I regularly backup the files but do it manually as I have to unhide the hidden files on the C drive. Navigate to the directory where the files are located and copy them to another location. And then remember to hide the hidden files again on the C drive.

In the end, I decided to write a script that copies the files from the Newsgator directory to another location that is specified.

The Powershell script can be ran each day or once a week. To use the script, you need to have Newsgator installed along with Powershell.

If you are running Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, you have Powershell already installed.

if you are running Windows Vista, XP. You need to download Powershell. You can download PowerShell here.

Before you run it, a couple of things should be changed in the script.

The destDir variable creates a folder on the D drive. You can leave or change the folder name but the drive should be changed. The D drive is where I have all my files and data stored. I put a date at the end of the folder as I like to have the date it was copied over.

In the src variable, replace xxxx with your user name on the C drive. The user name is your login name as well. For example, if the user name is Acme it would be C:\Users\Acme\….

# Setup the local variables
 
# Set the source directory and get all the files in the directory
$src = "C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\RAI\NewsGator\*"
 
# Get the date and change the / to - as Windows will get confused when
# creating new directories.
 
$currDate = Get-Date
$NewDate = $currDate.ToShortDateString()
$NewDate = $NewDate.Replace("/", "-")
 
# Set the destination directory with the new Date
$destDir = "D:\NewsGator Backup - " + $NewDate
 
# Test if the path exists
if (Test-Path $destDir)
{
    Write-Host "Directory exists"
}
else
{
    #Write-Host "**does not exist"
    # Create destination directory
    New-Item $destDir -type directory -force 
    Write-Host "Directory created"    
}
 
# Copy the files to the directory
Copy-Item $src $destDir
Write-Host "Files copied over"

Copy the script above. Open Notepad and paste the code in. Save it to a location on your hard drive and name it NGFiles.ps1

Create a new document in Notepad and paste the following line in.

powershell -executionpolicy bypass -File NGFiles.ps1

Save it as NGBat.bat. This file must end in .bat as it is a batch file.

When you want to save the files in the Newsgator directory, open a command prompt.

Navigate to where you saved the batch file and type in NGBat.

This will copy the files over to the directory.

If you don’t want to type in the code, I have attached a zip file NGBat Files archive. Download and extract to a location.

I have tested it and it works on my machine but as always be careful when running scripts from the Internet.

Hope this script is useful to someone.

In Outlook 2010, this was removed from the pop-up menu.  It can easily be added to the Quick Launch toolbar.

Select the File Tab and then Options on the left hand side.

The Options window appears.  Select Quick Access Toolbar on the left hand side.

The list on the left are commands in Outlook and the list on the right is the Quick Access toolbar.

In the ‘Choose Commands from’ drop down list, select ‘All Commands’.

All of the commands appear in the left hand column underneath the drop down list.

To get there quicker, select the first item and type m.  Scroll down until Message Options is found.  You can just scroll down until it is found as well.

Click on it and select the Add Button.  This adds the command to the Quick Access toolbar.

This command can be moved up or down by selecting it and using the up or down arrow on the right hand side.  A seperator can be added also by finding it in the commands list and adding it to the Quick Access toolbar.

Click Okay to save the toolbar changes or Cancel to dismiss them.

The finished toolbar might look like the following figure.

A message can be selected and then the Message Options can be chosen.  A dialog appears with the details of the message with the Internet Headers.

This shows the details of the message.  This is useful for checking duplicate messages.

It was a great three nights of fun and entertainment. It had quite a few good songs as well.

It was great to have Italy back in the competition.

I’ve marked my calendar for next years show.

I would have liked to have seen Germany win again.  Lena’s song was very good.

There wasn’t much great songs as it was last year.

My selection of songs for this year are as follows:

Lena

Dino Merlin

Hotel FM

Nina

Mika Newton

Raphael Gualazzi

Ell/Nikki

Alexej Vorobjov

Amaury Vassili

Zdob si Zdub

At first I didn’t really like Ireland’s entry.  Listening to it again, it was okay. Not number one but listenable. I’ve only seen Jedward once on the Jonathan Ross show some time ago.

Looking forward to next years contest.

One day I’ll get over to see Eurovision live in person.

To do this manually, right-click on the PST file you want to compact.  The properties dialog appears.

Click on the advanced button and the following dialog appears.

Click on the Compact Now button and the progress window appears.

Depending on how large the PST file and the number of messages you have deleted, it will take a while.  Once finished, click the Okay button twice to dismiss the dialogs.

If you have an old video card, an error might appear.

You will need to change the settings for XNA Game Studio. Right click on the project and select properties.

Select the Use Reach option and then close the properties window.

Click on the Start Debuging (or press F5).  The application will run.

I usually like about five or six songs from the years contest.  Most of the songs in the 2010 contest I really liked.

Below are my top favourites:

Michael von der Heide – Il pleut de l’or (Switzerland)
Sieneke – Ik Ben Verliefd (Sha-la-lie) (The Netherlands)
Didrik Solli-Tangen – My Heart Is Yours (Norway)
Peter Nalitch & Friends – Lost And Forgotten (Russia)
3+2 – Butterflies (Belarus)
Lena – Satellite (Germany)
Juliana Pasha – It’s All About You (Albania)
Daniel Diges – Algo Pequenito (Something Tiny) (Spain)
Paula Seling & Ovi – Playing With Fire (Romania)
Vukasin Brajic – Thunder And Lightning (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Giorgos Alkaios & Friends – Opa (Greece)

Below is the other songs I do like to listen to:

Filipa Azevedo – Ha Dias Assim (Portugal)
Aisha – What For (Latvia)
Alyosha – Sweet People (Ukraine)
Anna Bergendahl – This Is My Life (Sweden)
Ansambel Zlindra & Kalamari – Narodnozabavni Rock (Slovenia)
Chanee & n’evergreen – In a Moment Like This (Denmark)
Eva Rivas – Apricot Stone (Armenia)
Feminnem – Lako je Sve (Croatia)
Gjoko Taneski – Jas Ja Imam Silata (FYR Macedonia)
Hera Bjork – Je Ne Sais Quoi (Iceland)
Josh Dubovie – That Sounds Good To Me (United Kingdom)
Kristina Pelakova – Horehronie (Slovakia)
Kuunkuiskaajat – Tyolki Ellaa (Finland)
Malcolm Lincoln – Siren (Estonia)
maNga – We Could Be The Same (Turkey)
Marcin Mrozinski – Legenda (Poland)
Milan Stankovic – Ovo je Balkan (This Is the Balkans) (Serbia)
Miroslav Kostadinov – Angel Si Ti (You Are An Angel) (Bulgarien)
Safura – Drip Drop (Azerbaijan)
Sofia Nizharadze – Shine (Georgia)
Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira – Run Away (Moldova)
Thea Garrettt – My Dream (Malta)

I’m glad Lena won for Germany.

Would have been nice to have been there in person.  Maybe next year but depends on who wins this year.

Good luck to all of the countries who enter.  It is great Italy is back this year in the contest as well.

If you like your character, you can get it made in an actual figure for the shelf or desk.  Can also choose between the actual figure or a bust.  If you play the character all the time, you can have him (or her) on the desk next you .

Figureprints allows you to do this.  You select which server your character is located and have him pose in different positions (can have the weapons ready for battle).  There is also a video on the process for the statue being made as well.

Looks interesting but expensive if you want to get it sent to Australia.

Noticed that they are also doing XBox Live as well.  You can get your avatar made in to a figure as well.

Below is a picture of one of the characters ready to be chosen