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Nero 9 is the next generation of the world’s most trusted integrated digital media and home entertainment software suite. It features new cutting-edge functionality that makes enjoying digital media content simple.

This easy-to-use yet powerful multimedia suite, gives you the freedom to create, rip, copy, burn, edit, share, and upload online. Whatever you want – music, video, photo, and data – enjoy and share with family and friends anytime, anywhere.

With easy-to-use Nero StartSmart command center, your digital life has never been more flexible, feasible, and fun.

Nero 9 Highlights: 

• Fast and easy rip, burn, Autobackup, and copy functions
• Backup files to CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs*
• Create professional-looking DVD movies with integrated 3D menus
• Copy, burn, share, upload, and create music mixes like a DJ
• Convert music, photos, and DVDs to play on your iPod® and other mobile devices
• Quick photo and video upload to My Nero, YouTube™, and MySpace
• Watch, record, pause, and customize your live TV experience
• Play AVCHD and other HD formats

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My friends, you have learnt many priceless tips, but there is something that had been bothering me that How to Add Move To X Folder and Copy to X Folder context menu to move or copy files n folders to specified folder. So here is the trick:

Add Move To X Folder

Copy the VBS Code into Notepad and Save as MoveX.vbs

Const FOF_CREATEPROGRESSDLG = &H0&
TargetFolder = “[Enter your Sepecified folder path]”
Set objShell = CreateObject(”Shell.Application”)
Set objFolder = objShell.NameSpace(TargetFolder)
objFolder.MoveHere WScript.Arguments.Item(0), FOF_CREATEPROGRESSDLG 

Replace [Enter your Sepecified folder path] with your folder
Copy MoveX.vbs to C:\Windows\System32 folder

Now copy below registry code into notepad and save with .reg extension (like MoveX.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\*\movex]
@=”Move to X Folder”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\*\movex\command]
@=”wscript C:\\Windows\\System32\\MoveX.vbs %l”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\movex]
@=”Move to X Folder”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\movex\command]
@=”wscript C:\\Windows\\System32\\MoveX.vbs %l” 

D’click on movex.reg to patch the reg code….n Refresh.

you’ll get Move to X Folder context menu under Files and Folders.

Add Copy To X Folder

Copy the VBS Code into Notepad and Save as CopyX.vbs

Const FOF_CREATEPROGRESSDLG = &H0&
TargetFolder = “[Enter your Sepecified folder path]”
Set objShell = CreateObject(”Shell.Application”)
Set objFolder = objShell.NameSpace(TargetFolder)
objFolder.CopyHere WScript.Arguments.Item(0), FOF_CREATEPROGRESSDLG 

Replace [Enter your Sepecified folder path] with your folder
Copy CopyX.vbs to C:\Windows\System32 folder

Now copy below registry code into notepad and save with .reg extension (like CopyX.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\*\Copyx]
@=”Copy to X Folder”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\*\Copyx\command]
@=”wscript C:\\Windows\\System32\\CopyX.vbs %l”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Copyx]
@=”Copy to X Folder”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Copyx\command]
@=”wscript C:\\Windows\\System32\\CopyX.vbs %l” 

D’click on Copyx.reg to patch the reg code….n Refresh.

you’ll get Copy to X Folder context menu under Files and Folders.

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The Silverlight team blog has released “Sliverlight 2 RC0”. The blog post says- We’ve released RC0 of Silverlight 2. This is intended as a developer only release - neither the Silverlight 1 nor Silverlight 2 Beta 2 plug-in will auto-update to this release. This is an opportunity to test your Silverlight 2 applications against RC0 to ensure they will be ready for final release. There is also a preview of SP1 for Expression Blend which targets Silverlight 2 RC0.

There is a full list of breaking changes between B2 and RC0, I’ve pulled out the contents list below as a summary:

• Important! Migrating Older Code to the Newer Release
• ContentPresenter now derives from FrameworkElement instead of Control
• Layout Rendering Slightly Changed
• Cross domain hosts of Silverlight must set the right MIME type for XAP (application/x-silverlight-app)
• Exceptions now thrown in HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse()
• Font URI is Restricted to Assembly Resource
• Browser.HtmlElementCollection replaced with by Browser.ScriptObjectCollection
• Exceptions When Changing Some Properties on an Active Animation
• System.Windows.Controls.Extended.dll renamed to System.Windows.Controls.dll
• VisualStateManager Changes
• KeyDown Sent Synchronously
• MeasureOverride/ArrangeOverride on Canvas Now Sealed
• UriTypeConverter moved to System.dll
• HtmlPage.UnregisterScriptableObject Removed
• RenderingEventArgs Changes
• ContentPresenter and ContentControl Changes
• Removal of FileDialogFileInfo Type and OpenFileDialog.SelectedFile(s) Properties
• Removal of FullAccess Option on the ExternalCallersFromCrossDomain attribute in the Silverlight 2 application manifest
• KeyFrameCollection Changes
• Request stream must be closed before calling HttpWebRequest.BeginGetResponse()
• HtmlWindow references on Safari/Mac will no longer evaluate to true
• Address property removed from all WebClient EventArg classes
• Constructors Made Internal
• Exception type change for System.Xml exception type
• Cannot create classes in XAML that do not have accessible constructors
• Get AG_E_UNKNOWN_ERROR in Silverlight 2 but not in Silverlight 1
• Platform looks for generic.xaml as a resource at themes/generic.xaml
• HTTP Polling Duplex OM Changes and Reengineering
• Breaking change to Silverlight native hosting IXcpControl COM interface
• Content-Type is allowed on cross domain request by default
• Enforcing delegate type check when two delegate objects are combined
• Miscellaneous API Changes

All the relevant links and downloads are available on Silverlight.Net.

Source: MSDN Blog

Silverlight, Software

The Expression Blend team blog has released “Expression Blend 2 SP1 Preview”. The blog post says- Today, we have released a preview of Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 that allows you to create content for the release candidate of Silverlight 2. You can download the Service Pack from the following location:

Download Expression Blend 2 SP1 Preview

This Service Pack provides you with all of the functionality you had with our earlier Expression Blend 2.5 June 2008 Preview. Besides allowing you to create new projects for WPF, Silverlight 1, and Silverlight 2 RC, we are also exposing new platform functionality like Font Embedding / Subsetting for Silverlight 2 projects. More on this new functionality in future blog posts.

One thing to note, which is different from how we handled releases in the past, is that Expression Blend 2 SP1 Preview will install on top of Expression Blend 2. This will not be a side-by-side installation. This service pack is also an evolution of Expression Blend 2.5, so there will be no future Expression Blend 2.5 releases.

You can find more information on the FAQ page.

Source: MSDN Blog

Expression Studio, Software

As you know, the mobile segment has been upbeat recently with a host of new launches, offering customers a world of choice! So here’s an exclusive sneak preview of the coolest new phone slated to be launched in India tomorrow - the SAMSUNG i900 ( OMNIA)

To start with, it’s a sleek and sexy device, powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and packed with MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, and Word). Omnia is a 100% touch phone with everything wrapped in a neat metal case. With screen at 3.2 inches, it comes packed with a full browser which intuitively changes from landscape to portrait depending simply on how YOU are holding or using the phone!

Worth exploring are the multimedia functionalities of the device - a truly big splash. The platform enables you to easily move or drag and drop icons across the screen using just your finger . The extra large, bright screen is great for browsing and what brings the browsing experience alive is the new Internet Explorer in Windows Mobile 6.1! It’s a full-fledged browser that can play flash files and has Intelligent Zoom In and Out – allowing you to browse any website quickly and easily at amazing speeds.

With Windows Live pre-installed, users can also get Push Hotmail – that’s getting your email on the go without a corporate server or a blackberry equivalent service. And for those who want office email on the go, Omnia comes with Outlook and a fully functional Office Suite on the device, so that you can access, read, edit word documents, excel worksheets, power point decks, etc.

However, the Omnia is not just a work device.. so when its time to play – switch on a movie on the bright widescreen or play some cool music. With Windows both on the Omnia and your PC, syncing up your music, movies & pictures is a breeze and doesn’t require any more software installations. What’s more when your music syncs from the PC to the phone, your album art also carries and allows you to touch and see your music on the Omnia. A 5 MP camera allows still & video capture of all you want.

Backing all of this is a 16 GB memory - not too many phones yet have this capacity.

I urge you to check out the SAMSUNG OMNIA at: http://omnia.samsungmobile.com

It promises to be not just another phone - but a style phone with substance!

Thanks to Abhishek Kant, Microsoft MVP Lead.

Mobile Phones, Windows Mobile