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Visual Pinball X and VPinMAME Install

I couldn't find easy to follow instructions for setting up Visual Pinball X with VPinMAME, so I created one. I've tested these instructions using Windows 11. With these settings, I can run any VPX game at full speed at 2560x1440 resolution on my i9-9900K CPU with a GTX1050Ti video card.

Replace "D:" with whatever drive you prefer in the instructions that follow.

Installation

Follow these steps in order.

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Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow ('-' * 79)
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow ("Profile loaded from {0}" -f $PSCommandPath)
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow ("PowerShell v{0}" -f (Get-Host).Version)
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow ('-' * 79)
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#
#   __              _   _
#  / _|_  _ _ _  __| |_(_)___ _ _  ___
# |  _| || | ' \/ _|  _| / _ \ ' \(_-<

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Install Scoop in Windows Sandbox

Open PowerShell 5 using powershell.exe.

Install winget, PowerShell v7, Scoop

cd ~/Downloads
$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' # Speed up download
$hash = [ordered]@{

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Download binaries by extension from a web page.
#>
function Get-WebPageBinaries {
  [CmdletBinding()]
  param(
    # Uri of page to download from.
    [Parameter(Mandatory)] [uri]$Uri,
    # Extensions to download

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Install Windows 98 SE in 86Box

Read the 86Box documentation for more details about these options.

Install 86Box

Use scoop to install easily.

scoop install 'main/7zip'

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
    qBittorrent IP Filter updater.
.DESCRIPTION
    Downloads IP Filter list.
.NOTES
    To enable in qBittorrent:
    Settings - Connection - IP Filtering - Filter path - %APPDATA%\qBittorrent\ipfilter.dat
.EXAMPLE
  ./IpFilter-Update -BlockListPath '~\scoop\apps\qbittorrent\current\profile\qBittorrent'

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Visual Studio VC Build Tools w/vcpkg, CMake and Ninja, plus Qt.

Install Build Tools

Build Tools Homepage -- expand "Tools for Visual Studio".

Build Tools Component Directory

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools (Desktop development with C++):

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How to Use DaVinci Resolve 17: Beginner Editing Guide

How to Use DaVinci Resolve

From Motion Array

Step 1: Create a New Project & Import Media

DaVinci Resolve’s project management is based on a disk database. What that means is, rather than saving individual project files onto your hard drive and keeping tabs on where they live, all of your projects are stored in a central location within your computer. Within a database, you will create projects, where all of your footage is stored, and create timelines where you will be doing the actual editing.

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FreeCommander Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard reference for FreeCommander.

File

Shortcut	Command	Detail
Shift+Ctrl+N	New text file	Creates an empty file in the current panel
Shift+F4	Edit new	Opens the file editor to edit a new file

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@ECHO OFF
FOR  /f "usebackq" %%f IN (`whoami.exe /priv`) DO IF %%f.==SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege. GOTO :CHKARGS
ECHO ERROR: This script must be run as an administrator!
GOTO :EOF

:CHKARGS
IF "%~1"=="" GOTO :EOF

ECHO About to take ownership of "%~1" . . .
PAUSE