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General Software Discussion / Re: Delete protected index.dat files in Win XP with IE6 without reboot

« Last post by Curt on July 01, 2007, 04:21 PM »

I use IE7 and Maxthon 1.6 and they work fine together. But of course, if you have customized your IE6 you might not want IE7, because it  will not be customized and it is dull to look at, compared to the customized IE6 I had before. In fact, I miss the look of my IE6.



Edit: Read https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=8812.0 and try the free Returnil
- then there will be no index.dat to care about:

Edit2:

Features

The Returnil Virtual System:

> Keeps your System Partition safe when browsing the Internet

> Viruses, Trojans, Worms, Adware, Spyware, and unwanted content disappear with a simple reboot

> Enforces settings and protects your internet privacy

> Helps reduce overall disk wear by using memory rather than HDD cloning technology

> Saves you time, money, and lost hair by maintaining or improving peak computer performance

> Reduces or eliminates the need for routine disk de-fragmentation of your system partition

> Your spam filter is strong, but not infallible – Returnil will eliminate the consequences of opening infected e-mail and/or attachments

> Leaves absolutely no traces of computer activities

> Eliminates all activities even if your computer is powered-off or crashes

> Eliminates the danger of evaluating new software that does not require a reboot to install

> Offers stronger, simpler and smarter protection for your PC

> Seamless integration with supported Windows Operating Systems

> Easy to use, simple to configure, and the one tool in your arsenal that will be there to save the day when all else fails!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any "search this folder only" engines?

« Last post by Curt on July 01, 2007, 04:02 PM »

A variation I haven't seen before: When I wrote the author of Wilma I received this auto-answer email to varify my address so he only then could receive my mail:



About updating of Wilma:

(...) You can essentially just repeat the install procedure at: http://wilma.redtree...en/help/install.html either putting it into a new directory or replacing the old files.   

All the user information is kept in other folders (varies by platform, but the ones listed under the uninstal instructions), so even if in another directory, Wilma should still find all your old indexes etc. (...)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any "search this folder only" engines?

« Last post by Curt on July 01, 2007, 02:17 PM »

I only now realize that I forgot to tell that Wilma still is BETA - among other things there has not been written anything in the manual on how to update the program.

I found it hard to come across a portrait of wilma If you want to see how Wilma looks like (Genius name of a program by the way haha) wait no further:

-justice (June 30, 2007, 07:06 AM)

You showed the wrong picture, didn't you, justice...
This is how Wilma is looking:



 

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General Software Discussion / The Bulgarian Vilma (V not W)

« Last post by Curt on July 01, 2007, 09:25 AM »

... kid sister: Wilma.

-Curt (June 28, 2007, 12:01 PM)

Back in my head there was a little voice every time I wrote the name Wilma. Today I realized why: My FREE Registry Explorer 1.6.0., RegEx, is made by the Bulgarian company Vilma (V not W): Vilma ® Software.

Vilma ® Software Registry Explorer is a powerful tool that will give to you the easiest way to rule all aspects of your system. You can create new keys and values, add them to the registry, or delete the existing ones.

You don't have to make a backup of all your actions as Registry Explorer does it in the background. If you decide that an action is not useful, or is wrong, just open the "Backup" window and restore the item by clicking over the record. Importing and exporting data files is very easy.

Comes with build-in browser:




As Wilma, Vilma RegEx is herself also a "kid sister". The older kin is Oberon, a $39 full featured registry Editor, Defrag'er, Startup Manager, and more:

Vilma ® Software Oberon is a program for editing the system database - registry on Microsoft ® Windows ® operating systems. It includes all the functionality of Vilma Registry Explorer and additional powerful tools:

A tool for optimizing the registry by defragmenting and reducing it's size - the fastest tool for searching that we know. A tool for finding&replacing a data in all registry entries (and keys) include the binary type. "Registry Inspector" - a tool for checking the registry for invalid entries, bad file system references, installed files, application paths, fonts, startup section, program integrity, shortcuts and the errors in the COM (Component Object Model) sections. The startup applications can be edited with the Startup Manager - a tool which also provides additional information.

http://www.vsft.com/products.htm

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by Curt on June 30, 2007, 05:00 PM »

OK - here's 1251... (who says I'm easy?)

-Darwin (June 17, 2007, 11:36 PM)

.. add 7 x 7, and you have reached 1300

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General Software Discussion / Re: Ultra Explorer; I am impressed!

« Last post by Curt on June 30, 2007, 10:46 AM »

I ... was forced to look for a temporary replacement for Explorer, ...

-Curt (June 24, 2007, 06:09 PM)

- not too precise formulated. I could have used Power Desk 6 Pro, or Aron's Explorer, because I have both of them installed. Whats that; never heard of Aron's Explorer? I can't blame you; I found it by accident. I don't think the program is a joke, but the price certainly can be taken for such: $30

You might think that $30 is a quite normal price for certain types of programs, and maybe the author of Aron had the same thought. Never the less, I bought the program for $3 (THREE dollar) at Bits du Jour and is happy with it - I realize I would never have looked at it, at $30.

Aron's Explorer is what some people refer to as a minimalistic program, made for half blind IT-analphabetics - and maybe that is just why I like it; back to basics! I use it because one can add favorite folders, so I have it to show all of the start menu for both user and all users - one folder per tab. Not even mtExplorer can show that many folders.

There is no trial, only 30 days money back, so only a few will ever install this program.

Here is my version:



Here is the same with size 20
- guess you don't have to click the thumb to read the text!



http://www.surfwarel.../AaronsExplorer.html

Features:

Tabbed Interface

Changeable fonts... make them as large as you like

Full file explorer capabilities similar to 'details' mode

Favorites, allows instant access to favorite directories

Incredibly easy-to-use interface

Browse back feature

Copy file names to clipboard feature

-surfwarelabs

http://www.surfwarel.../AaronsExplorer.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Ultra Explorer; I am impressed!

« Last post by Curt on June 30, 2007, 06:43 AM »

*lucky* - wow; I like the sound of that rare word! 

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Sad to hear about the troubles some are having with this program. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: My favorite software! What's yours?

« Last post by Curt on June 30, 2007, 06:37 AM »

-Grorgy (June 30, 2007, 05:14 AM)

Grorgy; I just noticed your local time zone from your profile: are you not home in Australia at the moment, or do you really get up that early - or maybe didn't get to bed last night? 

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Sorry to hear the free Startup Delayer wouldn't work for you.
Are you driving XP or..? 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any "search this folder only" engines?

« Last post by Curt on June 30, 2007, 06:17 AM »

Yes; I too have app's fine search plugin installed, but have realized that I almost never use Firefox when I visit DC (to me, Firefox is strictly for images, movies and music).

I am excited to see the upcoming result of Wordzilla's work on the hole search subject. I did feel a little silly downloading half a giga, just to be able to make a proper forum's search.

Edit: Yes, the download is 75 MB, but it is an effecient compressor!

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Site/Forum Features / Re: DonationCoder forum search plugin

« Last post by Curt on June 30, 2007, 06:03 AM »

Nice work, April. 

I installed the Firefox version and was trying to see if I could also lure your AOL version to install on my Maxthon 1.6, but to my surprise the answer was a Windows Internet Explorer popup saying "Netscape 6 or Mozilla is needed to install a sherlock plugin" ??

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by Curt on June 30, 2007, 05:34 AM »

I missed number 700, so 750 must some kind of marker:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Ultra Explorer; I am impressed!

« Last post by Curt on June 30, 2007, 05:20 AM »

mtExplorer will only remember last used folder if the folder's address was not too "deep". Otherwise it will go back to the directory. This is my mtExplorer opening window:



Notice in "Billedmappe" (subfolder to My Images) that it will even remember where in this folder I was.
"Papirkurv" is the basket.

mtExplorer has not crashed on me.

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General Software Discussion / Re: My favorite software! What's yours?

« Last post by Curt on June 30, 2007, 05:01 AM »

It is only "on paper" you can change the starting order without any delays. In practice they will still start in a bunch / all together at the same time, won't they. So I don't expect that to change anything, or even be smart, as you so elegant put it.

Chameleon will alter the starting order if you want it - with specified delays. The advantage is that 1) I can have Webshots start before EartWatcher which again will start before Desktop Icon Toy (with the delays carefully adjusted); all giving a fancy animation on the desktop during startup. And 2) I can defrag before auto-backup and 3) I can have the MASH figure Becky jump up and whistle for me, to tell that Outlook has performed the send/receive routine and my PC is ready to go.

But again; I can do all that with the free Startup Delayer too.
So other than because of any problems caused by mis-matching:
WHY choose Chameleon over the free Startup Delayer? 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any "search this folder only" engines?

« Last post by Curt on June 30, 2007, 04:13 AM »

Curt, what search engines were you using before embracing Wilma ?

-Armando (June 29, 2007, 10:22 PM)

Edit: Yes, I have tried a lot of other search engines. But I tend to forget what I don't keep or don't like (I don't take notes). Meaning that I can really not answer any questions on many programs because I have forgotten by now WHY I didn't keep or liked them.

-Curt (June 29, 2007, 09:44 AM)

Earlier I have given praise to Windows Desktop Search 3.0 which I came acrosss only a moth ago, but now have found to be disappointing on the files' content subject. This PC (XP Home SP2) is new to me and whatever search engine I have been trying it was on Windows 2000 or 9x, but I remember trying Copernic and X1 last year. But, as I wrote, I don't remember why I didn't keep any of them; they may have been excellent!

I apologize if my first post gave the impression that I could remember such details. And I really am an IT-analphabetic; meaning that these apps may have been offering a lot more that I ever figured out how to make them do!

I will not try the Google indexer. Is of course harmless today, but I expect a future version of Google to be an important and dangerous tool of tomorrows evil Big Brother. At first they will call it a safety instrument / anti-terroism, to make timid people accept it, but when someone will not adopt it   they will add "if you don't join, you must be a terrorist ..".
Scary stuff, installing an indexer!     

The $30 Archivarius 3000 sounds really great, Darwin! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Ditto: yet another free clipboard manager

« Last post by Curt on June 29, 2007, 07:18 PM »

If I have understood what this Stack Copy is then it is called Drop Stack in Ultra Explorer and is part of the shell.

... to look for a temporary replacement for Explorer, ... I found an alternative I have never heard of before: Ultra Explorer. After 3 hours I must say, I am impressed! ...

Some of the key features of UltraExplorer are:
Drop Stack window - Drop blocks of files into the drop stack for quick access later
......
http://ultraexplorer.mustangpeak.net

http://www.mustangpeak.net/
http://wiki.mustangp...lp_for_UltraExplorer

-Curt (June 24, 2007, 06:09 PM)

I am still impressed with Ultra Explorer...

Ditto sure is fine, and it is impressive that it is FREE,
but my next clipboard will be the $30 M8 Spartan:

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Free computer help online (tune-ups, customization, etc)

« Last post by Curt on June 29, 2007, 06:39 PM »

Some programs can be updated by installing the new version on top of the old, but some cannot - and some will even accept the same version to be installed at top, but again some will not. I think it would be good to know which programs must be removed before installing AutoMaintenance.exe. I have not installed your collection because I already have most of the programs, but don't know which to remove or keep - plus that I don't like the idea of running CCleaner without first adjusting the settings.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Photoscape: 5 stars from Snapfiles

« Last post by Curt on June 29, 2007, 05:27 PM »

Good to hear, dhuser
- and thanks a lot for your private response! 

Hmmm, the start-up does not seem that bad on my end -

-patthecat (June 29, 2007, 02:09 PM)

Maybe I had too little free memory at the time. This time it used 33 seconds to cold-start the main program and then the editor program. A second (re-)start took only 9 seconds before both programs were open. Thats okay, I would say.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Photoscape: 5 stars from Snapfiles

« Last post by Curt on June 29, 2007, 12:45 PM »

Did Flickr ever offer something like this?

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I was merely referring to the amount of time PhotoScape will use from the moment you open the mother-program > to the chosen child-program is ready for use.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Ultra Explorer; I am impressed!

« Last post by Curt on June 29, 2007, 12:38 PM »

Yes, I had some crashes the first day, but they left for good when I changed the settings. You may have to look into the Options and try your way around, because Ultra is not that clever and will not tell you if you have made a bad setting.

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General Software Discussion / Re: My favorite software! What's yours?

« Last post by Curt on June 29, 2007, 12:32 PM »

Edit: original post deleted, because I was talking about Lashiec using a battleship to kill a mockingbird, but realized the gunner was me!

Sorry, Lashiec; I was far out. 
Thanks for the advice! However I will keep the both of them for now.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Ultra Explorer; I am impressed!

« Last post by Curt on June 29, 2007, 10:02 AM »

I was quite certain it was not dual pane but several more panes
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any "search this folder only" engines?

« Last post by Curt on June 29, 2007, 09:44 AM »

I find Wilma to be extremely easy to live with 

But of course; being newly in love I have not yet given her any real job to perform, have I. All I told her was to watch over this DC Forum folder - which is not being updated... meaning she has no indexing job to do again. Other than that she will index in the background and use very little CPU. But she will to my understadning only search from the top folder you appoint. So for two different folders to be indexed, it would take the hole directory to be added. But you better read http://wilma.redtree...m/en/help/index.html for yourself - I haven't really studied the subject. I only took what I needed: Wilma!

Edit: Yes, I have tried a lot of other search engines. But I tend to forget what I don't keep or don't like (I don't take notes). Meaning that I can really not answer any questions on many programs because I have forgotten by now WHY I didn't keep or liked them.

Edit2: I have not placed Wilma in Start; she will run only on requests... because of the very limited job I have given her to perform.

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General Software Discussion / Re: My favorite software! What's yours?

« Last post by Curt on June 29, 2007, 09:12 AM »

My problem with Chameleon is that I really don't understand why I would need it. What more should I ask for than for some programs' startup to be delayed? Even the free Startup Delayer will tell if there is any new program in Start and ask if that is okay (if I want it to). What more would I need?
 

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tomos @ I have half of my programs starting in one big crowd, and the other half spread widely over five minutes, because I need a lot more memory (yeah; me too, but I was talking about the PC) to have the bunch starting any faster. Some will want the starting procedure to be done as fast as posible; but I want it to be as steady as can be, so every program will display their icon in the systray. It is my experience that I can easily make the startup procedure be a lot quicker, but not as safe. For excample; Outlook is quite stable, but I have given it four plugins that are making the combination weak. Therefor it has become important to me that Outlook must have extraordinary good time to start - safety first. This is not science but experience. Well; see for yourself:

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General Software Discussion / Re: My favorite software! What's yours?

« Last post by Curt on June 29, 2007, 08:45 AM »

Chameleon may THE finest startup manager there is; the author has done a great job lately - but it is overkill to me. And YES; it will delay each program by so and so many seconds, if you tell it to.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Ultra Explorer; I am impressed!

« Last post by Curt on June 29, 2007, 08:25 AM »

My mtExplorer is version 1.1 - from after Aug 13, 2006; it hasn't crashed on me, though, as you tried to, I use it exactly for moving files or folders.

I take it you meant multiPANE, not multiTABs?