WinPenguins Portable 1.0.0.6 Development Test 1 (Yes, they're back) Submitted by Patrick Patience on January 30, 2008 - 3:52pm
To best explain this program, I will quote to author of XPenguins (the Linux version, that's a little better) "Ever wanted cute little penguins walking along the tops of your windows? Ever wanted to send an army of cute little penguins to invade the screen of someone else on your network? Probably not, but why not try this program out anyway - it's free" I believe development's stopped on WinPenguins, and XPenguins, and WinPenguins has one desktop window painting bug, but it's all good. Important Notes
Sound like a lot of annoying little bugs to you? Well sure, if they didn't exist we'd all like the program a little better and we'd all like it if the program had a few extra features. So...why not take over development?! If you're interested in taking over the development of WinPenguins, head on to the WinPenguins Site downloads the source, and begin developing But I assure you, the bugs don't take away from the penguin-on-desktop-watching experience. :) Download WinPenguins Portable 1.0.0.6 Development Test 1 Development Test 1
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Haha YES!!!
I was wondering about this earlier today!
I'll try it tonight
I'll try it tonight, but before I do, I was curious if this will install overtop of the pre-release? or do you recommended killing the old one first and going with a clean install?
Clean Install
Clean install is best.
It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.
Version
Wasn't the the old portable version 1.5?
And isn't the official version 0.5?
I am really confused! :?
Artificial intelligence stands no chance against natural stupidity!
Yea
And according to the readme this is 0.6, according to the executable it's 1.0.0.6.
It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.
well since u used a small
well since u used a small fork, that does have improvements, i'd say .6 is fine...i'm a bit confused about the 1.0.0.6 though lol
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Well
I'll change it to 0.6 on the next update. :P
It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.
No problems so far on Windows XP or Vista
I tried this out last night, and I had absolutely no problems running it in windows xp.
EDIT: I've also tried this on windows Vista Ultimate, and it runs without problem
JPEG
"WinPenguins does not seem to work if you desktop background is in a file format other than BMP."
Works fine with my JPEG wallpaper.
Hmm... it treats tooltips as regular windows. I'm gonna call that a bug.
Thanks
I'll update that to include JPEG's. I like when they walk on tooltips, looks cool. :)
It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.
plus...
if you time it right you can kill the penguins with tooltips! So much fun!
C gives you enough rope to hang yourself. C++ gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot.
-Robert Firth
Way to much fun. Hmm, I
Way to much fun. Hmm, I think I'll start mine now! :)
PLUS! They walk on pnotes skins- maybe I should make a ice flow theme for the penguins!
Good gracious! There goes a kangaroo. I must have a practice with me boomerang- Now then, slowly back
If you throw that thing at me, I'll jump right on your head.
Innit marvellous? Got a land full of kangaroos and I had to pick that one.
Hehe
Hehe :)
an ice theme
just for the pingus :) Haha!
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
An ice theme
or a nice theme? :p
Registry
I found that winpenguins portable writes to the registry and doesn't get rid of it :(...
Somebody give me a portable video editor... Please!
If ya wanna see my email, go to digitxpsemail.tk (at least for now!)
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Mentioning WHERE it writes
Mentioning WHERE it writes to the registry would be a great aid in fixing the problem.
It Should
It should clean it up. Delete the keys, run WinPenguins Portable, adjust some settings, and then properly close WinPenguins. Check if they are still there.
And yes, thanks to the comment above me, just telling me there's registry keys isn't very helpful.
It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.
More info
Please explain how much space that takes up?
Installer =
Installer = 331KB
Installed = 478KB
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MB
1. It should be next to the download link like the other apps.
2. Can I get those figures in MegaBytes. I'm to lazy to convert it.
1. It's an older post, u
1. It's an older post, u can't expect everyone to go back thru and edit all their old topics to match the current format
2. For future reference, there's an amazing tool called Google Calculate that will convert it for you. Simply go to http://www.google.com and type in [number][src unit] in [dest unit] and it will yield a result.
But here are the results for your current question (found using the above mentioned tool)
331 kilobytes = 0.323242188 megabytes
478 kilobytes = 0.466796875 megabytes
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Lazy
I said I was too lazy to do it, not that I couldn't do it. Also, wow. thats one small app.
Right...but, you can't
Right...but, you can't expect us to look up everything for you just because you don't feel like it at the current time. If ur "too lazy" to do ur homework in school, you can't ask the teacher to do it for you. If ur "too lazy" to finish a project at work, you can't ask your manager to finish it for you.
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Qool
This is qool
Yes
Yes it is. :)
It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.
Windows Aero
Sadly, it doesn't work correctly with glass. The penguins flicker like crazy. I like glass too much to give it up, even as cute as the penguins are. :(
Edit: Hey, what happened to the graphical smilies?
Edit again: Nevermind, they work okay with glass as long as DreamScene is not in use (Vista Ultimate feature that lets you use a video as your wallpaper).
Well, Is this normal?
Well, Is this normal? (see picture)
http://www.wikifortio.com/197038/untitled.JPG
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Windows XP
Home Edition SP3
2.70 GHz,248 Mb RAM,40 GB HD,64 Video Memory
Developing: LMarbles Portable, Lincity-NG Portable
Whats that?
I dont see anything, just a green blob.
Oops, I didn't upload it correctly
Oops, I didn't upload it correctly. (I uploaded the wrong file)
I'll try again.
EDIT:Here's the link
http://www.wikifortio.com/175030/untitled1.bmp
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Home Edition SP3
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Developing: LMarbles Portable, Lincity-NG Portable
what do you have for a wallpaper?
What do you have for a wallpaper?
WinPenguins Portable doesn't work with all kinds of wallpaper. If you have active desktop or animated wallpaper or something like that it will cause this.
I had the exact same thing happen when I tested it on a work pc, and on my windows xp pc when I had it set to use my homepage as my desktop.
I checked it out
I checked it out and found out that I had no wallpaper (just one color)
I guess that isn't compatible.
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Home Edition SP3
2.70 GHz,248 Mb RAM,40 GB HD,64 Video Memory
Developing: LMarbles Portable, Lincity-NG Portable
it should work just
it should work just fine...this is strange.
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This is strange...
This is strange... I wonder if it can be fixed.
(or is my computer strange?)
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Home Edition SP3
2.70 GHz,248 Mb RAM,40 GB HD,64 Video Memory
Developing: LMarbles Portable, Lincity-NG Portable
No No
You're strange. :P
But I have no idea with this one. WinPenguins truly is the strange one.
It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.
I am strange (maybe).
I am strange (maybe). :-)))))))))))))
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2.70 GHz,248 Mb RAM,40 GB HD,64 Video Memory
Developing: LMarbles Portable, Lincity-NG Portable
.5
Win Penguins is .5, not 1.0.0.6
No
I already mentioned this on the development page. I used a small fork (0.6), but accidentally wrote 1.0.0.6 as the package because that's what was in the executable information.
It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.
Fork?
Where can I find the fork? Also, maybe you should change that version.
you can find a fork in your
you can find a fork in your silverware drawer at home ;) sometimes fast food places have them sitting out too.
The version number isn't that big of a deal, he'll get to it eventually
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Just an FYI, but I can't find
Just an FYI, but I can't find any 1.6 version of WinPenguins. All I see is the original (version 0.5) and an update that allows it to compile under Visual Studio 2005 (version 0.5.1)
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Meant 0.6
I meant 0.6, that was a typo. Yea, I just found the 0.5.1 myself. And I realized the fork in now in the official downloads on the project page.
It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.
Ok.
3 things
1. Shouldn't credit be given to the fork also?
2. Whats the difference between .5 and .51?
3. Why not just quickly change the version number. I could even do it myself, and upload it as dev test 2.
As Patrick said, the fork
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Here
1. In AppInfo.ini -> Publisher=Michael Vines, Michael Adams & PortableApps.com :)
It's kinda sad when my desktop is messier than my room.
I wonder
maybe this can be modded to be part of the menu (a lot of modding).
Then there would be another advantage to portable!
Somebody give me a portable video editor... Please!
If ya wanna see my email, go to digitxpsemail.tk (at least for now!)
My dad saved over $850 a month, by switching to Geico! :P
Funny!
Other than that, looks good!
When will this be an official release?
*Voice in the back: Never! Due to the category* *starts crying* :P
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