i don't know if you are referring to me as one of the two doing
all the complaining. i was just asking for a reasonable solution.
i generally find mach4 much better than 3 in many ways but would
like to have it even better. there are a few annoying "features"
that i would like to see improved. if asking for that is "doing
all the complaining" i think you are a hypersensitive jerk.
On 10/21/2021 3:59 PM, mike allen
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??? ??? My post was not aimed at you
John . It was aimed at the two folks doing all the complaining?
. No one is here forcing them to use Mach , but just cause
someone is having a bad hair day or what
??? ??? ever is no excuse to slam the
developer of the program . Brian is here occasionally to answer
questions & maybe take bug reports . If you don't like the
way the program was wrote them go write your own program !!
??? ??? animal
On 10/21/2021 11:41 AM, John McGovern
via groups.io wrote:
Please take me out of this conversation. I've
tried everything I know how to do. I was never in this topic.
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Subject: Re: [MachCNC] saved files
??? ??? is anyone forcing you guys to use Mach ?
??? ??? animal
On 10/21/2021 3:53 AM, Tony Smith
wrote:
Of course it's not a good place, as I said the
Mach devs are pretty clueless about how to organise things
under Windows.
Programs like Mach4 are the answer to "Why is Windows
security so shit?".
Tony
i have never had to find the location of mru file
list because most apps i have used offer the option of
deleting an entry if it is not found. it is in
machine.ini which does not seem like a good place.
On 10/20/2021 7:57 PM, Tony Smith wrote:
Apparently invisible on
Spencers PC.
?
Someone should tell the
Mach devs about how this new-fangled Windows
stuff is supposed to work.? I mean it¡¯s only
been about 30 years.
?
Tony
?
?
?
It¡¯s
in the Machine.ini file in your profile folder
under C:\Mach4Hobby\Profiles
?
?
What secret?? No-one cares.
?
I¡¯ve put MRU lists into just
about everything I¡¯ve ever written, and never once
put in an option to clear it, nor did any one
ask.? It really is a very low priority.? Hell, I
remember when MRUs became the big new thing, lol.
?
People only care when you don¡¯t
want your wife to see the ¡°special interest¡±
videos you¡¯ve been watching, she may ask about
your sudden interest in basket weaving.
?
Not surprised the MRU isn¡¯t in
the registry, the Mach dev are still living in the
DOS days.? Given that as before take a rummage
thru the Mach4 folder, there will be some sort of
setting files (,ini, .dat?) that has the list.?
The modified date should be recent as it¡¯ll be
edited every time you fire up Mach4.? Whether you
can write a little script to modify that, who
knows.
?
Wouldn¡¯t surprise me if it¡¯s
tacked onto the machine settings file.
?
File a request with the Mach
devs, nothing will happen but anyway.
?
Tony
?
?
?
?
and why is this a well kept secret? the recent
files list is bullshit without the ability to edit
it.
right clicking does nothing nor can i find the
files in the registry. it i a severe lack to not
allow users to get rid of this garbage if they
want to. i understand the fat that some people
might want to keep files from external sources
in the list but what about those who want to get
rid of the garbage. there has to be a way to get
rid of this or clear the whole cache.
On 10/20/2021 5:25 PM, John
McGovern via wrote:
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I meant some programs
let you clear the list, eg in MS Office
you can right-click the list and it'll
have a "Clear recents" option, something
like that.
I very much doubt Mach4
does this,
If the list does wind
up in the registry, what you can do is
delete all of the files, then save the Key
(registry folder) to a file (will have a
reg extension).? If you then open that
file in the future it will ask if you want
to replace the current Key with it, thus
clearing the list.
Oh, and before I said
to search for 'Values' in the registry,
should have said 'Data'.
?
what is this "occasional program" and
where do i get it?
On 10/20/2021
2:42 PM, Tony Smith wrote:
It's called
an MRU (Most Recently Used)
list, and is typically stored in
the Windows registry.
Of course
given the Mach devs don't have
much of a clue about where you
are supposed to put stuff
(C;\Mach4? Sure!), their list
could be anywhere, but probably
in the install folder where
they?dump everything else.
Use regedit
to search for one of the files
on the list, it can search for 3
types of things so just leave
'Value' ticked.? Try a partial
match as well.? This will be a
bit slow as Values aren't
indexed..
The reasons
why no-one clears out the list
is because it wastes time, and
the files may only be
temporarily unavailable
(different flash drive, network
drive etc) so wiping the 'dead'
ones will annoy a different
bunch of people.? There is the
occasional program that'll let
you clear the list, not all that
common.
?
i wrote
before with no reply. Mach
four maintains a recent fiels
list
but there is no wa to get rid
of old files. this make a logn
useless
list of current files mixed
with a bunch of old deleted
stuff. makes it
a pain to choose the right
file. easier to have a working
folder and do
the management yourself, where
is this list found and can it
be edited?
or better yet why cant mach4
automatically delete files
that are nor found ?
