This is an update to this issue:

Photoshop fails to paste my print screen from the clipboard. I’ve tested pasting in mspaint and it works fine. I’ve also tried creating a new document from clipboard but that won’t work either. What’s wrong and how do I fix it?

This is documented in stackoverflow, but the case has been closed and I wanted to give an update for Photoshop CS4

You can add a registry dword called “AlwaysImportClipboard” with a value of “1″ at this location: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Photoshop\11.0]

Remember, version 10.0 is CS3, 11.0 is CS4

Or, you can download these registry files which accomplish the same thing:

For Photoshop CS3 (fix print screen cs3 . reg)

For Photoshop CS4 (fix print screen cs4 . reg)

Update: Hey, sometimes photoshop has a hiccup and it just won’t let you paste. Something with the clipboard gets screwy. Just restart photoshop when that happens. Even this registry fix won’t solve that bug.

Photoshop actually has to “import” the clipboard to its own format – you may notice it actually doing this when you cursor changes to an hour glass (or “busy” or “busy background”) when you switch to photoshop after copying an image to the clipboard from another application. Sometimes there will be a slight delay while this import is happening before you can use / paste the image.

Also Note: You may need to go to Image->mode->RGB or CMYK  if it is set on “indexed color,” especially after opening something that has indexing enabled (like a .gif) before you can paste. Also, if you only have a background layer and it is set as “background” try either creating a new layer and pasting into that or holding “alt” (option on mac) and double clicking the background layer in the layers panel to convert it to a layer (or right click it and convert it to a layer)

Hopefully one of these things will help you paste your image.

I really like the google image relinker script for greasemonkey, but sometimes when there’s a hotlink protection or something else funky, you just want the original google images link. i updated this greasemonkey image re-linker script so that it relinks the images, but also provides links to open the original link (both in a new tab, and in a new window)

Download the script:

google_image_relinker_v2_00.user.js.txt (rename to just .js)

google_image_relinker_v2_00.user.js (right click and save as)

Greasemonkey scripts can be used with chrome or firefox

WinRAR has always been great. However, I find myself constantly renaming archives after using the right-click “add to archive” context menu item. I find myself prepending the files with the date created. I love streamlining things, so I decided to write WinRAR tech support a message. They prompty replied and informed me about some some things I didn’t realize were available!

Basically, you can create “profiles” for the archives you create.

Here are the steps RarLabs sent me:

- press “Add” button to open archiving dialog;

- enable “Generate archive name by mask” option on “Backup” page of
archiving dialog;

- select an appropriate mask for this option, insert + in the beginning
of mask to place it in the beginning of archive name;

- return to “General” page, press “Profiles…”, select “Save current
settings to a new profile”;

- specify a profile name and set “Add to context menu” option.
Also you may set “Immediate execution” option if you do not want to
see the archiving dialog every time after selecting this profile.

After that you shall see your new profile in context menu.

Note: The requires WinRar 3.8 or newer

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This has become increasingly difficult to find online. It looks like the Chromium blog talks more about it without giving many clear options about how to download or install chromium.

Well, here’s my small contribution. You can find the latest files here:

http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/continuous/win/LATEST/

I highly recommend the mini_installer.exe for Windows XP or Vista.

Here are links to the bleeding edge builds of chrome for mac or chrome for linux

Also, Chromium is MUCH BETTER for installing and managing extensions ( see chromeextensions.org ) than Chrome. You can install with just one click! And you get a nifty “extensions” panel under the “tools” menu.

Here’s how!

If you have Chrome installed, uninstall it, or this program (below) will use Chrome by default instead of Chromium (Chromium is not Chrome)

Make sure this directory structure exists: C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome (replace User with your username)

Don’t create an Application folder inside the chrome folder – the next steps will do that.

Get the Sysinternals Suite (or at least the junction program for creating softlinks)

Run this command:

junction “C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application” “C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium\Application”

(Replace User with your username)

Download ChromeMailer and go through setup

Launch ChromeMailer and choose your options.

Trouble? ChromeMailer (as of 8/09) looks for Chrome in it’s default path – your profile\Google\Chrome\Application

You can either install chromium into that directory, or install it into the proper directory and create a softlink (junction) so the folders mirror each other. If you delete something in one folder it will be deleted in the other one, too. Look up softlinks on wikipedia for more info.

Chromium is NOT Chrome. It’s the name of the bleeding-edge nightly releases that are untested for bugs.

Some of the more advanced features that Chromium is currently offering includes ftp downloads and the ability to pick and choose the items which will appear on your startup page. You can make these sticky, reorder, or prevent certain ones from appearing.

Visit the Chromium homepage, development blog, or latest releases page for more information.

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