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Old October 23rd 20, 04:45 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
arlen
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Default Tutorial for setting up a well-organized consistent efficient Windows menu system

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 07:55:26 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

A suggestion: Move the taskbar from the bottom of the screen to the left
or right side. Not only does that make better use of screen real estate
on today's wide-screen monitors, but it also provides room for many more
shortcuts. I have 26 shortcuts there now (I use small task bar buttons
and my resolution is 1920 x 1080), and there's room for another 6 or 7.
It's not crowded nor hard to read.

To me, this is a combination of the task bar and quick launch bar and I
like it much better than having separate bars.


Regarding helpful hints in:
From: micky
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject: Search box versus Run box
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 20:35:06 -0400
Message-ID:

For the tutorial:
o Tutorial for setting up a well-organized consistent efficient Windows menu system
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/eWU-jOkFRtU/lkVU8yolBQAJ

A similar suggestion, particularly for dual screens, is to move the right
screen taskbar to the left (i.e., to the middle of the dueling screens) and
to move the left screen taskbar to the right (i.e., to the middle of the
two screens).
o left screen taskbar space taskbar right screen
Yes, I know you can eliminate one taskbar but having two has advantages.

Also, to get more space on your taskbar you can do a ton of stuff
o You can eliminate the search icon
o You can eliminate the notifications icon
o You can make the date/time area custom
etc.

In addition, you can set up your "Send To" menu to populate a menu folder
with all the shortcuts that get put onto your desktop, such that you can
add that folder to your taskbar as a winxp style accordion pull out menu.

Like this:
o https://i.postimg.cc/j5K0RL7H/taskbarmenu01.jpg
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Old October 25th 20, 02:32 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Arlen Holder
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Default Tutorial for setting up a well-organized consistent efficient Windows menu system

Here is an example of the types of things you may need to do )given the
quirks of some software) for an efficient and clean menu system.

Solved: https://i.postimg.cc/zv5SSTwn/psp01.jpg
(all three/four technical questions, pending persistence after reboot)

Based on information posted today in alt.comp.freeware...

1. The latest known-good version of PSP is, most likely, version 5.01
http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/paint-shop-pro-5-01
Name: 5.01_psp501.exe
Size: 18241961 bytes (17 MiB)
SHA256: 7D3ED18F0A6CF25C8F09F5241CA73A6E40599569ABEBFA3F1D BCCED614B058EB

Name: psp.exe
Size: 3632128 bytes (3547 KiB)
SHA256: 42CAB30E7F657C8B8C686F7305CE5C61D111992C04CCA3BED9 8DDB14BD7DCBC8

2. I disabled the PSP errant Recycle Bin context menu
Using Nirsoft "Shell Menu View" freeware
[HKCR\Folder\shell\Browse with Paint Shop Pro\command]

3. I disabled the PSP errant "New" menu with Nirsoft "Shell Menu New"
[HKCR\.psp\ShellNew]

4. I created a new custom context menu for editing "psp" files using
Default Programs Editor http://defaultprogramseditor.com/

In summary, psp version 5.01 is apparently successfully installed:
a. INSTALLER === x:\app\editor\pic\psp\{5.01_psp501.exe,syslog.log}
b. INSTALLED === c:\app\editor\pic\psp\psp.exe
c. SHORTCUT === c:\menu\editor\pic\psp\psp.lnk
d. MENU === Taskbar menu editor pic psp
e. APPPATH === [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths]
f. COMMAND === Win+R psp
https://i.postimg.cc/zv5SSTwn/psp01.jpg
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Old October 25th 20, 03:41 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Arlen Holder
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Default Tutorial for setting up a well-organized consistent efficient Windows menu system

PICTORIAL SUMMARY OF THE SOLUTION SO THAT ALL ALWAYS BENEFIT:
o https://i.postimg.cc/zv5SSTwn/psp01.jpg
o https://i.postimg.cc/xC8Cmg9h/psp02.jpg
o https://i.postimg.cc/8kqR1fHN/psp03.jpg

1. The last known good version of JascSoftware Paint Shop Pro
"appears" to be (based on alt.comp.freeware) version 5.01
https://i.postimg.cc/zv5SSTwn/psp01.jpg

2. One problem with this version is it adds unwanted menus:
https://i.postimg.cc/xC8Cmg9h/psp02.jpg

3. The solution is to use NirSoft utilities to disable those menus:
https://i.postimg.cc/8kqR1fHN/psp03.jpg

Please see the permanently archived thread for specific details:
o What is the latest known good version of JascSoftware PaintShopPro?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.photo.digital/tyAq2O15a4E
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Old October 25th 20, 04:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Default Tutorial for setting up a well-organized consistent efficient Windows menu system

On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 14:41:07 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
wrote:

PICTORIAL SUMMARY OF THE SOLUTION SO THAT ALL ALWAYS BENEFIT:
o https://i.postimg.cc/zv5SSTwn/psp01.jpg
o https://i.postimg.cc/xC8Cmg9h/psp02.jpg
o https://i.postimg.cc/8kqR1fHN/psp03.jpg

1. The last known good version of JascSoftware Paint Shop Pro
"appears" to be (based on alt.comp.freeware) version 5.01
https://i.postimg.cc/zv5SSTwn/psp01.jpg

2. One problem with this version is it adds unwanted menus:
https://i.postimg.cc/xC8Cmg9h/psp02.jpg

3. The solution is to use NirSoft utilities to disable those menus:
https://i.postimg.cc/8kqR1fHN/psp03.jpg

Please see the permanently archived thread for specific details:
o What is the latest known good version of JascSoftware PaintShopPro?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.photo.digital/tyAq2O15a4E


I have 3 versions on my machines, 3, 4 & 7. Each has it's own unique
things I like.
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Old October 26th 20, 06:52 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Arlen Holder
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Default Tutorial for setting up a well-organized consistent efficient Windows menu system

UPDATE (Tutorial to set up any program using well-organized menus):
o https://i.postimg.cc/L8w5Cxmr/memtest01.jpg

INSTALLERS: x:\archive\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\MemTest.zip
INSTALLLED: c:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\memtest.exe
MENULOCALE: c:\menu\hardware\ram\memtest.lnk
TASKBARMENU: menu hardware ram memtest.lnk

o *How to Test RAM: Making Sure Bad Memory Isn't Crashing Your PC*
https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/how-to-test-ram
"One option preferred by us at Tom's Hardware is HCI Design's MemTest.
The good thing about this is you don't have to any pre-booting
and there are no directions. You just run it."

o Downloading MemTest (free)
https://hcidesign.com/memtest/download.html
https://hcidesign.com/memtest/MemTest.zip
[X:\archive\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\MemTest.zip]
Name: MemTest.zip
Size: 17671 bytes (17 KiB)
SHA256: 08960F448F4514E7C2D388420560D7D03F5F0A54EC8F9663D6 6C887B8E4679E6

o Unzip & move MemTest c:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\
c:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\memtest.exe
Name: memtest.exe
Size: 40960 bytes (40 KiB)
SHA256: 5E2D1B0E56095D4D219F3A606E46CE5DE3220FDF3CF55A6E40 5D3946F25792A6

o Create a link & SendTo populate your Taskbar accordion cascade menu tree:
c:\menu\hardware\ram\memtest.lnk
TARGET: C:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\memtest.exe
STARTIN: C:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest

o Run the program as many times as needed to simultaneously test RAM:
Taskbar menu hardware ram memtest.lnk
Enter megabytes of RAM to test === All unused RAM
[Start Testing]

Could not allocate 4095 MB
Windows limits the amount of contiguous RAM MemTest can allocate
to between 2 and 3.5GB. To test all your RAM, run more than one copy
of MemTest simultaneously and set each copy to test a portion of
available RAM. Running more than one copy of MemTest does not
lower the quality of the test (and can even improve it if you have
multiple cores or CPUs).

Enter megabytes of RAM to test === 2
[Start Testing]
(instance 1)

o Run Taskbar menu hardware ram memtest.lnk
Enter megabytes of RAM to test === 2
[Start Testing]
(instance 2)

Note that every installation goes 'where it belongs' (which you define):
o https://i.postimg.cc/L8w5Cxmr/memtest01.jpg
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It's a shame most people don't realize how easy it is to maintain menus.
(Microsoft should have hired me decades ago to solve their menu issues.)
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Old October 26th 20, 08:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
MikeS[_5_]
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Default Tutorial for setting up a well-organized consistent efficientWindows menu system

On 26/10/2020 17:52, Arlen Holder wrote:
UPDATE (Tutorial to set up any program using well-organized menus):
o https://i.postimg.cc/L8w5Cxmr/memtest01.jpg

INSTALLERS: x:\archive\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\MemTest.zip
INSTALLLED: c:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\memtest.exe
MENULOCALE: c:\menu\hardware\ram\memtest.lnk
TASKBARMENU: menu hardware ram memtest.lnk

o *How to Test RAM: Making Sure Bad Memory Isn't Crashing Your PC*
https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/how-to-test-ram
"One option preferred by us at Tom's Hardware is HCI Design's MemTest.
The good thing about this is you don't have to any pre-booting
and there are no directions. You just run it."

o Downloading MemTest (free)
https://hcidesign.com/memtest/download.html
https://hcidesign.com/memtest/MemTest.zip
[X:\archive\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\MemTest.zip]
Name: MemTest.zip
Size: 17671 bytes (17 KiB)
SHA256: 08960F448F4514E7C2D388420560D7D03F5F0A54EC8F9663D6 6C887B8E4679E6

o Unzip & move MemTest c:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\
c:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\memtest.exe
Name: memtest.exe
Size: 40960 bytes (40 KiB)
SHA256: 5E2D1B0E56095D4D219F3A606E46CE5DE3220FDF3CF55A6E40 5D3946F25792A6

o Create a link & SendTo populate your Taskbar accordion cascade menu tree:
c:\menu\hardware\ram\memtest.lnk
TARGET: C:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest\memtest.exe
STARTIN: C:\app\hardware\ram\hcimemtest

o Run the program as many times as needed to simultaneously test RAM:
Taskbar menu hardware ram memtest.lnk
Enter megabytes of RAM to test === All unused RAM
[Start Testing]

Could not allocate 4095 MB
Windows limits the amount of contiguous RAM MemTest can allocate
to between 2 and 3.5GB. To test all your RAM, run more than one copy
of MemTest simultaneously and set each copy to test a portion of
available RAM. Running more than one copy of MemTest does not
lower the quality of the test (and can even improve it if you have
multiple cores or CPUs).

Enter megabytes of RAM to test === 2
[Start Testing]
(instance 1)

o Run Taskbar menu hardware ram memtest.lnk
Enter megabytes of RAM to test === 2
[Start Testing]
(instance 2)

Note that every installation goes 'where it belongs' (which you define):
o https://i.postimg.cc/L8w5Cxmr/memtest01.jpg


I hesitate to mention this in the presence of such exotic solutions but
since the days of Windows 98 I have used the same, simple, third party
menu program. As far as can tell it lets you do everything mentioned
here without any need to mess about with the Start Menu, Taskbar, or
Quick Launch Bar. It is also unobtrusive until you pop it open.

RUNit has not been updated for 20 years but runs perfectly in Windows 10
and can still be downloaded from the original website:
http://www.magister-lex.at/RUNit/
It requires no installation and stores its settings in a .ini file which
is easily copied between machines.
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Old October 31st 20, 07:46 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Arlen Holder
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Default Tutorial for setting up a well-organized consistent efficient Windows menu system

Here's another trivially simple setup example created today.
o Thinking ahead makes organization & backup archival literally trivial

On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 13:59:44 +0100, Sjouke Burry wrote:
I have been using DoubleKiller.exe for ages.
From: http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller


Hi Sjouke Burry,

Thank you for being purposefully helpful in providing alternative freeware
solutions to the stated problem of finding good duplicate cleaner freeware.

Here's my ad hoc log file of the installation process, so that others can
always benefit from your advice, where links are provided to make it easy.

DoubleKiller version 1.6.2.82 for finding/removing duplicate files.

0. Set up a place for permanent archival of the DoubleKiller installation:
http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/
x:\software\cleaner\duplicate\doublekiller\doublek iller.zip
c:\app\cleaner\duplicate\doublekiller\doublekiller .exe
c:\menu\cleaner\duplicate\doublekiller.lnk
Taskbar menu cleaner duplicate doublekiller
https://i.postimg.cc/xjJvchg7/duplicate01.jpg

1. Download DoubleKiller 1.6.2.82 2007-07-07 to your permanent archive:
http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/
http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/download.htm
http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/downloads/doublekiller.zip
Save to x:\software\cleaner\duplicate\doublekiller\doublek iller.zip
Name: doublekiller.zip
Size: 400720 bytes (391 KiB)
SHA256: DD40EFD213F904C418024AE06AB9974DE188EDBE236F4AEF0C DA0F692D4F5AC5
Extracts to:
Name: DoubleKiller.exe
Size: 812544 bytes (793 KiB)
SHA256: 3034A3ECF90594EC2E58A9C882F17F12051551FA6DC85CB0B6 5B0875444ED15F

2. Move to the app hierarchy:
move doublekiller\ c:\app\cleaner\duplicate\doublekiller\

3. Create a shortcut & populate the Windows taskbar pulleout menu:
c:\menu\cleaner\duplicate\doublekiller.lnk
TARGET: c:\app\cleaner\duplicate\doublekiller\doublekiller .exe
STARTIN: c:\app\cleaner\duplicate\doublekiller

4. Start doublekiller from the taskbar accordion pullout cascade menu:
Taskbar menu cleaner duplicate doublekiller

On every tab is a big [Run] button; press it; select a folder.
Press [Run] again.
https://i.postimg.cc/xjJvchg7/duplicate01.jpg
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The main problem people have with menus is they don't think ahead.
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Old October 31st 20, 10:53 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Arlen Holder
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Default Tutorial for setting up a well-organized consistent efficient Windows menu system

UPDATE:

I recently installed two duplicate cleaners and as I am wont to do, I added
them to where they belong in the default taskbar accordion cascade menu:
o https://i.postimg.cc/QxzKgvdr/duplicate02.jpg

I always knew the default Windows taskbar accordion cascade menu pullout
shows the filespec to the shortcut as shown below in this screenshot:
o https://i.postimg.cc/cCwdrZsQ/taskbarmenu03.jpg

But I only noticed today that if the "Comment" field is filled in, that it
is what shows up in the Windows default native Taskbar pullout menu tree:
o https://i.postimg.cc/9FHWs4p1/taskbarmenu04.jpg

In summary, organizing your Windows system is trivial if you think ahead
o https://i.postimg.cc/xjJvchg7/duplicate01.jpg

Where using the shortcut comment field is yet another way to help organize
your Windows native default Taskbar start menu pullout tree:
o https://i.postimg.cc/j5K0RL7H/taskbarmenu01.jpg
o https://i.postimg.cc/qvJDMQcq/taskbarmenu02.jpg

See also:
o Where can we find the last known good freeware version of Digital Volcano Duplicate Cleaner version 2.1.0?
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.microsoft.windows/AYUk-KWMV7Y
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o Tutorial for setting up a well-organized consistent efficient Windows menu system
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/eWU-jOkFRtU/lkVU8yolBQAJ
 




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