Help for Nimi Places

To change element label in containers supporting this feature:

• Press Control+1-7 , with number representing given label by their order in element context menu.

• Select label from the element context menu:

  1. Right click on the element to open its context menu.
  2. Select label submenu.
  3. Select label to apply from submenu.

Localization XML files should be placed under Localizations sub-folder of Places directory located under Nimi Places executable location. If added correctly those should be immediately selectable from language selection menu.

To add new location to be displayed on the desktop:

1. Open settings.
2. Click on plus symbol to open addable elements menu.
3. Select container type from the menu.
4. Browse and select location to be displayed.

After selecting new location, it will be enlisted under its container type subcategory of added elements list. New container will be displayed after closing settings window, which happens automatically, when it loses focus - and not immediately.

To change container loading conditions:

1. Open settings.
2. Select container by single clicking on its element.
3. Click on PlaceTime symbol.

4. Adjust loading conditions:

   • Select locations by toggling checkboxes next to those description (home, work etc.).

   • Enable time range based condition:

     1. Check "Hourly schedule" checkbox above time selector control.

     2. Select time range by dragging ends of highlighted fields in time selector control to desired hours.

        Inversing time selection

        Double click time selector control to inverse time selection e.g from 8:00-16:00 to 16:00-8:00.

   • Enable foreground window title based condition:

     1. Check "Foreground window title" checkbox above title combo box.
     2. Enter regular expression in combo box to be matched against foreground window title.
5. Press Apply to apply settings.

To change icon size in containers supporting this feature user can:

• Press Control++ to increase icon size or Control+- to decrease icon size.
• Hold Control key while rolling mouse wheel to adjust icon size.
• Open container settings, open View submenu and select icon size from the list.

To change container theme for containers supporting this feature:

1. Open container settings
2. Open Appearance submenu.
3. Open Theme submenu.
4. Select theme to apply.

To change Nimi Places language:

1. Right click on Nimi Places icon (contour of box with two paper sheets atop of it) in the taskbar notification area to open application context menu.
2. Select "Languages" to open languages sub-menu containing list of available languages.
3. Change language by selecting menu with caption text describing desired language.
4. After changing language Nimi Places has to be restarted in order for changes to be applied.

To change icon display style in Place container:

1. Open container settings
2. Open View submenu.
3. Open Style submenu.
4. Select icon display style (icon grid, list etc.) from menu.

To change Place container title:

• Double click on container title.
• Open container settings, open Appearance then Title submenu, then select Rename to rename container.

To clear shortcuts data cache, force its rebuild:

1. Open settings
2. Press "Other" (three dots) button.
3. Select "Clear cache" option from shown context menu.

4. Untick check boxes other than shortcuts cache from clearing list.

   Updating shortcuts thumbnails

   Updating thumbnails for shortcuts requires also clearing thumbnails cache.

5. Press "Clear cache now". button

All of following require application restart to be applied.

To clear thumbnails cache, force its rebuild:

1. Open settings
2. Press "Other" (three dots) button.
3. Select "Clear cache" option from shown context menu.

4. Untick check boxes other than thumbnails from clearing list.

   Updating shortcuts thumbnails

   As shortcuts information is cached - updating those thumbnails requires also clearing shortcuts mutex.

5. Press "Clear cache now". button

All of following require application restart to be applied.

To close Nimi Places:

1. Right click on Nimi Places icon (contour of box with two paper sheets atop of it) in taskbar notification area to open application context menu.
2. Select Close application option.

Local Nimi Places instance can be copied to the selected location using dedicated wizard.

To copy local Nimi Places instance using wizard:

1. Open settings
2. Press "Other" (three dots) button.
3. Select "Tools" option from shown context menu.
4. Select "Copy instance" option from shown sub-context menu.

5. In shown wizard press "..." button to select copy destination.

   Nimi Places is an portable

   Nimi Places is an portable and can be run - for example - from a removable storage.

6. Press "Create" button to create instance copy.

To create new files and folders filter:

1. Open settings.
2. Click on plus symbol or right click on containers and rules list.
3. Select Folders and files rule.
4. From dropdown menu select action: copy or move for files and folders matching defined criteria.
5. In from section - select directory to be watched for changes.
6. In to section - select destination directory.
7. Select either Pattern for name based regular expressions filtering or Time to specify time range for all files and folders to be filtered.
8. Press Create to create filter.

To crop images in image preview:

1. Press Shift for free hand selection, or Shift+Control for circle selection.
2. Release keys to copy selection to clipboard.

If available User Interface Privilage Isolation (UIPI) restricts passing messages between applications running on different integrity levels.

Explaining effects of this privilage isolation on drag and drop operations, Nimi Places has to run on:

• Same or lower integrity level than application from which content is dragged from to receive it.
• Same or higher integrity level than to drag content from Nimi Places to other processes.

Therefore, we recommend running Nimi Places from under Program Files location and ensuring that running user has granted Nimi Places enough rights to interact with the other processes (e.g.: run as administrator).

To change Place container title settings:

1. Open container settings
2. Open Appearance submenu.
3. Open Title submenu.
4. Select Visible to toggle title visibility, or place on bottom to move its to bottom of container.

To install new theme:

1. Create or open directory <exectuable directory>/Places/Themes/<Container type e.g. Places>.
2. Copy theme to folder above.
3. Theme should be now available on its container themes list.

To open container settings:

• Right-click on container title;
• Right-click on empty container area;
• Right-click on container area while holding Shift .

To preview video, audio, image in containers supporting this feature:

1. Hover over element.
2. Click on play or magnifier glass icon to open/start preview.
3. To stop preview - depending on preview type user can either close preview window - or click on element icon to stop (square symbol or magnifier glass indicating that preview is open).

To remove location from being displayed on the desktop:

1. Open settings.
2. Select desired location from the list for given container type group.

3. To remove location:

   • Press Delete key.

   • Remove using context menu:

     1. Right click on selected container list entry to open context menu.
     2. Select Remove menu option.

Container will be removed from being displayed after closing settings window, which happens automatically, when it loses focus - and not immediately.

To run Nimi Places automatically on system start:

1. Open settings
2. Press "Other" (three dots) button.
3. Select "Automatic startup" menu entry to register or unregister Nimi Places for automatic startup.

To sort files in containers supporting this feature:

1. Open container settings
2. Open Sort by submenu.
3. Select sort option to sort collection (by name, label etc.).

Since Nimi Places 20240724 installed Nimi Places instance should be enlisted under operating system installed programs list and be uninstallable by following common application uninstall steps for it.

To manually uninstall older Nimi Places instance or remove portable instance:

1. If enabled, disable Nimi Places from automatic startup;
2. Close Nimi Places if running.

3. Delete Nimi Places data directory;

   Template created containers

   Please remember that template created containers are stored under Nimi Places data directory.

4. Delete Nimi Places executable.

Nimi Places most likely was not or failed to register for automatic startup. This can be verified by:

• Checking if Nimi Places process is enlisted under running tasks list. To open task list:

  • Press Shift+Control+Esc .
  • Type "taskmgr" in run command prompt.
  • Search for "View running processes(...)".

• Checking if Nimi Places is registered for automatic startup using System Configuration Tool. To open system configuration:

  • Type "msconfig" in run command prompt.
  • Search for "System configuration".

If Nimi Places does not run automatically with system startup despite of registration requests, consider using alternative method by placing shortcut to its executable under Startup folder. To open startup folder type "shell:startup" in run command prompt.

Files of template created container are by default located in its directory, which is placed under "Containers" sub-folder of Nimi Places data directory.

Nevertheless, please note that not all template created containers actually create new directories - some might use default directories that are dedicated for given content instead (e.g.: My Documents, My Pictures).