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September 3[edit]

Are there alternatives to Kiwix .zim file reader[edit]

I have been trying to use Kiwix offline (without Internet access) to display some Wikipedia content and have run into a number of issues. Are there alternatives to Kiwix that can be used offline to display .zim file containing Wikipedia content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamescjiii (talk • contribs) 03:29, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

https://openzim.org/wiki/Readers Poveglia (talk) 04:59, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Change EXIF data[edit]

The may not exactly be a computing question, but is there a way to change the EXIF data on a photo that has been uploaded? I took this photo File:Sky photo May 2, 2018 at 21,58.jpeg shortly after I bought this camera used, and it has the previous owner's copyright info in it. I want to remove or change it. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 03:43, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I found some software to do it. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 03:58, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Bubba73: Which software did you end up using? Maybe someone else comes along who is curious about the same thing. ExifTool by Phil Harvey looked pretty decent. Poveglia (talk) 04:07, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I used AnalogEXIF. My anti-malware wanted to block it, so I had to allow it. I could remove data but I couldn't seem to change it. I found ExifTool, but it says that it is a command-line program. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 04:17, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. True, but there are multiple GUI tools based on it, see https://sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/#related Poveglia (talk) 04:22, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm someone who used command-line stuff for 24 years, but I avoid it now. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 04:25, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

User:Bubba73, I think you can also do this with typical photo editors like Photoshop or GIMP. 67.164.113.165 (talk) 07:23, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have Photoshop but didn't think about that. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 17:04, 4 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Odd handling of Chrome window by Windows 10[edit]

I have four Chrome windows open, three of them show in the attached screen-shot, obtained by mousing over the taskbar icon. They all work as expected, except the last which seems to be in some sort of minimal format, and I cannot "restore up".

I'm sure someone will have seen this before, but I haven't. Any ideas?

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 18:49, 3 September 2019 (UTC).[reply]

If the fourth is open as a modal window, it will not appear as a window controlled by the taskbar. However, you can access it using the alt-tab keypress. 135.84.167.41 (talk) 19:22, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen malware open windows like this, presumably to make them harder to shut down, so they have more time to perform mischief. SinisterLefty (talk) 19:59, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help. I closed it and reopened it from history, it was then selectable with alt-tab. Now seems like a normal window. Will close the tabs down and get rid of it anyway. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 08:19, 4 September 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Resolved

SinisterLefty (talk) 13:21, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]