Help for Nimi Places

Please check answer ​on how to add loca­tion to be dis­play­ed ​on the desktop.

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 con­tainer accent color ​for con­tain­ers ​and themes supporting this feature:

1. Open con­tainer settings
2. Open Appearance submenu.
3. Open Accent color submenu.

4. Choose one of the follow­ing options:

   • Default to use global accent color,
   • Custom... to specify a custom accent color.

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 ​and ​for such does not have to be installed ​on specific computer.

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.

Rendering text with color symbols ​and icons (ideographs) requir­es either:

• operating system support,
• or the pre­sence of a color font file with CBLC/CBDT tables named "colorIdeographs.ttf" ​in the applica­tion directory.

Please ensure that archive is ran with enough privileges (e.g.: administrator rights) ​for reading/writing files ​in given loca­tion ​or con­sider unpacking applica­tion ​in different directory.

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 open settings click ​on Nimi Places icon (contour of box with two paper sheets atop of it) ​in the taskbar notifica­tion area.

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).

Please check answer ​on how to remove loca­tion from being dis­play­ed ​on the desktop.

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 manu­ally remove Nimi Places 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 mind that template creat­ed con­tain­ers are stor­ed under Nimi Places data directory.

4. Delete Nimi Places executable.

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.).

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

Older builds were only unpacked (not installed), thus are remov­able as explain­ed under how to remove Nimi Places ques­tion.

If con­tain­ers are not visible when "show­ing desktop" (request­ed by e.g. hotkey combina­tion Command+D ) please ensure that Nimi Places is run with enough privileges to interact with system shell.

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.

If Nimi Places execut­able is locat­ed under Program Files sub-directory — its applica­tion data is stor­ed ​in current user profile home directory under ".Nimi Places" sub-folder. Otherwise, applica­tion data is stor­ed under "Places" sub-folder of execut­able root directory.

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).