Re: DQSD x64 Beta 1 Releases!
Yes - not much we can do about that one. The issue is that DQSD wants to
have a hotkey that goes directly to the window. The default is Windows+S, if
I remember correctly. Well, that happens to be the hotkey for OneNote, so if
you run that, you'll get that error, since OneNote usually loads before we
do. The solution for me has been to change the hotkey to Windows+Q for quick
search. That doesn't seem to have anything else sitting on it. This is
controlled by "preferences.js" and then by "localprefs.js", so that's the
place to go to change it. In theory, localprefs.js is preserved in an
upgrade, but with the 64-bit that's not anything we've tried to do - you're
on your own to save off any customizations first. There are just realistic
limits to what you can do in a batch file.
It's worth a look in the preference.js file to see the things you can
customize. Now we don't have a holidays.ar.xml file, for example, but if you
want to create one, using any of the existing holidays files as a template,
we'd be happy to add it to the distribution.
--
Charlie.
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http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Charlie,
> I also get this error from time to time when initializing the Search bar.
> The window error has "Dave's Quick Search Deskbar" as title and it goes
> like
> this:
> There was aproblem initializing the enhanced ekyboard suppor - some key
> cominations and hotkeys may not work (Error 'The hotkey notification
> windows
> couldn't be created')
>
> Carlos
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>
>> Carlos - Ping me offline, I'm trying to figure out exactly what you did
>> and
>> how it failed. Charlie - at - Scribes - dot - com is my main email. The
>> destination directory and the install directory should be the same. We're
>> assuming it's unzipped to a temporary directory, and then run from within
>> that directory. From there, it copies files to the install directory, and
>> changes to that directory to run the DLL registration.
>>
>> Ha, just writing this tells me - I'll bet you ran it from a different
>> drive
>> letter, and in the reworking of the batch file, a "cd /d" got changed to
>> a
>> "cd". Dumb mistake, and my temporary directory was on C: so I didn't
>> catch
>> it.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>
>>
>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:10AAAF36-9CA1-471C-8ECB-B345D8AE773B@microsoft.com...
>> > Charlie,
>> > The install cmd file needs some work.
>> > It registered the dll pointing to the install dir rather than the
>> > destination dir.
>> > After the installation I had to re-run the cmd (modified version by me)
>> > from
>> > the destination dir, having skipped the parts where the files get
>> > copied
>> > and
>> > it checks for the prior versions.
>> > In a nutshell, what I did was to use the modified cmd to register
>> > everything
>> > again, but from a different dir.
>> > 
>> > Carlos
>> >
>> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Old timers here will know that I simply love Dave's Quick Search
>> >> Deskbar -
>> >> www.dqsd.net. And that there was a semi-custom solution to running it
>> >> in
>> >> 64-bit that I used. Well, with a lot of hard work and persistence, we
>> >> now
>> >> have 64-bit support built into the mainstream of DQSD. Whenever we
>> >> build
>> >> a
>> >> new version, we'll be building a 64bit version side by side. YIPPEE!
>> >>
>> >> The installer is still a batch file that has my hands all over it,
>> >> though
>> >> with a lot of excellent suggestions from Kim Grasman it is cleaner and
>> >> a
>> >> bit
>> >> smarter. But it works, and appears to be smart enough for general use.
>> >> So
>> >> please - go download it and check it out. It's one of those little
>> >> things
>> >> that the more you use it, the more useful it becomes, and at some
>> >> point
>> >> you'll wonder how you lived without it. For example, I wouldn't be
>> >> able
>> >> to
>> >> read my newspaper funnies any more without it (since the local paper
>> >> has
>> >> only a dismal selection). But now, with the comx search? I get the
>> >> latest
>> >> version whenever I need it. 
>> >>
>> >> Direct download link is here:
>> >> http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dqsd/dqsdx64-4100-beta.zip
>> >>
>> >> Try it! Carlos, you're going to love this, I promise.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Charlie.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>