"Open with" program NOT remembered although checkbox ticked?
When I double click in WinExplorer on an *.mp4 video file a popup appears asking me if I want to play the video with a certain program (here with well known VLC video player). As you can see in the...
View ArticleOpen PDF directly from FTP in Windows Explorer
Hi there. In our company a user with a Win8 OS can open PDF files directly from a folder on a FTP server while a user with Win7 OS can not. The Win7 computer tries to open them always in Internet...
View ArticleComplete power failure when using video editors...?
No clue if you can help with this but any pointers would help. So I'll start off by saying that I do YouTube videos for gaming, and I've used both VideoPad Video Editor (2.41) and Sony Vegas Pro 12...
View ArticleSoftware causing BSODs
Hi Seven Forum : I recently re-installed Windows 7. So far it's running...well...okay. My main question is about one piece of software that DID work in the past. It's called Turbo Floor Plan 3D. It's a...
View ArticleDefault program refuses to change the version application called upon
Windows refuses to change the version application called upon with default program. I have 2 versions of 3ds max (2010 and 2015) on my system. I need both for different utilities (some that work in...
View ArticleInstalled or not Installed
Hello, Here is a strange story: For some time I was looking for a program which searches text into files, I found a nice program "FileSeek" here "https://www.fileseek.ca/Download/", downloaded the .zip...
View Article"Just BASIC" Questions. Recommendations, Please ?
Hello, My son has just signed up for "Just Basic" course. (not Visual Basic) He has never done any programming. I talked him into this basic course, rather than starting out with Java or C, or Ruby,...
View ArticleJust for Information
Hello Forum, I would like to share with you this info Recently I was looking for a time calculator (duration of several music pieces together), so I found "Duration Calc" here "Bad Request...
View ArticleHow do I compile gnome tetravex source to a windows exe?
How do I compile gnome-tetravex source to a windows exe? I can use windows 7 sp1 64 bit or 14.04.1 Lubuntu 64 bit to do the compiling, I just need to know how to compile from source for use on windows...
View ArticleBest way to send SMS from Thunderbird?
So, I know it's possible to send texts to phones from an email using SMS. But I have to know their provider to do that, and it gets awkward when I ask that of some people. So, I looked for an SMS...
View ArticleAllowing access to a non power user to install fonts
Hi all, I am a long time troll of this site, this is my 1st time posting. Forgive me if I put my question in the wrong spot. Does anyone know of a way, to let a non power user add fonts to their...
View ArticleOptical Character Recognition for Windows
Each month, I receive a document by snail mail that I need to scan and produce a file I can search for certain words. I have found a multitude of OCR programs on the web but can't tell from the...
View ArticleApplications don't display fonts correctly
I already compared the setting in my desktop and in my laptop and they appear to match. In several apps, the fonts on buttons and in various windows look like Times New Roman 4 pt. See the attached...
View ArticleNo results when searching programs and files in Windows Search bar.
When I attempt to search for a program or file in the Windows Search bar, no results are returned.
View ArticleTesting new programs
Hello Forum, 1 ) Sometimes when I look for a program, I often find more then one, to test if it suits me I have to install it, learn how to use it and test it - if suits me it stays installed, if not I...
View Articledeep freeze standard must be disabled before you can install / uninsta
After installing office 2016 update in c:\sysmbols, my deep freeze do not let me unfreeze to thawed state. Ctrl+shift+alt+f6 no show me deep freeze Windows. icon disappeared. I reboot the computer with...
View Articleother free software
hi, guys i am using ccleaner and malwarebytes, what other free software do you guys recommend me try/use ???? thanks for your time, bluesfloyd.
View ArticleSolved Safely Remove H/ware disappeared
The 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon (which I always use before removing flash drives, ext. hdd) has disappeared from the systems tray. The only change made to computer was that it was connected to a wifi...
View ArticleWindows Won't Add Editor to "Choose Program" List
I select *Open With* from the right-click menu on a file. Windows won't show my *KEDIT* editor in the *Choose Program* list. I "browse" to *Kedit* in Program Files, select it but W7 refuses to add it...
View ArticleAdding Search Engine to Notepad ++ ?
To any here who may be familiar with Notepad++, The title basically says it. I'd like to know if it's possible to add a search engine to Notepad++. Presently it allows me to highlight a word and search...
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