Hello all,
I'm in the habit of using the %TEMP% folder for - you guessed it - temporary files. As such I would like to have quick-and-easy access to the folder.
I've got a simple shortcut to the folder in the root of my drive, but was wondering if I could place it on a bit more central place - but not on the desktop.
So, I got the idea of using the "system folder" method for it :
https://techforms.blogspot.com/2009/08/create-special-folder-in-windows.html
It works alright, but with one drawback : it only shows in the right pane as the contents of the "My Computer" folder, not directly below it (as the "Control panel" entry does).
So, my question is : does someone here have any idea how I could get the added "Special folder" visible in the left pane (by changing tHe
"Attributes" data perhaps) ? Either as a child of "My Computer", or from "Desktop" (but without it being present on the actual desktop!)
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
Hello all,
I'm in the habit of using the %TEMP% folder for - you guessed it - temporary files. As such I would like to have quick-and-easy access to the folder.
I've got a simple shortcut to the folder in the root of my drive, but was wondering if I could place it on a bit more central place - but not on the desktop.
So, I got the idea of using the "system folder" method for it :
https://techforms.blogspot.com/2009/08/create-special-folder-in-windows.html
It works alright, but with one drawback : it only shows in the right pane as the contents of the "My Computer" folder, not directly below it (as the "Control panel" entry does).
So, my question is : does someone here have any idea how I could get the added "Special folder" visible in the left pane (by changing tHe
"Attributes" data perhaps) ? Either as a child of "My Computer", or from "Desktop" (but without it being present on the actual desktop!)
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
Maybe like in Win 10 add it to Quick Access and then when right Click on
File Explorer in tool bar and it will be a choice
The only thing that comes to mind, as a Lego piece, is "subst".
Hello all,
I'm in the habit of using the %TEMP% folder for - you guessed it - temporary files. As such I would like to have quick-and-easy access to the folder.
I've got a simple shortcut to the folder in the root of my drive, but was wondering if I could place it on a bit more central place - but not on the desktop.
So, I got the idea of using the "system folder" method for it :
https://techforms.blogspot.com/2009/08/create-special-folder-in-windows.html
It works alright, but with one drawback : it only shows in the right pane as the contents of the "My Computer" folder, not directly below it (as the "Control panel" entry does).
So, my question is : does someone here have any idea how I could get the added "Special folder" visible in the left pane (by changing tHe
"Attributes" data perhaps) ? Either as a child of "My Computer", or from "Desktop" (but without it being present on the actual desktop!)
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
Just search for a subkey named "Namespace" under:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
You might want a Namespace Extension. I'm not certain, but
I have the book VB Shell Programming and that seems to be
what it does.
I have a shortcut to TEMP on my desktop
and I have a VBScript for cleaning up the myriad TEMP folders
on my system.
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/vb-shell-programming/1565926706/
It's one of those cases where the code isn't so hard but thjere are
very funky details you need to know and interfaces you need to use.
It looks like you might be able to set up a namespace extension with
just Registry and arcane folder fiddling, but I'm not sure.
So I wrote a script to check them all and keep going, ignoring errors,
if something can't be deleted.
a VBScript for cleaning up the myriad TEMP folders on my system.[]
It's a mystery to me that people keep using console windows.
It's like avoiding modern clotheswashers and then complaining that
their washboard doesn't have a spin cycle.
Even more strange is that avoiding the mouse seems to be making
a comeback. I expect to see millennials down at the local river,
scrubbing on their washboards, in an attempt to "wash authentically". :)
Funny that although you can read/write full lines from/to the console there is nothing like a "get single keypress" method available. So, no easy Yes/No questions or menu selections.
On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 at 13:27:45, Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
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a VBScript for cleaning up the myriad TEMP folders on my system.[]
Wow, someone who knows that "myriad" shouldn't be followed by "of"! Excellent. (Like "comprises"/"comprised".)
It's a mystery to me that people keep using console windows.
It's like avoiding modern clotheswashers and then complaining \
that their washboard doesn't have a spin cycle.
Even more strange is that avoiding the mouse seems to be making
a comeback.
On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 08:15:08, Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
[]
It's a mystery to me that people keep using console windows.
It's like avoiding modern clotheswashers and then complaining that
their washboard doesn't have a spin cycle.
Even more strange is that avoiding the mouse seems to be making
a comeback. I expect to see millennials down at the local river,
scrubbing on their washboards, in an attempt to "wash authentically". :)
You can go too far. Feeling you have to use the mouse for _everything_
is as bad as trying to avoid using it altogether. (When I'm doing
something keyboard-intensive in particular, I don't want to move my hand
away to find the mouse [or touchpad].)
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 08:15:08, Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
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It's a mystery to me that people keep using console windows.You can go too far. Feeling you have to use the mouse for _everything_
It's like avoiding modern clotheswashers and then complaining that
their washboard doesn't have a spin cycle.
Even more strange is that avoiding the mouse seems to be making
a comeback. I expect to see millennials down at the local river,
scrubbing on their washboards, in an attempt to "wash authentically". :)
is as bad as trying to avoid using it altogether. (When I'm doing
something keyboard-intensive in particular, I don't want to move my hand
away to find the mouse [or touchpad].)
+<very_large_number>
For example when using this medium, I do not use the mouse at all and
can leave my hands on the keyboard the whole time, during 'browsing',
during reading and during composing/posting and all commands are simple single or double keypresses. OTOH, when using e-mail, there's more
'mousing' and less 'typing'.
On 12/16/2021 7:23 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 at 13:27:45, Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
[]
a VBScript for cleaning up the myriad TEMP folders on my system.[]
Wow, someone who knows that "myriad" shouldn't be followed by "of"!
Excellent. (Like "comprises"/"comprised".)
I think you're the first person I've ever known who doesn't say or
write "...the xxx is comprised of... where he should say of write "the
xxx comprises..."
I remember once sending a draft to my boss (at his request) of a memo I
wrote for him to approve it before I sent it out. The memo included >"comprises." The only change he made was changing "comprises" to
"comprised of." I changed it back.
On 12/16/2021 9:38 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 08:15:08, Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
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It's a mystery to me that people keep using console windows.You can go too far. Feeling you have to use the mouse for _everything_
It's like avoiding modern clotheswashers and then complaining that
their washboard doesn't have a spin cycle.
Even more strange is that avoiding the mouse seems to be making
a comeback. I expect to see millennials down at the local river,
scrubbing on their washboards, in an attempt to "wash authentically". :) >> >
is as bad as trying to avoid using it altogether. (When I'm doing
something keyboard-intensive in particular, I don't want to move my hand >> away to find the mouse [or touchpad].)
+<very_large_number>
For example when using this medium, I do not use the mouse at all and can leave my hands on the keyboard the whole time, during 'browsing', during reading and during composing/posting and all commands are simple single or double keypresses. OTOH, when using e-mail, there's more 'mousing' and less 'typing'.
Exactly the other way around for me.
On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 10:04:59, Ken Blake <Ken@invalidinvalid.com>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
On 12/16/2021 7:23 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 at 13:27:45, Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
[]
a VBScript for cleaning up the myriad TEMP folders on my system.[]
Wow, someone who knows that "myriad" shouldn't be followed by "of"!
Excellent. (Like "comprises"/"comprised".)
I think you're the first person I've ever known who doesn't say or
write "...the xxx is comprised of... where he should say of write "the
xxx comprises..."
HOORAY! Yes, I don't know why they feel naked without an "of" there. All
I can think of is that they are thinking of "consists". I think
"compris*" have only become common in the last few years. Similarly for "myriad", or at least its resurgence: I can only think they're thinking
of "multitude". (Come to think of it, myriad doesn't need "a" _before_
it either, though I wouldn't consider it _wrong_.)
I remember once sending a draft to my boss (at his request) of a memo I >>wrote for him to approve it before I sent it out. The memo included >>"comprises." The only change he made was changing "comprises" to
"comprised of." I changed it back.
I hope you didn't suffer career-wise.
I did have a boss who more or less
ordered me to use top-posting, so I did - but only in emails to him (-:.
(You could have given him his "of" by using "consisting of" if he'd insisted.)
Ken Blake <Ken@invalidinvalid.com> wrote:
On 12/16/2021 9:38 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 08:15:08, Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam>
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
[]
It's a mystery to me that people keep using console windows.You can go too far. Feeling you have to use the mouse for _everything_
It's like avoiding modern clotheswashers and then complaining that
their washboard doesn't have a spin cycle.
Even more strange is that avoiding the mouse seems to be making
a comeback. I expect to see millennials down at the local river,
scrubbing on their washboards, in an attempt to "wash authentically". :) >> >> >
is as bad as trying to avoid using it altogether. (When I'm doing
something keyboard-intensive in particular, I don't want to move my hand >> >> away to find the mouse [or touchpad].)
+<very_large_number>
For example when using this medium, I do not use the mouse at all and >> > can leave my hands on the keyboard the whole time, during 'browsing',
during reading and during composing/posting and all commands are simple
single or double keypresses. OTOH, when using e-mail, there's more
'mousing' and less 'typing'.
Exactly the other way around for me.
That's probably because you use Thunderbird [1] for this medium (Usenet/NetNews) and I don't. Do you use Thunderbird for e-mail as well?
If so, why do you use keyboard shortcuts for e-mail, but not for Usenet/ NetNews?
[1] Is - as your headers imply - 'Betterbird' some new name for
Thunderbird?
Doesn't 'choice' offer what you want/need?
I want it interactive, I use an HTA
Personally I don't know the keyboard that well. And I
don't have trouble looking at the screen.
For instance, I thought I was typing in search terms but when
I finally look up I see that the search box doesn't have the focus.
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote
| Wow, someone who knows that "myriad" shouldn't be followed by "of"!
| Excellent. (Like "comprises"/"comprised".)
It's always a special thrill to be complimented on
my use of English by a Brit. :)
And that's why they invented the WSH.
It's understandable that you're used to DOS and like to stick with
what's familiar,
An HTA is a GUI program. It's just simpler than compiled code,
and powered by script, for those situations where you need to keep
the script alive and/or need interaction.
But I think a lot of people agree with you. Many programmers are
math people and not very visual/design oriented.
"R.Wieser" <address@not.available> wrote
| Also, as I think you have still a lot to offer me in regard to programming | advice (we might not always agree with each other, but even that has its
| worth) I'm not willing to continue this line of conversation.
Not to worry. If I argue with you too much, Carlos
and Frank might get jealous. :)
Not to worry. If I argue with you too much, Carlos
and Frank might get jealous. :)
Mayayana <mayayana@invalid.nospam> wrote:
"R.Wieser" <address@not.available> wrote
| Also, as I think you have still a lot to offer me in regard to programming >> | advice (we might not always agree with each other, but even that has its >> | worth) I'm not willing to continue this line of conversation.
Not to worry. If I argue with you too much, Carlos
and Frank might get jealous. :)
Nah, we're just enjoying the show and passing the popcorn.
"Ken Blake" <Ken@invalidinvalid.com> wrote
| > It's always a special thrill to be complimented on
| > my use of English by a Brit. :)
|
|
| I see your smiley, but perhaps you really feel that way.
|
| I don't feel that way. British English is somewhat different from
| American English, but as far as I'm concerned, neither is better than
| the other.
|
It was meant as a joke of sorts. I wasn't thinking of
differences. I was thinking of the way that Brits take
pride in their language and often treat it as an art form.
For us it's the language we speak. For them it's their
heritage.
Interestingly, last week I watched "Venus", with Peter
O'Toole, Vanessa Redgrave, and a young actress with a
working class accent. It was an interesting juxtaposition.
Peter O'Toole spoke so articulately that it was a pleasure
to listen to anything he said. Inflection, timing.... his was
a perfect presentation.
The young woman was portrayed
with one of the worst British accents. Cockney, maybe?
Sloppy, blurting, and full of mistakes. We have similar
accents in the US, but truly artful speech in the US
is rare. Maybe Gore Vidal? I can't think of anyone else
offhand who I just look forward to them opening their
mouth. It requires emotional sensitivity as well as intellect.
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote
| They both have their irritating aspects! In this case (that "myriad"
| shouldn't take "of" [any more than "comprises"/"comprised" do]), I think
| both are the same.
I find a lot of what irritates me is in the attitude or
style. I especially dislike "ask" as a noun. It's a request.
So why "ask"? The only reason I can think of is that
maybe lazy-ass texters were trying to save 4 letters.
Another is y'all. That's a regional expression from the
South. A contraction of "you all". Fine if you happen to
be going to a hoedown on the Bayou. But suddenly it seems
to be a signal that the speaker appreciates ethnic flavor...
Even if Southern pride is the closest they can get to
ethnic.
Many people find the absence of separate forms troubling, so they use
"you" for the singular and some new form for the plural. What they use
for the plural varies for place to place, but "y'all," "you all" and
"youse" are all fairly common in some locations. If they say "you" to a
group of people, they fear that someone may feel left out, so they use
one of these new plural forms.
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