On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 23:31:23 -0500, Paul wrote:
> Peter Jason wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:34:26 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
>> <
arlen_...@newmachines.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:13:25 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's "something" clever the Reader is doing that I haven't figured out.
>>> I just saw the helpful note from Glowing Blue Mist in the other thread,
>>> where I tested it out with some degree of success.
>>> o <
https://i.postimg.cc/C5TdD4Vs/pdf07.jpg> You have to use the old method
>>>
>>> I just want to report, tenuously so, that I think what the Reader is doing
>>> it not only registering itself as the default PDF editor (which is fine),
>>> but, I think, perhaps, maybe, just maybe, the Reader is _also_ removing
>>> the Writer from the purview of the Windows 10 operating system (somehow).
>>>
>>> That is, with both the Reader & Writer installed, you'd "think" you could
>>> just set the default PDF app to either one using the Microsoft settings:
>>> o Win+R > ms-settings:defaultapps > Choose default apps by file type > PDF
>>>
>>> But, for whatever reason, the _option_ to choose the Writer disappears
>>> the instant you install the Reader (which is clever subterfuge indeed!).
>>>
>>> Following the purposefully helpful instructions of GlowingBlueMist, I
>>> resorted to the _manual_ method (the one we used to use in older Windows),
>>> which, interestingly, works!
>>>
>>> Why it works is, I think, perhaps probably due simply to the fact that the
>>> Reader can't hide the basic fact that the Writer exists when you use the
>>> "File > Open" GUI (but the Reader _can_ hide the Writer from Windows 10
>>> when you use the "ms-settings:defaultapps" GUI.
>>> o <
https://i.postimg.cc/C5TdD4Vs/pdf07.jpg>
>>>
>>> Weird. Huh?
>>
>> I fear these things go over my head like the full moon.
>> Just happy to get the images back.
>
> When you bought and paid for the full-featured application
> (one which includes a PDF editor/reader of its own), it's
> generally not a good idea to install the free Reader as well.
>
> For one thing, the bindings to file type, one or the
> other application will get the binding. And who really
> knows whether when Peter double-clicks "some.pdf" he
> really meant for Acrobat11 to open or FreeReader to open.
>
> Some thought has to go into use-cases, as well as
> potential partitioning mechanisms. I keep my full-featured
> package in a VM (virtual machine), and it seldom gets used
> (maybe once every two weeks). Whereas the FreeReader thing
> is used all day long, and just reads stuff. No saving out
> (unless it's an Acroform or something).
>
> There are *lots* of softwares that don't play nice.
> For example, QuickTime Player used to steal all the
> file bindings, such that just about any file you
> touched, QuickTime would be like "pick me, pick me!".
> And you'd be "Jesus, not this again".
>
> You really have to be careful what you wish for.
>
> Some applications present a nice dialog, including
> "switch this off" so that during installation,
> no bindings at all are stolen.
>
> Paul
On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 23:31:23 -0500, Paul wrote:
> There are *lots* of softwares that don't play nice.
> For example, QuickTime Player used to steal all the
> file bindings, such that just about any file you
> touched, QuickTime would be like "pick me, pick me!".
> And you'd be "Jesus, not this again".
Hi Paul,
This is as off topic as the above, but the propensity for abysmal apps to
steal the defaults is why I stopped installing the iTunes abomination after
I learned it was not only untested bloatware, but that it _removed_
functionality.
Yup. You install the shockingly insecure untested iTunes, and, you _lose_
the ability to connect _any_ iPod on the planet to _any_ PC on the planet
and simply slide MP3 files back & forth. Sheesh.
Worse, it used to add Quicktime as part of its worthless bloatware suite,
where apologists like nospam repeatedly claimed Quicktime was a necessary
add on, and yet, it was simply utter bloat (even for mov files).
What's interesting about what Adobe did to me recently was the Writer
originally was set as the default PDF editor, and then, when I installed
the Reader, the Reader took them (which is fine), but the Reader also,
somehow, magically, hid the fact the Writer even existed from the Windows
Settings GUI.
Luckily, as GlowingBlueMist helpfully suggested, the rightclick context
menu allowed me to _find_ the Writer executable, but what's perplexing is
_how_ the Reader managed to hide the Writer from the Windows Settings GUI.
--
See also:
o A zero-day vulnerability in iCloud and iTunes on Windows PCs allowed hackers to install ransomware undetected.
<
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.comp.freeware/c/hftPQAEZr_g>
o Yet again, Apple didn't test its Windows software for longstanding common vulnerabilities
<
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.comp.freeware/c/JVI-6A3ko38>
o Is there any functionality the iTunes abomination does that can't be done, better, WITHOUT iTunes?
<
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.os.linux/PLzFxNis7jk>
o What functionality does iTunes do for you that you'll need to replicate without iTunes?
<
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/v2jT-sWIKR0/gA45WfO6AAAJ>
o Apple iTunes and iCloud for Windows 0-Day Exploited in Ransomware Attacks
<
https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/apple-bonjour-ransomware.html>
o The rise and fall of iTunes, Apple's most hated app
<
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/3/18650571/apple-itunes-rip-discontinued-macos-10-15-ipod-store-digital-music-wwdc-2019>
o Where can you find the OLD versions of SharePod freeware [any version prior to version 3.9.4]?
<
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.comp.freeware/c/urk_6-GQM2M>
o How to access iOS media library on Linux or Windows WITHOUT iTunes?
<
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.comp.freeware/c/jQlXf5Rlreo>
o An elegant solution to managing digital files on ANY iOS, Android, Windows, or Linux device SIMULTANEOUSLY over USB using zero additional software (other than the native OS)
<
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.comp.freeware/c/H6T7KqzR_ww>
etc.