I find these little apps extremely helpful and they save A LOT of time and clicking PLUS they're free. I would strongly suggest getting the following nice little apps. I install them on every machine I have.
RjH Extensions - (freeware) simple utility that will add a number of useful functions to the context menu of Windows Explorer.
AIRoboform - (freeware)one-click web form filler and password manager with some serious Artificial Intelligence (AI) inside.
PathCopyEx - (freeware) A very simple shell extension that copies the text path of any file/folder in Explorer to the clipboard. Saves a bit of time on all those annoying Browse for Folder windows.
For some reason when EU forced Microsoft to allow users to change the default browser and search provider in Windows (also no ads for Office and the likes) - it was good. But when it comes to Apple - then it's bad.
BTW, Apple would have gone out of business if Microsoft wasn't pressed by US government several decades ago. 😉
I understand Microsoft's intention here, at least I think I do.
There have been so many printer driver related problems over the years due to OEM printer drivers not be compatible with the latest Windows update, that Microsoft wants to eliminate those by controlling the printer driver updates and keeping them compatible with the latest Windows update.
That is okay as far it goes, but what it can do is put limitations on printers that wouldn't be there with OEM drivers since the OEM printer drivers are not universal drivers.
It's a tradeoff and one can only hope it doesn't turn all Windows printers into $69 Brother printers.
Vivaldi is a very unique browser. It's the only chromium based browser that has its own powerful and fully customizable UI. It even supports CSS like firefox based browsers do. If someone wants a powerhouse chromium based browser, Vivaldi is actually his only option. All other chromium based browsers just tweak the vanilla chromium UI. It also comes from an ethical company that has proved its ethics all these years. Something very rare in the chromium world... (all other companies which develop chromium based browsers own an ad company, Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera etc).
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Thanks to Tux for compiling this list.
klipfolio http://www.serence.com/site.php?page=prod_klipfolio
neowin Klip http://www.klipfarm.com/farm.php?page=info&klip=123
Coolmon:
http://www.daisyman.arsware.org/coolinfo/
Desktop Weather and Neowin Post
http://www.desktopweather.<< spam >>/
Neowin button for IE toolbar:
http://www.btinternet.com/~bolton64.family...ges/NeoIcon.zip
Quicknotes:
http://lowdimension.net/download/?name=qui...uickNotes03.zip
True Luanch Bar:
http://www.tsoftcentral.com/tlb/
Rainlendar:
http://sivut.koti.soon.fi/rainy/
MAC (mpeg audio collection)
winamp
trillian (best msg app)
eDonkey (get your ass in gear, hehe, best p2p for big stuff)
Active Desktop Calendar
Quick Search Toolbar
beatNik (clock)
Ghrone (clock)
amiNews
EzPop (checks mail)
mirc:
http://www.mirc.com/
supercleaner:
http://www.southbaypc.com/
mailwasher:
http://www.mailwasher.net/download.php
reshacker:
http://rpi.net.au/~ajohnson/resourcehacker/
registry crawler:
http://www.4dev.com/regc/index.htm
editpad lite:
http://www.jgsoft.com/zips/EditPad.zip
barlaunch & T-launch
http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/kyagi/enu/
visualroute:
http://www.visualware.com/visualroute/index.html
acdsee:
http://www.acdsystems.com/English/index.htm
stuffit expander:
http://www.aladdinsys.com/downloads/
iconshop:
http://users.pandora.be/liontech/Download.htm
netcaptor:
http://www.netcaptor.com/
logonloader:
http://www.radfiles.com/logonloader/
WINBAR
www.winbar.nl
Power Menu
WinPulse
http://aka.com.ua/dev.htm
Chameleon Clock:
http://www.softshape.com/cham
Aversoft Sticker: (desktop note app)
http://www.aversoft.com/sticker/
Copernic 2001 - http://www.copernic.com
Netscape - http://home.netscape.com/computing/download
ICQ - http://www.icq.com/download
QuickTime - http://www.apple.com/quicktime
Editor Pro Suite
http://www.dcalcoda.com/
EDIT: Just checked site, it's now called "Write Source
Alkonost MaxFormat
http://user.nnov.cityline.ru/~a2200/maxfor...rmat/index.html
DVDcutter stream and mp3CDwav converter
http://www.jummpa.com
CDR-WIN
http://www.goldenhawk.com
FlashFXP
http://www.flashfxp.com
I find these little apps extremely helpful and they save A LOT of time and clicking PLUS they're free. I would strongly suggest getting the following nice little apps. I install them on every machine I have.
RjH Extensions - (freeware) simple utility that will add a number of useful functions to the context menu of Windows Explorer.
AIRoboform - (freeware)one-click web form filler and password manager with some serious Artificial Intelligence (AI) inside.
PathCopyEx - (freeware) A very simple shell extension that copies the text path of any file/folder in Explorer to the clipboard. Saves a bit of time on all those annoying Browse for Folder windows.
Panicware's Pop-up Stopper - (freeware) best pop-up stopper around.
I have a few others but those are the best I could think of off the top of my head. Take a look at Shell Extension City for more of these gems.
SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com
WinRAR - http://www.rarsoft.com
StyleXP - http://www.tgtsoft.com
Metapad
Best Text Editor (Notepad Style)
http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
CDex
Best CD -> MP3
http://www.cdex.n3.net/
Xteq X-Setup
Best Tweaker
http://www.xteq.com/products/xset/
PropertiesPlus
Change various setting of file in explorer
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cool/kish/pplusmain.htm
StatupCPL
Edit all programs that start on boot
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
DiskData
http://www.digallery.com/diskdata/
Glass2k(win2kXP only)
Transparent Windows
http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
PrcView
Good for win9x, gives more detail than task manager
http://www.xmlsp.com/pview/prcview.htm
United Devices
http://members.ud.com/home.htm
Distributed.net
Use your computer when not in use towards finding the RC5-64 key
http://www.distributed.net/download/clients.html
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Wizmo
Great app for advanced power savings
http://grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm
IDServe
Find out what webserver that site is running on
http://grc.com/id/idserve.htm
Netstat Live
Info about your net connection
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/n...network/nsl.htm
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Zonealarm
Firewall (go for the free version)
http://www.zonelabs.com/
Tiny Personal Firewall Kerio Personal Firewall
Another Firewall, just more configurable
http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny?s=91...&pg=tpf_summary
http://www.kerio.com/parser/mainpage.php?id=204&lg=1
Anti Virus Guard
Free Antivirus
http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.htm
AdAware
AdwareSpyware on your system, see if there is any?
http://www.lsfileserv.com/aaw.html
WinVNCTightVNC
Run your computer from anywhere over the net.
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/winvnc.html http://www.tightvnc.com/
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Foxserv
Test your website from your PC, without uploading and then testing.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/foxserv/
Apache
Apache Webserver :)
http://www.apache.org/
GuildFTPd
Free FTP server
http://www.nitrolic.com/
D2G
Never have to remember and fiddle with changing IP addresses again, just an address.
http://dns2go.deerfield.com/
1st Page
Best HTML code editor ever.
http://evrsoft.com/1stpage/
Movable Type
Ever wanted a [we]blog?
http://www.movabletype.org/
Articons
http://www.aha-soft.com/
Microangelo
http://www.impactsoft.com/
?????????
http://excursion.cjb.net
quicktime player
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/[Statbaratbar
http://www.statbar.nl[Irfanviewnview
Image editor
http://www.irfanview.com[/Dremples les
Active Wallpaper
http://www.geisswerks.com/drempels/index.html
Quintessential Player
Real player and Realone player
ieSpell
Spell checker for text boxes in IE (such as forum posts here)
YourCPL
Add any executable app to control pannel such as WinXP TweakUI
Shell Toys
Tons of tools for Context Menu!
Context Edit
Add, remove Context Menu options.
FolderBox
Surf multiple folders in Explorer (also works in IE) great for using the built in Windows FTP functionality.
Cursor XP Free (Formerly CursorEX)
For win 2k/XP only, better mouse cursors can load animated gifs, png files..check out the site. (Formerly CursorEX)
ICQ Plus
Skin your ICQ
TCP/IP Optimizer
Optimize TCP/IP registry values
Registry Explorer
Registry Editor Shell extension integrates directly into Explorer
Windows XP PowerToys
They have returned! Be sure to uninstall previous ones first though.
Refresher for IE
Adds window refreshing capabilities to IE, works great especially for windows I generally leave open
Invision for mIRC 6.01 Beta 2.0
SpaceMonger (hard drive space visualizer):
Have a Command Prompt window inside Explorer!!!!
MP3-Info Extension
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