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May 27

Mediafire / Apache OpenOffice

Is there a way to read on-line text documents from Mediafire without having to download Apache OpenOffice first? It used to be possible but now it's not. If that's not possible anymore, are there any other file-hosting sites where you can do it? Thanks! --2.37.228.109 (talk) 08:21, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

I think there's some kind of confusion here. Are you trying to open a document hosted on Mediafire, and getting a download window from your browser? If so that probably means Mediafire's in-browser document viewer doesn't work in your browser. If you're not using an up-to-date browser, that's probably why. If that's not the issue, can you describe what you're doing and what's happening? --71.110.8.102 (talk) 21:05, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Software sought

Which software is highly praised for creating and converting .png files and others to .ico or vice versa? -- Apostle (talk) 18:20, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Many people use @icon sushi The Quixotic Potato (talk) 20:38, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Apostle (talk) 09:20, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

If you're a programmer and are hoping to do this stuff programmatically:

libpng, available at libpng.org, is the official reference library for PNG file I/O. It can read PNG files and gives you binary data (rather, pointers to rows of 32-bit integers that are RGB pixels). You can stuff those into your favorite intermediate pixel format, and/or use your system library (like ImageIO on OS X, or System.Drawing on Windows) for further I/O work; or you can write your .ico header data and then blast the rest of the .ico file as bitmap data.

Nimur (talk) 00:05, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Noted! -- Apostle (talk) 09:20, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

File types option on Windows 7 Ultimate

File types option is available on Windows XP (found inside the Folder Options in Control Panel as a tab) but not on Windows 7 Ultimate. Whereis it in/How do I find it in Windows 7 Ultimate? -- Apostle (talk) 18:24, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

In Windows 7, you can search for "default programs" in the Start Menu search box and click the appropriate search result. [1]

While searching is faster, you can also find the appropriate window in the Control Panel: go to "Programs -> Default Programs -> Set Your Default Programs". [2] The Quixotic Potato (talk) 20:36, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

I've viewed it, I couldn't find the Advanced option i.e. available on Win XP in the File Types tab - I believe this allows you to change a particular program's icon in one go... Any idea where I could find this option in Win 7? -- Apostle (talk) 09:12, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/12383/change-a-file-types-icon-in-windows-7/ The Quixotic Potato (talk) 13:04, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

@Russell.mo: And if you want to know how this information is stored you can look here. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 13:19, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

I love NirSoft, that website contains loads of useful software, maybe this is interesting to you. The Quixotic Potato (talk) 14:54, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

FileTypeManager software is helpful...if only the bottom pane functioned as the top one, it would've been better! Thank you.

One last thing, if you don't mind, I'm concerned about a second type of folder icon which gives a glance view of what is inside a folder - Try inserting a file into a blank folder, than you'll understand what I mean... I'm trying to change it to this without trying to affect the second type. In fact, it is affecting the second type... What do you suggest I do? -- Apostle (talk) 05:03, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

I guess that that icon is stored inside shell32.dll (or maybe in one of the other locations mentioned here). The Quixotic Potato (talk) 09:54, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

I guess you are aware of the iconpackager software now. -- Apostle (talk) 18:11, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

I sure am, but the last time I used it was many years ago! The Quixotic Potato (talk) 22:05, 29 May 2016 (UTC)