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General Software Discussion / Re: Renamers, Picture Viewers, etc., 1999 before 2

« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2008, 07:16 AM »

there is an "use natural order sorting" - option to set too.

-AbteriX (November 11, 2008, 05:50 AM)

This is strange to me! I am certain natural sorting already was checked, so I didn't start the "old" ReNamer up to test again, but went and updated it instead. A minor update it was, but right out of the box it uses "natural sorting". Thanks, AbteriX!

However, I didn't find a way to make ReNamer transform 1, 2, 3, into 0001, 0002, 0003. But that is okay, for the time being, as I now have Ant Renamer to do that little part - until another fine renamer enters the stage :-)

Are there any more "Rename natural sorted files" -renaming programs? 

transform 1, 2, 3, into 0001, 0002, 0003

-Rename natural sorted files

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General Software Discussion / Re: 'Everything' is one FAST file search engine

« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2008, 06:37 AM »

I'm wondering how I can use Win+F an a shortcut for Everything instead of the (useless) Windows search...

-alexey_r (November 11, 2008, 06:09 AM)

- yes, that is a good idea, alexey_r. Maybe [hint] some more people will write the author, David Carpenter, and suggest something similar? [/hint] I wrote him this:

Wow, I am so impressed with your Everything! Next step surely must be to integrate with (replace) Explorer's search box just the same way the fine SearchGT does. This is my number one feature request, please! Number two must be for you to set up a donate button, even though experience tells that very few will use it.

http://www.voidtools.com/contact.php

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General Software Discussion / Re: Renamers, Picture Viewers, etc., 1999 before 2

« Last post by Curt on November 11, 2008, 04:28 AM »

I just created 1000 files and load them in my favored renamers and they sort them like 1,2,3....,10,11,...99,100,101,...999,1000,...

ReNamer by den4b ========> http://www.den4b.com....php?project=ReNamer

-AbteriX (November 11, 2008, 01:53 AM)

- are you sure about ReNamer as well? My version did not sort it like this.

Anyway, the job is done, thanks to Ant Renamer. And the brothers Kristiansen of Norway have already started to work out a more permanent solution for me. Watch out for the next version of Kristanix File Renamer Turbo; it just may begin to respect it's own suffix...

what about a simple AHK script?
the following would handle up 99,999 files

-Target (November 10, 2008, 05:37 PM)

- thanks a  lot, Target! I really look forward to test this script.

This is the one I use, when I need it, which is rare.
Advanced Renamer http://aren.hulubulu.net/

-cmpm (November 10, 2008, 10:03 PM)

Thanks a lot for reminding me, cmpm. Advanced Renamer is yet another competent Dane ("hulubulu"!?) I had forgotten about! I tried it several years ago, but I can see it has been constantly improved ever since.

---

As for my bad-mouthing of XnView's picture quality:

Doesn't setting better quality help?

Tools -> Options -> General -> Read
Tools -> Options -> View -> High quality zoom
Tools -> Options -> -> View -> Fullscreen -> Use delayed high quality...

-fenixproductions (November 10, 2008, 05:08 PM)

- I must admit that I already have forgotten what change I made, but I do remember clicking a box - and now XnView is just as good as the other viewers. Sorry, XnView, and Thank You, fenixproductions!

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Living Room / Re: DonationCoder.com Forum - Info Center

« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2008, 04:22 PM »

read https://www.donation...135617;boardseen#new

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General Software Discussion / Re: Renamers, Picture Viewers, etc., 1999 before 2

« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2008, 03:32 PM »

- you were absolutely right about Ant Renamer! 


However, the program reminded me of what f0dder once said, that it is hard to add Unicode later on; it should be implemented from the beginning. Ant Renamer is offering support for Unicode all right, except in this, this, or that situation...

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I did a lot of go-carting in my younger days because my brother owned a big out-door circuit for go-carts - both for the big club versions and for the smaller public rentals! Oh yeah, the feeling of speed! :-)

I envy you your wife 

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2008, 03:04 PM »

I assumed that DocFetcher would need to be placed in Start in order to keep the index updated.
Was I assuming wrongly? If I was, there is of course no need for it to start minimized. But if I was right, and it needs to start with Windows, then it really should start minimized, because I would never use it until later  when I have finished reading my mail, etcetera.
Sure, a checkbox will be all it would take.
Thanks for asking! :-)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Renamers, Picture Viewers, etc., 1999 before 2

« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2008, 02:39 PM »

What program did you use to extract the pics?

Could be the answer is in it's help or faq section.

-cmpm (November 10, 2008, 09:15 AM)

Thanks, but No help from Help. No FAQ.
And certainly No contact! - I wouldn't dare to contact that site from my own address! The program is SC Video Decompiler from SoftwareClub.ws - any firewall or anti-spyware will be alarmed, but the decompiler does it's job (and does it well), and nothing more.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Renamers, Picture Viewers, etc., 1999 before 2

« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2008, 02:24 PM »

Thanks a lot Chris.
I have passed your informations on to the author of my renamer. Some hours ago I yelled at him (in writing), so I guess he should be the first to know where to (maybe) find a solution :-)


Are you going to tell the forum about this experience:



?
Is it an ongoing hobby, or was it a one of the kind event?

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General Software Discussion / Renamers, Picture Viewers, etc., 1999 before 2

« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2008, 06:03 AM »

I extracted the pictures from a video, and they were automatically named  1, 2, 3, etcetera. Explorer doesn't have any problem with this, of course, but my favourite image viewers would display them in the order 1, 10, 100, 1000, 1001, (...), 1999, 2, etc. So I figured I would rename the image files accordingly, 0001, 0002, only to find out that four of my five renaming utility are suffering from the same illness, (and the fifth couldn't handle that many files)!!

Apart from this being a great disappointment to me, it made me wonder what others are doing in situations like this. Is the listed numbering order sometimes a problem to you? Do you have a renaming utility and/or a picture viewer that will show the files in the same order as Explorer? 



Edited:
I forgot to say that I so far have settled with XnView, because it will handle the numbers correctly. But the image quality from XnView really is inferior, so I would like to know your answers anyway.

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General Software Discussion / Re: WordWeb

« Last post by Curt on November 10, 2008, 05:36 AM »

Pro is half the price tomorrow, Tuesday 11-11:
http://www.bitsdujou...oftware/wordweb-pro/ or http://daily-deals.i...oftware/wordweb-pro/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Check&Get or Power Favorites or Linkman

« Last post by Curt on November 09, 2008, 05:44 PM »

You may want to also check out Tidy Favorites by Dennis Nazarenko who also wrote Tidy Menu and Vista Start Menu. I have only had Tidy Favorites Pro installed for some minutes, so I don't yet know anything about it.

What Makes Tidy Favorites Unique?

    * Tidy Favorites
    * Freedom
    * Cut & Save
    * Security

A New Breakthrough in Working with Bookmarks
Tidy Favorites is a next-generation program that makes working with bookmarks safer, faster and easier. Intuitively designed and fully customizable to suit your exact needs, Tidy Favorites sets a new standard with dozens of exclusive features:

- Find websites instantly by viewing easy-to-recognize thumbnail images
- Open, copy, delete and update bookmarks in a single click
- Drag and drop to resize and rearrange bookmark thumbnails
- Add temporary links to a "stack" keeping your Tidy Favorites looking tidy
- Search through any website in seconds using a Command Line
- Use the same list of bookmarks in every browser - IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.

Dennis usuallly writes some good and stable programs (I use them all). ;-)  http://www.tidyfavorites.com/

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by Curt on November 09, 2008, 05:29 PM »

Welcome at DC, qforce, I am glad that you obviously has a sense of humour  :-)


As for the "fix it yourself" possibility, well, I did, didn't I   ;-)   But you are of course right: I should take up coding, so I can show  how to write a program...

Thanks for the link!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best App to save whole webpage AND its linked pages?

« Last post by Curt on November 09, 2008, 09:02 AM »

WinHTTrack : Windows 95/98/NT/2K/XP

-HTTrack Website Copier description

- Vista not listed!? 

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Circle Dock / Re: Easy Unicode Paster 2.0 is Released (Major Update)

« Last post by Curt on November 09, 2008, 07:07 AM »

Congratulations with a fine program, Eric. Do you remember what button- font and font SIZE you used for Easy Unicode Paster version 1.2, please? My old eyes liked that size a lot better than the various font with smaller font sizes you have been using for later versions. But I have not been able to duplicate it. In fact I still use version 1.2 because of this. ;-) Oh yes and because my copy of version 1.4 CardsMusic refuses to be topmost from first popup! It will always start behind any active window, and only when I click it and press Topmost will this feature work. Anything I can do to repair?

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General Software Discussion / Re: I am looking for an messaging client that can send emails

« Last post by Curt on November 08, 2008, 05:18 AM »

Have you tried Digsby ?

-MikeMcLoughlin (November 07, 2008, 03:37 AM)

- Nice find, MikeMcLoughlin, Digsby sounds promissing! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Copy (in Explorer): Replace: yes/no/cancel, only. Why not '(auto-)rename'?

« Last post by Curt on November 06, 2008, 02:16 PM »

I tried TeraCopy for a couple of days, but it was not stable on my unstable XP. Not at all. (Edited: It is my "feeling" that it was colliding with M8 Spartan clipboard.) I am getting more and more excited to take my new Vista into use!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: AnVir Pro $17

« Last post by Curt on November 06, 2008, 02:11 PM »

- sad story! I have tried that once with Bits du Jour and several times with Giveawayoftheday. When re-installed, the problem was usually solved. Once I also had to use another browser, though I no longer remember the circumstances.

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General Software Discussion / Tagging Files (Tag Everything)

« Last post by Curt on November 06, 2008, 06:04 AM »

- hmm..., Armando, you really could have told me this yesterday, couldn't you! Yes, you actually did, but I didn't read it until 'today', did I... I would like to say 'words' *#�§*! right now!!
----------------

I never knew this can be done. Thanks for telling! 

----------------
Edited:
homepage is http://www.popularpr.../tag-everything.html

Edit2:

$11.98

Yes, you still can purchase "Tag Everything" for $12.
Follow this URL to get to Order Page:
https://www.plimus.c...p?contractId=1941028

And use this coupon code to get a discount:
BITSDUJOUR
One license is for one computer only

- but for how long?

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Direct Access - text expander and application launcher (and much more)

« Last post by Curt on November 06, 2008, 02:48 AM »

e-mail from Nagar:

Dear Curt,

I'm glad to announce the availability for Direct Access 2.0 BETA (v.1.9.9). This is the final beta version prior the release of v.2.0 and it's feature complete.

This new beta improves the ability to share commands allowing you to export a commands selection and automatically send commands by email.

A big improvement is the addition of a Rich Text Editor that allows you to create formatted autotext so that you can save formatted clips of text and insert them in any application by simply typing your favorite abbreviations.

To see some screenshots, point your browser to http://www.nagarsoft...om/directaccess/beta

You can download the latest beta connecting to http://www.nagarsoft...ccess/beta-download/

You can find a list of changes in the beta forum at http://www.nagarsoft.com/forum (you need to register to read and post comments).

PRICING AND LICENSING
Starting from the day of the release of v.2.0 Direct Access price will be 49.95$ (currently is 39.95$). So if you are interested in getting more licenses for you or your friends, take advantage of this price before it goes up. We have also changed the upgrade pricing and policy. We you purchase Direct Access you get 12 months of upgrade protection: you will get priority support and access to any version (minor or major) of Direct Access that is released during your coverage period. Upgrade protection costs 24.95$/year.

If you are using Direct Access on different PCs (for example a home PC, work PC and a laptop), we offer the PowerUser license extension that allows you to use your personal license of Direct Access on up to 3 PCs. This option costs 9.95$ and is valid only if all PCs are used by the same person.

BUY UPGRADE PROTECTION
To get Direct Access 2.0, you need to have an active upgrade subscription. You can buy the upgrade protection now for only 24.95$/year and get priority support and free updates and upgrades for 1 year.

Buy one year upgrade protection and get Direct Access 2.0. To purchase your subscription go to http://www.nagarsoft.com/upgrade.php

Be sure you choose the proper number of licenses and the PowerUser license extension if you need to use Direct Access on multiple PCs.

-Andrea Nagar

- Direct Access is getting very expensive to keep updated, I think, and I am not too sure I will update my old €2 version... Did someone test if the 30% discount code (DONATIONCODER) still is valid?




Edited:
linked to mouser's post about the discount code.

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Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for November 4th, 2008 - Codename "Election Special"

« Last post by Curt on November 05, 2008, 04:45 AM »

Excellent letter, mouser and Darwin. 

And lastly, a note about the differences between Find and Run Robot (FARR) and LaunchBar Commander (LBC).  .....  Personally I use both -- LBC for my more common programs, and then FARR for the less common ones.

-mouser (November 04, 2008, 03:13 PM)

- just goes to show how different we are, as people. I might wanted to say the exact opposite: FARR for everyday used programs, because those names I can remember, and LBC for the seldom used ones, because these names I most likely have forgotten. Anyway, as it happens I can't remember any names at all ~ I am not a 'keyboard maniac' ~ therefore: Congratulations to mouser on the major update of LauncBar Commander.   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Plain text editor for writers

« Last post by Curt on November 03, 2008, 06:36 PM »

Very fine service, Phil :-) and a exemplary way to mark your post number 800 

1) Intype, http://intype.info/home/index.php , 2) E-text Editor, http://www.e-texteditor.com/ 3) Notepad++, http://notepad-plus....orge.net/uk/site.htm 4) TextPad, http://textpad.com/ 5) Crimson Editor, http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

Hmm.. for coders only.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Plain text editor for writers

« Last post by Curt on November 03, 2008, 05:47 PM »

Just stumbled across this blogged mini-roundup of:
The 5 best damned text editors for Windows
http://roachfiend.co...editors-for-windows/

-vegas (January 23, 2008, 05:35 AM)

comes with a bad language warning...and a cockroach[edit] it was the cockroach that got me..the other could prob be guessed from the title

-tomos (January 23, 2008, 06:51 AM)

- did anyone write down what editors were named? The site is 'dead'-ly, now.

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General Software Discussion / Re: 'Everything' is one FAST file search engine

« Last post by Curt on November 03, 2008, 07:12 AM »

samer the freeware genius is very excited with Everything! 

http://www.freewareg...ram-for-ntfs-drives/

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unlocker 1.8.7 released - 01/05/2008

« Last post by Curt on November 03, 2008, 04:34 AM »

- one reason is that they are placed in five different locations,
and by using the batch you're sure to get them all.

CODE
start /wait unlocker1.8.7.exe /S
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul
DEL /F /Q "%ProgramFiles%\Unlocker\eBay_shortcuts_1016.exe"
DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Desktopicon\eBayShortcuts.exe"
DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Desktop\eBay.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\eBay.lnk"
DEL /F /Q "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\eBay.lnk"

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Coding Snacks / Re: IDEA: micro macro

« Last post by Curt on November 02, 2008, 11:43 AM »

- you're most welcome 

The button, too, works like a charm.
Thanks a lot, scancode. As I wrote earlier, this is saving me some 33 hours!