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  • MikeyBK
    Digital Video Maniac
    • Feb 2006
    • 1131

    #16
    Originally Posted by photo_angel2004
    what are those pictures of just see little RED X for each.
    Sorry Angel, hope that fixes it.
    MBK

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    • blutach
      Not a god of digital video
      • Oct 2004
      • 24627

      #17
      I "change icon" not picture (cos I never view folders in thumbnail view).

      The way I change these icons is to browse to the exe containing the program and select the official icon for the prog.

      Regards
      Les

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      • MikeyBK
        Digital Video Maniac
        • Feb 2006
        • 1131

        #18
        Originally Posted by blutach
        I "change icon" not picture (cos I never view folders in thumbnail view).

        The way I change these icons is to browse to the exe containing the program and select the official icon for the prog.

        Regards
        That would be a good way to do it also.
        I guess placing a pic on top of the folder would be good for maybe movies that you keep on your hard drives.
        MBK

        Antec 900 ATX Mid Tower
        Antec True Power Trio 650W PSU
        ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel Motherboard
        Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz CPU (Overclocking @ 2.9GHz)
        XFX GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR3 Video Card
        Patriot eXtreme Performance (2 x 1GB) DDR2 SDRAM
        Seagate Barracuda(Perpendicular Recording) 320GB SATA 3.0Gb

        *SAMSUNG 18X LightScribe SATA SH-S183L DVD±R
        *Sony DRU-810A IDE DVD±R
        *BenQ LS DW1655 IDE DVD±R

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        • lilo2pope
          Junior Member
          Junior Member
          • Jun 2006
          • 1

          #19
          Excellent!! I like this thread!!!
          Last edited by blutach; 23 Jun 2006, 07:37 PM.

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          • BR7
            He is coming to your little town!
            • Aug 2005
            • 2137

            #20
            Batch Replacer 3.1 Freeware
            · Text replacement can be performed in hundreds of files from several directories (with using basket drive in "Useful File Utilities") simultaneously.
            · You can specify multiple text blocks for replacement.
            · It gives you a status window while it's running.
            · Quick algorithm of text replacement
            · Creating backup files
            · Save/load "Find and Replace" strings to a file outside the program.
            · Find repeated sequence of symbols and replace it to anything.
            · You can find symbols in all files. It correctly find any symbols in Exe file and replace them to anything.
            · Launch from command line.
            · Encode text files from one code page to another (Latin to UTF8 or to UNICODE....)
            · Support to processing MS Word and MS Excel files.

            My Blu-ray Collection

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            • Mamamo
              Tim's coffee addict
              • May 2006
              • 15

              #21
              Great tips guys. Some I knew, some I didn't, thanx.

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              • Chewy
                Super Moderator
                • Nov 2003
                • 18971

                #22
                running out of tips awful quick it seems?

                everybody know the hiberfil.sys and cleartype tips already?

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                • anonymez
                  Super Moderator
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 5525

                  #23
                  running out of tips awful quick it seems?
                  no just used a lot of them on post #11


                  for us dual core users, setting affinity permanently http://www.robpol86.com/Pages/imagecfg.php
                  "What were the things in Gremlins called?" - Karl Pilkington

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                  • katzdvd
                    Lord of Digital Video
                    Lord of Digital Video
                    • Feb 2006
                    • 2198

                    #24
                    Start/Run Commands & More

                    *List of Start/Run Commands for Win XP -

                    Start/Run Commands - Win XP


                    *Make the Control Panel Work Your Way -

                    Control Panel Tips - Win XP


                    *Easy to use, Awesome Audio Edit Program -

                    Goldwave Audio Editing Program

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                    • paglamon
                      Lord of Digital Video
                      Lord of Digital Video
                      • Aug 2005
                      • 2126

                      #25
                      Excellent tips for WinXP:

                      sigpic

                      ONLY MOMENTS LINGER...DEWDROPS ON A FALLEN LEAF

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                      • AlienX69
                        Interstellar Traveler
                        • Feb 2005
                        • 550

                        #26
                        A Better Start Menu !!!

                        Locate your Start Menu/Task Bar to the side of your monitor to gain better organization. Able to view the full names of Apps when Multi-Tasking. Also look at how many apps can be put in the Quick Launch area and still view them all. IMHO this dramatically clears up the Desktop area (see thumbnail).

                        Also create folders in C:\Documents and Settings\{your login account}\Start Menu to better organize the things you access the most.

                        ..................
                        Last edited by AlienX69; 30 Jun 2006, 08:08 AM.

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                        • smkymntgrl
                          Digital Video Technician
                          Digital Video Technician
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 449

                          #27
                          Tip For Unistalling Programs

                          Here's a tip I figured out after much trial and error. I was trying to unistall MusicMatch Jukeobox and could not get it to unistall through add/remove programs as well as going to Windows Explorer and trying to delete it.

                          After many attempts I tried reinstalling the program and then uninstalling and presto, that did it.

                          BenBryant also informed me that every time you do an improper deletion or uninstall you can just install the program again and uninstall it correctly. You should also make sure no part of that program runs on startup when uninstalling it.

                          Hopefully this will be helpful to someone and they won't spend alot of time like I did trying to unistall it unsuccessfully!

                          Smkymntgrl

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                          • photo_angel2004
                            Queen of Digital Video
                            Queen of Digital Video
                            • Jan 2004
                            • 3558

                            #28
                            folders you just can not delete

                            I was given this link from another member in this forum today.
                            If you can not delete a folder no matter what you do check this little program out its free and worked like a charm.








                            IMGburn ** ** Nero 6.6.0.18 **Intelli Type Pro 6.1 **

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                            • MikeyBK
                              Digital Video Maniac
                              • Feb 2006
                              • 1131

                              #29
                              It is also always a good idea to search and purge any remaining traces of the programs that you are uninstalling. This is almost a ritual for me, because you'd be surprised how many programs leave little 'leaches' left attached to your system after you uninstall them, even when you use their own uninstaller.

                              I guess as in your case Smky, maybe to search for any instances of MusicMatch Jukebox just to be sure?

                              MBK

                              Antec 900 ATX Mid Tower
                              Antec True Power Trio 650W PSU
                              ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel Motherboard
                              Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz CPU (Overclocking @ 2.9GHz)
                              XFX GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR3 Video Card
                              Patriot eXtreme Performance (2 x 1GB) DDR2 SDRAM
                              Seagate Barracuda(Perpendicular Recording) 320GB SATA 3.0Gb

                              *SAMSUNG 18X LightScribe SATA SH-S183L DVD±R
                              *Sony DRU-810A IDE DVD±R
                              *BenQ LS DW1655 IDE DVD±R

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                              • Chewy
                                Super Moderator
                                • Nov 2003
                                • 18971

                                #30
                                years of testing crap software have led me to a failsafe solution, find the versions that work, format C, do a clean generic install of windows xp,
                                add only those programs you've tested and leave it alone.

                                never buy a factory built loaded computer

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