Sometimes I install a program, and it doesn't ask me where to put it, and then it doesn't even create a desktop icon nor even a start menu icon.Most programs have their base program in "C:\program files" or "C:\program files (x86)". Store
Or maybe it does add an entry into the start menu which is already many
pages long where I don't always know what the first letter might be.
Besides, it might add a million entries into the system registry for all I know, and maybe a few files scattered about for the program's own data.
With that in mind, I'd like to ask if there is a free Windows before and after checker that will tell me what exactly an installer just did.
I'm guessing you'd run this checker just before you install something and just after, but that will take a LOT of time so better would be something that just remembers the last thousand files or whatever the amount needed.
Is there a free tool that tells you what was just installed minutes ago?
Sometimes I install a program, and it doesn't ask me where to put it, and then it doesn't even create a desktop icon nor even a start menu icon.
Or maybe it does add an entry into the start menu which is already many
pages long where I don't always know what the first letter might be.
Besides, it might add a million entries into the system registry for all I know, and maybe a few files scattered about for the program's own data.
With that in mind, I'd like to ask if there is a free Windows before and after checker that will tell me what exactly an installer just did.
I'm guessing you'd run this checker just before you install something and just after, but that will take a LOT of time so better would be something that just remembers the last thousand files or whatever the amount needed.
Is there a free tool that tells you what was just installed minutes ago?
"Bill Powell" <bill@anarchists.org> wrote
| Sometimes I install a program, and it doesn't ask me where to put it, and
| then it doesn't even create a desktop icon nor even a start menu icon.
|
| Or maybe it does add an entry into the start menu which is already many
| pages long where I don't always know what the first letter might be.
|
My approach is to keep an orderly Start Menu. I remove
restrictions on the all users start menu first, though that's
probably not necessary. You just have to swat away constant
warning messages. "Do you really want to do what you just did?"
Then I open all users start menu and personal start menu,
because programs might be on either menu. I create folders
with names like Office, Internet, Media, Utilities, Graphics,
Programmming. Then I take the actual program shortcuts
for each program and put them into the respective folder.
Most programs install a folder full of crap, so you have to clean
all that out. Delete those folders and only keep the shortcuts.
The Start Menu is just a display of the Start Menu folder,
so you can make it usable. If you also get Classic Shell or
Open Shell then you can remove all the nonsense from the
Start Menu. The default is now like a confusing billboard for
the Windows Store. With the shell programs I revert to a
normal menu with a single column. I remove everything but Run,
Programs and Settings. No Search. No Apps. No recent files
or recently used programs. (The latter submenu, after all, is
an admission by Microsoft that they've screwed up the Start
Menu so badly that no one can use it. So they basically put
another Start Menu on the Start Menu, so that you can find
your browser and email program.)
I also put commonly used shortcuts in Quick Launch. You
can bring back that toolbar by creating a new toolbar from
right-click -> Taskbar and point that toolbar at the Quick
Launch folder, which is still there under personal app data
as something like Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Qucik Launch.
MS just broke it for unknown reasons.
So for most cases I just click an icon on the taskbar to open
a program. For less used programs, they're easy to find in the
Start Menu.
I think it's like anything. If you let your desk get piled up
with 10" of unfiled papers then there's no magic trick to finding
you credit card bill. You just have to organize. With Windows
there's the added trick of knowing that you actually can
organize. They don't make it easy.
Sometimes I install a program, and it doesn't ask me where to put it, and then it doesn't even create a desktop icon nor even a start menu icon.
Or maybe it does add an entry into the start menu which is already many
pages long where I don't always know what the first letter might be.
Besides, it might add a million entries into the system registry for all I know, and maybe a few files scattered about for the program's own data.
With that in mind, I'd like to ask if there is a free Windows before and after checker that will tell me what exactly an installer just did.
I'm guessing you'd run this checker just before you install something and just after, but that will take a LOT of time so better would be something that just remembers the last thousand files or whatever the amount needed.
Is there a free tool that tells you what was just installed minutes ago?
| Did you get the "Office, Internet, Media, Utilities, Graphics,
| Programmming" concept from Linux?
| That's close to what they do on the menu. It IS easier.
|
I haven't noticed that on Linux. I just wanted to make it
all more orderly. It makes no sense to have 40-odd programs
in a random list.
Sometimes I install a program, and it doesn't ask me where to put it, and >then it doesn't even create a desktop icon nor even a start menu icon.
Or maybe it does add an entry into the start menu which is already many
pages long where I don't always know what the first letter might be.
Besides, it might add a million entries into the system registry for all I >know, and maybe a few files scattered about for the program's own data.
With that in mind, I'd like to ask if there is a free Windows before and >after checker that will tell me what exactly an installer just did.
I'm guessing you'd run this checker just before you install something and >just after, but that will take a LOT of time so better would be something >that just remembers the last thousand files or whatever the amount needed.
Is there a free tool that tells you what was just installed minutes ago?
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 3 Feb 2024 07:23:57 +0100, Bill
Powell <bill@anarchists.org> wrote:
Sometimes I install a program, and it doesn't ask me where to put it, and
then it doesn't even create a desktop icon nor even a start menu icon.
Or maybe it does add an entry into the start menu which is already many
pages long where I don't always know what the first letter might be.
Besides, it might add a million entries into the system registry for all I >> know, and maybe a few files scattered about for the program's own data.
With that in mind, I'd like to ask if there is a free Windows before and
after checker that will tell me what exactly an installer just did.
I'm guessing you'd run this checker just before you install something and
just after, but that will take a LOT of time so better would be something
that just remembers the last thousand files or whatever the amount needed. >>
Is there a free tool that tells you what was just installed minutes ago?
I use (Search) Everthing when I lose track of where a file has gone.
If you don't have it you should. You can put in several partial names
at one time. It has loads of other powers but I get tired reading
them.
On 2/3/2024 1:23 AM, Bill Powell wrote:
Sometimes I install a program, and it doesn't ask me where to put it, and
then it doesn't even create a desktop icon nor even a start menu icon.
Or maybe it does add an entry into the start menu which is already many
pages long where I don't always know what the first letter might be.
Besides, it might add a million entries into the system registry for
all I
know, and maybe a few files scattered about for the program's own data.
With that in mind, I'd like to ask if there is a free Windows before and
after checker that will tell me what exactly an installer just did.
I'm guessing you'd run this checker just before you install something and
just after, but that will take a LOT of time so better would be something
that just remembers the last thousand files or whatever the amount
needed.
Is there a free tool that tells you what was just installed minutes ago?
IObit Uninstaller is free and after an install presents a small window
with the info. If you want to keep a record could do a screen print.
On 3/2/2024 2:23 pm, Bill Powell wrote:
Sometimes I install a program, and it doesn't ask me where to put it, and
then it doesn't even create a desktop icon nor even a start menu icon.
Or maybe it does add an entry into the start menu which is already many
pages long where I don't always know what the first letter might be.
Just hit Start, then type the name of the program you wanna reach. After
it's loaded, go to the taskbar then right click the program icon -> Pin
to Start.
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