Archive for the ‘Troubleshoot’ Category

Windows 7 : Thumbnails folder.jpg not showing (on networked shared drive)

I had this annoying problem where only some of the folders in windows (7) would show the thumbnail, which was present as a “folder.jpg” file inside it. Most of the folders would just show the default folder-icon. Nothing I did would change this, except when I would navigate into the folder and back, the thumbnail [...]

Move file in use , who is blocking it or using it , force move delete

We’ve all experienced it sometime: A file or folder is in use, and windows refuses to move or delete it. Even though it should, Windows rarely shows us what or who is blocking the file. Left in the dark, you’ll end up closing all sorts of apps, killing explorer, and what not. Then there are [...]

“apply security settings” mysql error 1364 ( server 5.5.9 )

Currently the “MySQL Community Server” (Release: 5.5.9) is broken an cannot be installed. You’ll get “apply security settings” mysql error 1364 There is no solution. Just install an older version, 5.0.1 works. more info: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=58954

The comments plugin requires an application id to properly namespace the provided xid

I recently got stuck while integrating a comments section into a webpage. The social plugin always threw a “The comments plugin requires an application id to properly namespace the provided xid.” at me. There’s was no solution in Google, so I will post my solution here. In my case I had called the script two [...]