Quora Link: https://www.quora.com/How-long-should-it-take-to-delete-10-000-files-under-5MB-each-in-Windows-10 Date Posted to Quora: 2018-12-27 Description: This is a question I posted on Quora Here is what I posted, archived here for posterity:
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I Bought A New Windows 10 Laptop Today … and You Can’t Upgrade It!
I decided to treat myself today and buy a new laptop. My wife and I agreed that it would be a good purchase since I need a laptop for my blogging and side hustle projects, and everything else including doing our taxes. Unfortunately, my trusty HP Pavilion 17 inch laptop finally died yesterday after 7 years […]
Quick Tip: Download Entire Playlist with Youtube-DL CLI
This is just a quick tip or note about code to use to download entire video playlists from YouTube. I find this software very useful because you never know when a playlist you’ve bookmarked is all of a sudden going to be removed. In some cases — before I discovered this software — I found […]
Troubleshooting WAMPServer Won’t Start on Windows 10
WAMPServer doesn’t work. I launched the application from the taskbar in Windows 10, but the “W” in system tray doesn’t turn green, it just stays red. There is also an error when I hover over the W: Local server – None of 2 services running SEARCH TERMS I TRIED Here are some search terms and […]
Windows 10 Update Hangs (KB4480116 version 1809) with Solution
For several weeks now I’ve been bouncing between using two different Windows laptops because Windows Update has felt the need to force itself on me, though I’ve already tried disabling windows update through various online suggestions. But, Windows wouldn’t budge. For some reason Windows Update kept locking up my computer, no matter which laptop — […]
Developer Journal: Error Windows 10 October Update Deletes 300+ Files (1809)
Before I even knew about the infamous “October Update” I suffered data loss on an external hard drive due to this horrible Microsoft update. I lost a lot of time trying to figure out what had caused my files to disappear. A corrupted Master File Table error on a different hard drive made me realize […]
Evolus Pencil Quick Tip: How to Group Items (Especially Sketchy GUI)
What is Evolus Pencil? Evolus Pencil (not to be confused with Apple Pencil, Pencil Sketch, or Pencil Code) is a great open source mockup and design application for Windows. It is has an easy to use drag-and-drop interface and it’s closest competitors are probably Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides, and charting applications like draw.io and LucidChart. […]
Regex Tutorial: Converting Dates in Filenames With Bulk Rename Utility (Perl PCRE)
Regular Expressions (Date Matching and Conversion) – Perl 5 and Bulk Rename Utility. I occasionally find myself modifying my digital photo naming convention, and subsequently end up having to rename a lot of photos (thousands!). The best program that I have found for renaming is called Bulk Rename Utility (BRU). BRU is lightweight, powerful, and […]
Project: Exporting your Google Plus page followers to CSV with JavaScript ES6
This is a side project I did based on a a question I was asked to answer on Quora. In this project, we look at possible ways to export, extract, or grab information about users from our Google+ followers page. We ultimately use JavaScript in a browser console to scape user information using ECMAScript 6 […]
VueMinder Lite: A Free Printable Desktop Calendar App for Windows 10
Originally published: 01/05/2016 Last Updated: 11/12/2018 Was researching a good Windows desktop stand-alone software. I ran into a lot of options that were either mobile apps or online cloud applications. I wanted something that was free, sort of like MS Outlook or Google Calendar, with reminders, and printable. I finally found what I was looking […]
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