Adding Compare Plugin in Notepad++ 64-bit

Greetings!!

As you might be aware, Plugin-Manager is presently  not available in Notepad++ 64-bit version. As the name suggests, it allows to manage the plug-ins in Notepad++ such as Compare, Converter, MIME Tools etc. 

Good thing is that the absence of Plugin-Manager does not prevent us from adding plug-ins manually.

Recently, i felt the need and hence added the Compare plug-in manually in Notepad++ 64-bit

Below is what i did:

1. I downloaded the Compare plug-in from this location:

• https://github.com/pnedev/compare-plugin/releases/tag/v2.0.0

2. Name of this plug-in is ComparePlugin_v2.0.0_X64.zip

3. Unzipped the contents of this folder and found the below files inside:

• Folder called ComparePlugin
• And a file called ComparePlugin.dll

4. Copied these two inside the plugin folder of Notepad++ located here:

• C:\Program Files\Notepad++\plugins

5. The plugins folder looked something like this:

6. Restart the Notepad++

7. Compare plug-in should now be available, as seen below:

8. Cheers!!

Unable to find a java virtual machine in Oracle SQL Developer

Greetings!!

I do believe that some of you must have encountered the below error in your IT career:

You did a fresh installation of Oracle SQL Developer on your Windows machine, say, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2012 etc. Or it might be the case that its already installed on the machine and this is the first time that you have started it. It will pop-up the below dialogue box:

You might end up pointing it to the wrong java.exe path, something like:

• C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\bin\java.exe

Now what happens is that it will write this entry in the sqldeveloper.conf available at path like this:

• C:\app\elib\product\11.2.0\client_1\sqldeveloper\sqldeveloper\bin

It will look like this:

As you can, this is the same wrong path that you entered the first time. And because of this, every time you try to launch the Sql Developer, it will give the message like below:

Right?? :)

Be rest assured, there are two ways to resolve this:

Option 1. Delete this entry from the .conf file mentioned above. This will then cause the prompt to appear again. You can then give the correct path. It should be something like this (might be slightly different on your machine depending on your oracle version etc.): 

• C:\app\elib\product\11.2.0\client_1\jdk\bin\java.exe

The Sql Developer will then start as expected!

Option 2. Replace this wrong path with the correct path, something like :

• C:\app\elib\product\11.2.0\client_1\jdk\bin\java.exe

And then try to start the Sql Developer and it should start as expected!

Cheers!!

How to resolve "api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll" file missing error

You might be aware of the media player software application called Kodi. I have been using it for almost a year now on my mobile phone. I tried installing it on my laptop as well but failed due to the above error (mentioned in the post title ;)). Since i was getting the job done on my mobile anyways, i allowed this error to prevent me from installing it on the lappy.

Being a performance testing professional, am not really used to giving up on issues. Hence, decided to give one more try. Below is what i did to resolve the issue (hope it proves useful to you as well):

1. Install all the pending windows updates

2. Go to Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Update and click Check for updates

3. Install all pending updates and restart the computer.After the restart, repeat the above steps till no more updates are found.

4. Download the Visual C++ Redistributable 2015.

• For Windows 64-bit
• Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (64-bit)
• For Windows 32-bit
• Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 (32-bit)

5. Run the vcredist_x64.exe (64-bit) or vcredist_x86.exe (32-bit) and select Uninstall, if already installed.

6. Run the .exe again and select Install and restart the computer.

This is what really worked for me and i have Kodi working on my laptop :)

Using more emoticons on Office Communicator

Using more emoticons on Office Communicator

It must have happened that at some point of time you might have felt the limitations of the emoticons available on the office communicator. I myself have felt the same lot many times.For ex : lot of times, i have felt the need to use the thumbs up icon. But could not do anything about it as this is how the MS wishes it to.

However, recently i found a novel way of overcoming this, at least to some extent. 

Please follow the below steps:-

1. We will make use of the Windows Character Map

2. Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map

3. It looks like this (please select the Font as Windings):-

4. Now, choose the image as shown and click copy:-

5. Now, you can paste this image in the communicator:-

6. You may go ahead and do the same for any other image available, as well.. :). Hope it helped !!!