire's FilePunter and 4wd's BSM, I have created a terrific set of shortcuts pointing to the files in the 50501 folder.  I regard that shortcut set as my 'gold standard.'

Example of 50501 shortcut -- path + target:

e:\1\QQQ\images\50501\_50501_20101_20102_.png

The trouble now comes in adjusting/modifying the shortcuts for the other folders, say 50502.

e:\1\QQQ\images\50502\_50502_20101_20102_.png

If possible, I'd like to use my 'gold standard' 50501 shortcuts --> copy them to, say, a 50502 shortcuts folder, and give BSM the instructions:

"BSM, take the 50502 folder full of shortcuts, look in there, when you find a path with '50501' change it to '50502.'  When you find a target filename with '50501' change it to '50502.'"

If BSM can do that, I'll repeat the process on the subsequent remaining folders.

So, what would be the BSM code for accomplishing the above task?

Present BSM.ini:

[General]
Folder=e:\1\QQQ\shortcuts 1_x_178\50502
PathSearch=e:\1\QQQ\images\50501(.+)
PathReplace=e:\1\QQQ\images\50502\1
NameSearch=(.+)
NameReplace=\1


Thanks much!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Back up set of folders to flash drive

« Last post by nkormanik on July 18, 2012, 08:31 PM »

Used SyncBack Pro to mirror c:\1\... to e:\1\... last night.  55 gigabytes.  Nearly a million files.

This morning I checked Windows properties on c:\1 and e:\1 to simply check if both folder trees were the same.  Most unfortunately it appears that ONE file didn't get mirrored over.

Presently using 4wd's TCBOO to attempt to find out which file is missing.

All other file diff programs seem to want to do careful file comparisons on source and destination.  Sheeesh.  Just tell me the file name that's different, please.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by nkormanik on July 17, 2012, 10:44 PM »

NameSearch=(.+)\.png
NameReplace=\1\.jpg

Something about it seems so foreign and daunting.  For now..., glad to have you, Skwire, etc.

So the code you provided above will work for shortcuts containing the names of the files, right?

I'd think the names would be included in the total path.

As I said, hardly makes sense.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by nkormanik on July 17, 2012, 08:56 PM »

Well, I'm running out of room on the hard disk (c:) I was using, and need to transfer my contour plot images over to (e:).....

Using Batch Shortcut Modifier, adjusting all the present shortcuts to the images now on the different drive should be a breeze.

Question:  If I should decide to convert all the .png image files to .jpg (smaller file size), what would the RegEx code be for the shortcuts modification using BSM?  In other words, if any present shortcut contains ".png", change it to ".jpg".

My present BSM.ini file is as follows:

[General]
Folder=C:\5\QQQ\shortcuts 1_x_178
PathSearch=C:\\4(.+)
PathReplace=C:\\5\1
NameSearch=(.+)
NameReplace=\1


Thanks much!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Back up set of folders to flash drive

« Last post by nkormanik on July 16, 2012, 03:55 PM »

SyncBack Pro looks promising, 4wd.  I'm curious if you use the compression option for back-ups?  If so, do you go with the default "standard/normal" level?

Compression would seem to be a plus for saving room on the destination, if that's an issue.

Thanks for mentioning SyncBack.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Back up set of folders to flash drive

« Last post by nkormanik on July 14, 2012, 04:07 PM »

I'm not saying that I'd want compression.  Just wondering how you folks handle such small, quick back-up needs.

Investigating Robocopy, I see it's been superseded by RichCopy.  And then there's a competing XXCopy.  Those are just a few of the command-line approaches.

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Post New Requests Here / Back up set of folders to flash drive

« Last post by nkormanik on July 14, 2012, 12:39 AM »

Perhaps not so much a request for someone to write a program, as just a query for best advice.

I have several folders that I'd like to back up to a USB flash drive.  Before bed at night I'd like to double-click on a desktop shortcut and have the assignment performed totally and flawlessly.

One way to accomplish the task would be a batch file, with copy commands for each folder.

xcopy c:\images\*.* /c /d /q /r /s /v /y  f:\images
xcopy c:\data\*.*     /c /d /s /q /r /v /y  f:\data
etc.

No muss, no fuss.

How can this process be improved upon?

For instance, specialized software that:

-- checks for changed files, and only copies those needed?
-- archives/compresses everything to save flash drive space?
-- pops up a final window/report showing that all copied successfully?

Please share your suggestions.

Nicholas Kormanik
[email protected]

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by nkormanik on July 09, 2012, 01:57 PM »

My apologies, 4wd.  I was testing with the previous version.

Current version works perfectly.

BSM is the best Batch Shortcut Modifier on the planet.

By the way, for those following, above in this thread was mentioned the program "Shortcuts Search And Replace."  That, too, is a fine program.  HOWEVER, for large jobs in my tests 4wd's BSM is about 100X faster.

Thanks very, very much, 4wd!

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by nkormanik on July 08, 2012, 11:46 PM »

BSM enhancement request 1:

Upon successful completion of the job, small window pops up with something similar to the following, with C being the most preferred:

A)  DONE!

B)  DONE!  xxxx shortcuts processed.

C)  DONE!  xxxx shortcuts changed; yyyy shortcuts left alone.


BSM enhancement request 2:

Set up an .ini file containing the last used parameters, and re-use next time program is run.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by nkormanik on July 08, 2012, 11:38 PM »

Fwd, something's still amiss.  Probably the RegEx...

To clarify the objective, let's pretend I'm having a conversation with your Batch Shortcut Modifier.  I say to BSM:

"Here is a big shortcuts folder full of sub-folders, and sub-sub-folders (all neatly sliced-and-diced in a tree structure, appropriately grouped and re-grouped by purpose).  Burried herein are, again, 'shortcuts' that all point to images in a huge main image folder, divided into sub-folders which hold the images.  Please recursively search through everything in the big shortcuts folder.  If you come upon a shortcut containing any target reference to 'C:\4\...,' please change it to 'C:\5\...'"

I pasted in the BSM commands as you suggested, and ran two tests:

Test #1

Folder:
C:\5\QQQ\shortcuts 1_x_178\50501\20101  (a sub-sub-folder actually containing shortcuts)

Path of target:  C:\\4(.+)  changed to  C:\\5\1

Test box checked.  Recurse box un-checked.

Results....

New shortcut:

C:\5\QQQ\shortcuts 1_x_178\50501\20101\20101 20102  (correct, same as old, unchanged)

New target:

C:\5\QQQ\images\50501\20101 20102  (does NOT appear to be correct)

Test #2

Folder:
C:\5\QQQ\shortcuts 1_x_178\  (a base folder, holding sub-folders, and sub-sub-folders)

Path of target:  C:\\4(.+)  changed to  C:\\5\1

Test box checked.  Recurse box checked.

Results....

Identical to previous test, Test #1.

=====

Following the BSM testing mode, I ran BSM in actual mode.  BSM seemed very fast and efficient.

Afterward, examining (Windows) Properties window for shortcut "20101 20102[.lnk]":

Target = "C:\5\QQQ\images\50501\20101 20102"

which is not correct; should be:

Target = "C:\5\QQQ\images\50501\_50501_20101_20102_.png"

Remember, early part of path in shortcut was originally:

Target = "C:\4\QQQ\images\50501\_50501_20101_20102_.png"

so BSM did indeed successfully change the beginning of the path, as requested.

However, the end part, targeting the .png file, is not correct.

My naive hunch is the RegEx needs to be adjusted in some way.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by nkormanik on July 08, 2012, 03:00 AM »

4wd, as usual, I'm a bit confused....

From the Properties window for a particular shortcut, below is the present target:

C:\4\QQQ\images\50501\_50501_20101_20102_.png

I want to change the above target to:

C:\5\QQQ\images\50501\_50501_20101_20102_.png

The name of the shortcut is:

20101 20102[.lnk]

The present location of the shortcut is:

C:\5\QQQ\shortcuts 1_x_178\50501\20101\

What would the RegEx entries in BSM be to accomplish this?

(There will be thousands of such changes....)

Thanks much.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Folder Properties Auto-Update....

« Last post by nkormanik on July 05, 2012, 03:03 PM »

Excellent work, 4wd.  Been running on three computers since you created it!

Keeps me immediately appraised of the on-going progress in those subdirectories monitored.

Additionally, seems an excellent way of showing which computer -- for whatever reason -- is faster or slower.  If folders on the three computers start empty, and the running process is the same, computer most rapidly ticking up the file count is fastest.  FolMon at a glance shows that.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Are any of the files missing???

« Last post by nkormanik on June 26, 2012, 03:37 PM »

Really useful additional tools, rjbull.  Thanks for following up.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Are any of the files missing???

« Last post by nkormanik on June 26, 2012, 11:59 AM »

Thanks for working on TIOOO, 4wd.

Would be a plus for the program to give some idea it's still chugging along, especially on large comparison jobs.  In present test the progress bar has already gone from left to right, but job appears incomplete.  I'll keep letting it run for... a week.

If job completes successfully, will a text file list of the one-only files appear in the TIOOO directory?

Thanks much!

=====


Okay, list popped up in my default editor.  Worked like a charm!

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Are any of the files missing???

« Last post by nkormanik on June 25, 2012, 11:22 PM »

4wd, I, for one, would appreciate the GUI front end.

But even if you don't get the chance, thanks for the script above.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch adjust shortcut targets

« Last post by nkormanik on June 25, 2012, 04:53 PM »

Goodness!  Then three to choose from.  Hope this thread comes up in Google searches for those desiring this functionality.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Are any of the files missing???

« Last post by nkormanik on June 25, 2012, 03:35 PM »

rjbull, DIR /B /S is good.  That can get us a list of files of both folders.  Then strip away path.  Once the two lists are in hand, what diff program would you use?

Carol, remember the files are buried within subdirectories.  Most such programs as you mention want all files to be one level deep, no further.

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Finished Programs / DONE: Are any of the files missing???

« Last post by nkormanik on June 25, 2012, 11:47 AM »

Perhaps not a request for a coding snack, but possibly.

There are existing programs which probably suffice.

But I'd like advice on which you would use, given the following circumstance:

Given:

--- One complete set of 'dummy' files, held within subdirectories of a primary folder:

c:\dummy set of images\subset 1\...
c:\dummy set of images\subset 2\...
c:\dummy set of images\subset 3\...
c:\dummy set of images\subset 4\...
etc.

--- One set of actual files, but not complete..., certain ones are missing:

c:\real set of images\subset 1\... (various ones missing)
c:\real set of images\subset 2\... (various ones missing)
c:\real set of images\subset 3\... (various ones missing)
c:\real set of images\subset 4\... (various ones missing)
etc.


--- All files in "Group Dummy" have unique file names.
--- "Group Real" file names correspond to Group Dummy names.
--- If all is perfect, there should be TWO of each file in the combined lot.
--- If a file is missing (from "Group Real"), there will only be ONE of that file in the combined lot.


Task:  Find out which files are missing in "Group Real."


Thanks.

Nicholas Kormanik
[email protected]