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Orca 5.0 – the simple MSI table editor

Fabio Cortesi — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:21:16 +0000

Orca.exe is a database table editor for creating and editing Windows Installer packages and merge modules. The tool provides a graphical interface for validation, highlighting the particular entries where validation errors or warnings occur.

This tool is only available in the Windows SDK Components for Windows Installer Developers. It is provided as an Orca.msi file. After installing the Windows SDK Components for Windows Installer Developers, double click Orca.msi to install the Orca.exe file.

Source: MSDN Microsoft

Since this is a bit complicated to become the Orca-source to install the tool, you can download Orca 5.0 on the following link:

How to Unassociate, Remove or Delete Programs From “Open With” or “Recommended Programs” List

Fabio Cortesi — Fri, 14 May 2010 09:46:47 +0000

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/11/05/how-to-unassociate-remove-or-delete-programs-from-open-with-or-recommended-programs-list/

Windows 7

Stefan Jäger — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:11:12 +0000

Since a week I am using Windows 7 and until now, I am really satisfied. Windows 7 feels much faster than Vista and it’s something like a fine tuned Vista.

Here you can read the most notable new features:

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-secrets.aspx

For further information, you will find here a good walkthrough:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/the-geek-blog/what-you-should-expect-from-the-windows-7-beta/

A very simple, but interesting feature is called Aero Snap. In my daily work, I often have to compare or to analyze information from two different windows. With Aero Snap, I just move the first window to the left side and the second window to the right side. Aero Snap automatically splits the screen and arranges both windows.

Another very nice feature is the history in the new taskbar. Every icon in the new taskbar opens its history with a right click on it. With this feature, you have a fast access to all recently opened files for a specific application.