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Posted by Sycho on April 24, 2008, 12:18 pm
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Apr 2008 23:37:21 +0100 thought that it would be fun to share with the
rest of the class this little ditty..
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>> snip <
>> Most Windows applications can be set to save to a default folder of your
>> choice (ie, not My Documents, My Music, > etc.) You have to create the
>> folder first. This doesn't do exactly > what you want, but it does
>> guarantee that that application's data > files will be where you want
>> them, and that nothing else will be there.
>>
>> If the application doesn't allow specifying a default Save folder of your
>> choice, dump it.
>>
>I have tried to do this with Outlook Express. When I look at a forum
>message and go to save it, it always wants to save to My Documents. I want
>it to save to My Forums, but there seems to be no option to change the save
>destination. I don't really want to dump OE as it's my only newsreader.
>
>s.
Use Agent by Forté. It allows you to save messages to a folder in the
news reader. I don't know about the newer versions, but this version
(1.5/32.451) has that feature. I've got messages archived from 2004.
The one feature that this version doesn't have, however, is the
ability to decode yEnc encoded files. The newer versions will.
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I like kids, but I don't think I could eat a whole one.
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Posted by Wolf Kirchmeir on April 25, 2008, 11:06 am
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someone wrote:
>> snip <
>> Most Windows applications can be set to save to a default folder of your
>> choice (ie, not My Documents, My Music, > etc.) You have to create the
>> folder first. This doesn't do exactly > what you want, but it does
>> guarantee that that application's data > files will be where you want
>> them, and that nothing else will be there.
>>
>> If the application doesn't allow specifying a default Save folder of your
>> choice, dump it.
>>
> I have tried to do this with Outlook Express. When I look at a forum
> message and go to save it, it always wants to save to My Documents. I want
> it to save to My Forums, but there seems to be no option to change the save
> destination. I don't really want to dump OE as it's my only newsreader.
>
> s.
>
>
Firstly, don't Save, but Save As. Then you should be able to select the
folder in which to save the article (you can also rename it, if you
wish, and select the format.
I use Thunderbird. It's free, and you can Save As articles in any folder
on your drives (even on a removable drive, such as a USB memory stick).
You can also Save to a folder within Thunderbird. Two drawbacks: it
doesn't assemble multi-part articles, and it cannot decode all varieties
of yEnc 9and (there are many.) But it's also a very good e-mail client.
HTH
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wolf k.
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Posted by someone on April 27, 2008, 5:12 pm
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> someone wrote:
>>> snip <
>>> Most Windows applications can be set to save to a default folder of your
>>> choice (ie, not My Documents, My Music, > etc.) You have to create the
>>> folder first. This doesn't do exactly > what you want, but it does
>>> guarantee that that application's data > files will be where you want
>>> them, and that nothing else will be there.
>>>
>>> If the application doesn't allow specifying a default Save folder of
>>> your choice, dump it.
>>>
>> I have tried to do this with Outlook Express. When I look at a forum
>> message and go to save it, it always wants to save to My Documents. I
>> want it to save to My Forums, but there seems to be no option to change
>> the save destination. I don't really want to dump OE as it's my only
>> newsreader.
>>
>> s.
>
> Firstly, don't Save, but Save As. Then you should be able to select the
> folder in which to save the article (you can also rename it, if you wish,
> and select the format.
>
But that's my point: I shouldn't need to select a folder, I don't want to
go to the default group folder My Documents. When I do a Save As from
Outlook Express it should go immediately to My Forums and let me save in a
folder (or no folder) there.
I use a little utility called PrintKey for screen dumps, and when I go to
Save As a screen dump, it immediately goes to the My Print Screens folder,
it doesn't go to My Documents as a default and make me change my selection
from there.
I use IrfanView, and when I do a Save As, it always saves to the folder I
last saved in with IrfanView, it doesn't save in My Documents as a default.
I am thinking of your statement that, "If an application doesn't allow
specifying a default folder of your choice, dump it."
But OE is a big-time application, why doesn't it accommodate this simple
request?
Rant over, sorry, this is not a grumble against you, just against OE.
someone
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Posted by Wolf Kirchmeir on April 27, 2008, 10:14 pm
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[...]
>> Firstly, don't Save, but Save As. Then you should be able to select the
>> folder in which to save the article (you can also rename it, if you wish,
>> and select the format.
>>
>
> But that's my point: I shouldn't need to select a folder, I don't want to
> go to the default group folder My Documents. When I do a Save As from
> Outlook Express it should go immediately to My Forums and let me save in a
> folder (or no folder) there.
Well, there's a difference between Save and Save As. Save always saves
to a program-specified location, and/or in a program-specified format,
sometimes even with a program-generated file name. (Good programs allow
you change all these via the Option or Preferences menu.)
Save As is designed to override the default behaviour, which it does by
offering you the choice of any or all of alternate location, format, and
file name. OE should do so - if it doesn't then that's a design flaw.
(It's been a long time since I used OE, so I don;'t know what
does/doesn't do now.)
> I use a little utility called PrintKey for screen dumps, and when I go to
> Save As a screen dump, it immediately goes to the My Print Screens folder,
> it doesn't go to My Documents as a default and make me change my selection
> from there.
Well, that's because the utility has created that folder, and made it
its default. It may not even have a way of changing the default to some
other folder.
> I use IrfanView, and when I do a Save As, it always saves to the folder I
> last saved in with IrfanView, it doesn't save in My Documents as a default.
>
> I am thinking of your statement that, "If an application doesn't allow
> specifying a default folder of your choice, dump it."
>
> But OE is a big-time application, why doesn't it accommodate this simple
> request?
OE is not a big-time application. It's one of the "free" programs
included with Windows. It has never been better than average, and
sometimes worse. There are many better 3rd party alternatives, including
some free ones. The reason OE doesn't accommodate your simple desire is
that Microsoft designed it that way.
> Rant over, sorry, this is not a grumble against you, just against OE.
No problem, Windows is loaded with such little frustrations. So are
other operating systems, but don't let the Linux boys hear you say that.
I agree, OE should "stick" to the last folder saved. That's pretty well
industry-standard practice, now.
Try Thunderbird.
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wolf k.
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Posted by someone on April 28, 2008, 4:54 pm
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> someone wrote:
> >>snip<<
>
> OE is not a big-time application. It's one of the "free" programs included
> with Windows. It has never been better than average, and sometimes worse.
> There are many better 3rd party alternatives, including some free ones.
> The reason OE doesn't accommodate your simple desire is that Microsoft
> designed it that way.
>
>> Rant over, sorry, this is not a grumble against you, just against OE.
>
> No problem, Windows is loaded with such little frustrations. So are other
> operating systems, but don't let the Linux boys hear you say that.
>
> I agree, OE should "stick" to the last folder saved. That's pretty well
> industry-standard practice, now.
>
> Try Thunderbird.
>
Thanks for your advice re Thunderbird, I've been thinking of trying it and
this may be the impetus to do just that.
someone
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