Re: C++ College Prank Programming Software Development by cirol Pranks can be fun, but fake viruses might cause real worry and problems. It’s best to use your skills in ways that don’t upset or confuse others. Re: When Speed Replaces Satisfaction in Coding Community Center Say Hello! by Reverend Jim … have done major development in assembler). Coding in Python in fun. Coding in assembler is tedious and mind numbing. Re: Android Native - How To Request Notification Permissions Programming Mobile Development by Erussuhsh Hi I'm new android app development can you teach me 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by asadalikhan … Windows PC or did a clean install… now comes the fun part: installing your go-to apps! 👉 What’s the very… Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by Ulfson … also dabble in Android on the side, but more for fun than profit. Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Reverend Jim First app is Macrium Reflect so I can take an image of the fresh install. Then I repartition to C/D, move my user folders (documents, pictures, etc.) to D. Then I take another image. After that I begin installing my base apps before imaging one more time. Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Reverend Jim Further note: Because Microsoft insists on crammine OneDrive down our throats, moving the My Documents is damn near impossible. I've found the easiuest way is to initially set up my computer using a Microsoft Account (something they have also made it almost impossibole to avoid), then create a local admin account and always log on with that. That … Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Dani * Microsoft Office (for macOS) And then to manage DaniWeb: * PhpStorm * Remote Desktop Manager * Viscosity * Screaming Frog SEO Spider Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Dani Jim, I have not used Windows in a very, very long time, but can you not configure Windows to store My Documents on D? I'm quite sure that you can, if I remember correctly? https://superuser.com/questions/1725456/wha-cant-i-move-my-documents-folder Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Reverend Jim >I'm quite sure that you can, if I remember correctly? Before OneDrive it was easily done. Not anymore. Microsoft is slightly brain dead. Locations for shell folders are stored in the registry. You'd think they'd all be under "Shell Folders", but not all of them are. And you'd think they would have consistent names. But here are … Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Reverend Jim BTW I've spoken with a former Microsoft Engineer. He also agrees OneDrive is an abomination. Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by dnBunnie the app "Everything" after Comodo Internet security Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Reverend Jim I agree. [Everything](https://www.voidtools.com/) is always a definite install after imaging. It's something that should have been built into Windows. I've never found the need for any security software other than what comes with Windows. Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Dani As a macOS user these days, does Windows not have a find tool? /confuzzled Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Reverend Jim As is typical with Microsoft, their search/find tools work poorly, can hog resources, and are difficult to use. "Everything Indexer" is easy to use, has a small footprint, and has almost no effect on my resources. Search queries show you results as you type, and you can create complex search terms with logical operators, as opposed to the… Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Dani > BTW I've spoken with a former Microsoft Engineer. He also agrees OneDrive is an abomination. I’ve spoken to several current and former Apple engineers who agree that Siri is an abomination. Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Reverend Jim >Siri is an abomination Is it? I've never so much as touched an Apple computer so I have no opinion on that whatsoever. Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Dani > >Siri is an abomination > > Is it? I've never so much as touched an Apple computer so I have no opinion on that whatsoever. Oh, yes. That's well known. Apple should be embarrassed. In fact, they recently fired the head of the Siri team. https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/apple-puts-vision-pro-exec-in-charge-of-siri-in-exec-… Re: Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by John_165 Welcome aboard! Do you build mobile apps with a cross‑platform framework or only stick to native Android/iOS? And where do you usually find your freelance projects? Re: Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by trcooke Well hello there Ulf! It certainly has been a minute since we last spoke, in fact I just dug out the last email conversation that we had just over 10 years ago! Nice to be in touch again. I still enjoy reading your [one paragraph movie reviews](https://www.ulfdittmer.com/view?RecentMovies) :) Re: Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by Dani Hello there and welcome to DaniWeb! Thank you so much for taking the time to join here. Re: Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by Ulfson > Welcome aboard! Do you build mobile apps with a cross‑platform framework or only stick to native Android/iOS? And where do you usually find your freelance projects? I stick to native Android. Way back when I thought Apache Cordova was pretty cool for reaching smaller platforms, but now that there are essentially just two platforms left, I… Re: Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by Ulfson > Well hello there Ulf! It certainly has been a minute since we last spoke, in fact I just dug out the last email conversation that we had just over 10 years ago! Nice to be in touch again. I still enjoy reading your [one paragraph movie reviews](https://www.ulfdittmer.com/view?RecentMovies) :) Huh, you're the one :-) I use it mostly as a … Re: Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by trcooke Mastadon, well there's a blast from the past. I couldn't even tell you which servers I had accounts on. Re: Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by Dani A blast from the past? Didn't Mastodon first gain popularity around 2020ish? When I think of a blast from the past, I think of AOL Instant Messenger and MySpace. Re: Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by trcooke I never really connected with it so just feels like a long time ago. But I share you sentiments in general for things of the past, such as the 8086 processor and SCSI disks. Re: Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by Ulfson Mastodon is pretty much the only social network I'm on these days (except for nebenan.de, which is similar to Nextdoor, but much more popular here in Germany). Simplifying my online presence, I deleted my Facebook and Nextdoor accounts this year. Re: Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by trcooke I've pretty much excluded myself from all social media things because their primary reason for being is to push advertising and propaganda to you, and I don't like it. I frequently remind myself of the mantra: > If you don't pay for the product, you are the product The only exception is LinkedIn, because despite my mistrust of the platform I… Re: Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by Ulfson > And where do you usually find your freelance projects? I just notice that I didn't answer that - I'm in the lucky position of never having had to go out to acquire new projects/clients. All clients approached me, or were introduced to me by others. Re: Hello, I'm Ulf Dittmer Community Center Say Hello! by John_165 > I just notice that I didn't answer that - I'm in the lucky position of never having had to go out to acquire new projects/clients. All clients approached me, or were introduced to me by others. Wow, that’s really lucky! Must be a great feeling to have clients come to you without having to look for them