Another reason I hate Explorer
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No, not IE, but Windows explorer. I have a bunch of network directories in my network neighbourhood, many of which are no longer valid. Two things kill me: 1. Trying to right click on a dead link causes the explorer window to lock up while it times out. It would be so, SO nice if, when right clicking, a generic list of options was presented, and then, as more information came to hand, extra options were added. Or even setting the timeout to something less than TIMEOUT_FOREVERANDADAY would be nice 2. Similar to 1: When dragging files over a list of network shortcuts should you accidentally travel over the airspace of a dud link explorer will lock up while trying to interogate what cursor it should display while you're spending that 10 nanoseconds dragging your file over the link. How about a background thread for this? I feel like I'm walking through a minefield when exploring network folders cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
I think we can all pretty much agree with this. The number of times I have had EXACTLY the same problems still amazes me. Why am I still using Windows?!? One thing that really annoys me is when you attempt to delete a directory and it will delete half the files, then realise it cannot delete one of them and, instead of skipping it, stop altogether. And it will do this with copying and moving too. Of course, there is the TIMEOUT_FOREVERANDADAY to wait for too. Stupid Windows.
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I think we can all pretty much agree with this. The number of times I have had EXACTLY the same problems still amazes me. Why am I still using Windows?!? One thing that really annoys me is when you attempt to delete a directory and it will delete half the files, then realise it cannot delete one of them and, instead of skipping it, stop altogether. And it will do this with copying and moving too. Of course, there is the TIMEOUT_FOREVERANDADAY to wait for too. Stupid Windows.
HalfWayMan wrote:
Stupid Windows
Two solutions:
- **Best:**Switch to *nix
- Switch to DOS (or pseudo dos). If using network folders, create a mapped drive so "DOS" can recognise it then use a command-line program with the silent option on, e.g.
copy *.* M:\backup /q(BTW, I don't know if that works, long time since I ran Windows ;P)
Ed
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HalfWayMan wrote:
Stupid Windows
Two solutions:
- **Best:**Switch to *nix
- Switch to DOS (or pseudo dos). If using network folders, create a mapped drive so "DOS" can recognise it then use a command-line program with the silent option on, e.g.
copy *.* M:\backup /q(BTW, I don't know if that works, long time since I ran Windows ;P)
Ed
Cheers for the advice, but my problem is that I shouldn't [i]have[/i] to do anything. I actually like a lot of Microsoft's software (apart from Office and a couple of others) and I really want to hope that Vistahorn will be a "good" operating system. However, hope being the greatest evil, we will probably be dumped with anouther DOS + GUI remix.
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Cheers for the advice, but my problem is that I shouldn't [i]have[/i] to do anything. I actually like a lot of Microsoft's software (apart from Office and a couple of others) and I really want to hope that Vistahorn will be a "good" operating system. However, hope being the greatest evil, we will probably be dumped with anouther DOS + GUI remix.
I too like some of MS stuff, chiefly VS and also Office which are both ahead of the free alternatives. I can do without Office since I don't use it that much. If only VS2005 ran on *nix. I've actually seen some screenshots of it being installed on Wine, I did try but it bombed out because of no Windows Installer 3 (me thinks) so I might try it again later. And that will be me sorted, the power of *nix and VS combined :cool: Ed
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I too like some of MS stuff, chiefly VS and also Office which are both ahead of the free alternatives. I can do without Office since I don't use it that much. If only VS2005 ran on *nix. I've actually seen some screenshots of it being installed on Wine, I did try but it bombed out because of no Windows Installer 3 (me thinks) so I might try it again later. And that will be me sorted, the power of *nix and VS combined :cool: Ed
Ed.Poore wrote:
...the power of *nix and VS combined
Don't say that. It's just too nice a thought.
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Ed.Poore wrote:
...the power of *nix and VS combined
Don't say that. It's just too nice a thought.
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HalfWayMan wrote:
Don't say that. It's just too nice a thought.
Wish I could remember where the screenshot of VS2005 being installed on Wine was... Ed
Nice thoughts... Use VS2k5 IDE with GNU C... drool.
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Nice thoughts... Use VS2k5 IDE with GNU C... drool.
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No, not IE, but Windows explorer. I have a bunch of network directories in my network neighbourhood, many of which are no longer valid. Two things kill me: 1. Trying to right click on a dead link causes the explorer window to lock up while it times out. It would be so, SO nice if, when right clicking, a generic list of options was presented, and then, as more information came to hand, extra options were added. Or even setting the timeout to something less than TIMEOUT_FOREVERANDADAY would be nice 2. Similar to 1: When dragging files over a list of network shortcuts should you accidentally travel over the airspace of a dud link explorer will lock up while trying to interogate what cursor it should display while you're spending that 10 nanoseconds dragging your file over the link. How about a background thread for this? I feel like I'm walking through a minefield when exploring network folders cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Because it just crashed on me (again) and now I have no start menu. Ctrl-Shift-Esc.
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No, not IE, but Windows explorer. I have a bunch of network directories in my network neighbourhood, many of which are no longer valid. Two things kill me: 1. Trying to right click on a dead link causes the explorer window to lock up while it times out. It would be so, SO nice if, when right clicking, a generic list of options was presented, and then, as more information came to hand, extra options were added. Or even setting the timeout to something less than TIMEOUT_FOREVERANDADAY would be nice 2. Similar to 1: When dragging files over a list of network shortcuts should you accidentally travel over the airspace of a dud link explorer will lock up while trying to interogate what cursor it should display while you're spending that 10 nanoseconds dragging your file over the link. How about a background thread for this? I feel like I'm walking through a minefield when exploring network folders cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
I feel your pain Chris. I gave up on explorer long ago and use alternative file managers for browsing my network. I also gave up explorer as a shell long long ago and have never gone back. I think you should first try a different file manager and to rid the pain of lockups and crashes use an alternative shell for better speed and stability. I use bblean shell and servant salamander as my file manager and when I've installed new systems I build I quickly realise the pain explorer can be and how slow the system is before I clean it up and kill explorers existance or lets say use for good.
Chris Maunder wrote:
I feel like I'm walking through a minefield when exploring network folders
:laugh: well put, a perfect example.
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No, not IE, but Windows explorer. I have a bunch of network directories in my network neighbourhood, many of which are no longer valid. Two things kill me: 1. Trying to right click on a dead link causes the explorer window to lock up while it times out. It would be so, SO nice if, when right clicking, a generic list of options was presented, and then, as more information came to hand, extra options were added. Or even setting the timeout to something less than TIMEOUT_FOREVERANDADAY would be nice 2. Similar to 1: When dragging files over a list of network shortcuts should you accidentally travel over the airspace of a dud link explorer will lock up while trying to interogate what cursor it should display while you're spending that 10 nanoseconds dragging your file over the link. How about a background thread for this? I feel like I'm walking through a minefield when exploring network folders cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
When dragging files over a list of network shortcuts should you accidentally travel over the airspace of a dud link explorer will lock up
That one bites me all the time. :mad: --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
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No, not IE, but Windows explorer. I have a bunch of network directories in my network neighbourhood, many of which are no longer valid. Two things kill me: 1. Trying to right click on a dead link causes the explorer window to lock up while it times out. It would be so, SO nice if, when right clicking, a generic list of options was presented, and then, as more information came to hand, extra options were added. Or even setting the timeout to something less than TIMEOUT_FOREVERANDADAY would be nice 2. Similar to 1: When dragging files over a list of network shortcuts should you accidentally travel over the airspace of a dud link explorer will lock up while trying to interogate what cursor it should display while you're spending that 10 nanoseconds dragging your file over the link. How about a background thread for this? I feel like I'm walking through a minefield when exploring network folders cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Total Commander[^] - once you start using it ... you'll never, ever, look back.
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |Development Blogging|Viksoe.dk's SiteBeen using the same system since the Norton and DOS days :) Windows Explorer, isnt that like the desktop? ;P
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HalfWayMan wrote:
Stupid Windows
Two solutions:
- **Best:**Switch to *nix
- Switch to DOS (or pseudo dos). If using network folders, create a mapped drive so "DOS" can recognise it then use a command-line program with the silent option on, e.g.
copy *.* M:\backup /q(BTW, I don't know if that works, long time since I ran Windows ;P)
Ed