How to Fix Sign-In Hang on the Appodeal AdMob Sync App (a Desktop App) on Windows

So I tried to sync my ads inventory and update to the latest Appodeal AdMob Sync App, but I got stuck due to a sign-in bug as shown on the screen. To fix the issue, I tried the following steps: reinstalling the app, logging in and out, and resetting the Appodeal password — nothing helped.

Solution 

Cause of problem - broken data in Admob Sync folder located in Roaming folder :

C:\Users\<Your_User>\AppData\Roaming\AdMob Sync

e.g. on my pc C:\Users\Dev\AppData\Roaming\AdMob Sync

Roaming Folder 

This folder can be synced with a server and contains a lot of your browser settings, log files, and more. If you're looking to backup your application settings, this is the only folder of the three that's of any use to you.

Fast access to Roaming Folder 

%APPDATA% in windows explorer

Steps 

Step 0 : Exit from Admob Sync App

In tray click on Appodeal Sync App icon and select Quit in pop up menu.

Step 1 : Open windows explorer

Step 2 : Enter  %APPDATA% in address bar and press Enter

Step 3 : Find and delete folder Admob Sync

Step 4 : Run Admob Sync App

Step 5 : Enter Appodeal account login and password

Step 6 : Make Admob Account Sign In

Step 7 : Make Admob Account Sync

Result : Success !

Open .png image in Paint.Net from PHP script on Windows 10

This tutorial will show you how to run paint.net image editing software from a php script. Paint.NET is image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.

1. Install XAMPP with PHP for Windows

XAMPP is an easy to install free Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP and Perl. 

Goto official website, download and install it : 

https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html

2. Add PHP folder to Path Windows Environment Variable

In search bar type "env", click on "Edit the system environment variable" and "Open".

In "System properties" window click on "Environment Variables..." button in right bottom corner.

Than select "Path" environment variant and click "Edit" button.

Make sure path to PHP exists, if not - add it. For example on my computer :

C:\xampp\php

Save and close dialog windows.

3. Test PHP correct setup in Windows Command Prompt ( CMD)

Open Windows command prompt ( cmd ) 

Type following command and press Enter button on keyboard : 

php -version

4. Install Paint.Net for Windows

Download and install Pain.Net from afficial website.

5. Write PHP script to open image using Paint.Net protocol

Create file on Desktop. Name it automation.php.

Paste following code into php file :

<?php

   

    /**

     * Run script :

     *

     * CD C:\Users\Dev\Desktop

     * php automation.php

     */

    $MY_ANIME_IMAGE_PATH = "C:\Users\Dev\Desktop\Yumeko.png";

    openInPaintNet($MY_ANIME_IMAGE_PATH);

    function openInPaintNet( $pathToImage ){

        // Paint.Net protocol

        // https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/paintdotnetProtocol.html

        $cmd = "start paintdotnet:\"$pathToImage\"";

        exec($cmd);

    }

?>

Change path to your image !!!. I used Yumeko.png image on Desktop.

6. Run PHP script from Command Prompt ( CMD)

Open new window command prompt.

Type following command and press Enter ( change to your script path ! ):

CD C:\Users\Dev\Desktop

Type following command to run PHP script :

php automation.php

As result PHP should open Paint.Net with image you provided. 

How to convert .webp to .png image on Windows 10 using ffmpeg

How to convert .webp to .png image on Windows 10 using ffmpeg

FFmpeg is a free and open-source software project consisting of a large suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams. At its core is the FFmpeg program itself, designed for command-line-based processing of video and audio files. It is widely used for format transcoding, basic editing (trimming and concatenation), video scaling, video post-production effects and standards compliance (SMPTE, ITU).

Solving : 

1. Download, install and configure FFMPEG on Windows 10

- download and install 7-Zip free opensource archive tool 

from official website : https://www.7-zip.org/

- visit official  FFMPEG Window build provider website : 

https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/

-  scroll down page until "Release" section, and click on ffmpeg-release-full link

- unzip ffmpeg archive using 7-Zip tool 

- create folder ffmpeg on disk C e.g.  C:\ffmpeg 

 

- copy files from unzipped archive to C:\ffmpeg

- add  C:\ffmpeg\bin\  to Path environment variables  

- check ffmpeg setup in cmd, open CMD and type ffmpeg -version

2. Execute command .webp to .png image convertion command in Windows CMD

- in CMD change directory to folder with .webp images

- type following conversion command + press Enter

for /f %f in ('dir /b .') do ffmpeg -i "%f" "%f".png

Command explanation :

for /f %f in   - for loop

('dir /b .')   - select all files in current directory ( dot ) you can use path

do  - do for each iteration in for loop

ffmpeg -i "%f" "%f".png  -  command to make ffmpeg convertion

How to set up Paint.NET as default image editor in Windows 10 Version 1903

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Paint.net (stylized as Paint.NET or paint.net) is a freeware raster graphics editor program for Microsoft Windows, developed on the .NET Framework.

By default, when we double click on image file it is opened with default image/photo editing program - "Photos". Let's change it.

Solving :

Watch on YouTube

1. In the Taskbar search box enter "default apps"

2. Click on "Open" link button of "Default apps ( System settings ) "

3. Find "Photo viewer" block

4. Click on app icon

5. Select new default application - Pain.NET image editor

6. Perfect :)

7. Test setting - double click on any image

How to install Sublime Text and create simple HTML page

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In this video we going to show you how to install Sublime Text on you Windows 10 PC and create simple HTML page. This vide can be usefull if doing your first steps in web development and trying to figure out how you should begin.

Sublime Text is a proprietary cross-platform source code editor with a Python application programming interface. It natively supports many programming languages and markup languages, and functions can be added by users with plugins, typically community-built and maintained under free-software licenses.

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How to install Safari Browser 5.1.7 on Windows 10

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Safari is a web browser developed by Apple based on the WebKit engine. First released in 2003 with Mac OS X Panther, a mobile version has been included in iOS devices since the introduction of the iPhone in 2007. It is the default browser on Apple devices.

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How to install Apple QuickTime Player 7.7.9 on Windows 10

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How to install iTunes 12.7.2.60 on Windows 10

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DBeaver is a free multi-platform database tool for developers, SQL programmers, database administrators and analysts. Supports all popular databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, SQLite, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, MS Access, Teradata, Firebird, Derby, etc.

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How to install ElasticSearch + Kibana 5.6.3 on Windows 10

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How to install TeamCity on Windows 10

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TeamCity is a Java-based build management and continuous integration server from JetBrains. It was first released on October 2, 2006. TeamCity is commercial software and licensed under a proprietary license. A Freemium license for up to 20 build configurations and 3 free Build Agent licenses is available. Open Source projects can request a free license.

TeamCity Official Site - https://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/

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