Get Outlook to Automatically Delete Old Trash
Monday, 27 April 2009
One of the nice features of Max OS X’s Mail application and, I think, Mozilla Thunderbird, is that they will permanently delete messages from trash older than a month (i.e., they keep a month’s worth of deleted items). To get the same functionality in Microsoft Outlook connected to an Exchange Server, I had to do the following:
- Right-click “Deleted Items” and choose “Properties”.
- Click on the Auto-Archive tab.
- Select the “Archive this folder using these settings:” option/radio button.
- Under that option, choose the “Permanently delete old items” option/radio button.
- Click the “Apply” button.
I think Outlook won’t do this until its Auto-Archive process runs. Start it manually from the Tools > Mailbox Cleanup dialog box.
Finding Non-ASCII Characters with Visual Studio
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Does trying to find a curly quote, em dash, en dash or other non-ASCII character in Visual Studio cause your eyes to bleed? Do you need to make sure the HTML you are sending to your users doesn’t contain any unicode characters? Try searching your code with the following regular expression:
[^\x00-\x7f]
Open any of Visual Studio’s find windows and enter the regular expression above into the “Find what:” text box. Click the “Find Options” plus sign to expand the list of options. Check the last box “Use:” and choose “Regular expressions” from the drop down menu.
VM Shrinking
Sunday, 26 October 2008
The tools and strategies I use to keep my VMWare Fusion VMs small.
Creating a Blank Solution for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008
Saturday, 15 March 2008
How to create a new, blank solution file for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.
Add Syntax Highlighting to Additional File Extensions in Visual Studio 2005
Sunday, 30 September 2007
How to add syntax highlighting to files with extensions Visual Studio 2005 doesn’t recognize.
Visual Studio 2005 Looking For a Static 'Main' Method When Compiling a Library Project
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
How to get a DLL/Library project that Visual Studio 2005 compiles to an executable back to compiling as a library/DLL.
MacPorts ImageMagick 6.3.5: Resizing an Image Causes Deallocation of a Pointer Not Malloced
Saturday, 18 August 2007
How to solve the error "Deallocation of a pointer not malloced" when resizing an image with ImageMagick on Mac OS X.
How to Get a Non-signed Assembly to Work with the InternalsVisibleToAttribute
Friday, 17 August 2007
How to get C# compiler error 218 (“Friend assembly reference is invalid. Strong-name signed assemblies must specify a public key in their InternalsVisibleTo declarations.”) to go away.
Enable Back and Forward Buttons in Visual Studio 2005
Monday, 6 August 2007
Tip for enabling code location Back/Forward buttons in Visual Studio 2005.
Debugging JavaScript in Internet Explorer
Wednesday, 11 July 2007
My main browser on Windows is Firefox, and has been for quite some time, partly because of the Web Development Toolbar and JavaScript Debugger.
Today, though, I found out how to debug JavaScript in Internet Explorer. I can finally do something when IE displays its cryptic script error dialog box.
Add Vertical Guides/Lines to Visual Studio 2003 and 2005
Thursday, 10 May 2007
How to add vertical line guides to Visual Studio 2003 and 2005.
Delete Unused Users in MediaWiki
Thursday, 30 March 2006
Simple SQL script to delete all users in MediaWiki that have done nothing but register.
Tools
Tuesday, 17 January 2006
My list of essential developer tools. Subject to change without notice.
Quick Command Shells
Thursday, 22 December 2005
How to create command shells that execute specific commands on startup.
Quick Access to Frequent Folders
Thursday, 22 December 2005
How to create one-click shortcuts that open a specific folder with the Windows Explorer folder pane showing.
System Tray-ize Your Apps
Wednesday, 7 December 2005
Use a cool application to move applications from the Taskbar to the System Tray.
