zip file from unix

Today i had a very strange experience, i am sharing this with you to save you time.

I got a zip file, big one with many directories.

When i have tried to open it with windows default zip extractor i got 3 directories, although actual there were 10 directories.

When i have opened it using the free 7zip it worked, all the 10 directories extracted.

As far as i know this is Microsoft bug. Who know's, but actually 7zip solved me the problem.



Dor

Skype has stopped working on windows 7

Had this once with the current version, 5.3.011.

I think that they already know about this issue and working to solve it.

I thought it's something with the firewall but it doesn't looks like.

My solution that worked for me, founded among many forums is:
Start -> Run -> write '%appdata%\Skype' in this directory, delete a file named 'shared.xml'
Restart skype.

But i know it doesn't solve the problem for all cases, meaning you may have like me windows 7 64bit, do the same solution but it won't work, why ? Don't really know.

Dor

create / install new subversion (svn) server as a windows service

Not once i have been asked how to create a new service for the subversion aka svn server in windows.

So, the solution in command line is very simple:
sc create Subversion binpath= "c:\SVN\svn-win32-1.6.2\bin\svnserve.exe --service --root c:\SVN\Repository" displayname= "Subversion" depend= Tcpip

displayname = can be anything

Hoped i helped a bit,
Dor

Delete a service on windows xp

A little tip,
Have you ever wanted to have a simple way to delete unnecessary windows service ?
There is a simple way:
Enter on your on risk to "Start;Run;regedit".
Open "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE";"SYSTEM";"CurrentControlSet";"Services"
Select the service you want to delete, right click over it and delete it.
Finally, reset your computer.

Change IE "View Source" editor

Hi Everyone,
You probably tought about this but never checked.
How simple is it to replace the default Notepad editor within IE with another one, for example the notepad++.
So i have checked this out and look how simple it is:  From what i have checked, it is working also on IE7.
Do it on your own risk:
1) Start;Run;regedit
2) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
3) Add new key with the name "View Source Editor"
4) To the previous one, add new key with the name "Editor Name"
5) Change its default data value by pressing right click on "(Default)", then "Modify"
6) In the value add the exact location of your editor, for example "c:\notepad++.exe"
That's ,
Dor