C Drive Getting Full? Here’s What To Do

Warning!

It always happens and it happens to everyone. You buy a new computer and over time the C drive gets low on space. This is because most folks install softwares like antivirus and trial versions of softwares on C drive and put images, wallpapers, videos, games, movies etc on the D drive. The D drive has got more space than the C drive. So obviously, blue meter of the C drive has turned red.

You got two choices here:-

1. Clone Your Hard Drive
2. Relocate Your Programs

The easiest and cost effective would be the second one. Unlike cloning your hard drive, you don’t need to upgrade your hard drive.

So, here are the steps to do it:-

Step 1

Download  ‘Application Mover’ and install and then run it. Before you move to step two, read Do’s & Do Not’s below.

Download Application Mover

DO’s AND DO NOT’S

1. Do not move important directories (Program Files).
2. Do run the Application Mover with Administrator Privileges.
3. Do not move ‘My Documents’
4. Do close the programs that are to be moved.
5. Do take back ups of programs that are to be moved to avoid trouble.
6.  Move Microsoft Office or Powerpoint at your own risk (if you intend to).

Step 2

On the main screen you will see the ‘Current Path’ and ‘New Path’. You must specify them both, i.e. current path (C Drive) and new path (D Drive). You should also specify the files. Let the check boxes be as it is, no need to make any changes to it. Click ‘OK’.

Choose The Files To Be Moved

Step 3

The next screen will show you the files that are to be moved. Confirm by clicking ‘OK’ and the operation will begin. Keep in mind that softwares having more than 5GB of space will take time to show up, so have patience. It will seem that nothing is happening, so have patience. Just leave and do your usual thing; you know, surfing the web.  A  new window will open and you will be asked to confirm the replacement of the program location. Click ‘Replace Button’ for every file or check ‘Do Not Ask Me Again’.

The Sub-Files Of A File

Application Mover moves all types of files from one drive to another (which includes subdirectories). It also makes changes to the Windows Registry, Windows shortcuts, .ini and install.log files in the program path.

Application Mover performs the operations in the following way:-

1. Files are copied to the new path.
2. Changes are made to the registry.
3. Shortcuts are changed (it didn’t work for one program that I moved).
4. Files are deleted from the old path.
5. .ini and install.log files are changed.

Here’s the result after using Application Mover:-

The Red Meter Has Turned Blue

Video Streaming Between PC And Android

Today’s smartphones, are media powerhouses, so you must be having tons of photos and video clips you’d like to share with friends and family. But it can get pretty painful showing them off on your handset’s tiny screen. How about streaming  it on your laptop, desktop monitor or your LCD T.V without having to transfer the files onto your PC? Getting a USB cable and hooking up your phone to your PC is tedious and time consuming. And what if you happen to be at a friend’s place and don’t have your USB cable with you? Moreover, you wouldn’t want to transfer your personal media onto someone else’s PC. In this workshop, you will know how you can stream video, photos or music from your mobile phone directly on to a desktop PC or laptop. All you need is a simple free Android app called VLC Direct Pro, a media playback application called VLC Media Player on your PC, and the two connected to the same network. Download VLC Direct Pro for free from the Android Market. Download and install VLC on your PC from ‘www.videolan.org’. You have to uninstall the older version ( lower than 2.0.7). Connect the PC and the Android phone to a wireless router and you are ready to stream.

Step 1:  Start VLC Direct Pro on your Android handheld. A small wizard will guide you through the process of configuring the video streaming necessities. Be careful because if you accidentally quit the application or press the back button on your phone, VLC Direct Pro will exit and not show you the wizard again. In this case, you can press the Menu button, go to ‘Settings’, and select the ‘Automatic Connection Wizard’ to re-initiate the wizard.

Step 2:  Start your PC, connect it to a LCD TV if you want to enjoy videos on a big screen. Start VLC Media Player on your PC. Click on ‘View| Add Interface | Web interface’ and leave VLC Media player as it is.

Click View and choose Web Interface

Step 3: On the mobile phone screen, select the ‘Start’ button and the VLC Direct Pro app will start scanning for the machine with VLC Media Player on your local network. Once that is done, you will receive a toast message stating that it has found the player and the configurations have been set.

Choose Automatic connection

It will scan for wi-fi enabled devices

You are now ready to stream your media files onto your PC instantly. Using the Android handset, you can sit back and scroll through your list of videos, photos, or music files and watch play them back on the big screen. You can control the playback (stop, play, pause, forward or rewind) and volume controls too. What’s more, you can also pull up the list of media files stored on the PC (running the VLC Media Player) and play those.

The VLC Direct Pro interface includes playback control buttons, icons for videos and music on your phone, a monitor icon for listing files available on the remote PC and a VLC icon for a playlist. Towards the top-left of the screen, you will find an Android logo icon (target), which is a toggle button that can be used to direct the video stream to your PC from your handheld or from the PC to the handheld.

Choose Automatic connection

Streaming media from the PC to the Android phone is pretty simple using the target button. Using this mode is beneficial as you don’t need to transcode or convert your videos into a compatible format for your Android device. You can also save on storage space on your phone by treating the PC as a media server. Streaming from your PC to the Android device can also be convenient when someone else is using the laptop and you’d like to access media content on it.

If VLC media player is not being detected or if VLC media player is not getting connected to VLC Direct Pro despite following the above steps, download this file. It’s a script that will run in the background. After you install the file, run it as administrator ( right click on the file and select ‘Run As Administrator’). Leave the script running in the background and follow the steps to connect VLC media player to VLC Direct Pro.

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