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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 Pledge: Installer Crapware Wrapper Detection DLL
« Last post by mouser on December 25, 2014, 12:22 PM »
The problem is that it's going to require the app dev to create the Inno setup exe and then run a little app I provide that will mark the Inno setup exe. At runtime, after determining it is being used within an Inno setup, the plugin will locate its process's parent process's exe file and then determine if that's the original setup exe. If so, the crap wrapping testing will proceed from that process upward, back to the shell or original launching app.

that's an interesting idea, but should be avoided if at all possible because of the extra work involved on behalf of developer..
the thing is, if that would work then surely an easier approach would work too, no? I mean if you can locate the inno setup exe then you can inspect it and check out its exe name and company info, and that will surely be able to tell you whether its INNO or not, no?
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Folder Node does not like spaces in filenames
« Last post by mouser on December 25, 2014, 05:35 AM »
Ok, I think i have fixed the problem; can you redownload the newly uploaded beta and give it a try?
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Folder Node does not like spaces in filenames
« Last post by mouser on December 25, 2014, 05:25 AM »
i'll look into it again, now that i know the basic cause.
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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post
« Last post by mouser on December 25, 2014, 05:25 AM »
nope.
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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 Pledge: Installer Crapware Wrapper Detection DLL
« Last post by mouser on December 24, 2014, 05:33 PM »
But there are no identifiable versions of not only the app I told it to install but also the crap-wrapped plugin dll and the setup script. Apparently those are still packed up and thus inaccessible by the plugin.
Given all that, I'm at a loss as to how to tag the exe running the plugin dll as 'okay', given that its parent is another Inno Setup process/executable, giving it all the markers of being crap wrapped.

i'm not sure exactly what you are saying -- i do know that with inno you can call your dll's early during installation -- if you need help with that step let me know.

perhaps you are saying something else -- that it's hard to figure out how to detect whether it's been launched by a crapware installer or not?
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Living Room / Re: Happy Holidays!
« Last post by mouser on December 24, 2014, 05:13 PM »
In all seriousness, every year that goes by with you guys and gals I realize more and more how wonderful and unlikely it all is.. It's a real pleasure to be in the company of all of you oddballs, freaks, soldiers, rebels, gentlemen, geniuses, and weirdos.

Special holiday greetings to Nudone, the father of Cody and the one who breathed life into him by drawing his picture.
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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post
« Last post by mouser on December 24, 2014, 05:11 PM »
anyone want to take a guess regarding what went wrong there?
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Living Room / Re: Happy Holidays!
« Last post by mouser on December 24, 2014, 04:12 PM »
Happy holidays to all of DC!   :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?
« Last post by mouser on December 23, 2014, 10:30 PM »
One of my favorite movies of recent years:

The Cry of the Owl (2009) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034302/

Featuring the great Paddy Considine.

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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 Pledge: Installer Crapware Wrapper Detection DLL
« Last post by mouser on December 22, 2014, 08:43 PM »
yep, i use inno setup.

hmm, that's tricky that inno runs from temp directory..
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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 PRE-RELEASE: Task Manager
« Last post by mouser on December 22, 2014, 03:05 AM »
having keyboard shortcuts is great, but surely some buttons would to do the actions would be nice.
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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 PRE-RELEASE: Task Manager
« Last post by mouser on December 22, 2014, 01:51 AM »
Task Manager may not be the best name -- most people assume a task manager manages running processes on the computer, and there are a ton of such apps..
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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 Pledge: Installer Crapware Wrapper Detection DLL
« Last post by mouser on December 21, 2014, 05:13 PM »
My gut feeling tells me the safest, last resort, way to approach this sort of issue is to prompt the user for the installer file used, compare that with what the system says your installer's exe path is, and proceed accordingly.

i don't like that.. too confusing.. BUT you could certainly give the developer who is calling the dll some options to pass to the check function to tell you what they want to do.

the safe thing might be instead of REFUSING to install (which is what i want), displaying a big warning to user but still giving them the OPTION to proceeed.
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Export to single .txt files (adding date-time)
« Last post by mouser on December 21, 2014, 06:26 AM »
I'm still thinking the best solution to this is to have CHS export in a standard csv (or add xml) format, and use a separate program to convert from csv to the standalone file solution that you want.
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Living Room / Re: Et tu, Sourceforge?
« Last post by mouser on December 21, 2014, 03:44 AM »
In all fairness, i do think there is a big distinction between bundling apps (like opencandy does) and adware on one side, and malware on the other.  And i think there is every reason to acknowledge this distinction.

If a developer wants to "bundle" his apps with other tools that are "OPT-IN", so that they will not install by default by a distracted user, and those other tools are easily uninstallable without leaving crap, and are not harmful to the pc, then I have no problem with that.
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Folder Node does not like spaces in filenames
« Last post by mouser on December 20, 2014, 03:39 PM »
next question:

if you go to the main Options node, and the second tab "Program Options 2", what do you have for Custom Internet Browser?
If you have something specified and are using $$1, try "$$1" instead.
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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 Pledge: Installer Crapware Wrapper Detection DLL
« Last post by mouser on December 20, 2014, 02:02 PM »
Really looking forward to this.

Some quick thoughts:
What about checking what directory the installer is being run from?  If it's wrapped i'm guessing that its being dumped in a temp directory before being launched -- that would be a big clue, and perhaps the only one you actually need?

What have you found for these common adware wrappers? Are they exiting when they launch the real installer, so you don't have access to their info? or can you get the filename of the parent process that launched the installer?
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v2.27.0 BETA - Dec 19, 2014
  • [MinorFeature] Added option (tweaks tab) to not obey programs (like password utilities) that put stuff on the clipboard and mark it as to-be-ignored by clipboard tools.
  • [MinorFeature] Added option (tweaks tab) to go to TOP of grid list when selecting new group; improvement to keeping selected row visible and focused when adding new clips.
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Folder Node does not like spaces in filenames
« Last post by mouser on December 20, 2014, 10:34 AM »
Ok so without trying to reproduce yet, i am noticing that those are both HTML files.. i wonder.. could you see if the behavior is also present on non .html files?
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Sorting - latest copy on top
« Last post by mouser on December 19, 2014, 10:45 PM »
If you grab the latest beta, you will find on the Tweaks tab a new option to change the default behavior and make it go to TOP of grid when selecting a new group:
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: LBC changes ClockRes
« Last post by mouser on December 19, 2014, 06:30 PM »
Wow that's interesting.. Never heard of it this phenomena.. I'll look into it a little.
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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: Drawskrit
« Last post by mouser on December 19, 2014, 03:45 PM »
that's pretty cool.
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Folder Node does not like spaces in filenames
« Last post by mouser on December 19, 2014, 03:15 PM »
Spaces in the middle of file names should not cause any problems for LBC and that is a bug that needs to be fixed asap.
Problem is I am having a hard time reproducing the issue.
Any way you could help me reproduce the issue or any other clues?

ps.
I'm updating a beta release with bugfixes here:
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=2578.0
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by mouser on December 19, 2014, 02:19 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 Pre-release: Active Text Notes
« Last post by mouser on December 19, 2014, 12:32 PM »
Nice!  :up:
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