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		<title>Add Enqueue and Play in Foobar options in mp3 right click context menu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I switched to Foobar recently. It is an awesome media player, but I noticed that for some files (like mp3s) the Enqueue in Foobar option was not present in the right-click context menu. If Foobar was set as the default program, Play in foobar showed up, but the enqueue option still remained missing. On further [...]]]></description>
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<td valign="top" width="552">I switched to Foobar recently. It is an awesome media player, but I noticed that for some files (like mp3s) the <strong>Enqueue in Foobar</strong> option was not present in the right-click context menu. If Foobar was set as the default program, <strong>Play in foobar </strong>showed up, but the enqueue option still remained missing.</td>
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<p><a href="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/foobar_Missing_enqueue_In_Context_menu.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="foobar_Missing_enqueue_In_Context_menu" border="0" alt="foobar_Missing_enqueue_In_Context_menu" src="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/foobar_Missing_enqueue_In_Context_menu_thumb.jpg" width="337" height="164" /></a> </p>
<p>On further investigation I realised that only the files supported by Windows Media Player did not show the Enqueue in Foobar option.</p>
<p>Though the usual solutions to the problem involve registry modifications, I found a very simple solution to it.</p>
<p>First make sure the <strong>Folder Context Menus</strong> option is checked in the <strong>Library&gt;Configure&gt;Shell Integration</strong> in Foobar.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Foobar_shell_integration.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Foobar_shell_integration" border="0" alt="Foobar_shell_integration" src="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Foobar_shell_integration_thumb.jpg" width="580" height="256" /></a> </p>
<p>1. Go to <strong>Control Panel</strong> &gt; <strong>Default Programs </strong>&gt; <strong>Set program access and computer defaults</strong></p>
<p>2. Choose the <strong>Custom</strong> configuration. </p>
<p>3. In the section <strong>Choose a default media player </strong>uncheck <strong>Enable access to this program </strong>for Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Foobar_context_menu.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Foobar_context_menu" border="0" alt="Foobar_context_menu" src="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Foobar_context_menu_thumb.jpg" width="450" height="240" /></a> </p>
<p>4. you’re done!</p>
<p>The <strong>“Enqueue in Foobar”</strong> option will be present in the right-click context menu of all audio files now. <img src='http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Foobar_explorer_context_menu.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Foobar_explorer_context_menu" border="0" alt="Foobar_explorer_context_menu" src="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Foobar_explorer_context_menu_thumb.jpg" width="356" height="221" /></a> </p>
<p>Thanks to <a title="http://www.uberullu.com" href="http://www.uberullu.com">http://www.uberullu.com</a> for the tip.</p>
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		<title>CMD: Merge splitted files using copy command</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Need to merge two files like, let’s say Textfile1.txt and Textfile2.txt into one single file? Easy, just use the old copy command to achieve this. To coy the contents of text files do: copy file1.ext+file2.ext targetFile.ext this will work as long as the files are plain text files (no Ctrl-Z characters inside the files) If [...]]]></description>
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<td valign="top" width="579">Need to merge two files like, let’s say Textfile1.txt and Textfile2.txt into one single file? Easy, just use the old copy command to achieve this. </td>
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<p>To coy the contents of text files do: </p>
<p><strong><em>copy file1.ext+file2.ext targetFile.ext</em></strong></p>
<p>this will work as long as the files are plain text files (no Ctrl-Z characters inside the files)</p>
<p>If you need to merge binary files like .exe, .zip or one of those HJSplit, GSplit or a similar program that splitted files.. they usually are numbered like file.001, file.002 and so on, then use the /b parameter</p>
<p><strong><em>copy /b file.001+file.002 file.bin</em></strong></p>
<p>here are the possible copy command switches:</p>
<p><em>Copies one or more files to another location. </em></p>
<p><em>COPY [/D] [/V] [/N] [/Y | /-Y] [/Z] [/L] [/A | /B ] source [/A | /B]     <br />&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; [+ source [/A | /B] [+ ...]] [destination [/A | /B]] </em></p>
<p><em>&#160; source&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Specifies the file or files to be copied.     <br />&#160; /A&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Indicates an ASCII text file.      <br /><strong>&#160; /B&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Indicates a binary file.</strong>      <br />&#160; /D&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Allow the destination file to be created decrypted      <br />&#160; destination&#160; Specifies the directory and/or filename for the new file(s).      <br />&#160; /V&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Verifies that new files are written correctly.      <br />&#160; /N&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Uses short filename, if available, when copying a file with a      <br />&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; non-8dot3 name.      <br />&#160; /Y&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an      <br />&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; existing destination file.      <br />&#160; /-Y&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an      <br />&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; existing destination file.      <br />&#160; /Z&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Copies networked files in restartable mode.      <br />&#160; /L&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; If the source is a symbolic link, copy the link to the target      <br />&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; instead of the actual file the source link points to. </em></p>
<p><em>The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.     <br />This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line.&#160; Default is      <br />to prompt on overwrites unless COPY command is being executed from      <br />within a batch script. </em></p>
<p><em>To append files, specify a single file for destination, but multiple files     <br />for source (using wildcards or file1+file2+file3 format).</em></p>
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		<title>Windows 7: Show all control panel tasks aka god mode shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>christian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using the Control Panel, you can change settings for Windows. These settings control almost everything on display and functionality of Windows and they allow you to set up Windows to suit your requirements. The Panel, in my opinion, should be used only if there is a need, as a user and an awareness of the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Using the Control Panel, you can change settings for Windows. These settings control almost everything on display and functionality of Windows and they allow you to set up Windows to suit your requirements. The Panel, in my opinion, should be used only if there is a need, as a user and an awareness of the effects of the settings. Otherwise, I always recommend asking an experienced PC users for advice and help (something like what I do so even if my car as something wrong with the electrics).</p>
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<p>Compared to Vista when Windows 7 has not only changed the face a lot. The Panel has some modifications. Open the Control Panel by first clicking the Start button and then click Control Panel. </p>
<p>To search for the desired panel element has the following two methods: </p>
<p><strong>1. Using the search</strong></p>
<p>To find an interesting setting for you, or a task that you want to run, type a word or a keyword in the search box which can be found in the upper right corner. For example, type ‘sound’ to find all tasks related with settings for the sound card, system sounds and the volume control in the taskbar.</p>
<p><strong>2. Browse</strong></p>
<p>You can browse the Control Panel by clicking on various categories. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Windows7_ControlPanel.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Windows7_ControlPanel" border="0" alt="Windows7_ControlPanel" src="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Windows7_ControlPanel_thumb.png" width="633" height="462" /></a> </p>
<p><strong>Tip</strong></p>
<p>When you browse the Control Panel, you can quickly jump to an item in the list by typing the first few letters of the items name. To switch to settings related to ‘sound’, just type sou. The first panel item that begins with the letters sou i then selected in the window. You can of course also use the arrow key (up, down, left, right) to navigate through the Control Panel items.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Windows7_ControlPanel_Sound.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="Windows7_ControlPanel_Sound" border="0" alt="Windows7_ControlPanel_Sound" src="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Windows7_ControlPanel_Sound_thumb.png" width="600" height="687" /></a> </p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>When you open the Control Panel in Windows 7, it will be open by default in Category View, with about 30 choices, the system or adapt to penetrate deeper into the categories of the Control Panel. Toggle the view to be &#8216;Small Icons&#8217; to, so be delivered to an already 55 customization options for different tasks. Oliver Scheer wrote in his diary for Windows 7 a detailed article about the panel, more than worth a look: T-36: Control Panel </p>
<p><strong>Secret Windows control center or secret control panel? </strong></p>
<p>In the Internet it is often pointed to a tip that will unlock a secret control center or secret panel in Windows Vista and Windows 7.    <br />It is often said that one or the other element of this Panel, in the normal way would never get to see.. now you can decide on your own, wheter these rumours are true or not.. </p>
<p>To see all available Control Panel items, just use this string.. </p>
<p><strong>shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} </strong></p>
<p>Open an Explorer Window and copy/paste this string in the address bar</p>
<p><a href="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ControlPanelAllTasks.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="ControlPanelAllTasks" border="0" alt="ControlPanelAllTasks" src="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ControlPanelAllTasks_thumb.png" width="461" height="88" /></a> </p>
<p>you can also copy/paste it in the run dialog or just press the Windows Key once and paste it there..</p>
<p>This will open ‘a hidden/very secret’ <img src='http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  All Tasks window:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ControlPanelAllTasksWindow.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="ControlPanelAllTasksWindow" border="0" alt="ControlPanelAllTasksWindow" src="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ControlPanelAllTasksWindow_thumb.png" width="622" height="921" /></a> </p>
<p>Alternatively you can create a folder called ‘All Tasks’ to open the All Tasks window.. </p>
<p>The name of the folder must be ‘<strong>All Tasks.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}’</strong>. When you hit the enter key to save the folder, the string <strong>{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} </strong>will disappear. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/AllTasksFolder_GuidVisible.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="AllTasksFolder_GuidVisible" border="0" alt="AllTasksFolder_GuidVisible" src="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/AllTasksFolder_GuidVisible_thumb.png" width="421" height="71" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/AllTasksFolder_GuidHidden.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="AllTasksFolder_GuidHidden" border="0" alt="AllTasksFolder_GuidHidden" src="http://www.christiano.ch/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/AllTasksFolder_GuidHidden_thumb.png" width="514" height="86" /></a> </p>
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<p>Questions/Comments? feel free to write..</p>
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