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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 07, 2012, 08:49 AM »

My issues are resolved!   

I just opened two windows, one with the D:\ files and one with the C:\ files.  Then carefully used drag-n-drop to move the D: files to their proper locations in the C: files.  I tested each program, as I went, making sure I didn't screw up anything... like dropping it in the wrong location.  Each one worked the way it used to.

Just found this post from IainB.

Maybe this download includes a solution to my issue?   

-crabby3 (April 07, 2012, 12:21 AM)

I tried this first but... it didn't help or change anything that I could find.   

Crabby, if you're not sure what you're doing, and you'd like to revert to how things were, you could consider using System Restore.

-tomos (April 06, 2012, 07:44 AM)

I tried this second... unfortunately this didn't help either... but I was able to learn what to expect from Vista's System Restore.      The only noticable change was... the DATA (D:) file name, on the Start Menu's right pane, reverted back to Documents... but all the files (that I had moved) were still in D:\


I still have the original issue though...    ...running out of disk space on C:    ... but I think I'm through with moving stuff around to get it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 07, 2012, 12:21 AM »

Just found this post from IainB.

Maybe this download includes a solution to my issue?   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 06, 2012, 11:11 PM »

@ crabby3, I am getting confused.
Will you please remind us what operating system you have? XP, Vista, 7, etc.

-Curt (April 06, 2012, 05:47 PM)

Here's the info Curt...     Windows Vista(TM) Home Premium-SP2   Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU    T6400 @ 2.00GHz    4GB RAM    64-bit        Windows(R) Internet Explorer 9


This is my current 'Signature'... which appears below all of my posts.   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 06, 2012, 09:04 AM »

Not sure what you mean.  

-crabby3 (April 06, 2012, 07:53 AM)

One way of checking would be to try to open a file using WordPad
in the menu File>Open or use the shortcut Control+O

I get this dialogue
 (see attachment in previous post)
- it will look different on your machine, but Documents or My Documents should be shown on the left - click on that.
If you're not sure whats being shown just try and describe anyway :-)

If I click on the Addressbar towards the top - it's highlighted in this screenshot - if I click in there, it will change from something like
Users > XYZ > My Documents
in my case it changes to:
Z:/My Documents
(cause that's where *my* docs are!)
 (see attachment in previous post)
This might not be so clear on your machine, but it's worth a shot!

-tomos (April 06, 2012, 08:13 AM)

In WordPad I clicked File>Open and got a similar dialog (your first screenshot).


(quote)
- it will look different on your machine, but Documents or My Documents should be shown on the left - click on that.
      (The DATA (D:), that used to say Documents, was already highlighted... I clicked it anyway but nothing changed.)

When I clicked the Addressbar... it changed from Computer>DATA (D:)>     to D:\

Note:  As I mentioned above, I think Reply#15, my Start Menu now lists Documents as DATA (D:).    In the right pane.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 06, 2012, 08:04 AM »

@tomos

I not sure what I'm doing... no matter what I'm doing... if it's the first time I'm doing it.     And the hard-way seems to be my favorite way to learn stuff... so any help I'm given by you, tomos, or anyone else at DC... is very much appreciated.  

I understand that you don't have Vista... but help is help... right?   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 06, 2012, 07:53 AM »

I think Windows fixed this issue for me.   

I just opened WordPad, clicked New and used Save As.  When I opened it again... D: was listed before the file name and... and... IT OPENED!!!!!   

-crabby3 (April 06, 2012, 07:46 AM)

So, if you go to my documents now (or "Documents") can you check if the location is actually on D:

-tomos (April 06, 2012, 07:47 AM)

Not sure what you mean.   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 06, 2012, 07:46 AM »

I think Windows fixed this issue for me.  

I just opened WordPad, clicked New and used Save As.  When I opened it again... D: was listed before the file name and... and... IT OPENED!!!!!    

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 06, 2012, 07:29 AM »

Hi tomos...

how exactly did you try to open the file in WordPad?
Was it a file that was previously opened and you just clicked it in the recently opened list?

-tomos (April 06, 2012, 04:58 AM)

In WordPad I clicked File... then the name.
That's when this error window popped up.

C:\Users\***\Documents\***.rtf           (*** = my name, file name)
Cannot find this file.
Please verify that the correct path and file name are given.

NOTE: Before I moved anything to D:, WordPad used to show just the file name.   Not C:\Users\etc.

If you feel it didnt work properly I see this in the comments for that page you link to:
 (see attachment in previous post)
link above is actually for XP so not sure if helpful
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147

-tomos (April 06, 2012, 04:58 AM)

I tried using this method... but another error said Folder Redirection Failed  (Failed to build the list of regular subfolders under "D:\System Volume Information" Access is denied.)

I'll try the support.microsoft link next.

BTW  I was able to retrieve the file info (I couldn't open in WordPad) by using Search and opening it in Microsoft Office Word.  I then immediately copy/pasted to a new PNotes.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 06, 2012, 04:21 AM »

At this link...              http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-move-the-my-documents-folder-and-save-your-data-windows/

...there's a description (with screenshots) of how to move My Documents in XP...    and Documents in Vista.

I tried the Vista way but I don't think it worked. When I opened a file in Word Pad it 'couldn't be found'.  There's probably a way to tell Word Pad where the file is... but I don't have any idea how.      And I really need this file.

Plus... in the Start Menu... Documents changed to DATA (D:)  

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 05, 2012, 06:40 AM »

Can I move stuff that's stored on C: drive to D: drive ?  Will this cause any problems or issues? 

I'm almost out of memory (disk space) on C: but D: is mostly unused.  I want to move everything to D: except the Users folder.

-crabby3 (April 05, 2012, 12:34 AM)

When you say "I want to move everything to D: except the Users folder" were you thinking of moving all the software? That's not so possible. Or is there other stuff on C: ?

-tomos (April 05, 2012, 04:35 AM)

Hi, tomos, thanks for your reply!

The answer to your first question is yes.  I wanted to move everything.  C: contains all the programs that originally came with my computer plus the ones I've added... (i.e. Avast!, freeware, games, photo editor...)  The Users folder (on C:) contains all the programs I use most... pics, vids, tunes...

Maybe I could just move the 'MY' stuff to D: and leave everything else on C:?  Like My Pictures, Videos, Music... can that be done without causing any problems?  Will I still be able to right-click and Save Picture As or right-click and Save Target As ?  Would my computer be able to find My Pictures or My Videos on D: ?       (Please excuse the four questions in one paragraph.) 


Maybe I could also move the programs I have never used to a Flash Drive?  I don't want to just delete them... I may want or need one in the future.  (I don't even know this is possible....    ...I could gain a lot of disk space if it is.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 05, 2012, 05:22 AM »

I was given this answer to a different question, but it may be of great help to you:

The root of the C: drive (and other select folders) are protected by Windows from being written to by misbehaving/malevolent programs. This is generally considered to be A Good Thing as it can protect you from a lot of grief if one's PC is ever compromised.

Turning off UAC and circumventing Windows other security protocols is not a good idea at all. If you should ever want to save something to one of these protected zones, just right-click on a program's shortcut & select Run As Administrator if it's just a one-time thing. If you need something more permanent, then you should go into the program shortcut's properties and select Run This Program As Administrator on its property tab.

The smartest method is to work with UAC rather than try to work against/around it. If you are trying to download something from your browser to the C: drive, make a folder, and save the item inside it. You won't be bothered by UAC at all then. The location C:\ is a protected space, but say....C:\Downloads or C:\Graphics is not.

Personally, I have my primary hard drive set up as two partitions.  There's a small 75 GB partition & that's where I installed Windows. It's my C drive. I leave that for Windows to do what it will & for those brain-dead programs that don't know how to do anything but install to C: (Yes! They STILL exist!!). The rest of my primary drive is my D: drive. It's 1.8 TB or so & that's where I save all my downloads, install all my programs, and keep their data.

With this system even with having UAC on the highest, most secure setting I only see UAC prompts two or three times a week and that's when I'm doing something I know needs admin access like registry edits or installing certain programs that work at the system level. A sweet side-benefit to laying my hard drive this way is if the need or desire to reinstall Windows ever comes up I can just format that 75 GB partition immediately & reinstall Windows. I don't have to worry about copying/saving anything because everything is on the other partition.

(Oh, C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86) are protected spaces as well. Using my system above everything is installed to D:\Program Files and D:\Program Files (x86) which allows older programs and games that don't know anything about UAC to work properly.)

-Innuendo (March 15, 2012, 10:55 AM)

-Curt (April 05, 2012, 04:29 AM)

Thank You Very Much, Curt, I will definitely be re-reading your included quote from Innuendo again and again.  It even answers other questions I was planning to add to this thread.  Mostly dealing with UAC.

Thanks again... 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 05, 2012, 12:34 AM »

Can I move stuff that's stored on C: drive to D: drive ?  Will this cause any problems or issues?  

I'm almost out of memory (disk space) on C: but D: is mostly unused.  I want to move everything to D: except the Users folder.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 04, 2012, 04:51 AM »

-yes!

1):

Windows Explorer Folder View settings - Vista Forums

-Curt (March 31, 2012, 12:38 PM)

Thank You, Curt, your first link helped me understand the problem a little more and I was able to fix it.

  ...Though I used a less agressive method.  Being the 'novice' that I am... I try not to delete or change any Windows Files.


What I did:

1)  Opened My Pictures, clicked Tools, Folder Options, View and un-checked Remember each folder's view settings, then restarted my computer.**

2)  Opened My Pictures, clicked Tools, Folder Options, View and checked Remember each folder's view settings, then restarted again.

3)  Opened several different windows, moving and resizing the way I want them, and again... restarted.

4)  Opened all the windows I had moved/resized... and... and... they remembered where and how big they were.   

4.5)  Not done yet... 

5)  Opened a few programs that seem to refresh my desktop or change the resolution as they load. (XP stuff...games, PSP, etc.)  And... restarted.

6)  Opened all the windows I had moved/resized and they still remembered where and how big.   

=======================================
     ** Go to step  2  ...if the box is already un-checked.
=======================================

This might be considered restart-overkill... but how much is too much... when you're testing something?

I'm just glad to get past this Windows Amnesia thing!

Thanks again Curt!   

-crabby3 (April 01, 2012, 03:48 AM)

This is a much-needed update... my Chosen Fix didn't work !

Apparently Restart and Shut Down/Start Up are two different things.  The next time I turned on my machine... I was back to square one.      My windows had forgotten everything (size and location).

The program called AutoSizer on the above listed Windows Explorer View settings - Vista Forums page seems to have finally fix this issue.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sticky Notes - Freeware Roundup

« Last post by crabby3 on April 02, 2012, 04:57 AM »

Boy... I sure coulda used this page yesterday...  

No way I could even come close to matching this with a New Post!  

I wanted a scratch pad and the one I found elsewhere... PNotes... is just what I needed!      PNotes is also listed above and is freeware.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9... cm vs. in

« Last post by crabby3 on April 01, 2012, 09:15 AM »

Hey Tomos... I just noticed your reply... 

So, (the plot thickens?) -
I guess it could also be possible that PSP is just guessing the size - especially if it's in inches, but also even if shown in metric...

You could test it by opening PNGs with a different resolution/dpi to the standard that you're always seeing in PSP.

-tomos (March 30, 2012, 03:01 PM)

In PSP there's a Units tab under General Program Preferences that I've never understood the purpose of.  This is where: "The default resolution will be applied to any image or file without a resolution value."  I thought all pics already had a resolution value.      It can be set from 1.000 to 2540.000 in ppi or ppcm.  I have it set at 200.000 ppi.  (I think the original default was 96.000 ppi.    ...but it's not worth resetting all my other preferences to find out.)   

To run the test... I reset the resolution to 201.000 ppi, opened a PNG, and it showed 201.000 ppi.


So I guess Mouser's conclusion is correct...   

I think basically what's happening is the other program is not storing DPI info in the file.

-mouser (March 30, 2012, 10:50 AM)

Please excuse the delayed reply.   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 01, 2012, 05:50 AM »

@ Renegade

I've never messed with the resolution... but as I stated in my reply to Curt...

5)  Opened a few programs that seem to refresh my desktop or change the resolution as they load. (XP stuff...games, PSP, etc.)

-crabby3 (April 01, 2012, 03:48 AM)

...some of my older programs do!   


Many Thanks to you, Renegade, for bringing up the Resolution Factor.  It never occured to me that this could possibly cause the Window-Memory problem... and this is why I included loading those XP programs... during my testing! 

Not sure what you mean by 'checking the screen size'... but... FWIW...I use an Acer 7730 laptop that comes with a 17" screen.  Don't use any additional monitors or LCD's.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on April 01, 2012, 03:48 AM »

-yes!

1):

Windows Explorer Folder View settings - Vista Forums

-Curt (March 31, 2012, 12:38 PM)

Thank You, Curt, your first link helped me understand the problem a little more and I was able to fix it.

  ...Though I used a less agressive method.  Being the 'novice' that I am... I try not to delete or change any Windows Files.


What I did:

1)  Opened My Pictures, clicked Tools, Folder Options, View and un-checked Remember each folder's view settings, then restarted my computer.**

2)  Opened My Pictures, clicked Tools, Folder Options, View and checked Remember each folder's view settings, then restarted again.

3)  Opened several different windows, moving and resizing the way I want them, and again... restarted.

4)  Opened all the windows I had moved/resized... and... and... they remembered where and how big they were.  

4.5)  Not done yet...  

5)  Opened a few programs that seem to refresh my desktop or change the resolution as they load. (XP stuff...games, PSP, etc.)  And... restarted.

6)  Opened all the windows I had moved/resized and they still remembered where and how big.  

=======================================
     ** Go to step  2  ...if the box is already un-checked.
=======================================

This might be considered restart-overkill... but how much is too much... when you're testing something?

I'm just glad to get past this Windows Amnesia thing!

Thanks again Curt!    

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General Software Discussion / Windows Help is NO HELP

« Last post by crabby3 on March 31, 2012, 12:18 PM »

Why won't a window remember where I moved it or how big I made it?   

For instance... I click on My Pictures in the Start Menu and the window will open near the top left corner of the screen and be the default size.  I move it over to the center of the screen and drag the bottom right corner to make it a little bigger.  If I close and open it again... it's back in the upper left corner and small again.     

I recently updated my drivers, using all that were available, but this didn't help.       And I have Windows set to Auto-Update... which it does... every day or so.

For some reason... Windows Mail is the only one that remembers where and how big it was.

Any other Vista users at DC with this issue?     

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General Software Discussion / Re: Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9... cm vs. in

« Last post by crabby3 on March 31, 2012, 12:20 AM »

@Mouser

Would it be better/worse, easier/harder, to add PSP to Screenshot Captor's Default Image File Format?    This may fix this issue.

The PSP file size appears to be more than PNG but less than TIF.  This comparison was made on the image I sent you.   <(This is unrelated additional info)

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BTW....... There's a typo on the SC Image File Format page.  Bottom paragraph, second sentence... transparency is spelled with a t at the end...    transparenct

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General Software Discussion / Re: Jasc Paint Shop Pro 9... cm vs. in

« Last post by crabby3 on March 30, 2012, 12:28 PM »

Crabby perhaps you can confirm by simply saving this file from PSP as a different name, then closing the file and reopening it.  Does it now show in millimeters or still in inches?

-mouser (March 30, 2012, 10:50 AM)

It reverted back to Metric...   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Screenshot Captor... cm vs. in

« Last post by crabby3 on March 30, 2012, 02:29 AM »

That is basically what we arrived at here as well I think .

Personally, I think that setting it to 0 just to let one programs possibly faulty decoder show inches instead of centimeters would be a mistake, unless this is some de-facto standard.

(And just for the record, a single byte can have 256 different values, there are just only two valid values defined in the PNG standard.)

-Jibz (March 30, 2012, 02:14 AM)

Thanks for your info, Jibz... but I was able to find another screencap program that fixed my problem.  This one, for some reason, allows my PSP to open PNG pics in inches.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Screenshot Captor... cm vs. in

« Last post by crabby3 on March 30, 2012, 01:08 AM »

I gleaned this info from another forum.      ...where I posted this issue.

So really quick. The PNG file format defaults to meters. There is a single byte inside the physical pixel dimensions chunk that defines how the editor should read the resolution. Because it is only a single byte it can only have two values 0:unknown 1:meters. The default, again, is meters. If this is not set then I suspect that PSP will default to Inches using the necessary conversion. The encoder that PSP uses doesn't offer to let you change this so it auto-defaults to meters.

The reason you might find a PNG that shows in inches is because this single value in the file is set to 0. And if the screen capture program NoName uses defaults this to 1 they will show in centimeters. It's that simple.

BTW  I just edited the 'NoName' and used copy/paste so there shouldn't be any mistakes.

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General Software Discussion / Re: POSTING 101

« Last post by crabby3 on March 30, 2012, 12:26 AM »

@lanux128

  frozen frogs

Thanks for your warning!      But I've chosen my most frequently used option... give up!

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General Software Discussion / Re: POSTING 101

« Last post by crabby3 on March 30, 2012, 12:06 AM »

You could upload to one of the image hosting sites, e.g. imageshack.us or flickr.com, then send a link.

-Renegade (March 29, 2012, 11:05 PM)

Thanks Renegade... but I think the key words here are never uploaded anything.  If I already knew how to upload to a hosting site... would I still need help with this issue?     Or maybe it isn't the same thing...  

That's okay............

I think I'll just forget about it.  I've been a member at DC for a little while now and have never needed to backup a claim I made... until now.  If the person 'needs proof' they'll have to either take my word or download the program and see for themselves.   No big deal...  

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General Software Discussion / Re: POSTING 101

« Last post by crabby3 on March 29, 2012, 10:56 PM »

sadly there is currently no facility to do that - you may have to go with 1000 words instead

-Target (March 29, 2012, 10:36 PM)

Thanks Target... but I have to supply actual proof... so even 10,000 words wouldn't help.