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Yep, I get that too, because I use one of the quicklanuch menus. If I click the STart button then that quicklaunch menu, the taskbar has a higher z-order and I can't get to the quicklaunch menu.
Total pain.
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For the full name, hover the mouse over the item and get a tool-tip type popup.
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StChasFrank wrote: For the full name, hover the mouse over the item
Hover! I ain't got no time for hover!!! 
Just kidding. Thanks for the input and that is a good tip.
However, hovering is a bad solution because it is BORING waiting on the tooltip. 
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I've found taht the tool tip window is limited size, too. Some of the tool tips I've seen are clipped, and to date I have not found any way to access that information that is clipped off in the tool tip window 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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The Windows 8 and above UI (and the update idiocy) got me to start dual booting with linux. I mainly only use Windows 10 for gaming and the occasional Photoshop session now. All my normal computing needs are now handled in Devuan Linux. All told, I have way fewer issues maintaining my Linux partition then my Windows 10 partition.
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Very cool you've made the switch.
If I can find a Linux with a small footprint I may soon do the same. want to try Android Studio and development on Linux.
sasadler wrote: Devuan Linux
Hadn't heard of that distro. I will check it out. Thanks
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Devuan is basically Debian without System D.
I've actually only had one problem so far (couple years in now). One of the recent updates of Thunderbird wasn't working correctly. There was an issue with AppArmor so just disabling AppArmor for Thunderbird fixed it.
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sasadler wrote: Devuan is basically Debian without System D.
Interesting. and, my favorite distro is Debian. I use the Raspbian on RPi and have a container running at DigitalOcean.com that is a Debian instance.
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The "Settings" was terribad from the start, and it has never become good.
The way they group things often doesn't make any sense, and I ended up using the search bar most of the time. While in Control Panel I can easily find the icon that I want.
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Daniel Wilianto wrote: The "Settings" was terribad from the start, and it has never become good.
The way they group things often doesn't make any sense
Agree!
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- It seems you don't use latest Windows 10 Version - so maybe upgrade? The Apps & Features and a lot of other Settings got better… so it seems they listen at least..
- There is a Tooltip now to see the complete Name - not as good as the columns, but at least no click…
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johannesnestler wrote: It seems you don't use latest Windows 10 Version - so maybe upgrade?
Yeah, that is probably correct, because it is at work and the infrastructure team leaves us a version or two behind in order to insure that upgrades don't hurt us.
I did see the tooltip, but you have to hover and wait which is not optimal.
Thanks for the input.
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When he gets to Australia, does Santa swap to Reinbeers?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I like someone who Fosters reindeer.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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"... on Shiela... on Chunder..."
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I donner know - it's hard to sleigh. At least they'll not need to wade through Pil's of snow until they ale go Bock to the North Pole.
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It's Fosters not Frosters Rudolph!
I may not be that good looking, or athletic, or funny, or talented, or smart
I forgot where I was going with this but I do know I love bacon!
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So I got this 1099 gig for about a year, and I realize that I really need to do better at tracking time spent. Does anyone have any suggestions for a simple time tracking application for Windows? Nothing fancy, no online stuff (offline only) and free if possible. I would like it to live in the system tray and have some simple reporting I can shove into a simple invoice (I am using Wave at the moment for that). I could write one myself easily enough, but why re-invent that wheel - I would probably start adding hubcaps, suspension, flames down the side, etc.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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Yeah, I did my due diligence and googled time tracking - most use some sort of online application, I would like to keep it offline, living on my development machine. I may have to either write it myself or go with an online service 
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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I do my day to day time tracking in a plain old excel spreadsheet. you could you google spreadsheet for free, I think.
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We use Clockify at work.
A friend of mine likes Toggl
Edit: sorry, I see you want offline software. There was something I used years ago, but I don't remember the name right now 
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I haven't looked at its abilities in awhile, but maybe our very own .dan.g's ToDoList can handle your needs.
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Since I changed the inkjet to a laser, I don't have labels - until I get round to buying laser labels, of course.
So I spent yesterday writing an app to print my Card list to envelopes (I wrote a label version last year, but this is a different problem: orientation, single address per page, you know the kind of thing).
So I write it properly: to accept envelopes in any of the four rotations for the flap end, logo and sender address, really sweet - once I'd got my head round Graphics.RotateTransform, and shifting the origin in the appropriate direct and amount. That took a while.
And it worked excellently in Print preview.
So this morning I ran a test on a "dummy envelope" to make sure I'd aligned it all correctly. Perfect. Ran it using the live DB to the printer, and loaded envelopes.
And the first one jams. Badly. The print path doesn't like envelopes, they get caught in the outfeed and rip. 
So all that work is wasted, And I had to hand write them all. Which admittedly took a lot less time that writing the app, but ... 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
modified 17-Dec-18 6:18am.
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