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Groucho2004 · 28th September 2019, 17:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by feisty2

vista is the best windows operating system ever!

NT4 is the best Windows OS ever!

Edit - Wait, changed my mind, W2K is the best.

StainlessS · 29th September 2019, 00:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by feisty2

vista is the best windows operating system ever!

Now you are just being provocative, vista was garbage with state of the art artificial stupidity built in.

And yes, W2K was best ever [once you had turned off all of the fancy graphics stuff].

feisty2 · 29th September 2019, 03:55

lets not forget that the current windows kernel is still based on vista (NT6, tho it's renamed NT10 but u know tomato tomahto)

nevcairiel · 29th September 2019, 17:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by feisty2

lets not forget that the current windows kernel is still based on vista (NT6, tho it's renamed NT10 but u know tomato tomahto)

And the Vista kernel was based on NT5 (XP/Win2k), which was based on NT4 .. its just how the world works, you don't make new kernels, you improve the one you have.

feisty2 · 29th September 2019, 19:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by nevcairiel

And the Vista kernel was based on NT5 (XP/Win2k), which was based on NT4 .. its just how the world works, you don't make new kernels, you improve the one you have.

NT6 is a major update to NT5, vista, 7 and 8 are all NT6, since win10 is not really that different from win8, I assume NT10 is still just NT6 with a new name and no major update (like NT5 to NT6)

StainlessS · 16th October 2019, 15:43

Just a heads up for those concerned,
Cinnamon Mint went to v19.2 a couple of months ago, and ReactOS went to 0.4.12 recently.

Gonna try set up ReactOS as Virtualbox guest, see if Avsynth does anything at all.

Katie Boundary · 17th November 2019, 16:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by StainlessS

Cinnamon Mint

Cinnamon is just a desktop environment, and it's one of three that Mint can come with. Mint was updated to 19.2; the new version was published in all three DEs simultaneously.

StainlessS · 17th November 2019, 17:24

Yip, IIRC,
I tried LMDE version (19.0 or 19.1, maybe), and although the installer ISO saw my Wifi just fine, when actually installed it did not work at all, so I gave up on it.

Katie Boundary · 17th November 2019, 22:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by StainlessS

Yip, IIRC,
I tried LMDE version (19.0 or 19.1, maybe), and although the installer ISO saw my Wifi just fine, when actually installed it did not work at all, so I gave up on it.

You have to manually enable the proprietary drivers in the driver center or whatever Mint calls it. A lot of Linux distros are like that. Presumably it's some kind of security measure because Linux devs can't check closed-source drivers for malware.

StainlessS · 18th November 2019, 17:34

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You have to manually enable the proprietary drivers

Yeh, that was probably the first thing that I did, no joy [first thing I usually do is check for new Drivers/Updates, and it uses a standard builtin (RealTek I think) driver in Cinnamon].
I would have liked to have gotten Gentoo going, but way too much graft involved.

hello_hello · 3rd December 2019, 18:24

Seems like maybe the place to ask this question.....

I recently installed 64 bit Win7 on a laptop. I use the free version of xplorer2, which only comes in a 32 bit flavour. As a result, the right click menus added to the registry by most programs don't show up in xplorer2's right click menu (items that are often referred to as shell context menus). After installing 7-zip however, I realised it has an option for adding shortcuts to the context menu for both 64 bit and 32 bit programs, so the 7-zip context menus do show up in xplorer2.

My question is, to save me having to hunt through the registry and risk making a mess by guessing, does anyone know if it's possible to manually create 32 bit context menu registry entries for programs that don't do so when you install them, and/or which registry entries I'd need to copy/create in order to do it?

Cheers.

lvqcl · 3rd December 2019, 18:34

IIRC:

64-bit 7-zip has both 64-bit shell extension (7-zip.dll) and 32-bit shell extension (7-zip32.dll).

If a program doesn't have 32-bit shell extensoin then it's not possible to add it to a shell context menu.

BetA13 · 3rd December 2019, 18:49

whoops, nothing important to see here...
Delete me..^^

i did missunderstod the Question...

clsid · 3rd December 2019, 19:02

The things that you can add to the menu with just a registry key already apply to both 32/64-bit.

What you are missing are shell extensions, as lvqcl already mentioned.

StainlessS · 4th December 2019, 03:57

Seems to work, what are you missing ?

Lite (free) 32 bit(only) version download(v4.2.0.1, version about April 2019):- https://www.zabkat.com/x2lite.htm

Features Comparison:- https://www.zabkat.com/comparison.htm

Setup

7zip(x64, v19.0, 21st Feb 2019) Options [Untick "Cascade Context Menu", puts options directly in context menu rather than contained in 7Zip sub menu]

Standard Windows Explorer context Menu

xPlorer Lite(x86) context Menu

EDIT: The missng context menu shortcuts in xPlorer lite, are from Comodo Anti-virus and "Create Checksum file" maybe from Nirsoft "HashMyFiles".
All 7zip shortcuts are present.

feisty2 · 6th December 2019, 21:05

since ur british Im gonna hijack this thread.
is it common that phd students in the uk don't receive funding and other financial support from the universities instead they gotta find some external scholarships? Im considering going to oxford

StainlessS · 6th December 2019, 21:57

No idea !

StainlessS · 8th December 2019, 21:30

For those of you on Win7 that are a bit frustrated with Windows Explorer thing switching views all of the time,
eg you want it always on General Items/Details Vew, but the damn thing keeps switching to icons (or some other view) when an image
or video clip or audio file is in a directory, then here is a fix for you.

I usually end up having to go to Folder Properties for each drive and select Customise/General Items, but have to repeat at each boot,
unfortunately does not work as easily on C drive where individual folders have to be configged, and back to square one again on next reboot.

FIX:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-ac4a4b8bea06

final post by ViaMala

Fix scatty Win Explorer view behaviour to FileType Unspecified

LockFiletypesUnSpecified.reg

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"FolderType"="NotSpecified"

Unfix
LockFiletypesUnSpecified_REMOVE.reg

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell]
"FolderType"=-

I've rebooted and still set at unspecified filetypes

EDIT: If you manually set folder to a different view, it will survive a reboot for that folder [I would maybe like all reset to details on reboot, but I can live with that].

EDIT: Above all "Filetypes" should probably read "FolderTypes".

laserfan · 10th December 2019, 18:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by StainlessS

For those of you on Win7 that are a bit frustrated with Windows Explorer thing switching views all of the time...

Awesome thanks; that's as deep/obscure a regentry I have seen I think! Wonder how it was ever found!

StainlessS · 10th December 2019, 20:14

Yep, shame that both my Android and Windows phones refuse to comply (both insist on icons on each folder until change to details),
I really dont understand how/why people put up with the icons things, not like you dont have to read the text/name anyways, go figure.
(I can partly understand children that have not yet mastered reading english, or even non tech savvy peeps using icons, but what the hell
use are they after those issues are no longer a problem ???)

EDIT: Only place that I'm aware where icons are maybe of use is in the likes of Control Panel, where ALL icons are different, a folder of 200
Word docs, icons play no part at all in being user friendly. [EDIT: I always switch to icons in control panel, go figure ?]

EDIT: "Android and Windows phones", when attached via USB to Win7.

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StainlessS HeartlessS Usurer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Over the rainbow Posts: 10,980	Just a heads up for those concerned, Cinnamon Mint went to v19.2 a couple of months ago, and ReactOS went to 0.4.12 recently. Gonna try set up ReactOS as Virtualbox guest, see if Avsynth does anything at all. __________________ I sometimes post sober. StainlessS@MediaFire ::: AND/OR ::: StainlessS@SendSpace "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities", but how many of them are infinitely bigger ???

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StainlessS HeartlessS Usurer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Over the rainbow Posts: 10,980	Yip, IIRC, I tried LMDE version (19.0 or 19.1, maybe), and although the installer ISO saw my Wifi just fine, when actually installed it did not work at all, so I gave up on it. __________________ I sometimes post sober. StainlessS@MediaFire ::: AND/OR ::: StainlessS@SendSpace "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities", but how many of them are infinitely bigger ???

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BetA13 cosmic entity Join Date: May 2011 Location: outside the Box Posts: 258	whoops, nothing important to see here... Delete me..^^ i did missunderstod the Question... Last edited by BetA13; 3rd December 2019 at 19:04.

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StainlessS HeartlessS Usurer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Over the rainbow Posts: 10,980	Seems to work, what are you missing ? Lite (free) 32 bit(only) version download(v4.2.0.1, version about April 2019):- https://www.zabkat.com/x2lite.htm Features Comparison:- https://www.zabkat.com/comparison.htm Setup 7zip(x64, v19.0, 21st Feb 2019) Options [Untick "Cascade Context Menu", puts options directly in context menu rather than contained in 7Zip sub menu] Standard Windows Explorer context Menu xPlorer Lite(x86) context Menu EDIT: The missng context menu shortcuts in xPlorer lite, are from Comodo Anti-virus and "Create Checksum file" maybe from Nirsoft "HashMyFiles". All 7zip shortcuts are present. __________________ I sometimes post sober. StainlessS@MediaFire ::: AND/OR ::: StainlessS@SendSpace "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities", but how many of them are infinitely bigger ??? Last edited by StainlessS; 4th December 2019 at 16:01.

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StainlessS HeartlessS Usurer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Over the rainbow Posts: 10,980	No idea ! __________________ I sometimes post sober. StainlessS@MediaFire ::: AND/OR ::: StainlessS@SendSpace "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities", but how many of them are infinitely bigger ???

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feisty2 I'm Siri Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: void Posts: 2,633	lets not forget that the current windows kernel is still based on vista (NT6, tho it's renamed NT10 but u know tomato tomahto)

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hello_hello Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 4,829	Seems like maybe the place to ask this question..... I recently installed 64 bit Win7 on a laptop. I use the free version of xplorer2, which only comes in a 32 bit flavour. As a result, the right click menus added to the registry by most programs don't show up in xplorer2's right click menu (items that are often referred to as shell context menus). After installing 7-zip however, I realised it has an option for adding shortcuts to the context menu for both 64 bit and 32 bit programs, so the 7-zip context menus do show up in xplorer2. My question is, to save me having to hunt through the registry and risk making a mess by guessing, does anyone know if it's possible to manually create 32 bit context menu registry entries for programs that don't do so when you install them, and/or which registry entries I'd need to copy/create in order to do it? Cheers.

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lvqcl Registered User Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 294	IIRC: 64-bit 7-zip has both 64-bit shell extension (7-zip.dll) and 32-bit shell extension (7-zip32.dll). If a program doesn't have 32-bit shell extensoin then it's not possible to add it to a shell context menu.

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clsid ***** Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,647	The things that you can add to the menu with just a registry key already apply to both 32/64-bit. What you are missing are shell extensions, as lvqcl already mentioned.

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feisty2 I'm Siri Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: void Posts: 2,633	since ur british Im gonna hijack this thread. is it common that phd students in the uk don't receive funding and other financial support from the universities instead they gotta find some external scholarships? Im considering going to oxford

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StainlessS HeartlessS Usurer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Over the rainbow Posts: 10,980	For those of you on Win7 that are a bit frustrated with Windows Explorer thing switching views all of the time, eg you want it always on General Items/Details Vew, but the damn thing keeps switching to icons (or some other view) when an image or video clip or audio file is in a directory, then here is a fix for you. I usually end up having to go to Folder Properties for each drive and select Customise/General Items, but have to repeat at each boot, unfortunately does not work as easily on C drive where individual folders have to be configged, and back to square one again on next reboot. FIX: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-ac4a4b8bea06 final post by ViaMala Fix scatty Win Explorer view behaviour to FileType Unspecified LockFiletypesUnSpecified.reg Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell] "FolderType"="NotSpecified" Unfix LockFiletypesUnSpecified_REMOVE.reg Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell] "FolderType"=- I've rebooted and still set at unspecified filetypes EDIT: If you manually set folder to a different view, it will survive a reboot for that folder [I would maybe like all reset to details on reboot, but I can live with that]. EDIT: Above all "Filetypes" should probably read "FolderTypes". __________________ I sometimes post sober. StainlessS@MediaFire ::: AND/OR ::: StainlessS@SendSpace "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities", but how many of them are infinitely bigger ??? Last edited by StainlessS; 11th December 2019 at 11:23.

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StainlessS HeartlessS Usurer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Over the rainbow Posts: 10,980	Yep, shame that both my Android and Windows phones refuse to comply (both insist on icons on each folder until change to details), I really dont understand how/why people put up with the icons things, not like you dont have to read the text/name anyways, go figure. (I can partly understand children that have not yet mastered reading english, or even non tech savvy peeps using icons, but what the hell use are they after those issues are no longer a problem ???) EDIT: Only place that I'm aware where icons are maybe of use is in the likes of Control Panel, where ALL icons are different, a folder of 200 Word docs, icons play no part at all in being user friendly. [EDIT: I always switch to icons in control panel, go figure ?] EDIT: "Android and Windows phones", when attached via USB to Win7. __________________ I sometimes post sober. StainlessS@MediaFire ::: AND/OR ::: StainlessS@SendSpace "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities", but how many of them are infinitely bigger ??? Last edited by StainlessS; 11th December 2019 at 10:52.

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