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Need to change the menu side the submenu opens on -- Windows 10 | Thanks!

kd42 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:48:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Need to change the menu side the submenu opens on -- Windows 10
Poster: kd42
Post title: Thanks!

Thanks a lot for coming to help!
Will try Win11 mods, the tweak with the registry does not work.
Happy translating!

Need to change the menu side the submenu opens on -- Windows 10 | no guarantee

Zea_Mays — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:27:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Need to change the menu side the submenu opens on -- Windows 10
Poster: Zea_Mays
Post title: no guarantee

Is this something that helps? NB: Gemini bot output, so no guarantee this works.

[quote]

To force Windows 10 to open menus and submenus on the right side of the screen or your cursor, you can adjust the "Handedness" setting in the Tablet PC Settings or modify the Windows Registry. This adjusts the alignment so menus expand outward to the right.

Method 1: Change Handedness (Easiest)
This built-in menu allows you to adjust the "handedness" preference.

1. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog.
2. Type or paste the following command and press Enter:explorer shell:::{80F3F1D5-FECA-45F3-BC32-752C152E456E}
3. Go to the Other tab.
4. Under the "Handedness" section, select Left-handed or Right-handed.
5. Click OK, and then sign out and sign back into Windows for the change to take effect.
[url removed]

Method 2: Modify the Registry (Advanced)
If Method 1 doesn't work, you can update the menu alignment directly in the registry.

1. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog, type regedit, and hit Enter.
2. Navigate to the following key:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
3. Look for a string value named MenuDropAlignment on the right side. (If it doesn't exist, right-click the empty space, select New > String Value, and name it MenuDropAlignment)
4. Double-click MenuDropAlignment and change the value data: 0: Menus open to the right.1: Menus open to the left.
5. Click OK, then restart your computer.
[url removed]

[/quote]

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Need to change the menu side the submenu opens on -- Windows 10 | Windhawk

Samuel Murray — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:37:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Need to change the menu side the submenu opens on -- Windows 10
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: Windhawk

You can install Windhawk, which allows you to install mods for Windows 11. You'd have to browse the list of mods, decide whether you trust the author of the mod, and then install the mod.

Need to change the menu side the submenu opens on -- Windows 10

kd42 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:26:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Need to change the menu side the submenu opens on -- Windows 10
Poster: kd42

Good day,
My workhorse Win10 computer is very old, I recently downloaded and applied the latest OS update (I needed is for some valid reason which I now forget).
After the update the submenus in some programs started opening on the left side, which is a bit strange, because the main menu has this item and the arrow-like pointer on the right, but when I click the menu item, the submenu opens on the left. I don't like it, it annoys me.
AI bots confirm this change in the submenu behaviour, and say there's no solution.
I therefore as for human help: maybe someone here knows the fix for this?
Thank you.

Clever approach by some developers | These are emails

kd42 — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:55:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Clever approach by some developers
Poster: kd42
Post title: These are emails

[quote]Samuel Murray wrote:[quote]kd42 wrote:
at 03:15 am of a Sunday night. [/quote]
I assume you mean they send a push notification on your phone[/quote]
Emails. I changed the settings after the first night notification, but the stupidity remains, because I see the "Created" time in the emails.

Clever approach by some developers | Yes, I did it

kd42 — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:53:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Clever approach by some developers
Poster: kd42
Post title: Yes, I did it

[quote]philgoddard wrote:
If I understand correctly, your phone pings in the middle of the night. Have you tried turning it off, or blocking notifications? [/quote]
I did not try, I did it.
I was speaking about this phenomenon in general -- inability to absorb some real facts of life and adjust your lame warez.
There's another job system which greets the freelancers like this -- Welcome, resource!
Great thinking again.

Clever approach by some developers | I disable push notifications

Samuel Murray — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:17:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Clever approach by some developers
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: I disable push notifications

[quote]kd42 wrote:
These two systems can send out a warning to a freelancer, about the fact that "half of the time for the task has passed" or "the requested date for 1 task is approaching" at 03:15 am of a Sunday night. [/quote]
I assume you mean they send a push notification on your phone. I would not want to subscribe to such a service, mostly because the notification is likely to arrive at a time when I'm not at my computer, and therefore I would forget about it within a few seconds of receiving it. An email notification is more useful, as I can see which emails are unread whenever I go back to my mailbox. In the case of email notifications, it doesn't bother me that the notification comes in the middle of the night.

Clever approach by some developers | .

philgoddard — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:41:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Clever approach by some developers
Poster: philgoddard
Post title: .

If I understand correctly, your phone pings in the middle of the night. Have you tried turning it off, or blocking notifications?

Clever approach by some developers

kd42 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Clever approach by some developers
Poster: kd42

I have clients who use XTRF (a job management platform) and Trados Cloud. Nothing really complex, therefore they can afford hiring very wise staff.

I made this conclusion because these two systems can send out a warning to a freelancer, about the fact that "half of the time for the task has passed" or "the requested date for 1 task is approaching" at 03:15 am of a Sunday night.

Setting your weekly schedule does not help, setting your time zone does not help, they simply measure 50% of time before the deadline and fire their clever notification, day or night, weekend or not.

Obviously, their programmers cannot program this system otherwise, maybe they lack the skills, or probably their managers and/or owners don't give a banana about it.

My phone, however, does not play incoming email tunes before the morning alarm rings, therefore, a duct tape solution is to set the alarm to 11 am.

The deep crisis in the industry is made of such numerous small things, the power of bright minds in large groups must never be underestimated.

Wild cards in AutoHotKey | AutoHotkey forum

CafeTran Trainer — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 08:40:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Wild cards in AutoHotKey
Poster: CafeTran Trainer
Post title: AutoHotkey forum

I think that you can get a reply in the AutoHotkey forum

Wild cards in AutoHotKey

Daniel Frisano — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:03:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Wild cards in AutoHotKey
Poster: Daniel Frisano

Is there a simple way to use wildcards in AHK?

What I want to do is take an expression of the form:

[quote]:?:[String1]::[String2][/quote]

which replaces String1, when typed, with String2 into:

[quote]:?:[Any letter][String1]::[Same letter][String2][/quote]

meaning that String2 will replace String1 only if String1 follows a letter (and not, for instance, a blank space).

Or perhaps there is a built-in way to do it without wildcards at all? All I want is for the replacement *not* to occur if String1 is isolated, but only when it's word-ending.

Moving to Windows 11 - trouble with BaccS

Matthijs Frankena — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:58:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Moving to Windows 11 - trouble with BaccS
Poster: Matthijs Frankena

I'm moving to a Windows 11 PC and experiencing trouble with BaccS. This piece of management software for translators was written by Eugene Kuchinsky some 8 years ago and made available to Proz Plus members. I've been using it for quite a while now and really would like to take it with me to the new PC. Its database contains all my data since I started using it and I don't want the hassle now to find a new system and having to move all my data from the past years and getting used to something new.

Some time after I started working with it, Eugene sold BaccS to SDL (now RWS) and it was renamed Trados Business Manager. The development of BaccS was stopped and Trados Business Manager has been discontinued in the meantime.

Regarding my issue: I still have an installer for BaccS that installs version [IP removed] , but the version I run on my old PC is [IP removed] . I don't have an installer for the new version. As the database seems to have been changed between these two versions, I can't import a database from the old PC in the BaccS environment on the new PC. I've tried installing the older version on the new PC and then copying the program folder of BaccS [IP removed] over that, but as you might expect, that doesn't lead to anything (BaccS then simply won't start).

Does anyone have an installer for BaccS version [IP removed] that they can share with me? Alternatively, has anyone experienced this same problem and managed to solve it? I would really appreciate it if I can continue to work with this software until I have time to look for something else to replace it.

Decrease in Boostlingo call demands | Or...

Daryo — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:55:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Decrease in Boostlingo call demands
Poster: Daryo
Post title: Or...

It could be simply one of the oldest dirty tricks in the Buyers' Handbook: make sure that you have always far more suppliers than you actually need - that way there is a highest probability that someone will always be available.

The fact that most of the 'suppliers / service providers' will then be just dwindling theirs thumbs most of the time is NOT Boostlingo's problem, as they don't pay for their 'waiting time'.

In plains-speak: they just keep recruiting more and more 'suppliers' without worrying in the least about diluting the available work on too many people.

I've seen this kind of tactics used in many fields - all aided and abetted nowadays by 'modern methods' that leave you with far more limited information compared with dealing with real people and not emails.

Should I upgrade to Windows 11 to solve a troubled Windows 10 update? | Installing Windows 11 over Windows 10

WolfgangS — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:04:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Should I upgrade to Windows 11 to solve a troubled Windows 10 update?
Poster: WolfgangS
Post title: Installing Windows 11 over Windows 10

[quote]Fredrik Pettersson wrote:

Almost a week ago, my Acer Nitro 5 laptop did an update when I was away from the computer. After that update, I have huge issues every day with Windows 10 - freezed screen, black screen, software that crashes - and I need to press the power button at least a couple of times each day to restart the laptop.

I just delivered a big job and need to get started with an even bigger job as soon as I can. What is the safest, or best thing, to do? If I upgrade to Windows 11, will the problems most probably be solved?

As I understand, the process for upgrading is a quick one and I don't need to reinstall any software. [/quote]

Given the fact that Windows is accident-prone, installing a new release on top of Windows 10 isn't a good idea.
Do as Sergei, install it from scratch. A lot of work, but probably worth it. But IIRC Windows does have a migration assistant, or does it not? (Sorry I'm on an Apple system and I use Windows 11 on the Parallels platform. Never had problems with it.)

Should I upgrade to Windows 11 to solve a troubled Windows 10 update? | Updates are less visible and annoying in Win11

Sergei Leshchinsky — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:20:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Should I upgrade to Windows 11 to solve a troubled Windows 10 update?
Poster: Sergei Leshchinsky
Post title: Updates are less visible and annoying in Win11

That is my feeling. I upgraded in winter.
(I installed the system from the scratch and then installed all the software again.)

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Should I upgrade to Windows 11 to solve a troubled Windows 10 update?

Fredrik Pettersson — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:16:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Should I upgrade to Windows 11 to solve a troubled Windows 10 update?
Poster: Fredrik Pettersson

Almost a week ago, my Acer Nitro 5 laptop did an update when I was away from the computer. After that update, I have huge issues every day with Windows 10 - freezed screen, black screen, software that crashes - and I need to press the power button at least a couple of times each day to restart the laptop.

I just delivered a big job and need to get started with an even bigger job as soon as I can. What is the safest, or best thing, to do? If I upgrade to Windows 11, will the problems most probably be solved?

As I understand, the process for upgrading is a quick one and I don't need to reinstall any software.

Setting a project as complete in Wordbee | Thanks

Andrus Lauringson — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:44:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Setting a project as complete in Wordbee
Poster: Andrus Lauringson
Post title: Thanks

[quote]Alessio Coci wrote:

I'm not an expert with Wordbee and haven't used it very often. From what I recall, there should be a button called "Clear QA issues":

[url removed]

Try using that.

Alternatively, try running both QA options as explained here:

[url removed]

Let me know if either of these fixes the issue. [/quote]

Thank you! Looks like the project manager has marked the task completed now, but I will definitely try it next time.

Setting a project as complete in Wordbee | Suggestion

Alessio Coci (X) — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:21:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Setting a project as complete in Wordbee
Poster: Alessio Coci (X)
Post title: Suggestion

I'm not an expert with Wordbee and haven't used it very often. From what I recall, there should be a button called "Clear QA issues":

[url removed]

Try using that.

Alternatively, try running both QA options as explained here:

[url removed]

Let me know if either of these fixes the issue.

Setting a project as complete in Wordbee

Andrus Lauringson — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:43:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Setting a project as complete in Wordbee
Poster: Andrus Lauringson

Hi!

I worked on a revision task in Wordbee, fixed the issues and ran the QA, but I can't set it as complete.

When I click on the blue "In progress" button to mark the task as completed, I get the message:
"The current task cannot be completed because QA has not been run after the last segment edit or there are segments in red." and button "Run QA"

I have run the QA several times now (including in Xbench), and I don't see anything red.
Does anyone know how to solve this?

Translation Units in WordPress Elementor TM can't be confirmed

Sebastian Witte — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 09:23:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Translation Units in WordPress Elementor TM can't be confirmed
Poster: Sebastian Witte

Hi,

Our website was set up using WordPress Elementor. The WordPress TM forming the basis of the translated versions of the site doesn't respond one bit when trying to confirm the English segments. This concerns human translation.

Any idea what to do about it? I apologize for not being able to share a screenshot. However, I am happy to describe the issue and specifics of the target segments in more detail if you inquire about it in this thread.

Best,

[Edited at 2025-01-08 09:27 GMT]

Using foot pedals while translating? | No, but I use 'em...

B&B FinTrans — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 09:19:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Using foot pedals while translating?
Poster: B&B FinTrans
Post title: No, but I use 'em...

... when playing guitar. :-)

[url removed]

Using foot pedals while translating? | Kind of

Rachel Waddington — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 09:07:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Using foot pedals while translating?
Poster: Rachel Waddington
Post title: Kind of

[quote]Andrus Lauringson wrote:

[quote]Rachel Waddington wrote:

I've got a box full of fully functional and moderately expensive gadgets that seemed like a good idea at the time but that I no longer use/never really used. [/quote]

To be warned or maybe tempted – could you please name some of those gadgets? [/quote]

Around 2018, when I was having a slight but worrying twinge in the tendons in my right hand I bought a bunch of gadgets including:

* A fancy Logitech trackball mouse with programmable buttons. Used it on and off for a while but when I changed my computer it didn't work and no new drivers were available.

* A programmable 46-key mini keyboard. I thought I would use it for macros and shortcuts. Actually quite useful if you can be bothered but it turns out that I can't and it's in The Box.

* Wacom Bamboo touchpad with four programmable keys. I didn't buy this, my partner had bought it and discarded it. I use it quite a lot, but only the programmable buttons, not the touchpad part (something like this - [url removed] ).

* There might have been some more variations on mice as well, but I'm back to a standard, cheap, hand-wrecking version (and my hand is now fine)

Using foot pedals while translating? | Intrigued

Andrus Lauringson — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 07:10:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Using foot pedals while translating?
Poster: Andrus Lauringson
Post title: Intrigued

[quote]Rachel Waddington wrote:

[quote]Dan Lucas wrote:

[quote]Andrus Lauringson wrote:
But as I thought more about it, I guess I will just skip buying them because I'm afraid they would remain unused.[/quote]
I bought [url= [url removed] ]this foot pedal[/url] quite a few years ago. It is well made and it seemed to work fine to me. It's buried at the bottom of a box somewhere in the office. At £64.99, it's not a small amount of money for something that you may not use.

Regards,
Dan [/quote]

I've got a box full of fully functional and moderately expensive gadgets that seemed like a good idea at the time but that I no longer use/never really used. [/quote]

To be warned or maybe tempted – could you please name some of those gadgets?

Using foot pedals while translating? | Sounds familiar

Rachel Waddington — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 14:19:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Using foot pedals while translating?
Poster: Rachel Waddington
Post title: Sounds familiar

[quote]Dan Lucas wrote:

[quote]Andrus Lauringson wrote:
But as I thought more about it, I guess I will just skip buying them because I'm afraid they would remain unused.[/quote]
I bought [url= [url removed] ]this foot pedal[/url] quite a few years ago. It is well made and it seemed to work fine to me. It's buried at the bottom of a box somewhere in the office. At £64.99, it's not a small amount of money for something that you may not use.

Regards,
Dan [/quote]

I've got a box full of fully functional and moderately expensive gadgets that seemed like a good idea at the time but that I no longer use/never really used.

Using foot pedals while translating? | In defence of legs...

Jennifer Levey — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 13:10:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Using foot pedals while translating?
Poster: Jennifer Levey
Post title: In defence of legs...

[quote]Andrus Lauringson wrote:

No. It just seemed unfair that hands are doing all the (physical) work while legs are just idling under the table like a couple of freeloaders.
[/quote]

If you've got a well-tuned work/life balance, those legs ... just idling under the table are actually taking a rest while they wait to take you (and your dog, significant other, kids, ...) on a long trek in the hills, or for a stroll along the beach, after your poor hands (and that grey-matter they work with) have finished the day's revenue-earning tasks.

It's those well-rested legs ... just idling under the table that will give your hands and brain a break, so you can start all over again tomorrow, refreshed and eager to get stuck into the next job in your overflowing inbox.

Using foot pedals while translating? | Understandable

Dan Lucas — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 12:53:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Using foot pedals while translating?
Poster: Dan Lucas
Post title: Understandable

[quote]Andrus Lauringson wrote:
But as I thought more about it, I guess I will just skip buying them because I'm afraid they would remain unused.[/quote]
I bought [url= [url removed] ]this foot pedal[/url] quite a few years ago. It is well made and it seemed to work fine to me. It's buried at the bottom of a box somewhere in the office. At £64.99, it's not a small amount of money for something that you may not use.

Regards,
Dan

Using foot pedals while translating? | I've thought about it

Rachel Waddington — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 12:50:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Using foot pedals while translating?
Poster: Rachel Waddington
Post title: I've thought about it

Could be useful when working in a CAT tool, when you're using a single key press a lot like CTRL+ENTER to confirm segments. I have a single button programmed for that keystroke on a Bamboo tablet so I can sit back in my chair and just read and press the button, which is useful sometimes, and a foot pedal could be used in the same way.

If you are using certain keystrokes a lot the repetition of a single movement can be problematic, so using a foot pedal some of the time could spread the load.

Using foot pedals while translating? | Second thought

Andrus Lauringson — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 11:40:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Using foot pedals while translating?
Poster: Andrus Lauringson
Post title: Second thought

[quote]Dan Lucas wrote:

[quote]Andrus Lauringson wrote:
They don't cost much, but I was wondering if they would be helpful or would they just be redundant and cause higher cognitive load instead of staying with mouse and keyboard? [/quote]
I have one, but I don't use it at the moment.

Most of the discussion I have seen has centered on the use of foot pedals to mitigate the burden on the hands/wrists/arms. For example, some people use them as a replacement for hitting the Control or Shift key. I think with transcription it makes sense because there is that conceptual back (left pedal) and forward (right pedal) motion that may be repeated many times a minute. But for straightforward translation, which is basically text editing, there doesn't seem to be such a clear use case. I guess you could map to start of line/end of line...

Do you have problems with RSI or carpal tunnel syndrome?

Regards,
Dan [/quote]

No. It just seemed unfair that hands are doing all the (physical) work while legs are just idling under the table like a couple of freeloaders.
Moving to start/end of line is a good idea, or perhaps confirming or moving between segments. But as I thought more about it, I guess I will just skip buying them because I'm afraid they would remain unused.

Using foot pedals while translating? | For what?

Dan Lucas — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 08:11:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Using foot pedals while translating?
Poster: Dan Lucas
Post title: For what?

[quote]Andrus Lauringson wrote:
They don't cost much, but I was wondering if they would be helpful or would they just be redundant and cause higher cognitive load instead of staying with mouse and keyboard? [/quote]
I have one, but I don't use it at the moment.

Most of the discussion I have seen has centered on the use of foot pedals to mitigate the burden on the hands/wrists/arms. For example, some people use them as a replacement for hitting the Control or Shift key. I think with transcription it makes sense because there is that conceptual back (left pedal) and forward (right pedal) motion that may be repeated many times a minute. But for straightforward translation, which is basically text editing, there doesn't seem to be such a clear use case. I guess you could map to start of line/end of line...

Do you have problems with RSI or carpal tunnel syndrome?

Regards,
Dan

Using foot pedals while translating?

Andrus Lauringson — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:35:00 +0000

Forum: General technical issues
Topic: Using foot pedals while translating?
Poster: Andrus Lauringson

Transcribers often use foot pedals, but sometimes also gamers, programmers, etc.
Could foot pedals be useful in CAT tools or (maybe) for navigation in Word documents? Has anyone used foot pedals for linguistic tasks that are not transcription?
They don't cost much, but I was wondering if they would be helpful or would they just be redundant and cause higher cognitive load instead of staying with mouse and keyboard?