The Official Computer Tech Support Thread

Trollheart · 06-02-2022, 09:21 AM

Blame Joe Biden.

music_collector · 06-04-2022, 06:18 PM

Windows search - that's not a bug, it's a feature!

I'd rather use the command line to find what I want.

Trollheart · 06-09-2022, 02:46 PM

Maybe it's the way I'm reading it, but every point you make about it appears to be a negative, and then you say overall I like it? Why? Sounds like a piece of crap to me.

Trollheart · 06-09-2022, 07:24 PM

I don't understand half your GIFs. What's that one meant to mean?

Trollheart · 06-10-2022, 05:18 PM

Yeah so what? Looks more or less the same as Windows 10 search bar. The point is, does it search properly? I miss the old Windows 7 search facility. it was simple and quick, and very accurate. I don't think it even knew what the web was.

music_collector · 06-14-2022, 07:58 PM

The program Everything looks good here.

https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-11...-search-tools/

music_collector · 08-05-2022, 09:30 PM

A discussion on backing up data appeared in the shout box today. For those of you interested, this is a simple command you can run in windows to back up your data.

In Windows, click the start button. Type in command prompt, and select it. In the command prompt window, type this.

robocopy "d:\source folder" "g:\destination folder" *.* /PURGE /E /R:5 /W:5

This command will copy the contents of d:\source folder to my g: drive, which in this case is an external 2TB USB hard drive. If you run this command regularly, the computer will scan both folders. It will only copy files that have been changed, or don't exist. This is called a differential backup.

Plankton · 08-06-2022, 08:46 AM

Very cool macro. I use SyncToy, which has been discontinued.

music_collector · 08-06-2022, 09:02 PM

I remember synctoy. I guess MS decided not to put it in the new powertoys.

I do the robocopy thing manually, though it can easily be put in a batch file and run through the task scheduler.

I used to build desktop images. Robocopy made it easy to continuously update my installation media.

innerspaceboy · 08-07-2022, 10:45 AM

FreeFileSync is a free and open-source folder comparison and synchronization program available for Linux, Windows, and Mac. I swear by it for all my disk sync operations. It is advert-free, powerful, fast, light on system resources, and provides a side-by-side visual comparison of the source and destination folders. This way the user can review the changes and uncheck or define filters for files and subfolders you don't wish to sync. On my Linux system it routinely scans well over a half million files in under 5 minutes. I'm always happy to endorse quality FOSS applications.

06-02-2022, 09:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Blame Joe Biden. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-09-2022, 02:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Maybe it's the way I'm reading it, but every point you make about it appears to be a negative, and then you say overall I like it? Why? Sounds like a piece of crap to me. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-09-2022, 07:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	I don't understand half your GIFs. What's that one meant to mean? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-10-2022, 05:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Yeah so what? Looks more or less the same as Windows 10 search bar. The point is, does it search properly? I miss the old Windows 7 search facility. it was simple and quick, and very accurate. I don't think it even knew what the web was. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

08-06-2022, 08:46 AM	#8 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Very cool macro. I use SyncToy, which has been discontinued. __________________ See location...

06-04-2022, 06:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 744	Windows search - that's not a bug, it's a feature! I'd rather use the command line to find what I want.

06-14-2022, 07:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 744	The program Everything looks good here. https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-11...-search-tools/

08-05-2022, 09:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 744	A discussion on backing up data appeared in the shout box today. For those of you interested, this is a simple command you can run in windows to back up your data. In Windows, click the start button. Type in command prompt, and select it. In the command prompt window, type this. *robocopy "d:\source folder" "g:\destination folder" .* /PURGE /E /R:5 /W:5** This command will copy the contents of d:\source folder to my g: drive, which in this case is an external 2TB USB hard drive. If you run this command regularly, the computer will scan both folders. It will only copy files that have been changed, or don't exist. This is called a differential backup.

08-06-2022, 09:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 744	I remember synctoy. I guess MS decided not to put it in the new powertoys. I do the robocopy thing manually, though it can easily be put in a batch file and run through the task scheduler. I used to build desktop images. Robocopy made it easy to continuously update my installation media.