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Folder Type Fixer



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Is Explorer thinking you have music files or images in Program Files or Windows folder for example?. Folder Type Fixer restores folder types with ease.

Current version: 1.0

Note: Tested on Windows Vista only


Take Control



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Take Control lets you take ownership and get full control of any system file with ease (Windows Vista only)

Current version: 1.0 Beta 2

Note: For Windows Vista only


Shrink It!



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Shrink It! lets you reduce the size of images with ease.

Current version: 1.0 Beta 2

eXPander



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eXPander is a front-end for expand and makecab which lets you expand and compress Windows files with ease.

Current version: 1.5 Final

Reg File Merger



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Reg File Merger lets you merge multiple registry files into a single one.

Current version: 1.0 Beta

DLL Register



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Dll Register is a front-end for regsvr32 which lets you register dynamic-link libraries and ActiveX controls in the registry with ease.

Current version: 1.0 Beta

Reshacker Script Creator



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RSC lets you create Reshacker scripts with ease.

Current version: 1.0 Alpha

You must have the .NET 2.0 Framework installed for these utilities to function.

Note: Discussion about the .NET Framework will not be tolerated.

w00t

eXPander and DLL Register are fantastic

Thanks for this tools, are fantastic!!!

Ooooo! I just stumpled upon this....what a treasure trove!

they're little beasts

Awesome job, thanks xpero!!

cheers

What theme are u using XPero?

BTW your programs are great!

Luna Element 4. Thanks

I quite like Luna Element, 4 is better than 5 generally, but, after a while I find it to be dark, too depressing. I've tried loads of themes, but the best have gotta be, in order:

Luna Royale
Royale
Luna Element 4
Luna Element 5

These are fantastic!

How about a Registry Search and Replace tool? This would be awesome.

I've asked MS for 3 years to fix Regedit so you can Find and Replace and they won't entertain the idea.

PowerQuest Partition Magic used to come with something similar so when you shrunk a partition to add another and move your data/programs you could change the drive letter in the Registry.

Would that be hard to do?

These really should be put on the site amongst Reg File Merger.

That's a good idea, but not time

I just tried out eXPander and I have to say, I really like it. It definitely improves on Compression Bin (no offense jcarle).

I have a question and request though.

1. Is modifyPE included in the app (I'm not clear weather it is or not)

2. Would you consider adding an option to make a .cab archive of a folders contents e.g CabTool.

Although I like CabTool I hate the way it renames the archive to upper case!

Thanks.

Edit: Sorry, one more thing to consider.

3. If you select to process multiple files via the shell extension explorer can/will crash.

This isn't a problem with the app, it's just that explorer can't cope sending more than one file this way (or so I've found).

My only workaround would be a shortcut in SendTo but it's purly up to you.

Keep up the good work.

eXPander 1.5 has gone final. Improvements in final version are (among others):

- Settings are stored in a .Net configuration file and not in the registry.
- Drag 'n' drop algorithm improved (for loop is faster than a foreach one )

Enjoy and do not hesitate in post your opinions, bugs and suggestions.

Awesome

New tool: Shrink It! See first post for details and download link.

Wohoo...Elvis just got kids

Wow Shrink It! is awesome. If possible, i would suggest a custom size option. Good job

Awesome! just when I was getting tired of PowerToy.! Thanks xpero!!

The newest version of ShrinkIt returns a "application failed to initialize properly" error. Any idea why, I am on a recent install of XP.

This is on the first post:

You must have the .NET 2.0 Framework installed for these utilities to function.

Shrinkit is an awesome tool !

can you add a slider to the quality selection (or add a lot more options between 75 and 100, like 80,85,90,95)

and have more standards for image sizes.. (maybe allow custom image sizes and a 'keep aspect ratio' option)

800x600
1024x768
1200x1024

donation sent

Thank you very much bledd, you always so kind Suggestions heard

its well deserved.. the best i could do is a make a botched together commandline equivalent of this tool (and all of your tools!)

i know zero programming, so having things like this crop up is real useful

if you need extra testing, i'm between jobs at the moment so feel free to send things my way

Check your mail

What do you think of this progress?

looking good

i reckon; leave the default suffix as 'small'

"Small" is the default, I just changed it for the screenshot

can you add a shell integration on the context menu for image file types? as we can find with image resizer powertoy from m$

That's in my TODO list, but taking into account the way I have implemented the application, it won't be easy to do. I will have to rethink the app or something. We will see

XPero:
Thanks a lot for your nice work, realy helped me a lot and did saved time.
But can you take a look again here...I hope that you can have the time in the near future.

Thanks for comments. OK, I will try that search and replace, but it seems to be hard to do. We will see.

Shrink It! Beta 2 up and running. See first post for download

That's a very interesting software.

I have a small request though : could you add relative sizes (eg 50%, 75% and 25%) ?

Thanks a lot.

sweet

my mate asked me the other day for best tool for doing this for his pics, this is now it

folder support would be a dream if its possible

Thanks, It deserve to wait

Excellent work and tools
Thanks

Hi XPero,

Thanks a lot for your EXCELLENT work.

cro-man

Why do u use RAR files...

And not normal-non-WinRar-requiring-zipfiles?

I got an idea! What about a patch that can make rar-archives like XPs Zip-compressed folders! Is this possible, XPero?

it would have to change the CODE of the zipfldr.dll, not possible

Very cool and helpful tools Xpero! Thanks a lot!

Hey Xpero! Can I add Expander into my Uber-Pack?!?!!?

I found something to do during my holidays (aside from doing this translation; you're incredibly hard to translate to french XPero ;p ).
I'll make a free IconPackager applicator: in fact, their packages are incredibly basic (a file that in fact has absolutely no use, an icl one and everything is zipped, that's it).

Yes of course

@Camarade_Tux:

Willing to see that app

hi XPero! how different is eXPander from compression bin by jcarle? would there be a cabbed ver that may be used for slipstreaming? thanks!

Well, it is different in many ways. Read this so you can see exactly: Readme

Has this feature been implemented yet? I'd love to see this feature