the first thing i did was read RTFM and there was no mention.
then i looked for a file that made sense to hold the file list. it
did not occur to me that it would be in machine.ini.
to get rid of a file in the list you need to open machine.ini in
the working profile with mach4 closed and delete it and then
restart mach4 because it apparently keeps a local file of
machine.ini and writes it back
i still would like to have mach4 ask if you want to remove the
file from the list if it is not found, that would serve everyone's
needs without you having to remember the file and edit yourself
while mach4 is closed. i hate these sorts of work arounds that
have to be remembered. i also would like the most recent file to
be moved to the top of the list as it is in other programs i use.
On 10/21/2021 8:29 PM, Bill in OKC too
via groups.io wrote:
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I don't think I'd go with dumb, but a more specific question
would give the knowledgeable folks a better idea of what you
needed. Why do you think I'm not even asking any questions? I
don't know enough about the software to even ask a good
question! And any question I did ask could probably be best
answered with some variation of RTFI! That's "Read the Freaking
Instructions!" in case you weren't aware of that acronym.
Windows has a location that it keeps recent files, as does MS
Word, so I would expect Mach does as well. Couldn't tell you any
longer where the previous two keep theirs, and have never run
any version of Mach. Though I expect I could figure it out if I
needed to. I would expect that Mach would keep that listed
updated if you delete those files through Mach, which might help
you. Or maybe not. Windows has changed an awful lot since I
first started playing with it.
Bill in OKC
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an
invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,
balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take
orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a
new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal,
fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
LAZARUS LONG (Robert A. Heinlein)
you are right i pointed out the problem but did not
specifically ask for a solution. i guess it was dumb
of me to assume that someone would answer without an
explicit question.
On 10/21/2021
7:52 PM, Bill in OKC too via groups.io wrote:
This thread, saved files, was started at 2:33
pm October 20th, according to my history.?
You had another thread, recently opened, you
started October 16. I don't see where anyone
responded to it, but you didn't really ask
anything but if there were updates to Mach4.?
I'd suggest if you want answers, you ask an
overt question. Might work better for you.
Unfortunately, I can't answer them because I
don't yet have Mach in any version. Just sort of
following along wondering if it would do
anything I need done in the future.
Bill in OKC
William R. Meyers,
MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
A human
being should be able to change a
diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher
a hog, conn a ship, design a building,
write a sonnet, balance
accounts,
build a wall, set a bone, comfort the
dying, take orders,
give
orders, cooperate, act alone, solve
equations, analyze a new
problem,
pitch manure, program a computer, cook
a tasty meal, fight
efficiently,
die gallantly. Specialization is for
insects.
LAZARUS
LONG (Robert A. Heinlein)
my history shows saturday or 5 days ago
as i said. i believe i asked this a
while ago as well.
On
10/21/2021 7:15 PM, mike allen wrote:
??? ??? you don't have to justify
anything to me . Check your email
history . You started this thread
yesterday according to my history .
Wasted enough bandwith here . Just mind
your manners & we'll be fine . I'm
done with this .
??? animal
i posted the question probably 5 days
ago and maybe in the past a well. i
spent a lot of time trying to figure
this out myself before even posting.? i
also mentioned a serious bug months ago
and nothing was done about that either.
On
10/21/2021 6:40 PM, mike allen wrote:
??? ??? I'm not here to police , I'm
here to learn . I just get sick of folks
that start whining as soon as something
doesn't go their way .
??? ??? " and why is this a well kept
secret? the recent files list is
bullshit without the ability to edit it
"
??? ??? You had a problem & posted
about it & then kept slamming about
it for a day & never even gave the
mach folks a chance to get you a answer?
.
??? ??? animal
i don't know if you are referring to me
as one of the two doing all the
complaining. i was just asking for a
reasonable solution. i generally find
mach4 much better than 3 in many ways
but would like to have it even better.
there are a few annoying "features" that
i would like to see improved. if asking
for that is "doing all the complaining"
i think you are a hypersensitive jerk.
On
10/21/2021 3:59 PM, mike allen wrote:
???
??? My post was not aimed at you John .
It was aimed at the two folks doing all
the complaining? . No one is here
forcing them to use Mach , but just
cause someone is having a bad hair day
or what
???
??? ever is no excuse to slam the
developer of the program . Brian is here
occasionally to answer questions &
maybe take bug reports . If you don't
like the way the program was wrote them
go write your own program !!
???
??? animal
On
10/21/2021 11:41 AM, John McGovern via
groups.io wrote:
Please take me out of this
conversation. I've tried everything I
know how to do. I was never in this
topic.
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Subject: Re: [MachCNC] saved files
??? ??? is anyone forcing you guys to
use Mach ?
??? ??? animal
On
10/21/2021 3:53 AM, Tony Smith wrote:
Of course it's not a good
place, as I said the Mach devs are
pretty clueless about how to organise
things under Windows.
Programs like Mach4 are the
answer to "Why is Windows security
so shit?".
Tony
i have never had to find the
location of mru file list because
most apps i have used offer the
option of deleting an entry if it
is not found. it is in machine.ini
which does not seem like a good
place.
On 10/20/2021 7:57 PM, Tony
Smith wrote:
Apparently
invisible on Spencers PC.
?
Someone
should tell the Mach devs
about how this new-fangled
Windows stuff is supposed
to work.? I mean it¡¯s only
been about 30 years.
?
Tony
?
?
?
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
?
?
?
?
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
wrote:
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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 ?
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