Thanks for the hand-holding, Sheri <g>. I'm not all that knowledgeable about many Windows things despite the many years I've been at this. I stumbled upon the commandline help re PPro that described exactly what you say below, so I think I've finally grasped something - seems like a lot of commandline things can be used in shortcuts. I think I'm finally making that connection since this is the second time I've seen commandline used in shortcuts. Way kewl.
Well, this worked like a charm. I have a separate folder that I labelled "0-OtherConfigs" so that it's at the top of the folder list and inside I have "Notes.pcf". What could be simpler!!?? Can't believe how easy this turned out to be <g>. Bet you hear that all the time. So I'm all set - in my quicklaunch bar, I have a nice shortcut labelled "Stickie Notes". It's PowerPro which I set up with everything to do with notes, only. Then once opened, I just have to hit Ctrl+Alt+N to get a new note. I found that the powerpro.exe file contains a nice stickie notes icon, so I set it to that icon in the shortcut. I've used the notes feature for years even if infrequently because it was not a small, separate instance like this. So the _only_ thing I can say that is wrong with the feature is that it dumps the first note smack dab in the middle of the screen. I've played around with the settings on more than one occasion, but if I want stacking, which I do, I can't get it to start anywhere but there in the middle of the screen. Almost not worth mentioning and this is just an aside, because PowerPro's stickie notes is so damned near perfect, I can live with that slight imperfection. So none of the other options stack. If you say you want the upper left-hand corner, they'll all open in exactly the same spot. I don't like that location anyway. So middle of the screen it is. Like I said, PPro's is damned near perfect. And that's saying a lot since over the years I've tried about 30-50 stickie notes programs and always discarded them for one reason or another since they can't do all at once what PPro's does. Now that I have this feature, need never look for another one _ever_ again! Thanks. :oD p.s., I'll definitely check out the new version. I don't update often since what I have has usu. been more than good enough and sometimes updates break what you've got. But if there are notes improvements, definitely want to check that out. Thx. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Sheri Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 10:14 To: [email protected] Subject: [power-pro] Re: One last question today, way to run a separate pcf w/o having a whole other copy of PPro folder? --- In [email protected], "W.M. Mitchell" <mitchellw...@...> wrote: > [snip] > Was just wondering if there was an easier way to have done this without running a separate "instance" of PPro. Perhaps there is a way to run the pcf remotely or somesuch where it would still be completely independent of the main PPro bar that I use. That way stickies only [snip] > Thanks. :oD You can have separate pcf files in your PowerPro folder or in their own data folders. In the windows shortcuts you use to start PowerPro, just put the pcf file name as an argument to powerpro.exe. E.g.: "C:\Program Files\PowerPro\PowerPro.exe" "C:\myseparate\pcf.pcf" If you are already running PowerPro and want to switch to another pcf, you can do it with *Exec ChangeConfiguration, but I prefer to shutdown PowerPro and start the other pcf with its own windows shortcut. That way I start the pcf "clean". All pcf files stored in a particular folder (including the application folder) share the same environment for notes, scripts, and any tracked items (such as clips or favorites). But there is no need for duplicate copies of the application exe, dll, etc., files. I would strongly reccommend updating to the latest version of PowerPro. There have been substantial improvements and many fixes since the version you're using. Also since you use Notes, you might like to try the Notes menu I posted a few months ago in the Yahoo group Files area: <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/files/Scripts/NoteButtonMenu.zip> Regards, Sheri
