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Register DLL / OCX = regdllocx
Want to add a right-click context menu item for registering / unregistering DLL's or OCX's?
-Veign's site:

I installed this 'regdllocx' but was surprised to see that it didn't find its brothers, ToFolder and ViewDir, when it displayed 'all' file menu and contect menu DLLs. So I couldnt help the situation this way.

 :tellme:
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You are an author to my tasting!

- or? I know I did this the wrong way; not making any backup first, but yesterday the installation of Java failed and I didn't want to backup an error, so I installed ToFolder and ViewDir without any backing - and now Outlook will freeze at each PC Startup! I'll have to Ctrl+Alt+Del kill it, but the 'funny' part is that when I then open it again, it will work as normal. Of course I ran an Office Find&Repair, but that didn't help.

Maybe your ReadMe-s could tell what changes are being made, and where, or offer some Undo?

Any idea What To Do? I will hate to roll XP back; the last fixing point is quite old.
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Also, some tweaks here:
http://www.veign.com/download_main.asp

You are an author to my tasting!

To Folder option (WinXP All):
Create a ' Copy To Folder' and 'Move To Folder' right-click option to make moving and copying files to folders much easier. You will be presented with a folder dialog to easily locate the destination folder.
-Veign's site:

Bull's eye! Thanks a lot  :)
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You can download the tweak guide for XP at this site:
http://www.tweakguides.com/

Wow; I should known about this many years ago! Thanks for finally telling me!  :Thmbsup:

Page 117 will teach you to add "Copy To" & "Move To" to context menu.

Superb service  :up:
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General Software Discussion / Where do I get Copy To .. and Move To .., and more?
« Last post by Curt on March 05, 2007, 08:32 AM »
Someone may have noticed that I have lost my old Win2K machine and have had to buy a new with XP Home and Internet Explorer 7. Working with this Operating System I realize there are several features from my previous setup that I now am missing. I have managed to find some of them: Open With .., Copy Path, Send To .., Convert To .., Copy as Text, Copy as HTML, but Windows are still a few nice features short: Copy To .., Move To .., are the two I miss the most for the moment, but there are others I can't remember right now, and I can't remember where I found them back then. Do you know where to get at least these two options, Copy To .., and Move To .., and about other nice right-click options to add to Explorer or Internet Explorer??
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to edit .xpi, and with what?
« Last post by Curt on March 05, 2007, 08:01 AM »
Hi, you mentioned problems with ViewMyCurrency. If you've tried the latest version on http://hamstersoup.com/viewmycurrency and have a bug report then feel free to leave a comment on my blog. I'll definitely look into it.

Indeed a nice touch from this author!  :up:

However, I have no idea as to why the extension stopped working. I installed dozens of new programs before I realized the new misbehaviour from ViewMyCurrency, so I cannot see how to report it as a "bug", when I don't know why, when, or what caused the problem. I can only say it stopped working.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Firewalls - please, i can't be bothered.
« Last post by Curt on March 04, 2007, 11:58 AM »
That is the sad thing - each time it was installed I accepted the default 'easy' setup
-Carol Haynes (March 04, 2007, 11:06 AM)

Your struggles are a mystery to me. Yes, I too have had struggles with Outpost, but after visiting Wilders forum always found the error to be some 20 inches in front of the screen. But that was my fault; I know you are a lot smarter than me when it comes to IT, and therefor I am even more puzzled by your bad experiences with Outpost.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Firewalls - please, i can't be bothered.
« Last post by Curt on March 04, 2007, 09:51 AM »
Certainly not my experience with Outpost - I have had anything but a smooth ride with both versions 3 and 4 on 3 computers - to the point now where I have given up on a full 12 month subscription before it even started (they would not refund even though the subscription had not started). I am not alone and lots of users refuse to use version 4 because of instability issues.

The biggest issue I had was system instability and BSODs - when it did work it was a real system hog (and that was with most of the optional plug-ins disabled).

Oh and by the way I was running it with NOD32 ...
-Carol Haynes (March 04, 2007, 04:48 AM)

A sad story, Carol.  :(


I think the answer is to be found in the settings.

One of the biggest advantages of Outpost is the "Agnitum ImproveNet"; Agnitum's and the Outpost user's  common project: to make Outpost capable of setting rules by pre-sets: If all users of program A are adding A to Trusted, then this setting is probably O' Kay for your PC as well, but if they are not, then it is not safe for your PC either. You decide if you are willing to adopt this general setting, but you may, and if you do, your life with this firewall will be a lot easier.

But of course, if you have a lot of programs that no-one else on ImproveNet is using, or you don't trust their settings, then you may never gain from this feature.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Firewalls - please, i can't be bothered.
« Last post by Curt on March 04, 2007, 09:17 AM »
i've been reminded why i can't use agnitum - it's because it now refuses to install again because it thinks it's already running. fantastic.

I  tried that problem after a test of Doctor Spyware 5 BETA: everything went wrong on my PC, dozens of broken files, and Outpost not opening but yet running (did you check in task manager if outpost.exe was running?). And, as you imply, you cannot install on top of an exe that will not close. I take that was your problem: no outpost.exe to uninstall, but yet it claimed to be running?

I managed to ruin that PC - before finding out if the answer from Agnitum was usable or not - but the answer was: "Please download http://www.agnitum.c...oInstall_4.0_971.exe. Install it over your current version and try to uninstall again." Notice the word "support" in the link (I never used the link, but got myself a new PC instead); this may or may not be a standard installer - I don't know.
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to edit .xpi, and with what?
« Last post by Curt on March 04, 2007, 07:57 AM »
This webpage may add some useful info and an overview of how it all works:

http://developer.moz.../Extension_Packaging
-Carol Haynes (March 04, 2007, 07:02 AM)
Yes, that is a useful article.
Thank you! - to both dk70 and Carol.
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to edit .xpi, and with what?
« Last post by Curt on March 04, 2007, 07:45 AM »
Generation 1981, so I'm 0x19  8)

You hide it well, or did you start out at a very young age?

In my DOS days, the biggest news was a telefax-like machine (with a keyboard) the size of a 50" projector TV, that was placed at the public library, and from which we could play "X and O" (or whatever it was) against a computer located some fifty miles away (and that was the data processing machine closest to our city!). The game would last for maybe an hour. I never understood any of it, but I learned to play "X and O" in DOS...
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to edit .xpi, and with what?
« Last post by Curt on March 04, 2007, 04:39 AM »
I used to mess around a lot with hexeditors in the DOS days,

Ohh, you are that old?  That is my age, too .. 8)

Thanks for the enlightment
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General Software Discussion / Re: Firewalls - please, i can't be bothered.
« Last post by Curt on March 04, 2007, 04:35 AM »
If you're not doing strict outbound filtering, there's not much point in running a personal firewall ...

Define "strict"  8)

I am running a strict setup, but the next guy doesn't have to, does he. But you are making an important point, a point that is to be taken seriously: There is no such thing as a free meal - and there is (for all I can see) no such thing as a free well protecting firewall that will never demand your attention and time.

Sorry if my first post gave any other impression
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to edit .xpi, and with what?
« Last post by Curt on March 04, 2007, 04:21 AM »
You know you're a geek when you look at the first notepad screenshot and say to yourself "oh, that looks like a zip archive"

Thanks for pointing this out. I now know that I am not a geek...  8)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Firewalls - please, i can't be bothered.
« Last post by Curt on March 04, 2007, 04:16 AM »
Maybe there really are people who can stay out of trouble for ever even though they are running a free firewall. Maybe. I know I would have had a hole lot more of troubles if I gone the free way. But I really think there is no such thing as a free meal. Somehow you are going to pay in the end. And I have never for a moment been sorry that I paid for Outpost PRO - it is THE firewall for a personel computer at home. I started with version 2.5 and is now using 4.0

Any problems with Outpost usually comes from the setup you have chosen. If you avoid the most strict settings, you will ALMOST never be troubled with this firewall. You will hardly know it is there, until you try to run some poison.

Outpost runs in perfect harmony with Eset NOD32 Antivirus.

Outpost PRO 4, and NOD32 2.7 :   :-*
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to edit .xpi, and with what?
« Last post by Curt on March 04, 2007, 03:12 AM »
You sure has provided some fine service, dk70  :Thmbsup:

The guys who advocated the re-naming, did so only five weeks ago. Considering that this extension doesn't get updated very often, and no-one seems to be complaining about it, makes me think something else may be wrong; maybe some mismatching between extensions. The old "stable" version you just made for me did not work in my setup. I will have to figure out something else.

Thanks for you efforts!
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to edit .xpi, and with what?
« Last post by Curt on March 03, 2007, 09:56 PM »
Curt, you can also just use the MR Tech Local Install extension.

That MR Tech guy sure will take me some time to learn how to use! I am NOT tech'ed...

But now I have installed it, and then we will see some time in the future what became of all this.
Thanks for answering!
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to edit .xpi, and with what?
« Last post by Curt on March 03, 2007, 09:46 PM »
Should you try again ...

Well, I did try again, but failed. I installed ZipZag, and was able to open Install.rdf and write "2.0.*" in the end of the file, using CopyWriter, but somehow the change was not saved, or correctly done by me, because the fox gave the same speach as before: "This version is for 1.5 only..".

Is Total Commander using ZipZag as plug-in?
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to edit .xpi, and with what?
« Last post by Curt on March 03, 2007, 08:46 PM »
Just repack it like you would a zip file. If whatever you use insist on zip extension a rename should work. Hmm, depends on packing format? I dont know but in Total Commander build in zipper certainly can do it - and it is a common one. I open xpi file/view file list, click edit for install.rdf - edit away in external editor, ends with saving this temporary file - back to TC it offers to repack into xpi. Done.

Repacking it makes Firefox say the installation file is incorrct. The file size is quite different from before unzipping.

I am not going to install Total Commander in order to figure out this little problem. Think I'll give the Change a try instead. But thanks anyway!
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General Software Discussion / Re: How to edit .xpi, and with what?
« Last post by Curt on March 03, 2007, 08:30 PM »
XPI is like a ZIP file and can be opened with Total Commander, 7-Zip etc. May be even XPs build-in unzipper.

Done!  :Thmbsup:

But how do I get the files back into one xpi formatted folder/file for Firefox to open?
 :tellme:
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General Software Discussion / How to edit .xpi, and with what?
« Last post by Curt on March 03, 2007, 07:54 PM »
It was fun to realize that I somehow had managed to change the Firefox extension "IE View Lite" into a "Edit in Frontpage" version. It made me high, and for a while I was thinking silly thoughts about my skills   :P

Now I'm back to the ground, I think. My version of "ViewMyCurrency" stopped working, and an update from the author's site just made it even worse, so I removed it and tried to install an old stable version from Mozilla. It is for 1.5 and below only, but someone wrote "Download and save to desktop. Open xpi and change max version in install rdf to 2.0.0.1. Voila!", and that sounded easy, I said to myself.

"Open xpi"... hmm... with what?

This is what this xpi will lok like, if you open it with Notepad:

Clipboard01.gif

- and in Wordpad:

Clipboard02.gif

It may look a lot better in CopyWriter, but the right margen tells this is not the right way either, I would say - but then again, who am I to say anything but I don't know:

Clipboard03.gif

So, my big question to you is: How to edit a .xpi file?  - and with what?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Any app to auto-replace Notepad ??
« Last post by Curt on February 28, 2007, 06:04 PM »
TED Notepad.

I cannot see that TED will offer to replace Microsoft Notepad.
Have you had it replace Notepad? And if Yes; How? :tellme:
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General Software Discussion / Re: limiting memory
« Last post by Curt on February 28, 2007, 05:38 PM »
, by then my computer was so slow I was about to pick it up and throw it at the wall.

I know that feeling.

I used to have 320 MB RAM, 500 MHz.
- and living on 7'th floor I was tempted VERY often: Can it fly?

And by now I still have only 520 RAM, and they are even divided with 64 MB to the video card, leaving me with only a little more RAM than on the old machine!

But on the other hand this is 3.33 GHz, so the handling power is much better.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Any app to auto-replace Notepad ??
« Last post by Curt on February 28, 2007, 05:09 PM »
All you have to do is

Thanks for taking the time to answer me, edbro!  :Thmbsup:

But first things first. I skipped Metapad because of this very same procedure, you are telling me to follow. I wouldn't know how to make a batch file, or what it is, and I don't know where to find the hidden dll cache folder.

And next there are these two things:
Akelpad won't handle binary files, as far as I understand the text,
and it is just as ugly as Notepad :P

But again; thanks for taking the time to answer me!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Any app to auto-replace Notepad ??
« Last post by Curt on February 28, 2007, 04:38 PM »
You do know that you can just change the association of the text file to open in any other program, right? You don't have to actually replace notepad.exe. You must know that though. I also replace the default notepad with notepad2, but I permanently disable file protection before installing XP using nLite.

XPLite lets you turn off file protection although I've never used it. I think WinXP Manager lets you do it also.

I have had this XP Home for 3 days - and knows next to zero about it   :-[

I'll have to study this file protection before I can even imagine I know what and how to do

But thanks a lot for the directions!
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