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AgentZero November 1st, 2004 09:10 PM

Re: OT: Windows Optimization?
 
tasks-0.92b, shortcut2-2.0.2 and hotkey-2.0 are apparently the ones that are lacking. I'll try popping things into theme.rc and see what happens...

Will November 2nd, 2004 02:48 AM

Re: OT: Windows Optimization?
 
Looks like it might be a problem with naming... ie, tasks-0.92b.dll might need to be something along the lines of tasks-0.9.dll, or vice versa. Might want to check that the file names already existing in theme.rc (do a quick Ctrl-F on tasks, shortcut, hotkey, respectively) and see that the names in there match the actual file names of the *.dlls you have installed. If they're different, you probably want to rename the files, since there is a possibility the filename is referenced somewhere else, and you don't want to track down that entry in all the config files http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Instar November 2nd, 2004 02:57 AM

Re: OT: Windows Optimization?
 
Quote:

aiken said:
Heh, the only Windows compatible OS I know is DOS...

???
That does not make one ounce of sense...

Aiken November 2nd, 2004 05:04 AM

Re: OT: Windows Optimization?
 
You can run DOS inside Windows without 3rd party tools, hence DOS is windows-compatible OS http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

narf poit chez BOOM November 2nd, 2004 05:07 AM

Re: OT: Windows Optimization?
 
/me whapeth Aiken. Not entirely sure why, but sure there is a good reason.

AgentZero November 3rd, 2004 09:13 PM

Re: OT: Windows Optimization?
 
Quote:

Will said:
Looks like it might be a problem with naming... ie, tasks-0.92b.dll might need to be something along the lines of tasks-0.9.dll, or vice versa. Might want to check that the file names already existing in theme.rc (do a quick Ctrl-F on tasks, shortcut, hotkey, respectively) and see that the names in there match the actual file names of the *.dlls you have installed. If they're different, you probably want to rename the files, since there is a possibility the filename is referenced somewhere else, and you don't want to track down that entry in all the config files http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Thanks. Things seem to be working ok now. Problem was, when I didn't have a module that a theme needed, it brought up a window where you could download the modules and have them automatically installed, but whenever I used it the system would hang, so I was trying to install them manually. Turns out the problem was with Download Accelerator (DAP). Something about it caused the system to freeze, because as soon as I reinstalled it, the modules downloaded and installed fine. I still think there's a problem with Explorer.exe because LiteStep uses it as the File Manager, and whenever I try to use it I get into trouble.
Does anyone know if there's a 3rd party program that can do what explorer.exe does in terms of navigating the file system, without acutually using explorer.exe. Please let me know & then I can finally be (more or less) free of the MicroSoft yoke.

Fyron November 3rd, 2004 09:25 PM

Re: OT: Windows Optimization?
 
There are several out there. One is Total Commander, though I personally do not like it... Google for alternate file managers.

Aiken November 4th, 2004 04:14 AM

Re: OT: Windows Optimization?
 
Total Commander (shareware) - mega file manager, dual pane.
Servant Salamander (free and shareware) - so-so, dual pane.
FAR (OSS, free) - powerful FM without graphic gui for CLI lovers, dual pane.
Xplorer2 - (shareware) - very good and lightweight FM, dual pane, single pane(explorerish).
Directory Opus (shareware) - very good but heavy (in terms of RAM usage) FM, dual pane, single pane(explorerish).

AgentZero November 12th, 2004 11:29 PM

Re: OT: Windows Optimization?
 
Cool, thanks. I had a couple good days (literally 2) with LiteStep, but now it's behaving poorly as well. We've got a couple Pentium/233MHz's at work and they run WinNT faster than my 2.4GHz at the moment and that just ain't right. I'm convinced that my explorer.exe file is corrupted, but I can't even get a reinstall to work. As soon as I get to the part where Windows is supposed to install, it sits there and does nothing, even though the system hasn't locked up or anything. I'm sitting here writing this after the installer has been telling me that installation will take approximately 51 minutes. Problem is it's been saying that for 4 HOURS! I'm at a loss as to what I can do, since I don't seem to be able to boot from my Windows install CD. Any tips? Or if someone has an uncorrupted explorer.exe file, can I have it?

Suicide Junkie November 13th, 2004 12:51 AM

Re: OT: Windows Optimization?
 
Check your BIOS, and make sure that you've got the boot sequence set to a logical order. (Floppy, CD then HDD)


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