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Lord Shonus

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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #3855 on: April 25, 2019, 11:00:42 am »

They may have lost the file association. Try using "open with" in the context menu.
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #3856 on: April 25, 2019, 12:54:05 pm »

Attempting to use "Open With" with the Java(TM) SE Platform Binary simply results in the spinning circle thing (the icon that replaced the hourglass from older Windows versions) appearing for a few seconds before then disappearing. Also, checking the file associations reveals that Java(TM) SE Platform Binary is indeed being used as the default for .jar files.

I haven't actually tried restarting my computer, so I don't know if this is just a small hiccup or if file association actually has been lost (or if it's some other issue). I'll try restarting it later and if that doesn't help, I'll let you know.
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #3857 on: April 25, 2019, 07:29:22 pm »

blech.  Are you sure it is all JAR files, and not just some whinyines from the jar in question?

"No, I want to be run with -Xmsx1024, or I wont run at all! *raspberry!*" type shenanigans?
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #3858 on: April 25, 2019, 07:49:45 pm »

Haven't yet restarted, but tried out another .jar file - and it opened up just fine! I don't know what the matter with the other file is. Again, I will let you know what - if anything - happens when I restart.
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #3859 on: April 25, 2019, 07:59:10 pm »

when started without any argument for the memsize, the JVM will attempt to run the JAR file in a context with a memory ceiling of 256mb, if I recall correctly.

Many programs want more than this (because they are written in java, and it is fucking wasteful as shit with memory...) so you have to invoke java with the -Xms argument to specify how many megabytes of memory the VM has.  This is why I mentioned it.

eg,

java -Xms1024 -jar [some jar file.jar]

You would accomplish that with a shortcut.
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #3860 on: May 01, 2019, 04:25:23 am »

Further laptop woes yaaay!

This time it's the graphics for whatever reason. My asus runs a GTX950M and before I've had zero issues with the damn thing. But ever since the last install, two out of two games that I've installed have shown issues. Namely, in fullscreen mode, the screen flashes black with a thick, glitchy line across the middle, in case of Grim Dawn, it's visible only in menus and for a bit, in case of DS3 it's always present and makes it unplayable. It looks like a sync issue but fiddling with that ingame hasn't produced any results, and so far, only switching to windowed mode seems to fix it. I have the latest drivers from the asus website since ones from nvidia refuse to install claiming that I don't have compatible hardware for it :V

Edit: Further experimentation shows that even in fullscreen mode, when I pick a different resolution it doesn't glitch anymore. So it only seems to be a problem at 1920x1080
« Last Edit: May 01, 2019, 04:37:51 am by Jopax »
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #3861 on: May 01, 2019, 07:40:25 am »

Try an OLDER driver.

Many times, the newest driver pack has issues with older cards.
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #3862 on: May 01, 2019, 08:39:07 am »

I’m on Windows 10 and...

I'm sorry to hear that. I feel like I should have purchased dozens of copies of Windows 7 to give out to people back when I bought my copy.

I mean, you could try to use Linux, but you could also try Scientology.
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #3863 on: May 01, 2019, 09:51:38 am »

You're forgetting one thing.

In general everyday usage, windows 10 outshines linux by miles.
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #3864 on: May 01, 2019, 11:54:26 am »

I appear to have accidentally deleted a file on my flash drive.
Is there an easy way to bring it back, and if that way is data recovery tools (which I know nothing about), which would you recommend?
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Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« Reply #3865 on: May 01, 2019, 01:54:01 pm »

In general everyday usage, windows 10 outshines linux by miles.

And you get to warm your hands in front of it while it updates.  :P
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« Reply #3866 on: May 01, 2019, 06:38:30 pm »

You're forgetting one thing.

In general everyday usage, windows 10 outshines linux by miles.

What are you counting as "general everyday usage", though? Office and web browsing? Because, yes, Windows is shinier and has more guard rails around things you don't want untrained users doing, but it can't run servers and is therefore useless for serious computation.
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« Reply #3867 on: May 02, 2019, 08:09:26 am »

Well servers aren't general everyday use afaik

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« Reply #3868 on: May 02, 2019, 08:11:28 am »

Well servers aren't general everyday use afaik

Aren't they? You're indirectly using more than one right now.
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« Reply #3869 on: May 02, 2019, 08:49:20 am »

I meant, running a server isn't something the majority of users do
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