Cool Software

[zaneyard]

[quote author=KorJax link=topic=1074.msg34949#msg34949 date=1220050059]
[i]KorJax drops some awesome programs in this bitch yo'

Wow, sweet stuff. +1 x ∞
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hells yeah, sweet stuff man

[Versus]

Blackbox is pretty awesome. I used it for a looong time, until I became too lazy to put it on my current XP install.

[zaneyard]

Blackbox is pretty awesome. I used it for a looong time, until I became too lazy to put it on my current XP install.

so it starts on boot instead of explorer.exe?

[KorJax]

[quote author=Versus link=topic=1074.msg35115#msg35115 date=1220125300]
Blackbox is pretty awesome. I used it for a looong time, until I became too lazy to put it on my current XP install.

so it starts on boot instead of explorer.exe?
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You can run it like a normal program while explorer.exe is running.

However, if you click "install" in the blackbox options while you run it, it will replace Explorer.exe and instead just run Blackbox.

You can set it to affect only the current user or all users as well.

If you no longer want to use it just hit uninstall and don't run Blackbox... your desktop+windows shell will go back to being the same.

[zaneyard]

[quote author=zaneyard link=topic=1074.msg35218#msg35218 date=1220163588]
[quote author=Versus link=topic=1074.msg35115#msg35115 date=1220125300]
Blackbox is pretty awesome. I used it for a looong time, until I became too lazy to put it on my current XP install.

so it starts on boot instead of explorer.exe?
[/quote]

You can run it like a normal program while explorer.exe is running.

However, if you click "install" in the blackbox options while you run it, it will replace Explorer.exe and instead just run Blackbox.

You can set it to affect only the current user or all users as well.

If you no longer want to use it just hit uninstall and don't run Blackbox... your desktop+windows shell will go back to being the same.
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sweet, maybe thats something i could have some fun with if i ever got some free time.

also because im, too lazy, what are all the different "types" of the blackbox?

[Geoff]

Awesome.  Using now.

How do you get that dock-esque thing and the clock :o

[Master Shake]

Media Monkey If you're not using it you need to start now.

[copulatingduck]

Media Monkey If you're not using it you need to start now.

OMG, one of the few pieces of software I've ever paid for in my life. Twice even, once for regular license, and then again when they upgraded to 3 so I could get the lifetime one.

[ainmosni]

[i]KorJax drops some awesome programs in this bitch yo'

Welcome to the UNIX desktop circa 10 years ago...

[KorJax]

The different types of blackbox are all just different versions made by different people.  The most "current" features wise is in BBlean and BBclean, so get those over the other ones (which lack alot of features).  I think BBclean allows you to have icons in the right click menu (which is why you don't see them in that screenshot as I used BBlean, and never bothered to switch over).

[quote author=KorJax link=topic=1074.msg34949#msg34949 date=1220050059]

Awesome.  Using now.

How do you get that dock-esque thing and the clock :o
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Plug-ins you can download, google them

I think the clock is called DigitalEx (there are many different types of clocks), and the dock-esque thing is actually two plugins working together that came with the shell:  called BBicon (for the icons), and BBsilt (for the dock).

The one thing that sucks about the icons though is I can't figure out how to add command lines to them... which sucks when you work on a mod and need to have the icon shortcuts point to a mod command.

Blackbox takes a night or so to really understand how it works to where you can do what you want with it but once you learn it, it's great.

[Versus]

I remember having at least 50 quicklink icons :-X

[1Trace1]

For the life of me I can't figure out how to use my own images as wallpapers(without having them reset after reboot). Other than that BB is tops.

[Negate]

so how do you configure bbIcon?

[bjlsurfer]

Media Monkey If you're not using it you need to start now.

Wow, haven't looked at that one since they went 3.0... now it's functional AND pretty!  Thanks for the tip.

[KorJax]

so how do you configure bbIcon?

There should be an icon on your desktop already (unless you removed it) linking to something like notepad, or it might just be a box (which means nothing is set to it).

Right click the icon -> Set Icon set's the icon.  You can click any shortcut/exe file and it will automatically use/find the icon for that.

Then right click the icon -> Set Command set's what program it runs.  If you picked the icon for the program (i.e. from a firefox shortcut) the program will auto-locate the location of the .exe file, so you usually just have to click the .exe file to run the program.

Right click an icon -> Global Settings -> New Icon to add another icon (you can also delete icons from this menu).

To get it to appear in the dock, just check the "In Slit" to move the icons over to the BBslit (which is like a universal dock).  Right clicking the slit itself allows you to adjust it's orientation/location.

Only problem with the icon's is that with BBlean (what I use) I can't figure out a way to exicute command lines on them (i.e. "-devmode" shortcut command for crysis).

To use images as wallpapers, it works just like windows... go to Display to set the picture and/or just right click the image you want in Firefox/Image Viewer and click "Set as Desktop Background"

[zaneyard]

The different types of blackbox are all just different versions made by different people.  The most "current" features wise is in BBlean and BBclean, so get those over the other ones (which lack alot of features).  I think BBclean allows you to have icons in the right click menu (which is why you don't see them in that screenshot as I used BBlean, and never bothered to switch over).


[quote author=Geoff link=topic=1074.msg35302#msg35302 date=1220206146]
[quote author=KorJax link=topic=1074.msg34949#msg34949 date=1220050059]

Awesome.  Using now.

How do you get that dock-esque thing and the clock :o
[/quote]


Plug-ins you can download, google them

I think the clock is called DigitalEx (there are many different types of clocks), and the dock-esque thing is actually two plugins working together that came with the shell:  called BBicon (for the icons), and BBsilt (for the dock).

The one thing that sucks about the icons though is I can't figure out how to add command lines to them... which sucks when you work on a mod and need to have the icon shortcuts point to a mod command.

Blackbox takes a night or so to really understand how it works to where you can do what you want with it but once you learn it, it's great.
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thanks, im def. gonna take a look at these if i ever get a day off sometime this year

[hawtpawkithero]

don't bother with BB4win if you're on vista, it was never programmed for it and is very shaky.

[copulatingduck]

Bump because it was a pain for me to rediscover blackbox. Anyone got any other cool software to share? :-*

Unetbootin is a cool utility (that I don't think has been mentioned yet) that lets windows users create bootable flash drives. ;-)

[Geoff]

For recovering lost partitions, a real life saver:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

Also, for creating slipstreamed windows discs:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

For installing updates all at once after fresh Windows install:
http://www.autopatcher.com/

Really neat programs, check them out.

[KorJax]

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