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Has anyone encountered and fixed this problem?

This is happening to me. plus CPU usage at 98%.
All this began when I installed Windows and VMware Fusion.
mysqld is also using a tone of vertural memory.
I suspect some type of corruption or a virus that came with using windows

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                    var myMargins =currentPage.marginPreferences;
                    var a = currentPage.bounds[0]+myMargins.top;
                    var b = currentPage.bounds[1]+myMargins.left;
                    var c = currentPage.bounds[2]-myMargins.bottom;
                    var d = currentPage.bounds[3]-myMargins.right;
                    var newFrame = currentPage.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[a,b,c,d]});
                    newFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnCount = 7;
                    newFrame.previousTextFrame = currentFrame;
//************************************END FLOW FUNCTION*********************************************
/*******************TextPlacer***************************
    this script will add a text file in an existing text frame
    Questo file deve essere copiato nella cartella Script di InDesign
function myGetBounds(myDocument, myPage){
var myPageWidth = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth;
var myPageHeight = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight
if(myPage.side == PageSideOptions.leftHand){
var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.right;
else{
var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.left;
var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.right;
var myY1 = myPage.marginPreferences.top;
var myX2 = myPageWidth - myX2;
var myY2 = myPageHeight - myPage.marginPreferences.bottom;
return [myY1, myX1, myY2, myX2];
/*******************ImagePlacer***************************
    this script will addimages to the document by
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    between @s (file format included[@mypic.bmp@]),
    selecting them from a specified file (see below)
    and applying object styles to them, as well as
    applying the right tab i necesary.
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    overset is found, it will resize to margin size the
    text frame and if overset continues, it will add a
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    to the previous frame, allowing the story flow.
    Questo file deve essere copiato nella cartella Script di InDesign
//Creates a new document using the specified document preset.
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var myDocument = app.documents.add(true,app.documentPresets.item("Preset"));
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if(app.activeDocument.saved == false){
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app.activeDocument.save(new File("/Users/Paolo/Desktop/Documento.indd"));
function main()
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
var myPage = myDocument.pages.item(0);
var myTextFrame = myPage.textFrames.add({geometricBounds:myGetBounds(myDocument,myPage)});
myTextFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnCount = 7;
myTextFrame.place(File("/Users/Paolo/Desktop/text.txt"));
//Place a text file in the text frame.
//Parameters for TextFrame.place():
//File as File object,
//[ShowingOptions as Boolean = False]
//You'll have to fill in your own file path.
//Define GREP search
var grepFind ="@@@.+@@@";
//Folders name where there are pdf, must be in the same place of the file
var myFiguresFolder = "testatine";
// Applied paragraph style
var myPStyle = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item("Paragraphstyle");
var NextPStyleCS = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item("Par_Style");
var NextPStyleEN = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item("Par_Style_en");
var NextPStyleDE = myDocument.paragraphStyles.item("Par_Style_de");
// Applied text style
var myCStyle = myDocument.characterStyles.item("text");
//Applied object style
var myOStyle = "";
var oStyle_1 = myDocument.objectStyles.item("Pictures");
var oStyle_2 = myDocument.objectStyles.item("Pictures");
var oStyle_3 = myDocument.objectStyles.item("Pictures");
//MEASUREMENTS
var maxWidth = 467; //Maximum width of an image
var maxHeight = 666; //Maximum Height of an image
var colWidth = 468; //Width of the main columb (340pt) + maximum Tab (128pt)
var maxTab = 0;
var xTab;
var xtTab;
var minTWidth = 340; //any image with a width below this will have the maximum Tab (maxTab) applied.
var PWidth; //Width of the Picture
var PHeight;//Picture Height
var myTotal;
//---------------------------------ALERTS---------------------------------\\
var notSaved = "Documento non salvato; devi prima salvare il documento";
var noFolder = "No such folder exists; "+myFiguresFolder;
var noImageMessage = "No Images were found";
var finished = " immagini sostituite"
//---------------------------------ALERTS---------------------------------\\
/************************END OF STORY*****************************************
* The object of this bit of programming is to add an empty paragraph break *
* at the end of the story, in order to make the actual script work in the case   *
* that the LAST paragraph were a TABLE                                                              *
var findEnd_of_Story = "\\r(?=\\z)" //GREP for End of Story                        //
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;                              //
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;                         //
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = myPStyle;              //
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = findEnd_of_Story;                      //
var fItems = myDocument.findGrep();                                              //
var myC = fItems.length-1;                                                             //
if (fItems =!0){                                                                              //
    do{                                                                                             //
        if (fItems.appliedParagraphStyle = myPStyle){                          //
            cItem = fItems[myC]                                                          //
            app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "$0\\r";                  //
    myDocument.changeGrep();                                                       //
myC--;                                                                                           //
while (myC >= 0);                                                                       //
try{
var myDocPath = myDocument.filePath; //Complete Path to the Current Document
catch (myError){
alert (notSaved);
//throw("");
return;
var myFFldr =Folder(myDocPath+"/"+myFiguresFolder); //Complete Path in which the figures to be placed should be found
if(myFFldr.exists){
    flow();
    app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = grepFind;
    var myFoundItems = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
    var myCounter = myFoundItems.length-1
    myTotal = myCounter+1;
    for (i = myCounter; i >=0; i--) {
        var myName = myFoundItems[i].contents.replace (/@/g, "");
        app.selection = myFoundItems[i];
        var fFig=app.selection[0];//Found text for
        var cPStyle= fFig.appliedParagraphStyle;
        var myFile = new File( myFFldr + "/" + myName);
        if (myFile.exists) {
            var cFig = fFig.place(myFile);
            var sFig = cFig[0].parent;
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              myOStyle =oStyle_1;
              PWidth = sFig.geometricBounds[3] - sFig.geometricBounds[1];
              PHeight = sFig.geometricBounds[2] - sFig.geometricBounds[0];
              if (PWidth >= minTWidth){
                  xTab = (colWidth-PWidth);
              else{
                  xTab =maxTab;
              var currentPar = sFig.parent.paragraphs.item(0);
              currentPar.leftIndent = xTab;
              var nextPar= currentPar.insertionPoints[-1].paragraphs[0];
              var nextParStyle = nextPar.appliedParagraphStyle;
              if (nextParStyle == NextPStyleCS||nextParStyle ==NextPStyleEN||nextParStyle == NextPStyleDE){
                  xtTab = xTab
              else {
                  xtTab = nextPar.leftIndent;
              nextPar.leftIndent =xtTab;
              sFig.appliedObjectStyle = myOStyle;
              cPStyle = "";
              break;
              case (myPStyle):
              myOStyle = oStyle_3;
              sFig.appliedObjectStyle = myOStyle;
              cPStyle = "";
              break;
              default:
              myOStyle = oStyle_2;
              sFig.appliedObjectStyle = myOStyle;
              cPStyle = "";
              break;
          var oFig = sFig;
          sFig = ""
flow();
//alert(myTotal + finished);
else{
    alert(noFolder);
var myDocument = app.documents.item(0);
//Clear the find/change grep preferences.
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
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app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeFootnotes = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false;
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app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = false;
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//app.findGrepPreferences.pointSize = 24;
//app.changeGrepPreferences.underline = true;
    var myFoundItems = app.activeDocument.findGrep();
    var myCounter = myFoundItems.length-1
    myTotal = myCounter+1;
    //alert("occorrenze" + myTotal);
    app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo= "$1";
    app.changeGrepPreferences.appliedCharacterStyle= myDocument.characterStyles.item("head");
   myDocument.changeGrep();
for (i = myCounter; i >=0; i--) {
        var myName = myFoundItems[i].contents.replace ("/</g", "");
        var myName = myFoundItems[i].contents.replace ("/>/g", "");
        app.selection = myFoundItems[i];
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        app.selection[0].applyCharacterStyle(myCStyle, true);
//Clear the find/change preferences after the search.
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
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I have a Zen Nano Plus. One of the reasons I got it was because it has a built in microphone. When you record with the mic it saves it as a WAV file, and puts it in the "recorded" file. I want to make a folder with both songs (mp3s) and bits of spoken word that I record in - so that when I play it I can select shuffle and it will randomly play either a song or a recorded part. (It's for a friend in a coma and we want to leave it playing her favourite songs as well as messages from her friends.) When I make a new folder it won't recognise WAVs only the MP3s, and when I put MP3s in the "recorded" file it won't recognise them, only the WAVs. The shuffle option will only shuffle between tracks in the same folder. I've called the help line and spent half an hour talking to them but nothing was solved. I realise that I can convert the WAV files into MP3 files (anyone recommend a good, free converter?) but would rather not have to do this. Also, if it is possible to play both in the same folder, can I also record through the mic directly into this folder? This would save me having to take it home whenever a new message is left to organise the tracks.
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Misio wrote:
It looks like a finder bug. To replicate, I surf to any website, I right-click on a jpg image, select "Save Image As" and in the window that pops up I type in the filename "000.jpg", I select the folder Pictures, and click on Save.
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the extension is simply hidden. go to the get info panel for the file and uncheck the option to hide the extension.
Then I surf to another image, and again I save it as "000.jpg" and now it asks me if I want to replace the existing filename, although the existing one is "000" and I try to save as "000.jpg", so I say yes, and then magically the file is saved with the full filename including the extension "000.jpg"
When I did it a couple of times, always saving image as "000.jpg" from various sources, I ended up with two distinct files named "000" and both in the same folder Pictures.
Please advise.
it sounds to me like you saved one file as 000.jpg and the other and 000.jpg.jpg.
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