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Month: July 2022

  • Change GIMP 2.10 Keyboards Shortcuts to Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts (Automated commands)

    Change GIMP 2.10 Keyboards Shortcuts to Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts (Automated commands)

    The GIMP 2.10 shortcuts are all stored in a single file that sits in the GIMP user config folder, called “menurc“.  In order to change them, you only need to replace that file.

    An important note is that the previous GIMP versions have a different path, which I am not covering here because anyway I believe very few people, if any, are using them anyway.

    In Windows 10, the path is:  “C:\Users\{YourUserName}\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10“.

    The file that has the Photoshop shortcuts can be manually downloaded from here. Then you can just copy it to that folder with overwriting the existing one.

    NOTE: The GIMP program needs to be closed before doing this.

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    Alternatively, you can open a Powershell command/terminal and just paste this code line, which will automatically do all the job for you, including taking a backup of the original “menurc” file, just to be on the safe side:

    cd $Env:UserProfile\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10; mv menurc menurc_bck; iwr -outf menurc https://www.webcreative.me/wp-content/uploads/menurc

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    A nice website about this subject is here: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/11/configure-gimp-210-to-use-photoshop.html

     

  • Create WinPE boot disk with file explorer

    Firstly, we need to create the WinPE disk itself.

    A good documentation from Microsoft about creating bootable Windows PE media: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/winpe-create-usb-bootable-drive?view=windows-10

    Another website that instructs how to add the File Explorer to the image we already created: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2015/03/add-gui-file-explorer-windows-pe-environment/

    Step 1. Firstly, we need to mount the image. This is done in the Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment started as an administrator.

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools>
Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:"C:\WinPE_amd64\media\sources\boot.wim" /index:1 /MountDir:"C:\WinPE_amd64\mount"

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.17763.1

Mounting image
[==========================100.0%==========================]
The operation completed successfully.

    ( This didn’t work!!! –> Step 2. Download the Freecommander (the 32-bit version – FreeCommanderXE-32-public_portable.zip) )

    Step 2. I downloaded another external explorer – https://explorerplusplus.com/ – the 64-bit version – and this launched well after booting.

    Step 3. Unzip it and copy that folder to the mounted WinPE folder – C:\WinPE_amd64\mount – I just pasted it in the root, next to “Program Files, Windows, etc”.

    Step 4. You have to go in and tell FreeCommander that you want it to be the master of Deletes, Copies, or Moves, however, once you do this it is persistent throughout your PE session. I opened it from the mounted folder and changed those settings, then Appy, OK, then closed the program.

    https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/freecommander03.png

    Step 5. Unmount the image and commit the PE environment:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools>
Dism /Unmount-Image /MountDir:"C:\WinPE_amd64\mount" /commit

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.17763.1

Saving image
[==========================100.0%==========================]
Unmounting image
[==========================100.0%==========================]
The operation completed successfully.

    Step 6. Save/Write the image on the USB stick. MAKE SURE you type the correct drive letter for the USB stick (best to check it in Explorer):

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools>MakeWinPEMedia /UFD C:\WinPE_amd64 D:
WARNING, ALL DATA ON DISK DRIVE D: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format [Y,N]?Y
Formatting D:...

Setting the boot code on D:...

Copying files to D:...

Success

    Step 7. Done. You should EJECT the USB stick from the tray icon option, then unplug it an you can boot from it.