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Restore Deleted Show Desktop Icon

Published November 21, 2007 in How to do guides and Trouble shooting. 0 Comments

recover-deleted-show-desktop-icon Are you the one of the many of us that accidently deleted Show Desktop icon from Quick Launch bar and wondering how can you get that Show Desktop command back? If you are one of those, then you are lucky because I am going to show you how you can create your beloved Show Desktop back.

Creating New Show Desktop Icon from Scratch

  1. Open a new instance of Windows Notepad. Start –> All programs –> Accessories –> Notepad or type Notepad from run box.
  2. Copy and paste code below into your Notepad 
    [Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
  3. From Notepad file menu, select save and give Show Desktop.scf as the filename.
  4. You can choose wherever you want to save but I recommended you to safe on desktop so it is easier for you to execute next step.
  5. Drag and drop your newly created Show Desktop.scf icon into the Quick Launch bar or alternatively you can copy and paste into it.

Done! You just recover your deleted Show Desktop icon.

Another Method of Creating Show Desktop Icon

This method that I am going to show you is much simpler than the previous one and will produce exactly the result. Let’s get started.

  1. Click on start button and click Run
  2. Type regsvr32 /n /i:U shell32.dll and hit Enter.
  3. Wait until message box shown below appear and click ok.RegSvr32_001
  4. We are done here! Congratulation!

Alternatively, you do the step above from windows command line utility; CMD. Just type the code, hit enter and wait for the confirmation box.

That’s all, we have successfully learn two method of restoring deleted Show Desktop icon. I hope someone learn something from this :D

Can’t Download from Windows Live Gallery?

Published October 29, 2007 in Personal Opinion and Trouble shooting. 2 Comments

Anyone have problem downloading from Windows Live Gallery? I just tried to download acronym plugins for Windows Live Writer from there but when I clicked install button nothing happened, weird…

windows-live-gallery

I’m not sure when they got this verification, but I think last time I download there is no such thing there.

I tried with all browser I had, Internet Explorer, Maxthon and Firefox but still failed. In Maxthon and Internet Explorer, I got a couple of JavaScript error notification such as this:

Line:45
Char:1
Code:0
Error:’s’ is undefined
URL:http://gallery.live.com/search.aspx?q=acronym

and this…

Line:193
Char:67
Code:0
Error:Expected ‘;’
URL:http://gallery.live.com/search.aspx?q=acronym

Digging a little bit in the source code (I tried to find the download link actually) showing me this

<button class="default"
onclick="DownloadItem(this,'908829d1-f935-4084-bbe4-5e84afa784dc',14,1,'
wictorwilen','dc606024-0dd6-4761-9af8-1bf25f5e5b1a',0,0,8,
'httpx3ax2fx2fdownload.gallery.start.comx2fd.dll
x2f2x7e14x7e954x7e2273x2fAcronymsWLWPluginSetup.msi');
return false;" id="btnDownload" type="button"><div>Download
</div></button>

I don’t know if this is advanced technique or what but the URL look weird. Not resembling valid URL format, maybe they try to decode, encode, track or whatever.

//s.linkLeaveQueryString=true
s.trackDownloadLinks=true
s.trackExternalLinks=true
s.linkDownloadFileTypes="exe,zip,msi,gadget,cab,btn"
var PageName = 'LC_liveitemdetail';
var m_iMasterLiveItemTypeId ='';;
var m_bDoOmnitureTracking = true;

Did they track every click?

Back to topic, anyone else experience this or only me? I don’t think this is my fault because I can download from anywhere else just fine…

Blog Tool: Post2Blog Troubleshooting

Published October 12, 2007 in Trouble shooting. 2 Comments

This post is regarding Mark problem with setting up blog tool, Post2Blog. Previously I have written about Wordpress bug? Cant Accept “Wget” Word but it is completely different thing, I can use Post2Blog in normally. I just have problem with Wordpress or my web hosting? which looks like don’t like the word “wget”.

For Mark, this is few things worth check up in case you put it wrong.

  1. Blog Type - It is important to check the right blog, Wordpress in Mark case. If you are using Wordpress prior to 2.1 make you you select Wordpress Old Version because starting from version 2.2 Wordpress has change the way how you post with blog tools. If your blog hosted at Wordpress.com, make sure you select Wordpress.com from there.post2blog-blog-type-setting
    Reference picture, click for full size.
  2. Proxy Setting - Make sure you didn’t mistakenly tick for using proxy, if you are not really using one.post2blog-proxy-setting
    Reference picture, click for full size.

I hope this can give Mark a bit hope to use Post2Blog but if you still can’t use post2blog, feel free to contact me again. I am glad to help.

Trouble receiving your Inbox Verification E-mail

Published September 25, 2007 in Trouble shooting. 0 Comments

Trouble Shooting: If you have trouble receiving your Inbox Verification E-mail, try the following:

  • Wrong Address: Make sure that you have typed in the correct e-mail address.
  • Junk Mail Filter: Make sure that the Verification E-mail did not get filtered into the junk mail folder of your e-mail application.
  • Blocked by ISP: In some cases e-mails may be accidentally blocked by anti-spam technology used by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). Contact your ISP and ask them if they are blocking e-mail sent by admin.

“Could not open INSTALL.LOG file” solution

Published September 25, 2007 in I love experiment!, Software Stuff and Trouble shooting. 0 Comments

Recently, I have to uninstall 2 programs that I don’t need anymore, IoIsland’s Placesbar Tweaker and Eusing Software’s Fast Folder Access. I just use normal Windows Add or Remove program but interestingly it give me error Could not open INSTALL.LOG file. Thats weird, so tried to uninstall using start menu but it still give me the same error.

I guess maybe the installation was corrupted or the file install.log was missing or it got read only attribute so I open the program install location in program files, the file was there and it is not read only. The file install.log also not empty in-case it lost some installation info. Then I tried to run UNWISE.EXE which is the uninstaller of Wise Installer but still got the same error. I even re-install the program but still not success… WTF Wise Installer.

After fiddle around the files for a while I found out the solution. Here is how you do it without having to manually remove all the files and registry entry.

  • Navigate to program’s installation folder
  • Cut or move the INSTALL.LOG to somewhere else. eg: desktop or my documents. Reminder: Move the file, not copy.
  • Run the uninstaller and it will ask you to locate the INSTALL.LOG file.
  • Select the file you move earlier and voila the crap uninstalled!

Easy right? If you still have problem with it just leave comment below and I’ll try to answer it ;)

How To: Disable This Page Contains Both Secure and Nonsecure Items

Published May 20, 2007 in Trouble shooting. 0 Comments

Secure connection

Have you ever get this message? Recently while I got this message while visiting some Google site and Rapidshare. It is quite annoying. Here is step by step guide how to disable it.

1. Open internet options

If you are using Internet Explorer go to Tools Menu –> Internet Options

Internet Options in IE

If you are using Maxthon like me go to Options Menu –> Internet Options

Internet Options in Maxthon

2. Internet Options window will popup, first click on Security tab then click on Custom level… as shown below.

Security level

3. Another window will pop up. Scroll down a bit and look for Display mixed content and click on the Enable radio box as shown below

Mixed content

4. After you click OK above one warning message will pop up, click Yes and close internet options windows.

Warning

You are done, you will never get the message again. If you want to see the message again just click Prompt again at the Display mixed content options.

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