Re: [PCWorks] Running ERUNT question
- From: LarryB <larryb227@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:36:41 -0400
answer:
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Larry B
Harold B. wrote:
> Hi Larry ... Maybe where to place Erunt is a moot point now and I'll tell
> you why. Of course, maybe Clint should tell us now exactly to where we
> should copy the line:
Harold, I got this problems solved and I only had to add (space)/days:5
to the instructions. All the rest was already there.
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>
> "C:\Program Files\ERUNT\AUTOBACK.EXE" %SystemRoot%\ERDNT\AutoBackup\#Date#
> /noconfirmdelete /noprogresswindow /days:5 " ... and when copying it, should
> it be with or without the quotes.
>
> Now you see, Larry, what I mean when I say the experts take much for granted
> when instructing us newbies. All right, maybe we are a step up from newbies;
> it's all relative.
Clint and I have been talking/writing for years and I am sure he
sometimes forgets I am not as knowledgeable as many on computer stuff.
I've learned a lot from him and others and hope to continue that mission.
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Now why is the placement of Erunt a moot point? Your
> instructions on how to place an icon in the Quick Launch are good, although
> that was never my question. I keep 6 of my favorites there: Show Desktop,
> Internet Explorer, Search for Files and Folders (let me know if you need
> help with that one; I think I learned how right here in PCWorks), Email, and
> Firefox (my default browser). Entering a shorcut there is really an easy
> drag, as you so well explained. And in my System Tray, all I have is my AVG
> and ZoneAlarm.
>
> Of course my goal was to place this Erunt into the System Tray. Your
> suggesting the Quick Launch encouraged me to wonder what is the difference
> between having an icon in Quick Launch and having one in System Tray;
> someone will have to explain that to us. But then I thought why even bother
> with either location when a Shortcut Key will do it all. So going to Erunt
> in the Start Menu > Properties > Shortcut key, I entered a semi colon (;).
>
> Now you ask, why a semi colon? Because I have most of the other keys on the
> right side of the keyboard opening other often used shortcuts. I'm just
> accustomed to putting ring and index fingers of left hand on the Ctrl+Alt
> (left side of keyboard) so my right hand is already near the left keys. I
> just realized that Ctrl+Alt on the right side of the keyboard works just as
> well but honestly, getting my right hand to finger them would be like
> learning to use the keyboard in another system, i.e. the XPeRT keyboard,
> than the QWERTY system that we are all accustomed to. Well, maybe the change
> would not be as radical :-)
>
> So for IrfanView there is I, for Paint there is P, for Lview there is L, for
> Notpad there is N, for MSWord there is M, for Screensaver I use the comma
> (,) and for my Address Book I use the forward slash (/) ... it's just that
> convenient for me. In addition, the keys on the left side of the board are
> aften used in other ways: Ctrl+A, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+F, and Ctrl+Z/X/C/V, all
> important uses, so my shortcut keys I confine to the left side of the board.
>
> So now, Ctrl+; opens Erunt and like Clint suggested, I'll use that before
> making any big changes or inatalling any of the junk I'm sometimes tempted
> to install. And now, will someone explain how, if I ever want to, how to
> place an icon in the System Tray, and what does it mean to have an icon in
> the System Tray. Also, exactly where to enter: "C:\Program
> Files\ERUNT\AUTOBACK.EXE" %SystemRoot%\ERDNT\AutoBackup\#Date#
> /noconfirmdelete /noprogresswindow /days:5 " and with or without quotes? ---
> Harold
>
>> Re: [PCWorks] Running ERUNT question
>>
>> From: LarryB <larryb227@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Harold I am having the same trouble. <snip> I do know the command line we
>> should be changing is the one for AUTOBACK.EXE and that is the one that
>> comes up when you rt click the ERUNT in the Startup Folder. I have tried
>> to copy and paste into the Command line or target line and the line will
>> not accept it.
>>
>> I have also tried to type the line below into that target line and it
>> comes back and say basically not a good command. (tried to add spaces and
>> take them away also.) <snip> --- Larry B
>>
>> ............... Original Question.................
>> Harold B. wrote:
>> Hello again ... Erunt in the taskbar; good idea and an idea new to me.
>> Never thought of making a backup before any installation (or change, which
>> I am always doing). Now how to do this (I need help). I put Erunt in the
>> Startup menu so it now shows up in msconfig > startup. How do I get Erunt
>> into the Taskbar, specifically into the System Tray? And regarding that
>> path line below, is it in Erunt's shortcut target box that you enter that
>> path line? --- Harold
>>
>> Original question was (pardon the clips), If your have windows restore
>> turned off and are running ERUNT instead, when windows says it is making a
>> restore point will it use ERUNT?
>>
>> And Clint answered, "A daily backup is automatically made when you start
>> your PC (if you opt'd for that and you certainly should). I have the icon
>> on the Taskbar and I also click to manually make a backup before I install
>> anything. If you don't want it to keep backups for weeks, months, years,
>> and it will if you don't tell it, right click the icon in the Start Up
>> folder and change that line to this:"
>>
>> "C:\Program Files\ERUNT\AUTOBACK.EXE" %SystemRoot%\ERDNT\AutoBackup\#Date#
>> /noconfirmdelete /noprogresswindow /days:5 "
>>
>> "That suffix at the end: [space]/days:5 means it will save the last 5 days
>> of backups. That way you don't have to keep going to the ERUNT folder in
>> the Windows directory and delete old backups." --- Clint
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