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If you are getting this error in Windows 10, uninstall the IE Developer Preview to fix! Here’s the exact steps I took in the answer here (I didn’t actually uninstall it but I suspect that is an alternate and easier resolution): http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/opening-a-non-browser-application-link-results-in/751c1abb-3492-464b-b953-ffe8120f0ec8

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I might do these regularly. Something to post about, at least. Today I woke up and decided to extract a ZIP file. I right-click dragged the file over to where I wanted it extracted… and there was no 7-zip options in the menu like I expected. Another problem to fix!

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In the spirit of the The Case of the… blog posts by Mark Russinovich, I am going to post about a particularly vexing problem I had over the past few days. It all started when I decided I wanted to try out the latest public build of the Windows 10 Technical Preview, that being build […]

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Spent a good chunk of time figuring out Wine no longer has this baked in, but I figured if I could just find a Windows app that accesses the shortcut API I could get it to work. This command line app fits the bill perfectly.  You might have to direct the shortcut to your desktop […]

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Another new Google Chrome Portable! I’ve been working on other stuff too, really! 🙂  Just trying to get the bugs that people report to me out of the way… Biggest change is the Portable Passwords feature.  It’s opt-in so you’ll need to use the INI to enable it since it creates a bit of a […]

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EasyScreenshot.NET v.7.0 has been released.  Grab it here, and view the complete changelog here. These changes are of particular note: Added Capture Monitor and Color Picker modes. Added PrintScreen simulation option for capturing transparent windows. Many changes and bug fixes to clipboard code. Tweaks to the overlay, especially to the overlay text. Misc bug fixes. […]

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Not many changes, fixed a bug preventing GoogleChromePortable.ini from working, disabled Java Portable plugin inport, and tweaked the help files a bit. 3.0.195.21 Stable/Beta 4.0.206.1 Dev

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Details here. Downloads: Stable, Beta, Dev.

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Whenever my mic stops working, I must remember to try the following diagnostics in the following order to avoid maximum frustration with the dumb thing:

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Thanks to Clutch for pointing out that ES.NET could use up an obscene amount of memory.  While technically memory leaks aren’t possible in .NET unless you leak unmanaged objects, in this case I was constantly creating large bitmaps and forgetting to .Dispose them, and .NET was taking it’s time in cleaning them up.  This has […]

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