GaotD Setup Keeper, Re-Use Giveaway of the Day Setup Files

Giveaway of the Day where users can download commercial software for free in daily 24-hour giveaways. Each day, a new software is being promoted on the site, and while its usually not the latest or most powerful version of an application, it is often still a great deal.

The site restricts the software activation to the 24-hour period. If you happen to install it once the giveaway has ended, you’ll notice that the setup will block the installation. This is handled by a wrapper application that checks the Giveaway of the Day server if the giveaway is still running.

This can be a issue for users who want to install the program anew after they had operating system troubles or other issues on their computer.

GaotD Setup Keeper is a free open source application for Windows that unwraps the software installer from the Giveaway of the Day wrapper. All you need to do is to use the application during the giveaway period to process it locally. You’ll end up with the program setup file that you can use to install the application whenever you see it fit.

 

A click on Downloader displays the selection menu where you can select to download the software or the game that is offered on the Giveaway website. Once you have downloaded the file you need to start the setup of the program like you normally would. Switch to the Setup Keeper window and select Setup Keeper > Software / Game to copy the installer to a selected directory on your computer.

You can use this installer then later (that is after the giveaway period) to install the program and have it activated automatically.

The latest version of Setup Keeper requires a debug library that is usually not found on non-development systems. Check out Fix The Program Can’t Start Because MSVCR100D.dll Is Missing From Your Computer on how to add it to your system, or wait until the program is re-compiled by the developer without that dependency.

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Deliver Shares Messages and Files Between Your Macs and iPhones (or Other iDevices) Almost Instantly [Downloads]

OS X and iOS: Deliver does what the name suggests—it delivers messages and files from one Mac or iDevice to another over the local network. It does this with absolutely no configuration and it is super fast. All you have to do is download, install, and launch the app on any computer or device on your local network and you'll be ready to go.

When you launch the app, it'll teach you how to use it but here's the gist. You'll see a little bubble icon. Click or tap it (depending on the platform you're on) and it'll bring up a list of other devices running Deliver. Choose the one you want to send a file or message to and then click/tap the text button (looks like a rectangle with three lines) or the plus button. The text button is for sending a text message and the plus button is for sending a file. Choose what you want and then Deliver will transport it in an instant. I was surprised by how fast a 4MB image made it from my iPhone to my laptop.

On the downside of things, Deliver for Mac is a little buggy. It doesn't always work as expected and it crashed a few times when I tried to drag transfered files away. It also took me awhile to get a feel for the interface which was somehow less obvious than the iOS version (despite being similar). The iOS version, on the other hand, worked perfectly so here's hoping the Mac app will catch up in stability soon. Either way, all versions of Deliver. It is a very useful app, so go check it out.

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Managing active files and papers

I’ve been having an email exchange this morning with a woman who is looking to keep her desk organized while she works, which is especially difficult because she has a significant amount of physical paperwork she has to manage. She works in human resources and paperwork is unavoidable in her position. Accountants, billing managers, and anyone who works with hand-signed contracts likely have similar paper management concerns.

The paperwork she processes can be organized into groups, although most of those groups are regularly changing. For example, she’s constantly receiving resumes, but the jobs she is collecting resumes for change as openings for positions do. Having erasable file labels or a label maker will help folder identification change as the file needs change.

Having quick and easy access to those files is also important. I like working with tiered or separated desktop file organizers. My favorite is an expanding metal file organizer that adjusts to meet your size needs:

I also like non-adjustable tiered racks and tiered boxes. If a workspace is next to an empty wall, a wall-mounted pocket rack can do the same thing and not take up desk space:

Individual papers that don’t belong in groups, can always be suspended from clipboards, paperclips suspended from a piece of twine tacked to the wall or a bulletin board, or a restaurant ticket order holder:

As part of this paperwork management, it’s also important to shred, recycle, or file into an archived filing system papers and files as they are no longer being circulated. Be sure to schedule 10 minutes twice a week to review all the active papers and files to make sure you’re keeping inactive items out of your active system.

Do you have a constant flow of active papers and files crossing your desk over the course of a day? What products have you discovered to help you manage your work and keep papers and files from overwhelming your workspace? Share your suggestions in the comments.

Apps to Manipulate PDF Files on your iOS Device

You can perform basic editing of your PDF files on an iPad or iPhone with these apps. Remove pages from a PDF document, merge multiple PDFs and more.

 

Your iPad or the iPhone are excellent devices for reading PDF files but if you are also looking for a way to manipulate PDF documents on your iOS device itself, do check out PDF splicer.

With PDF Splicer, you can easily delete pages from a PDF document, combine multiple PDFs into one file or you can move pages from one PDF file into another using copy and paste.

The app can also be used to create PDF documents from scratch using the various images available in your Photo Gallery. While you are in the Photo Gallery app, just copy an image to the clipboard, switch to PDF Splicer and choose Insert External Clipboard Image to put that image into a PDF document.

If you have a scanned PDF file (like a fax) where the the orientation of images is not proper, you can easily rotate those pages in either direction using PDF Splicer and export the changes into another PDF file.

The PDF Splicer app is $4.99 but it’s currently available for free so this is something you should not miss.

Also, if you want to edit PDF files on your iPad /iPhone, an app like Good Reader may be a better choice. Here you have an option to type text directly on PDF pages, you can highlight paragraphs like a yellow marker or annotate pages using the various freehand drawing tools. This is one of my favorite apps for the iPad.

How Can I Sync My Files Without Having To Store Them Online? [Ask Lifehacker]

Dear Lifehacker,
I love Dropbox, but there are some files I'm just not comfortable keeping in "the cloud," like my tax returns and bank statements. I also have huge media files that I'd like to sync between my computers but can't use Dropbox for because it would put me over my account limit. I saw your Dropbox alternatives article, but it looked like all of those services also store the files online. Is there a way to keep my files in sync—without having to store them on someone else's servers?

Signed,
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Dear SWS,
You point out a lot of good reasons why people look for alternatives to Dropbox and similar online syncing and storage services, including added security risks and costs when you've got a huge amount of data to sync up. Some workplaces and campuses don't even allow Dropbox or other external servers to be used at all, for intellectual property reasons or, again, security.

So what can you do? Thankfully, there are several tools you can use to sync your computers directly, bypassing the need for you to use an online server as a middleman. Here's an overview so you can choose the best one for your needs:

Windows Live Mesh is a unique tool in that it offers both direct PC-to-PC syncing and online storage space on Microsoft's SkyDrive. You can select, on a folder basis, local syncing and/or store up to 5GB of files on SkyDrive. Live Mesh even has a feature to let you remotely control your Live Sync-connected Windows computer.

The program has a very simple setup and interface: Select your computers' folders, network drives, Microsoft Office settings, or Internet Explorer program settings to keep in sync across all your computers and the app runs seamlessly in the background. You might not even know it's running. However, if you want more granularity (logs, file versioning, scheduling, etc.) or control, Live Mesh isn't your app.

Here's the bad news: Microsoft's SkyDrive team has stated in a Windows 8 blog post that direct PC-to-PC syncing won't be an option when SkyDrive is integrated with Windows 8 (major bummer!). You can install Live Mesh and use it for now for local syncing, but there's a good chance local syncing won't work when Windows 8-plus-SkyDrive rolls out officially later this year, so it's probably best to look for alternatives.

GoodSync from SiberSystems (the makers of password manager Roboform) keeps Windows PCs and/or Macs in sync and can also sync your files with FTP sites, Google Docs, SkyDrive, Amazon S3 servers, WebDAV servers, and removable drives. There are a ton of configuration options to set how and when you want your files to be synced. The latest GoodSync 9 update added remote file access and faster syncing with block level synchronization (i.e., syncing only your file changes).

Here's the catch: The free version of GoodSync only allows for syncing 100 files and 3 sync jobs, while the Pro version allows unlimited syncing. Think of a sync job as, basically, the folder and subfolders that you want to keep in sync from one location to another). The Pro version is $29.95 for Windows or $39.95 for Mac. You only need one license to sync two or more computers, though.

For syncing Windows computers only, take a look at SyncBack, another feature-rich syncing tool that can schedule backup jobs too. Besides keeping Windows PCs in sync, SyncBack can sync your files with an FTP server, external drive, or network drive.

This oldie but goodie (voted one of the most popular offline backup tools) comes in several versions—SyncBack Freeware, SyncBackSE for $34.95, and SyncBackPro for $54.95. Even the freeware version has options like filters for what to include or exclude in your sync jobs, email or HTML log files, and settings for programs to run before or after your sync jobs (many more options for the paid programs, of course). It may take time to learn all the settings (same as with GoodSync) and could use an updated and more intuitive interface, but it gets the job done.

Also worth consideration, however, is Microsoft's free SyncToy, previously mentioned as one of Lifehacker readers' favorite syncing tools. The small utility basically pairs two folders (whether they're on a hard drive, network or USB device) for mirroring folders. It doesn't have scheduling built in, but you can use Windows Task Scheduler to run it on a schedule. If other syncing programs seem too convoluted for you, SyncToy might be a relief. However, it hasn't been updated since 2009.

AeroFS promises to be a great private and optional online backup storage service, but it's currently in private beta so we can't say for sure yet. Features promised, however, include optional online storage and special subfolders ("backup libraries") encrypted with AES-256 encryption. It's a distributed, peer-to-peer system, so there's no middleman server, yet you get unlimited storage. AeroFS says they'll be issuing invites again next month, so stay tuned.

Finally, SparkleShare is another tool we've been keeping our eyes on. The free, open source project lets you roll your own Dropbox-like service, using the open source version control system git as the backbone. The program works by basically creating a "SparkleShare" folder on your computer (there are now builds for Linux, Mac, and Windows), and any new files you put in that folder will be pushed to the remote git repository. Other SparkleShare users connecting to that folder will see that file appear in their SparkleShare folders and get a notification. It's very similar to Dropbox, but you can share your folders locally or to others without dealing with the cloud. We're getting ready to test SparkleShare ourselves but you can try the project out yourself to see if it works for you.

As you can see, there are a few options for syncing your files and getting around the cloud requirement. Which should you choose? That depends on your operating system and whether you want a lot of features and settings (e.g., SyncBack or GoodSync) or something simpler (e.g., SyncToy or possibly AeroFS when it launches).

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How to delete files (more than million) easily

Deleting large number of files may take extremely long time. Moreover, It can be crashed the Windows explorer due to windows explorer does not responding. Therefore, we need a third party application for doing this task. However, recently I found a method to delete million of files easily within several minutes. In this method, I used a free software called FastCopy which can be used to not only deleting files, it originally made for copying files, moving files etc. Using FastCopy, I have deleted a directory which contained 300000+  files within 5 minutes. Download the FastCopy from below links.

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Follow the instruction below to delete files from FastCopy.
Extract the downloaded RAR file and run the FastCopy, click on the source button and browse to the folder that you wish to delete.
Then, click on the Diff (Size/Date) options menu and select Delete all option.
Now, you can press the Execute button to delete the diretory.After clicked the Execute button, FastCopy will begin the deleting process. You will clearly see that how efficient this method when deleting large number of files.
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Delete files permenently and make them unrecoverable with Eraser

Most of people delete files when they do not need them, they often use default delete method. They use Shift+Delete to delete files completely from the hard drive. But when they delete files like this, they can be easily recovered using file recovery softwares such as Undelete, Easy Recvoery, GetDataBack and Recuva. You can delete files permanently from the hard disk using file deleting applications. Eraser is a complete tool for deleting files permanently and make them unrecoverable. Eraser contains up to 13 methods to securely delete files. Download Eraser from below links

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When you want to delete a file permanently, install eraser and then Right click on the file which will be deleted and click on the Eraser then select Erase.
Go to the Eraser and click on Erase schedule, then Double-click on the currently deleting file. This is an optional step but you can see small window that erasing the file.
When you delete file using Eraser, it overwrites the sectors of the hard disk with junk data over again continuously so this deleting process may take some time depending on your system hardware's and the number of files and folders in the hard disk. Click on the settings tab to change settings. Here, you can specify a method for deleting files.

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Use Email to Convert Files into Different Formats

Learn how you can use your email program to quickly convert files into different formats. The file conversion is almost instant and works even on a mobile phone.

There exist quite a few online services that let you convert files from one format to another. You upload the source file, specify the output format and within seconds, the converted file in the desired format becomes available for download. That’s easy but there are somes limitations with this approach:

When you want to convert a file, you have to upload it to the file conversion service. This is not an issue when you are converting files from the desktop but how do you upload files from iPhone, Android or any other mobile browser.Sometimes clients will send you files in obscure formats as email attachments. In order to convert those files in a format that your apps can understand, you will download the attachments to your desktop and then upload them to the file conversion service. That’s work.

Zamzar, a popular tool for converting files online, has added a new option that lets you convert files by email itself. You can forward your email attachments directly to Zamzar, without downloading them to the desktop, and they’ll be converted in no time.

To get started, you need to forward the input (source) files to a specific email address like format@zamzar.com where format represents the file type of the desired output format.

For instance, if you have a Word document that you want to convert to PDF, you can send the file as an email attachment to pdf@zamzar.com. If you have a PDF file that you want to convert into an ebook, the corresponding conversion address would be epub@zamzar.com or mobi@zamzar.com depending on your ebook reader.

Here’s a complete list of input-output file formats that are currently supported by Zamzar. You can convert documents, presentations, ebooks, videos, audio files, archives and more.

In my test, the converted files were delivered quickly and the quality of the converted files was impressive. There’s no need to create any account at Zamzar and you can convert files up to 1 MB in a single batch. You may go for a pro account to convert bigger files that starts from $7 per month.

One more thing. You can only upload files by email and initiate the conversion process but you’ll still have to visit the Zamzar website to download the converted file. It stays on Zamzar servers for about a day and their download page is actually very confusing when accessed on a mobile phone.

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Export all your Google Docs Files with One Click

See how easy it is to export all your Google Docs files as a zip file in a single click using the Google Takeout service.

Do you want to put all your Google Docs files on a USB drive before you take that road trip? The Google Docs website does offer an easy option to help you download all your documents in one zip file but there’s another simpler alterative that you may want to give a try– it’s called Google Takeout.

Once you have logged in to Google Takeout with your Google Account, select the Google Docs service and hit the “Create Archive” button. It will create a zip file with all your Google Docs files and you can either keep the browser window open while the archive is being readied or download that file later from the Google Takeout website.

Google Takeout will export your Google Documents in standard Office file formats by default – Excel for spreadsheets or PowerPoint for Presentations – but you also have an option to export files in either PDF or OpenOffice formats.

Google Takeout is part of dataliberation.org, a Google project that wants to make it easy for you to import and export data out of various Google products. The same tool may also be used to export your Picasa photos and Contacts data out of Google Servers though, surprisingly, it doesn’t offer Gmail export yet.

Coming back to Google Docs, here’s a quick video that shows how easy it is to export your Google Docs files using Google Takeout.

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How to Permanently Delete your Mac Files

Emptying the trash is not enough. Learn how you can permanently erase the deleted files from your Mac hard disk.

When you delete a file on your Mac, it goes to the trash. You empty the trash thinking that all traces of your private files are now completely erased from the Mac’s hard disk but that may not be the case.

Files deleted from the trash in this manner can still be recovered unless the sectors are overwritten by other files. There’s an easy way though. If you would like to permanently remove your deleted files, just remember to use the “secure” option while emptying the trash.

Here’s how. Click and hold the trash icon on your Mac desktop and it will display the “Empty Trash” option. Now press the Command button and the Empty Trash option will change to Secure Empty Trash. Select it and the trashed files will be gone forever.

The concept is similar in Windows though there’s no built-in option in Windows to permanently delete “deleted” files. You can however make use of the free SDelete utility to ensure that deleted files cannot be recovered again.

Emptying the trash, or the recycle bin in Windows, is not enough.

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