11-29-2017, 06:24 AM | #316 |
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The other side of that coin is programs that install themselves in every users roaming profile and with an autoexec such as dropbox and a pc with a dozen roaming profiles on it has a dozen copies of these things that all start up simultaneously with the pc.
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11-29-2017, 06:44 AM | #317 |
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That doesn't sound like "installed for a single user" to me. Anybody could make a shortcut to Program Files. What you're describing sounds like "installed for all users, configured for only one." Why even make a distinction between installed for one/installed for all if the only difference between the two is a shortcut?
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11-29-2017, 08:14 AM | #319 |
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They don't (at least as far as Linux is concerned). Package management software/repositories typically only deal with system-wide installs. But many custom program installers provide the ability to install entirely within a user's home directory (not to mention the ability to change install locations by custom compiling).
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When I upgraded one of my Windows 10 installs from Windows 7 it kept the default generic user and made that generic user a 'super user'. So when I signed into my MS account it created a second user 'me' via my MS user account and it synced with my other Windows 10 install on another laptop. Problem was it left generic user as super user and I had to use my password for everything, installing programs, any changes I wanted to make, and some changes I simply could not make. Once I made myself super user I no longer needed to use a password for everything. This reminds me somewhat of Linux. Debian wants a password for everything and wants separate user accounts to have different privileges. Ubuntu makes the user a super user and is more like the generic setup with a signed in user on Windows 10, or so it seems to me.
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11-30-2017, 12:28 AM | #321 |
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Ummm... not to mention multi-gigabytes of files on their desktop being replicated. Where I work, corporate policy has been to disable roaming profiles ever since certain geniuses started storing work related video files on their desktops. Nothing like the conversation when you try to explain that a 20-30 minute bootup time when copying a 38GB profile is about right to make you wonder why you work with <expletive deleted> maroons.
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Bought a book from Amazon today and clicked on the Kindle for PC link to download it - and even though I have the do not automatically update button set, it updated it to version 1.21.
I did option 2 from the first post - opening a command prompt and it worked on my Windows 10 computer. THANK YOU! |
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Is Calibre 3.x able to convert the KFX format ?
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12-08-2017, 02:51 AM | #325 |
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12-09-2017, 12:59 PM | #326 |
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This might be helpful to some. Rather than constantly trying to update plugins etc., the manual approach of screenshots and OCRs is a little slower but is bullet-proof.
Download the open-source 'LightScreen'. In the options set a directory to where all screenshots will be saved. Set it to capture the full screen with the hot key of your choice (e.g. Prnt). Open Kindle, set it to full-screen mode. Select a smallish font size. Turn off highlighting as this messes with the OCR. Start at page 1. Press one of the arrow keys to go to the next page. Press Prnt to capture. Press the arrow key again for the next page. Press Prnt. This can be done at a rate of about 1 page a second until the whole book has been captured. After a few minutes you'll have a folder full of screenshots, each numbered consecutively. In Windows 10 select all the screenshots, then right click 'Print' and then 'Print to PDF'. All the screenshots are combined into one PDF. The resulting PDF can then be opened in the opensource 'FreeOCR' and converted into text. |
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Method 2 : after verifying that the renderer-test.exe is in C:\Users\my name\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\application, I entered the following
C:\Users\my name>ren %localappdata%\Amazon\Kindle\application\renderer-test.exe renderer-test.xxx which was rejected as incorrect. Can somebody tell me how I should write it? I'm a command window neophyte, and have no idea of the syntax (for example why the %localappdata% instead of \AppData\Local). |
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ren AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\application\renderer-test.exe renderer-test.xxx I cannot explain why some users have trouble using %localappdata%. It was added to Windows starting with Vista. |
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FYI I'm on Windows 10 version 1709. |
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Thank You!! copy and pasted the code and it worked perfectly!
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