Category: Utilities

Various Alax.Info Utilities

Update

Update: Added: Paste copied to clipboard directories as soft links Added: Paste copied to clipboard files as hard links Added: License, features file, website shortcut Download the extension, version 1.0.3 (322K)

Update

Update: Added: Infotips for files enabled by default Added: Shell icon overlay handler displays green check/red exclamation when digital signature exists and is valid/invalid Note that shell icon overlays are not enabled by default because it may be an impact on shell performance. To enable, add a registry value that defines path patterns to be…

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Update

Update: Added: Folder columns Soft Link Target and Hard Links Added: Infotips for files (Hard Links) and folders (Soft Link Target) Added: Shell icon overlay handler displays shortcut for soft linked folders Download the extension (280K)

CAPICOM Shell Extensions

Another handy shell extension for those who deal with digital signatures. The extension adds new columns to shell explorer and also allows to put digital signature related information into informational tooltips. The following columns are added: Signature state (presence, validity), description, URL Signer certificate details (subject, issuer, email etc.) TimeStamper certificate details (signing time, subject,…

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Update

Update: Added: Soft links for multiply selected directories Added: Hard links for selected files Not Added: Shell icon overlay handler doesn’t get called for some reason Download the extension (272K) Keywords: REPARSE_MOUNTPOINT_DATA_BUFFER, FSCTL_SET_REPARSE_POINT, CreateHardLink

Authenticode’s Signcode

Some of you may be annoyed by the way signcode.exe keeps popping up the password prompt when trying to sign file from command line. There’s a workaround, however. The utility catches password prompt and autoenters the password. After a minute of inactivity it quits. For use in bacth files like this: start /b AutomateSigncodePassword.exe my-authenticode-password…

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Resource Updater

Sometimes an automated update of the binary resource is required, to update version, product name, some custom string etc. We have an utility for this and and it found itsself being very useful. We are unlikely to document it, I just leave a sample code illustrating how it all works. Sample.js: Image = new ActiveXObject(“AlaxInfoResourceTools.Image”);…

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