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by jimspoon
2019 May 23, 19:02
Forum: DeskRule and i-DeClone
Topic: deskrule won't catalog a mounted Acronis backup file
Replies: 4
Views: 1109

deskrule won't catalog a mounted Acronis backup file

Acronis True Image backs up volumes to .tib files. I have a .tif file on an external drive. Using Acronis, I mounted such a volume to drive letter K:. When I tried to catalog the K: volume, Deskrule displays the following message "Only removable (external) media can be added in the search catal...
by jimspoon
2019 May 20, 20:43
Forum: DeskRule and i-DeClone
Topic: fast search by filename using only MFT?
Replies: 6
Views: 1503

Re: fast search by filename using only MFT?

Yes, that was my experience too - for a search by filename Deskrule was much slower than Everything. looks like for a "filename only" search I'll need to stick with Everything. Maybe Deskrule will be improved in this regard. I have no idea how Everything can be so fast but it is indispensa...
by jimspoon
2019 May 20, 03:18
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: user-created custom columns?
Replies: 1
Views: 192

user-created custom columns?

Quick question - pardon me for not doing a thorough forum search first. I would like to add a metadata field to my files - example "Purchase Date". I'd like to be able to collect files in a scrap container and then sort them by their "Purchase Date", then scroll through them. The...
by jimspoon
2019 May 08, 21:41
Forum: DeskRule and i-DeClone
Topic: fast search by filename using only MFT?
Replies: 6
Views: 1503

fast search by filename using only MFT?

Hi, I'm trying out Deskrule 2.0.0.1 trial edition. I've tried a few filename searches, running Deskrule as administrator. I thought this might get Deskrule to search using the MFT, so that I would get results as quickly as I do using Everything. Unfortunately this isn't happening. Deskrule seems to ...
by jimspoon
2016 Feb 03, 20:04
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: V2 Preview: Some Pictures Have Been Blocked
Replies: 9
Views: 3712

Re: V2 Preview: Some Pictures Have Been Blocked

Has anyone found a way to disable this image blocking ("some pictures have been blocked to prevent the sender" etc.) so that they will show up in the xplorer2 Native preview window? Or any other file previewing program? I have many .htm files that include local .jpg files and I haven't yet...
by jimspoon
2014 May 10, 21:00
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: sorting on substrings contained within a filename
Replies: 2
Views: 748

sorting on substrings contained within a filename

Say I want to find files containing somewhere in the filename a substring matching a particular pattern, but then I want to sort those files based on that substring. Concrete example - I have many photo files whose original filenames follow standard patterns e.g. IMG_2436.JPG, P1020964.JPG. Over the...
by jimspoon
2012 Feb 03, 21:40
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: Send to ... xplorer2 scrap container?
Replies: 1
Views: 657

Send to ... xplorer2 scrap container?

It would be great to have an option on my Windows right-click menu to "send to xplorer2 scrap container".  Is there a way to get that ... or a way to use the windows Send To menu to send selected files to a xplorer2 scrap container? Application: I often use Voidtools Everything to find fil...
by jimspoon
2009 May 18, 23:07
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: show folders only; folder/file sorting
Replies: 5
Views: 1677

(1) Oh, ok - I made a "folders only" filter by clearing the files box.  The one I made at first did not work because I did not clear "*.*" from the "Named" box.  With this mask only folders having extensions were shown. (2) I am really just thinking about ways to naviga...
by jimspoon
2009 May 17, 08:19
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: show folders only; folder/file sorting
Replies: 5
Views: 1677

show folders only; folder/file sorting

(1) A forum search reveals that this Show Folders Only has been suggested as a feature (View > Visual Filter > Show Folders Only).  Would also be nice to invoke this by hotkey - would be useful particularly for keyboard navigation.  Especially when Folders Sorted As Files. (2) I tried to make a Rule...
by jimspoon
2009 May 15, 15:56
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: OpenOffice docs in QuickPreviewer
Replies: 5
Views: 1302

(1) Draft preview - Yes, Text Only works.   I've googled for a better IFilter for OpenOffice docs but this is the only one I've found - http://www.ifiltershop.com/sofilter.html (2) Native view - I tried it on my laptop, and voila! ODT and ODS files open in a very nice native view, right in the Nativ...
by jimspoon
2009 May 14, 17:57
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: OpenOffice docs in QuickPreviewer
Replies: 5
Views: 1302

Thanks Nikos.  Here's what I see in the draft preview tab when I click on an ODT file.  It should be just plain text instead of this fuzzy image?

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by jimspoon
2009 May 14, 07:07
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: OpenOffice docs in QuickPreviewer
Replies: 5
Views: 1302

OpenOffice docs in QuickPreviewer

(1) OpenOffice spreadsheets (ODS) and text documents (ODT) look really bad in the x2 quickviewer Draft Preview tab.  Like a very fuzzy graphical image of the documents.  Is this a defect in the Ifilter or what? (2) With the x2 normal preview tab active, clicking on an ODS/ODT would always be bring u...
by jimspoon
2009 Mar 23, 18:03
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: xplorer2 with Windows Mobile devices?
Replies: 2
Views: 763

xplorer2 with Windows Mobile devices?

When I try to browse my Windows Mobile device (T-Mobile Wing - HTC Herald - WM Pro 6.0) with xplorer2, xplorer2 doesn't work very well.  Very slow to bring up a directory from the device.  Sometimes it hangs. Tried 2xExplorer, maybe a little better. Windows Explorer (Vista) seems to do pretty well, ...
by jimspoon
2008 Apr 06, 02:17
Forum: xplorer² Professional
Topic: how distinguish active and inactive panes in Vista?
Replies: 8
Views: 1617

Hmm - My active pane has a nice little sky blue color I 'discovered' when playing around in XP - RGB values of 147;207;255 whereas my inactive pane is gray.  My Active pane title bar is a darker blue, whereas my title bar on the inactive pane is a lighter gray.  Finally, highlighted files in the ac...