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Create Hardlinks & Symbolic Links
Link Shell Extension (LSE) provides for the creation of Hardlinks , Junctions , Volume Mountpoints , and Vista’s Symbolic Links, (herein referred to collectively as Links) and a Folder Cloning process that utilises Hardlinks or Symbolic Links. LSE, as its name implies is implemented as a Shell extension and is accessed from Windows Explorer, or similar file/folder managers.
The extension allows the user to select one or many files or folders, then using the mouse, complete the creation of the required Links - Hardlinks, Junctions or Symbolic Links or in the case of folders to create Clones consisting of Hard or Symbolic Links. LSE is supported on all Windows versions that support NTFS version 5.0 or later, including Windows XP-64 and the Vista operating system. Hardlinks, Junctions and Symbolic Links are NOT supported on FAT file systems, and nor is the Cloning process supported on FAT file systems.
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Firefox 3.0
I love Firefox 3.0 but the beta still has plenty of bugs. I use to use auto-hide to hide the main tool bar and bookmarks toolbar. The main menu had this cool slide open effect and it still does but the submenus are not clickable so I had to go find another solution and it is not as good.
Also I had a really bad time with beta 3 and beta 5, they just crashed a lot and forgot settings, but beta 4 has been rock solid for me so far.The colors are pretty lush though and I put together a theme I call THEME ONE. I’ll probably upload it to userstyles.org .
If looking where to download it:
The Latest Beta: Click Here
All releases: Click Here
Update: So with a little work I fixed the auto-hide problems with both the slide menu and bookmarks toolbar.
Preview Handler Association Editor
When the app loads, it looks to the registry for all registered preview handlers. It then loops through all classes and extensions in HKCR to see if each has a preview handler registered, and if it does which. Once that data is loaded (which on my machine takes approximately a second), the interface displays a combo box allowing you to pick any of the registered preview handlers. The list box with checkboxes of classes and extensions will be refreshed to show all of the classes/extensions; those associated with the selected preview handler will be checked.
Checking items that are not checked causes them to be immediately associated with the selected preview handler, and un-checking checked items causes them to be immediately unregistered for the selected preview handler. You can also check the “Only show classes associated with this handler” check box to filter down the list to make it easier to see all of the extensions/classes currently associated with the selected handler.
Shell Object Editor
What is a shell object?
The “My Documents” folder is a shell object. It is a special shell object, a shell folder. Shell folders are not real folders on your hard disk; they only refer to real folders. They are a kind of “hard links”, a special type of shortcuts. Ok, you can use shortcuts to hard disks or you can use shortcuts to directories on your desktop to access places on your hard disk you often need to access. But you can’t browse them that easy, shell folders are much easier to use.
You can browse through their subdirectories on the left side of the view, or you can double-click on the right side. They behave in the exact same way as the “My Documents” folder. With the shell object editor, you can create as many of those shell folders as you want, although we recommend only choosing the folders you use most.
However, there are more shell objects. The Internet Explorer that resides on your desktop by default is a shell object, too. It is not a shortcut because it has not the typical shortcut arrow. The Internet Explorer is a delete able shell object, but you can create shell objects that are impossible to delete. This may sound like nonsense to you, but it is useful in some rare cases and such objects can be created with this editor.
