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by jasonb
Sat Mar 02, 2019 2:35 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: MySQL: "Cannot add foreign key constraint."
Replies: 0
Views: 38478

MySQL: "Cannot add foreign key constraint."

I recently upgraded Roundcube Mail to the latest version, but had been getting the following error when it tried to upgrade the database schema: ERROR 1215 (HY000) at line 2: Cannot add foreign key constraint In resolving this, I came across the useful article "Dealing With MySQL Error Code 121...
by jasonb
Mon Jan 29, 2018 3:01 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Jerky video with the NVIDIA audio driver.
Replies: 0
Views: 29477

Jerky video with the NVIDIA audio driver.

I recently starting having a strange problem. Video on my computer became “jerky.” For example, things would look normal for about a second but then the video would “pause” for a fraction of a second before resuming. The audio was just fine, but I kept seeing this slight “jerk” in everything I looke...
by jasonb
Sun Nov 12, 2017 7:08 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Disabling the creation of "desktop.ini".
Replies: 2
Views: 28673

Re: Disabling the creation of "desktop.ini".

Also, see this for an additional registry location that sets folder icons: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/812 ... -10-a.html.
by jasonb
Sun May 07, 2017 8:53 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: What is locking a file?
Replies: 0
Views: 28422

What is locking a file?

There are several third party tools that can give you this information (I use LockHunter ), but there is also a little-known built-in tool that does this. At an administrator command prompt, enter the command openfiles /local on and reboot. When you try to delete a file that is in use, the error dia...
by jasonb
Wed Aug 17, 2016 5:41 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Disabling the creation of "desktop.ini".
Replies: 2
Views: 28673

Re: Disabling the creation of "desktop.ini".

So, I can't say if it was because of disabling the Runtime Broker service, because of deleting the "system" desktop.ini files (which still should have nothing to do with anything but folder customization), the two of them together, or something else altogether—such as the Anniversary updat...
by jasonb
Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:19 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Disabling the creation of "desktop.ini".
Replies: 2
Views: 28673

Disabling the creation of "desktop.ini".

I've always hated this. I also have my Downloads and Pictures folders pointing to an arbitrary "C:\Downloads" directory that I use. With the Anniversary update to Windows 10, not only did this file get automatically recreated in this directory every hour or so, but the name of the director...
by jasonb
Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:55 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: How to run Explorer as Administrator.
Replies: 0
Views: 30148

How to run Explorer as Administrator.

Click here for an article from Winaero that describes how to do this. Essentially, you need to take ownership of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{CDCBCFCA-3CDC-436f-A4E2-0E02075250C2}, then rename (or delete) the RunAs entry. It also says to change ownership back to what it was once you're done - and there'...
by jasonb
Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:30 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Set the default working directory for a command prompt.
Replies: 1
Views: 23761

Re: Set the default working directory for a command prompt.

A side effect of this is batch files. If you've set a default working directory for cmd.exe, batch files will use that as their working directory, rather than the directory where the batch file is located. To override this in the case of a particular batch file, add the following command at the top:...
by jasonb
Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:29 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Set the default working directory for a command prompt.
Replies: 1
Views: 23761

Set the default working directory for a command prompt.

1. Run regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Command Processor.
2. Add the string "Autorun" and give it the value "cd /d C:\Directory" (replace this with the actual path).
by jasonb
Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:28 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Have an application always run as Administrator.
Replies: 0
Views: 30203

Have an application always run as Administrator.

1. Run regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers. (If Layers doesn't exist, create it.) 2. Add a string named "C:\Directory\executable.exe" (replace this with the actual application) and give it the value "RUNASADMIN&q...
by jasonb
Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:20 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Gentoo no longer uses eth0.
Replies: 0
Views: 31609

Gentoo no longer uses eth0.

With the latest incarnation of udev, eth0 may not longer be used. To find out the new name of your NIC, check in /sys/class/net . It mght also be obtained from the output of either /bin/ip link show or /sbin/ipmaddr . Once you have the new name: Rename /etc/init.d/net.eth0 to / etc/init.d/net.$NEW_I...
by jasonb
Thu May 23, 2013 8:10 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Windows 7+ "Version" tab in Explorer.
Replies: 0
Views: 31412

Windows 7+ "Version" tab in Explorer.

With Windows 7+ the "Versions" tab in Explorer was removed and replaced by a much less informative "Details" tab. A shell extension that replaces the "Versions" tab can be found here, and a direct download is below.
VersInfoEx_1.0.1.166.zip
by jasonb
Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:09 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Pin anything to Windows 8 Start page.
Replies: 0
Views: 31102

Pin anything to Windows 8 Start page.

Save the following .reg file and import it: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\pintostartscreen] "MUIVerb"="@shell32.dll,-51201" "NeverDefault"="" "Description"="@shell32.dll,-51202" "MultiSelectModel"...
by jasonb
Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:18 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: WordPress and PHP.
Replies: 0
Views: 31120

WordPress and PHP.

I recently discovered that when I did a search for books by author from the Speculative Fiction section of my Web site (which I'd recently converted over to WordPress), it would simply return me to my home page rather than showing me the results. I fixed this by changing the PHP code in my Wordpress...