• Artie

    Artie

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    • in reply to: Simple Backup Request #2676273

      Thanks Joe. Checking it out now.

    • in reply to: Simple Backup Request #2676203

      Hey all. I hope it’s ok to tack my question here. It’s virtually the same question as CR2’s, but lets leave out the word “free.” I’ve got software that’s far less important than backups, that I pay for.

      I’m similar to CR2 in that I’m a senior retired DOD worker, (USA), but I may be a little more computer savvy. I just searched for “best Windows backup software 2024” and got some different suggestions than listed here. (From PC World.)

      They seem to like:

      1. R-Drive Image
      2. Acronis Cyber Protect
      3. Retrospect Solo
      4. F Backup 9 (Free)

      Any thoughts, or experience with, these programs?

      Thanks all;

      Artie

    • in reply to: File copy problem. #2659092

      PL1 solved my problem.

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    • in reply to: File copy problem. #2659087

      Thanks for the info, but it is exFAT.

      Edit: On a whim, (and thanks to your info), I reformatted the memory card with NTFS. It worked. The funny thing is, I had two Linux distro’s I wanted to play with: Kali and Ubunto. The Kali ISO was just under 4 Gig at 3.91GB, (and it copied ok), while the Ubunto ISO was just over 4 gig at 4.69GB. So, the exFAT system still seemed to be shackled to the 4GB individual file limit.

      I don’t understand why, but your info ultimately led to my solution.

      Thank you again, PL1.

    • in reply to: Changing mouse pointer options. #2567604

      Still not working. I ran the reg file, then rebooted. It still wants to install something rather than run. I appreciate the effort, but the previous solution does work.

      I’ll continue to read up on running powershell scripts and see if I can figure it out, just for the sake of learning.

      Thanks again for the help.

    • in reply to: Changing mouse pointer options. #2566985

      I’ll Google “running Powershell scripts”, and see what I get.

    • in reply to: Changing mouse pointer options. #2566977

      Not sure what I’m doing wrong. When I do that, I get the window that says something like: “The app you’re trying to install isn’t a Microsoft app . . . . blah, blah, blah.” In other words, it’s trying to install rather than run.

      That happens even if I right-click and select “Run in Windows Powershell.”

    • in reply to: Changing mouse pointer options. #2566944

      Thanks for that work, alejr. But I’m not sure how to install that script. I haven’t used scripts before. Do I just put that in place, where I had the “control main,,2” before?

    • in reply to: Changing mouse pointer options. #2563930

      It still won’t let me pin it to the taskbar, but I can pin it to the “start” bar. So, two clicks.

      How to Add Shortcuts to the Windows Taskbar

      I’ll read over the whole article, but the first method doesn’t work. There is no “pin to taskbar” option when you right-click the desktop icon or the Start Bar icon.

      Drcard: the CTRL + Alt + M worked great. Thanks.

    • in reply to: Changing mouse pointer options. #2563892

      Thanks again all. You guys (gal’s) are great.

    • in reply to: Changing mouse pointer options. #2563889

      But I don’t always want the default button. This option jumps the pointer to the box. Then I can easily select what I want.

      But I found the solution, with the help from everyone. I simply put “control main.cpl,,2” as the shortcut “Target.” Works perfect. Exactly what I wanted.

      Thanks all. You got me there.

      P.S. It still won’t let me pin it to the taskbar, but I can pin it to the “start” bar. So, two clicks.

    • in reply to: Changing mouse pointer options. #2563884

      Sweet. If I put “control main.cpl,,2” in the run command, it does exactly what I want. But I’m having trouble creating the shortcut. I can right-click my desktop, and select “create new shortcut.” It has me select a target folder, and a shortcut name. But I don’t see where I put the actual command.

    • in reply to: Changing mouse pointer options. #2563864

      I just checked my Win 10 desktop computer. It still does not have the “All Control Panel Items” when you right-click the Start button. But at least, when you go to settings>devises and printers, it does let you right-click the mouse icon, and pin it to the start panel. It won’t let me create a shortcut, but it does let me eliminate 2 or 3 clicks to get to the mouse pointer options.

      But, can’t do it on the Win 11 laptop. At least, not yet.

    • in reply to: Changing mouse pointer options. #2563848

      That’s the thing, there never is a mouse icon. Let me see if I can show in pics what my steps are. And just to clarify, this is a Laptop, running Win 11 22H2.

      I click on the Control Panel and get a screen that has no mouse icon.

      I click on “View devices and printers” That gets me the screen to select the mouse. It has a mouse icon, but there are no right-click actions. As in, nothing happens when you right click that.

      I left click it and get the next screen. Still no right-click actions. Then when I click the little square-with-an-arrow, (red arrow), it takes me to the window I posted in my first post, where I can turn the pointer snap on and off.

      Hopefully these screen caps will load.

      Control_Panel
      Control_Panel-2
      Control_Panel-3
      Control_Panel-4

       

    • in reply to: Changing mouse pointer options. #2563845

      Going to the Control Panel isn’t really the problem. That’s just as many clicks as going through “Settings” as I am now. There still doesn’t seem to be a way to create a shortcut to the “mouse pointer” dialog box.

      None of the settings or control panel entries will let me right-click, and select create shortcut. In fact, there’s no right-click actions.

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