ConnectVPN is a small Windows program for connecting to VPNs (virtual private networks) in scripts and batch files.
The 1.0.0.2b update is the same as 1.0.0.2 but now comes compiled as both a console app and a GUI app. The new GUI flavour is better suited to scripts which are not attached to a console (command prompt), e.g. ones run via wscript.exe instead of cscript.exe, where the old console flavour would cause an unwanted console window to appear and also did not correctly take the input focus.
More information, download and source code
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
PDF thumbnail fix - new version coming soon
A new, improved version of the PDF thumbnail fix for 64-bit machines is coming soon.
If you have any ideas or requests for the new version, including but not limited to PDF files but for other types as well, please let us know your ideas.
Keep an eye out for the new version in the next few weeks. When the original version was made, we did not expect it to be needed for such a long time. Since it is still needed, we have decided to overhaul things, and make improvements so that the fix works instantly on more people's systems.
Fixes for additional file types may also come, as will the option of support for anyone still having problems getting their thumbnails to work.
If you have any ideas or requests for the new version, including but not limited to PDF files but for other types as well, please let us know your ideas.
Keep an eye out for the new version in the next few weeks. When the original version was made, we did not expect it to be needed for such a long time. Since it is still needed, we have decided to overhaul things, and make improvements so that the fix works instantly on more people's systems.
Fixes for additional file types may also come, as will the option of support for anyone still having problems getting their thumbnails to work.
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
ListPFRO 1.0.0.3
ListPFRO is a small, command-line tool for Windows that lists which files are waiting to be moved, renamed or deleted at the next reboot.
It has been updated to check the second, rarely-used place in the registry where such files may be listed.
This may be the least interesting thing in the world. Aren't you glad you signed up to this RSS feed? :-)
More information, download and source code
It has been updated to check the second, rarely-used place in the registry where such files may be listed.
This may be the least interesting thing in the world. Aren't you glad you signed up to this RSS feed? :-)
More information, download and source code
Friday, 2 November 2012
Clear Icon Cache 1.0.0.2
Clear Icon Cache is a small tool for fixing problems with missing or incorrect icons shown on the desktop, taskbar, and so on caused by Windows incorrectly caching icons.
It has been updated so that it will restart Directory Opus (if you use it and it is running) in addition to Windows Explorer.
More information, download and source codeMonday, 27 August 2012
Turn On Cursor Shadows
New miscellaneous util: Turn On Cursor Shadows
(Not to be confused with the older and similar, but not identical, Turn On Window Shadows.)
Running TurnOnCursorShadows.exe has the same effect as going to Start -> Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Mouse -> Pointers and turning on Enable pointer shadow.
I wrote this little thing because 3D games keep turning off the pointer shadow when you run them and leave it off after you exit them. Presumably this was some kind of optimisation back in the days when hardware was so slow it would make the slightest difference, but I have no idea why it is still done today and why nobody has fixed the games (or GPU drivers or OS itself, whatever idiot thing is responsible :)) so it is put back when the game is exited or loses focus. Sigh.
Rather than go into the control panel every time I quit a game, I put this on my Directory Opus taskbar-style launcher toolbar to make the change in one click. It's on a button which also runs Turn On Window Shadows.
(Not to be confused with the older and similar, but not identical, Turn On Window Shadows.)
Running TurnOnCursorShadows.exe has the same effect as going to Start -> Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Mouse -> Pointers and turning on Enable pointer shadow.
I wrote this little thing because 3D games keep turning off the pointer shadow when you run them and leave it off after you exit them. Presumably this was some kind of optimisation back in the days when hardware was so slow it would make the slightest difference, but I have no idea why it is still done today and why nobody has fixed the games (or GPU drivers or OS itself, whatever idiot thing is responsible :)) so it is put back when the game is exited or loses focus. Sigh.
Rather than go into the control panel every time I quit a game, I put this on my Directory Opus taskbar-style launcher toolbar to make the change in one click. It's on a button which also runs Turn On Window Shadows.
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Logitech SetPoint WM_MOUSEHWHEEL bugs
Logitech's SetPoint mouse drivers have serious mistakes in their handling of horizontal scroll-wheel messages (WM_MOUSEHWHEEL).
The mistakes cause problems in many applications and I have personally wasted hours, if not days, battling them in my own code.
I share my findings to help other developers:
http://pretentiousname.com/setpoint_hwheel/index.html
The mistakes cause problems in many applications and I have personally wasted hours, if not days, battling them in my own code.
I share my findings to help other developers:
http://pretentiousname.com/setpoint_hwheel/index.html
Friday, 23 December 2011
Windows 7 Explorer bug that silently aborts large file copies
Just stumbled on a pretty awful bug in Explorer.
Figured I'd make a quick page about it in case other people run into it.
It's easy to avoid, and also only triggered by doing something fairly unusual (for most users at least), but if you run into it you'll be unlikely to trust Explorer to copy a lot of data until you understand what triggers the problem and what to avoid doing in order to stay safe.
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