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  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jun 22nd, 2009
  • Comments: 11

Dud Is A Program That Does Nothing

It feels rather strange reviewing a software program that does absolutely nothing. If you start Dud it will immediately terminate its process using 60 Kilobytes of computer memory in the short meantime. The question that is probably in your mind right now is about the usefulness of a program like Dud. Why would someone want [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Apr 5th, 2009
  • Comments: 6

Software Programming Helper: File Substring Replacement Utility

Software programmers will eventually run into situations where they have to replace strings in their code. If it is a large project this can mean to edit code in dozens of files located in multiple directories. Chances are good that files are overlooked which would turn into additional debugging hours until the error is found. [...]

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Categories: Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Mar 22nd, 2008
  • Comments: 5

Find and Replace text across multiple documents

A colleague of mine build a static html website a few years ago. He slowly but steadily created hundreds of html pages which was great for him because he could simply use one already finished file as a template for a new one. It did however pose a problem as well. Updating information across all files was very time consuming. Think of extending the copyright notice each year, adding advertisement to the websites or changing the navigation.

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Categories: Operating Systems, Tools, Windows, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Jan 21st, 2008
  • Comments: 13

uxtheme.dll Patcher for Windows XP and Vista

The file uxtheme.dll is a digitally signed file that validates themes during boot and theme installation. It is restricted and usually means that you can only install a handful of Microsoft certified themes. If you want to add and use custom themes in Windows XP or Windows Vista you have to update the file uxtheme.dll. Once the file is patched you can install and use custom themes.

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Categories: Operating Systems, Windows, software

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