that was my point. I walk up to the table, plug in my big a__ 240
cable, flip the switches on, swing the monitor arm out, turn on
the computer, whip something up in Vcarve, , fire up Mach 3 app
and load the gcode and off we go. Have never mod'ed or changed or
adjust anything on the CNC table in 4-5 years (roughly 60-70
projects)
no fiddling involved. also why I haven't bothered upgrading to 4?
as my sys all works just fine (ain't broke don't fix it)
ptegler
On 10/21/2021 11:13 PM, Tony Smith
wrote:
So
the person who no longer uses Mach replied (and it was
enough for the OP to have figured out their problem), while
all the current users ignore the question.
?
Great
community y¡¯all got there.
?
And
this comment of yours: ¡°..am still running under XP even.
All hardware is cobbled home brew and works as expected.¡± is
why I don¡¯t use Mach any more, sometimes you just get tired
of all the crap you need to do to keep things running.? I
still have one Mach3 box, a spare for my brothers router
(which he rarely uses and too lazy to convert.? He¡¯s got the
new controller).
?
Tony
?
?
?
...have to wonder if your not even using MACHx any longer why
stay here and add little to the conversations? (only trash the
asset)
I have well over 1,000 runtime hrs under MACH3 on my big a__
router table and Lathe/mill (combined time)
Yes I've written many macros and redesigned some screens. I've
never had a crash or issue with any machine.
..am still running under XP even. All hardware is cobbled home
brew and works as expected.
As to the old files.... If you are clueless to Win ops...yes
perhaps convoluted. But not an issue with a little google look
up.
ptegler
what do you use instead of mach?
On 10/20/2021 8:08 PM, Tony Smith
wrote:
I no longer even run
Mach3, didn¡¯t care much for Mach4.
?
Even then I had a
fair idea of where it would be, but apparently you
needed spoon feeding rather than ¡°either registry or
file in Mach4 folder¡±.
?
Ah well.
?
Tony
?
?
?
thanks for someone finally answering this.
On 10/20/2021 7:23 PM, Andy Wander
wrote:
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
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?
?
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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 groups.io wrote:
Sent
from my T-Mobile 5G Device
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Original message --------
Date:
10/20/21 6:20 PM (GMT-06:00)
Subject:
Re: [MachCNC] saved files
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 ?
--
Paul Tegler
ptegler@...
