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WordPress only allows the uploading of certain file types, as specified in file <wordpress folder>\wp-includes\functions.php in function wp_get_mime_types. If, for example, you want to allow the upload of .IRS files, you must edit the wp_get_mime_types function and add an entry for the .IRS file type, somewhere. In the example depicted below, the .IRS file type [...]

The open source project "Album Art Downloader" (AAD) http://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/ is my favorite tool for grabbing covers for my music. However, I rarely have the time to organize my albums neatly, for example with a proper folder structure as in "artist\album\…", instead having all the files dumped to a single folder whenever I have the time [...]

If you need or want many simultaneously open web pages, say some 100, 200+ of them, or more, then you probably already noticed that – horizontal tabs do not provide a capable interface; – most browsers use a single process per user and can easily cause memory problems if running as 32-bit applications, hitting the [...]

ServeToMe is my favorite "air play" app, to stream from a Windows PC to an iPad, but the latest versions seem to be too dependent on the iTunes "Bonjour" component, which I always uninstall. With "Bonjour" missing, the ServeToMe Windows server application does not behave properly: in my case it even ignores its own buttons [...]

Network shares should be trivial, but sometimes they go wrong for incredible reasons: – the server side password changes and your computer keeps trying to use old wrong one, – the server side contents change but some caching is going on and you can’t see the changes, – you can ping resources, but Windows Explorer [...]

MP3SPLT is my favorite tool for dividing a big MP3 file – e.g. an audiobook in a single container -  in parts that make it easier for the listener to navigate through the contents. This is a free and open source software which you can download at http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/downloads.php I use it in Windows and my [...]

I recently had some problems with Microsoft Help Viewer, the app that for example integrates with Visual Studio and provides contextual help about keywords when you press F1. The first problem was that despite being properly configured to use offline files previously downloaded, the app refused to work with such contents, arguing that "a local [...]

In Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista and Windows 7, the “send to” entries are a folder at %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo Just copy/paste the above expression to “Windows Explorer” and the program will browse to that local folder. Its contents control, for example, whatever appears on the “send to” menu that happens when one right-clicks a file.

To tape in HD1080, I use the original Canon HV20, which records the digital video in Mini-DV tapes. The compression is lower than in any other domestic format, the bitrate is higher, the quality is superior, but the tapes are a turn-off for many, who prefer the comfort of an internal HDD, even if with [...]

In Windows 7, if you try to add a network share to your “music” or “videos” or “pictures” libraries, you’ll probably get an error, either because the network folder is not indexed or indexable, or the remote files are not available offline. Well, it might not be indexed or the files might not be available [...]