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PublicDomainVic / Re: Extract Archives Within Each Relevant Sub-Folder

« Last post by 4wd on June 15, 2022, 01:17 AM »

C# isn't a scripting language.

I'd go with anything that's cross-platform, eg. PowerShell, Python, etc.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Operating multiple devices - easy solution for cables?

« Last post by 4wd on June 14, 2022, 03:42 AM »

Overhead cables depending from the ceiling; the only drawback upside being the risk of inadvertent strangulation.

-cranioscopical (June 12, 2022, 11:22 AM)

FTFY 😬

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PublicDomainVic / Re: Extract Archives Within Each Relevant Sub-Folder

« Last post by 4wd on June 14, 2022, 03:30 AM »

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

-nkormanik (June 12, 2022, 08:54 PM)

Learn a scripting language.

Code: PowerShell [Select]

1. Get-ChildItem .\test\* -include *.part1.rar -Recurse | % { .\7z.exe x $_ -o"$(Split-Path $_ -Parent)"}

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General Software Discussion / Re: Operating multiple devices - easy solution for cables?

« Last post by 4wd on June 11, 2022, 04:56 PM »

Thanks RDP is a good option but not adequately mature (I am experiencing issues/inefficiencies).

-kalos (June 11, 2022, 02:02 PM)

That's almost funny, it's probably older than you.

It was good enough for me to edit videos from half way around the world ten years ago when nothing else would work, something I'm currently also doing this time except using RDP on a tablet but whatever ...

EDIT: I have 4 computers on my desk at home, RDP to another Windows PC, and VNC to two Linux PC's - just occurred to me since it always works and I've come to take it for granted.

@BGM, IIRC Synergy requires a monitor for each system also ... as usual it takes awhile to find out he only wants one screen.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Operating multiple devices - easy solution for cables?

« Last post by 4wd on June 10, 2022, 02:05 PM »

Plenty of multi-mode keyboards and mice around, just get one of each that can connect to three devices, no need to move the laptops at all they can stay where they are and you just switch your attention to their screen and the keyboard/mouse to the relevant one.

Or just RDP from the main to the rest.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for Volume Booster

« Last post by 4wd on June 09, 2022, 01:46 PM »

Have you tried turning on Loudness Equalisation for the output device?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Operating multiple devices - easy solution for cables?

« Last post by 4wd on June 09, 2022, 01:37 PM »

Get a U-shaped desk and a swivel chair, problem solved.

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Community Giveaways / Re: Humble Bundle leftovers - Free applications and games

« Last post by 4wd on June 07, 2022, 12:13 PM »

Hi can I get the link for the three free Synty assets thx

-Toes (June 05, 2022, 03:34 AM)

No problem.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Windows Firewall Control - Mini Review

« Last post by 4wd on June 02, 2022, 12:23 AM »

Surprise, surprise:
The developer behind WFC - the subject of this mini-review - joined Malwarebytes.

Malwarebytes promises to keep WFC free and continues upgrading it (in the short term).

"Welcome, Binisoft fans

We at Malwarebytes are big fans too. That’s why we’ve asked Binisoft founder Alexandru Dicu to join our team. And not to worry—we will maintain, support, and keep Binisoft products free for everyone in the short term. "

-brahman (June 01, 2022, 04:36 PM)

That happened a couple of years or more ago, probably at v5.4.0.0 as all features became free when Malwarebytes acquired it.

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Living Room / Re: Share your photos! Travel shots, photoblogs, etc.

« Last post by 4wd on May 30, 2022, 07:35 AM »

So you're the other side of the world again?  :-)

-tomos (May 29, 2022, 04:11 PM)

Yep.



The Warren House Inn^w - the fire has been burning continuously since 1845 (hence the lack of trees in the near vicinity).

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Living Room / Re: Share your photos! Travel shots, photoblogs, etc.

« Last post by 4wd on May 29, 2022, 03:54 PM »

It's now post-COVID so:

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Non-Windows Software / Re: How to prevent data connection prompt on Android?

« Last post by 4wd on May 26, 2022, 09:18 AM »

Remove or change the APN names if you can.

Probably won't stop the requests but it will stop connections to mobile data.

-4wd (May 23, 2022, 09:13 AM)

Disable Mobile Data?

-erikts (May 25, 2022, 02:18 AM)

Doesn't stop it being enabled if you inadvertantly answer yes to a connection request.

If you remove or otherwise change the APN to something wrong, it will completely disable mobile data no matter whether the setting is enabled or not.

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Non-Windows Software / Re: How to prevent data connection prompt on Android?

« Last post by 4wd on May 23, 2022, 09:13 AM »

Remove or change the APN names if you can.

Probably won't stop the requests but it will stop connections to mobile data.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Returning a laptop purchase, how can I purge it?

« Last post by 4wd on May 11, 2022, 03:17 PM »

Reinstall using the supplied recovery media/instructions, run cipher, (included with Windows), over free space.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for someone to fix and improve a set of PS1 and a PS2 emulators

« Last post by 4wd on April 12, 2022, 08:27 PM »

Or they're just not interested because it's of no benefit to them ... you could always hire a freelancer.

Don't equate lack of interest, (or anything else), with lack of ability.

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Community Giveaways / Re: Humble Bundle leftovers

« Last post by 4wd on April 06, 2022, 09:37 PM »

Hello 4wd,

Thanks for the offers! How does one redeem a game? I am interested in the PGA Tour 2K21. Thanks again!

-c.gingerich (April 06, 2022, 10:02 AM)

I'll DM you a Humble Bundle gift link, it'll probably have a Steam game activation code when you click it.

DM sent, updated list.

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Community Giveaways / Humble Bundle leftovers - Free Games

« Last post by 4wd on April 06, 2022, 06:24 AM »

.

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Community Giveaways / Re: Humble Bundle leftovers

« Last post by 4wd on April 03, 2022, 09:19 PM »

I don't have any specifics, but a lot of them are just going to be sitting there. If Deo and 4wd are out of something, ask me.

-wraith808 (April 03, 2022, 09:40 AM)

Yep, got quite a few of the games available, (~70%), just waiting to see if a few friends want any before I post them here.

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Community Giveaways / Re: Humble Bundle leftovers

« Last post by 4wd on April 03, 2022, 04:48 AM »

Someone bought the same bundle 😉

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Community Giveaways / Humble Bundle leftovers - Free applications and games

« Last post by 4wd on April 03, 2022, 02:15 AM »

For free if anyone is interested:

Unique Links:
C# Complete Unity 3D Developer Course [GameDev.tv]

Keys:
Pathfinder Second Edition Core Rulebook and Starfinder Core Rulebook (Redeem by September 30th, 2022) [Paizo]
Intro to Game Development with Unity [Zenva]
Polygon Farm, Polygon City, and Polygon Prototype [Synty]
GameMaker Studio 2 Creator 12 Months [YoYo]
Music Maker EDM Edition  (Redeem by December 31st, 2022) [Magix]

The links show how to redeem the items, let me know what you want and I'll send the link/key.

NOTE: All of them require you create an account with the respective software company.

Free Steam games below:

NOTE: Some of these might be region restricted, I won't find out until I create a gift link to send - if this proves to be the case for one you receive, let me know or pass it on to someone who can use it.

I have the following Steam games available for free:

112 Operator	911 Operator
Amnesia: The Dark Descent + Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs	Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018	Crying Suns
Draw Slasher	Drawful 2
Driftland: The Magic Revival	DV: Rings of Saturn
EarthX	Endless Space 2
Expeditions: Viking	Fable Anniversary
Fury Unleashed	GameGuru
Gloria Victis - redeem by April 25, 2022	Going Under
Iron Danger	Kerbal Space Program
Kingdom Two Crowns	Metro Exodus
Monaco	Moon Hunters
Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021	Nex Machina
Orbital Racer	Out of Reach: Treasure Royale
Pathway	Pawnbarian
PGA Tour 2K21	Popup Dungeon
Post Void	Radio Commander
Ring of Pain	Roarr! Jurassic Edition
RPG Maker VX	Rustler
Ryse: Son of Rome	Say No! More
Shing!	Skullgirls 2nd Encore
Slay the Spire	Soulblight
Starbound	SUPERHOT
Supraland	System Shock: Enhanced Edition
The Amazing American Circus	Toejam & Earl: Back in the Groove
Tooth and Tail	Vagante
Wandersong	Wargroove
WARSAW	We Are Alright
Wizard of Legend

Free Rockstar game:
Max Payne 3

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General Software Discussion / Re: can’t see any traffic if Protocol Filter is set to “Multimedia URLs”

« Last post by 4wd on March 12, 2022, 10:59 PM »

URL Snooper provides easy solution to finding the URLs for all streams by watching network traffic and identifying potential urls, especially streaming media urls.

from: https://www.donationcoder.com/software/mouser/popular-apps/url-snooper

-blanc2016 (March 12, 2022, 10:54 PM)

Even easier: HLS Stream Sniper

You can export it and add it to any Chrome based browser, you can also get the Firefox extension: https://github.com/T...be-HLS-Stream-Sniper

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Living Room / Re: Programming/Coder humor

« Last post by 4wd on March 12, 2022, 10:49 PM »

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General Software Discussion / Re: Does this "blog/shared notes" exist?

« Last post by 4wd on February 21, 2022, 04:07 PM »

I meant you can recover the files from the original drives even though they've been moved off it.
Unless you've done a lot of writing to them or securely moved, (wiped the space they occupied), then they should still be recoverable.

Also, what manufacturer/model of external are we talking about?
Sometimes it's just the USB interface board that dies, the HDD is still working and just requires removing from the case and rehousing.
Unfortunately not possible with WD 2.5" portables as they integrate the USB adaptor directly to the drive, (don't buy them unless you don't mind limiting your recovery options).
Some others makes/models may be the same.

For backups, a 3.5" external would be preferable, it gives you the above option should the interface fail.

Fwiw, generally the time an electronic device, (and mechanical to some degree), will fail is within a couple of months of it being put into service or nearing the end of its life.

If you're near Melbourne eastern suburbs let me know if want any help with either recovery off the original drives or rehousing the new drive, (if possible).

PS. I generally only check emails or the forum every 2 - 4 days.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Does this "blog/shared notes" exist?

« Last post by 4wd on February 17, 2022, 05:27 AM »

... I purchased a new 5 TB hd and transferred a lot of scattered across many HDs "toddler" videos to it.

-tsaint (February 12, 2022, 11:28 PM)

By transferred do you mean copy or move?

If it's copy you still have the original, just requires duplication of previous effort, (this time to dual externals).

If it's move, run recovery software, (Recuva, PhotoRec, etc), on the original HDDs, (hopefully you haven't written too much to them in the meantime), recovering to a new external and back it up.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced

« Last post by 4wd on February 11, 2022, 04:53 AM »

What makes you think there is such a thing as "WSL graphics"? As far as I'm aware there is no "display" connected to the WSL Linux VM. It's for terminal/console use only.

-Deozaan (February 11, 2022, 03:01 AM)

https://opticos.github.io/gwsl/ (Windows 10)

GWSL
What on Earth does this do? What is it for? How can it help me?

GWSL automates the process of running X on top of WSL and over SSH:

• It lets you easily run graphical Linux apps on Windows 10.
• It lets you run graphical apps located on remote Linux machines.
• It provides a simple UI for launching Linux apps, managing them graphically, and creating customized Windows shortcuts for them.
• All this at the click of a button! No memorization of commands necessary. Easy!

https://github.com/microsoft/wslg (Windows 11)

WSLg is short for Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI and the purpose of the project is to enable support for running Linux GUI applications (X11 and Wayland) on Windows in a fully integrated desktop experience.

WSLg provides an integrated experience for developers, scientists or enthusiasts that prefer or need to run Windows on their PC but also need the ability to run tools or applications which works best, or exclusively, in a Linux environment. While users can accomplish this today using a multiple system setup, with individual PC dedicated to Windows and Linux, virtual machine hosting either Windows or Linux, or an XServer running on Windows and projected into WSL, WSLg provides a more integrated, user friendly and productive alternative.

WSLg strives to make Linux GUI applications feel native and natural to use on Windows. From integration into the Start Menu for launch to appearing in the task bar, alt-tab experience to enabling cut/paste across Windows and Linux applications, WSLg enables a seamless desktop experience and workflow leveraging Windows and Linux applications.

The last can use GPU hardware acceleration.