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LPF (Long Path Finder)

#1 Post by guinness »

LPF (Long Path Finder) V1.0.0.0
LPF (Long Path Finder) is commandline utility to find files that are greater than a certain length. Windows has a path limit of 255 characters, therefore if this is exceeded it can cause potential problems and lead to an error of inaccessible file.

See MSDN [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247.aspx] for more details about the correct approach for naming files.

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#2 Post by I am Baas »

LisaVayn wrote:[moderator note: the following link is not freeware]

well, try http://longpathtool.com/ they have a software which can solve all type of long path file problems.

[forum member note: LisaVayn is a spammer. remove post/delete link]

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LPF (Long Path Finder) V1.1.0.0

This is just a bug fix release.

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LPF (Long Path Finder) V1.2.0.1

Tidied up the source code so now it adheres to good coding standards and practices.

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LPF (Long Path Finder) V1.3.0.2

- IMPROVED: Compiled with AutoIt v3.3.10.0.

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#6 Post by TheGuyInShades »

I realize I'm necroing an old thread, but I've been trying hard to find this program, as well as your VB scripts that this guy made. It doesn't seem possible to get stuff from ge.tt through the internet archive wayback machine. I got the programs that were on Softpedia, but does anyone know where the rest of the stuff from SoftwareSpot can be downloaded?

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#7 Post by webfork »

TheGuyInShades wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:29 pm ... does anyone know where the rest of the stuff from SoftwareSpot can be downloaded?
Unfortunately not. I wish I'd thought to mirror his site somewhere - he had a lot of great stuff that was all open source.

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#8 Post by TheGuyInShades »

webfork wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 5:27 pm
TheGuyInShades wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:29 pm ... does anyone know where the rest of the stuff from SoftwareSpot can be downloaded?
Unfortunately not. I wish I'd thought to mirror his site somewhere - he had a lot of great stuff that was all open source.
That's too bad, maybe someone knows how to get in contact with him? He may still have it backed up somewhere.

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#9 Post by Specular »

It's too bad the files weren't hosted on the blog, since archive.org may have been able to mirror them. Seems the author switched between Dropbox and then ge.tt, with the latter known to delete inactive downloads after a time.

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#10 Post by thepiney »

guinness wrote: Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:44 am LICEcap was an application I was looking for, so as a small contribution to TPFC I created this VBScript to do the following. Run licecap.exe, wait for it to close and then move the INI file from the %APPDATA% folder back to the location of where licecap.exe is located. Just save this file as LiceCap.vbs (or something similar) and place next to the executable licecap.exe. Use UniExtract to extract the NSIS installer.

I will be uploading this VBScript code to my website too. [DONE]

Any problems just let me know.

Code: Select all

'~ Created by: SoftwareSpot (c) 2012
'~ Created: 29th March 2012.
'~ Website: http://softwarespot.wordpress.com/code/vbscript/
'~ Important Notice: Please do not link to this file directly, instead link to the website http://softwarespot.wordpress.com/code/vbscript/

Option Explicit
Dim oFileSystem, oShell, sAppData, sScriptDir

Set oFileSystem = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

'~ Application data folder.
sAppData = oShell.Environment("PROCESS").Item("APPDATA") & "\"

'~ Directory of the running script.
sScriptDir = oFileSystem.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName) & "\"

'~ Copy the INI file from the running script directory to the Application data folder.
If oFileSystem.FileExists(sScriptDir & "licecap.ini") Then
	oFileSystem.CopyFile sScriptDir & "licecap.ini", sAppData & "licecap.ini" , True
End If

'~ Run the LICEcap executable and wait for it to close.
oShell.Run """" & sScriptDir & "licecap.exe""", 1, True

'~ Delete the INI file from the running script directory.
oFileSystem.DeleteFile sScriptDir & "licecap.ini", True

'~ Move the INI file from the Application data folder to the running script directory.
oFileSystem.MoveFile sAppData & "licecap.ini", sScriptDir & "licecap.ini"
I"m not sure if this was/is the most recent LICEcap.vbs code but it was posted here. Maybe others were also posted?

Are you looking for any of the VBS files specifically? Maybe others on the forum have backups?

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#11 Post by thepiney »

This may have some of the VBS scripts/info you need/want.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15501&p=47352&hilit=vbs#p47352

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#12 Post by TheGuyInShades »

thepiney wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:39 am
guinness wrote: Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:44 am LICEcap was an application I was looking for, so as a small contribution to TPFC I created this VBScript to do the following. Run licecap.exe, wait for it to close and then move the INI file from the %APPDATA% folder back to the location of where licecap.exe is located. Just save this file as LiceCap.vbs (or something similar) and place next to the executable licecap.exe. Use UniExtract to extract the NSIS installer.

I will be uploading this VBScript code to my website too. [DONE]

Any problems just let me know.

Code: Select all

'~ Created by: SoftwareSpot (c) 2012
'~ Created: 29th March 2012.
'~ Website: http://softwarespot.wordpress.com/code/vbscript/
'~ Important Notice: Please do not link to this file directly, instead link to the website http://softwarespot.wordpress.com/code/vbscript/

Option Explicit
Dim oFileSystem, oShell, sAppData, sScriptDir

Set oFileSystem = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

'~ Application data folder.
sAppData = oShell.Environment("PROCESS").Item("APPDATA") & "\"

'~ Directory of the running script.
sScriptDir = oFileSystem.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName) & "\"

'~ Copy the INI file from the running script directory to the Application data folder.
If oFileSystem.FileExists(sScriptDir & "licecap.ini") Then
	oFileSystem.CopyFile sScriptDir & "licecap.ini", sAppData & "licecap.ini" , True
End If

'~ Run the LICEcap executable and wait for it to close.
oShell.Run """" & sScriptDir & "licecap.exe""", 1, True

'~ Delete the INI file from the running script directory.
oFileSystem.DeleteFile sScriptDir & "licecap.ini", True

'~ Move the INI file from the Application data folder to the running script directory.
oFileSystem.MoveFile sAppData & "licecap.ini", sScriptDir & "licecap.ini"
I"m not sure if this was/is the most recent LICEcap.vbs code but it was posted here. Maybe others were also posted?

Are you looking for any of the VBS files specifically? Maybe others on the forum have backups?
Yeah, he posted a couple of them there, but unfortunately he only uploaded most of them to ge.tt.
guinness wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:36 am Any additional VBScripts I create will be posted here from no w on, unless I feel it could be a benefit to TPFC community.

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#13 Post by bitcoin »

webfork wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 5:27 pm
TheGuyInShades wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:29 pm ... does anyone know where the rest of the stuff from SoftwareSpot can be downloaded?
Unfortunately not. I wish I'd thought to mirror his site somewhere - he had a lot of great stuff that was all open source.
he had over 4000 posts, he just disappeared?

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#14 Post by TheGuyInShades »

bitcoin wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:25 am
webfork wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 5:27 pm
TheGuyInShades wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:29 pm ... does anyone know where the rest of the stuff from SoftwareSpot can be downloaded?
Unfortunately not. I wish I'd thought to mirror his site somewhere - he had a lot of great stuff that was all open source.
he had over 4000 posts, he just disappeared?
Yeah, pretty much. I guess ge.tt flagging his account as malware really killed his enthusiasm. I had never even heard of ge.tt before, but the way they obfuscate download links makes it almost impossible to find any of his stuff on the Wayback Machine.

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#15 Post by billon »

Worth to mention Deep Explorer

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