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@TheLostVikings: Not only should you check out Firebug, check out the add-ons for Firebug. There's a bunch of them, including YSlow and some other very useful ones. Read more

@scokar: That's exactly what I do - it's by far the best web development tool ever created =) Read more

@MartaBurns: That means you probably didn't enter the arguments into Launchy's runny dialog, because that line of the code is expecting an argument to be there. Read more

@Bighaugs: That's something I'm trying to figure out - I think it uses the icon of the app that launches the script, in this case wscript.exe. Read more

@Bighaugs: That's hilarious. I did the EXACT same thing... I wasn't sure if I should include it or not in the download. Read more

@hadees: There are so many distros, you may be correct. It didn't do it by default for my Ubuntu or Red Hat boxes that I use daily. Read more

whatismyip.org asks people not to hit their servers with automated bots... also they are really slow when you try from curl. Read more

@Darktan: There is likely something blocking outbound ports on your system or network - I'd guess it's a firewall issue. Read more

I updated the post to mention alternate ways to accomplish the same thing. Sorry about the trouble! Read more

@rocketbear79: It's probably because Syncback is set to copy locked files, which requires creating a temporary shadow copy. I'd check on that. Read more