Would it be possible to put install THG on a shared drive and let
users run it from there without having to install it locally on each
user's machine?
I'd be willing to accept some minor loss of functionality such as no
overlay icons or menus in Explorer. Maybe people can only use the
workbench interface...
Bonus points if the local stuff could be wired up after it was
installed centrally!
I got an answer from the TortoiseHG mailing list:
There are two things you miss by not running the installer:
Explorer extension (context menu, overlay icons)
Having the apps in your PATH (thg.exe, hg.exe, kdiff.exe, tortoiseplink.exe)
The workbench and other apps should run just fine from a copy of the
install folder.
--
Steve Borho
Okay, my "initial reactions" aside, you might be able to copy the TortoiseHg folder after installing it to your machine then copying the Program Files directory a network location and run it from there. (At least, it appears to have been possible in the past)
Try copying the Program Files\TortoiseHg directory to the network share (you could use a network drive to make your life in cmd easier)
Then run thg.exe with a shortcut/cmd/Run... prompt:
<network location>\TortoiseHg\thg.exe
Good luck!
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I'm working on a project that I have stored on my Google Drive mount on Windows, and I would like to use Linux for portions of that project. The Windows Subsystem for Linux has served me well for most of my projects, but I've never had the need to mount a network drive. While it's not imperative that I use my Google Drive mount for this project (I could easily place it in my /downloads or /documents folder), I was curious as to how I could access my Google Drive from WSL.
I attempted to create a new mount via:
sudo mkdir /mnt/googledrive
This successfully created the directory, and then I used the command:
sudo mount -t drvfs G: /mnt/googledrive
This too seemed to be successful.
I was able cd to the /mnt/googledrive directory, but I couldn't access any of my files (it reported the '.' location was unavailable).
Perhaps I've simply misunderstood what I was doing?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I found a workaround, not using the "Google Drive" application but the "Backup and Sync" for individuals (https://www.google.com/drive/download/).
Basicaly it's doing the same for me but in a different way. Backup and Sync will permit you to backup your drive to Google but also Sync your Google Drive localy.
By choosing to sync your drive localy, you can even select some folders, the files are sync to the "C" drive under your user profile at the same level of your "My Documents" folder.
Using that way, you can access your files from your linux with the working /mnt/c/... link.
If that answer is too late for you, might be still in time for others ;-)
It downloads openshift into C:\Users\[user]\.minishift\machines folder. How to change this location to, say, D:\My VMs\? The config set is not very helpful in explaining setting which config for which.
Minishift verision: v1.15.1
Platform: Windows
Driver: Hyper-V
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
It looks like the machines directory can't be set directly through config. It is set relative to a base directory in instance_dirs.go.
That base directory, by default, is the .minishift directory in the home directory of the user, e.g. C:\Users\[user]\.minishift on Windows, but this can be overridden by setting the environment variable MINISHIFT_HOME.
The base directory could also be a profile directory, if you are not using the default profile (the default being minishift).
$ minishift profile list
- minishift Stopped
$ minishift profile myprofile
Profile 'myprofile' set as active profile.
The machines directory for myprofile would then be created under $MINISHIFT_HOME/profiles/myprofile/machines, e.g. on Windows C:\Users\[user]\.minishift\profiles\myprofile\machines.
So you can set MINISHIFT_HOME and move the whole contents of the .minishift directory, including machines, somewhere else but it doesn't look like you can move just machines alone.
Perhaps, you could solve this at the OS-level by creating a symlink between C:\Users\[user]\.minishift\machines and D:\My VMs\.
In case it helps others and so they don't need to test the different ways of using symlink as well as to expand on #codemonkey great answer this is what I did to use symlink as my C drive had no available space. I'm also using hyper-v as the driver.
Note: I do have minishift.exe installed in the apps folder on my D drive
Note 2: I did have to run the command prompt in admin mode
From the C:\Users\[user]\.minishift folder I moved the "machines" folder to D:\Apps\minishift-1.32.0-windows-amd64\
I first tried a soft link which didn't work, I then tried a hadr link, but I was getting errors so I used a "directory junction" link with the /J switch as such C:\WINDOWS\system32>mklink /J C:\Users\[user]\.minishift\machines D:\Apps\minishift-1.32.0-windows-amd64\machines
You should get the following result Junction created for C:\Users\[user]\.minishift\machines <<===>> D:\Apps\minishift-1.32.0-windows-amd64\machines
Then if necessary run minishift delete --clear-cache WARNING this will delete any previous images and hosts you might have!
Then start minishift as normal with minishift start
Grab a cup of coffee or go smoke a cigarette or vape as it will take awhile for the OpenShift server to be started.
Hope this answer might help others who face a similar issue.
I loaded up the Nitrous.io desktop sync app and then installed the mean.io stack on my box. For some reason I can't get any of the files to sync with my desktop. My keys are working fine, but there are no files syncing. There doesn't seem to be a lot of info in the docs on why this could be happening.
The key thing is mentioned in the Nitrous.io docs in this line:
"...the content within your ~/workspace/ folder will be synced into the newly created Nitrous folder once enabled."
This apparently means ONLY the stuff inside workspace (which is not root, so somewhat confusing) will be synced. So, a key missing step is that if you do anything outside the workspace folder, IT WILL NOT BE SYNCED. This includes installing frameworks or other software via the command line. You have to cd into the ~/workspace folder before installing anything or it won't be synced. Seems like a small thing to miss but it makes a big difference when nothing gets pulled down.
In the command line, type this before you install anything like node, bower, etc.
cd ~/workspace
I ran into a problem creating a new project in Cocos2d-x 3.1.1 (or 3.0 - it happens at both versions).
When I'm running the build script in console (Windows 8 - console with admin privileges) an WindowsError pops up (check the image below).
http://i.imgur.com/Ixg4jEE.png
I can set up the COCOS_CONSOLE_ROOT manually, but it does not help with the Error 5.
I tried setting the 777 priviligies an all cocos2d-x folder and subfolders, but it does not help.
Anybody had the same problem? Any solutions out there?
On Windows you should not put manually installed programs and tools under C:\Program... (english: C:\Program Files) because that's a folder where only apps with a proper installer should go. Otherwise you will keep having permission issues. Apps are not allowed to write to that folder or any of its subfolders.
Since cocos2d-x isn't an app, it can't redirect its output to the proper AppplicationData folder as is mandated by the operating system. Not being able to write or modify the program folder's contents (except during installation) is a security feature in Windows that you can't (or shouldn't) bypass.
To fix this simply extract cocos2d-x in a folder that both you and apps have full read/write permission. Normally this would be in your Documents folder, but Desktop would also work and probably just any folder on a drive that you created, for instance C:\cocos2d-x.
Due to this line:
_winreg.SetValueEx() ...
the actual problem looks like to be with registry access, rather than with file permissions.
Make sure you actually running console as an admin, by:
searching cmd in Windows search, or just creating a shortcut to it to desktop
right clicking to cmd.exe and choosing "Run as administrator"
Make sure you don't have registry access block in any way: like blocking in group policies, some "security optimization" software and viruses and antiviruses.
Make sure your python version is 2.x. Python 3.x is not supported.
Anyway, this 'setup.py' step is optional for using cocos2d-x and you can live without running it at all.
I am not a developer but was looking into google drive for my business. I asked if they could sync a folder on a networked extrnal harddrive. I was instructed to write an app. I run a business I am not a developer. Does anyone have any suggestions?
You can try something like gdrive_sync
You don't have to write any code but you will need to install python, download this program, and do some typing in a command line window.
After you download and install python... download gdrive_sync and extract it to a directory with 7zip. Then open a command line and go to the directory you extracted to and type
setup.py install
to install the program. Then follow the instructions under the "Usage" section of the link above to synchronize your drives with google drive. It's a powerful and free way to use google drive if you are willing to spend a bit of time on it.