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Tool: dropfix 0.8 · 104 KB · 09 May 2012 · md5 b2f338c590b6 · last build, keep · back to its row on the shelf

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dropfix 0.8

104 KB · 09 May 2012 · md5 b2f338c590b6 · last build, keep · shelf 4

windowslinuxmacosfreewarewrites nothing

Placeholder install sheet: brackets mark values nobody has recorded.

Confirms the scheduled tasks the install created are still registered.

dropfix tasks --verify
4 tasks present, 1 disabled

Note from the shelf row: none recorded

Before you install

  • Runs on: Windows, Linux, macOS. the application must be 4.0.7 to 4.1.6.
  • Space: about 104 KB for the download, plus [WORKING SPACE] while it runs.
  • Rights: an ordinary user account; no elevation needed
  • Know first: [PREREQUISITE] — what has to be true before this tool will run at all.

Download and verify

Take the build for your platform from the [SHARE] and check it against the digest on the shelf row before you unpack anything.

certutil -hashfile dropfix-0.8-win64.zip
md5sum dropfix-0.8-linux-x64.tar.gz
md5 dropfix-0.8-macos.tar.gz

Expected: b2f338c590b6. The shelf row carries the same digest.

Install

Copy it into place and put it on the path. Nothing here installs a service or a scheduled task.

Windows

Unpack the zip, then: 

xcopy dropfix-0.8-win64 C:\Tools\dropfix /E /I
setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Tools\dropfix"
dropfix --version

Linux

Unpack it and link it onto the path: 

sudo tar -xzf dropfix-0.8-linux-x64.tar.gz -C /opt
sudo ln -sf /opt/dropfix/dropfix /usr/local/bin/dropfix
dropfix --version

macOS

Unpack it and link it onto the path: 

sudo tar -xzf dropfix-0.8-macos.tar.gz -C /opt
sudo ln -sf /opt/dropfix/dropfix /usr/local/bin/dropfix
dropfix --version

Check it worked

Check the version first, then run the one command the tool exists for:

dropfix --version
dropfix tasks --verify
4 tasks present, 1 disabled

Expected output is the line shown above; anything else means [TO DO: write the failure list].

Removing it

Delete the folder and drop the path entry. The tool keeps no state of its own.

rmdir /s /q C:\Tools\dropfix
sudo rm -rf /opt/dropfix /usr/local/bin/dropfix
sudo rm -rf /opt/dropfix /usr/local/bin/dropfix

If it goes wrong

  • [KNOWN FAILURE 1] — the usual fixes for this tool have not been written down yet. Add them the second time somebody hits one.
  • Wrong error number or a fault you cannot name: run the tool's own diagnostic first (shelf row).
  • Before any repair that writes to a store, take the export — backoff is the tool for it.