FileToFolder: creates folders from multiple files and moves them into their respective folders
Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you have multiple files that you need to move into their own folders? I frequently encounter this situation, for example, when downloading media files that I then move to their own folders. With FileToFolder, however, I no longer have to do this manually. This free app [...]
Windows 7 Taskbar Items Pinner: pin anything to the Windows 7 taskbar, including individual files and folders
Windows 7 Taskbar Items Pinner is a free software that allows you to pin just about anything (individual folders, files, or URLs) to the Windows 7 taskbar. Now you may be wondering why you need this, since you can already pin items to the Windows 7 taskbar simply by dragging them over; however, the truth [...]
NatGeo Wallpaper Downloader: download over 5000 National Geographic wallpapers with a single click
You may have seen my November 2009 post citing the National Geographic site as one of the best places to download wallpaper images on the internet. This post is a bit of a follow up to that one, in that the free tool discussed here is designed to automatically download entire collections of National Geographic [...]
System Ninja: pro-active drive cleaner will find junk files that CCleaner won’t
System Ninja is a free hard drive cleaning app that can remove unnecessary junk files from your hard drive. It is different from some other hard drive cleaning apps, such as CCleaner, in that it pro-actively sets out to find junk files wherever they may reside, rather than looking in prescribed locations. As a consequence [...]
WinMHR: Free Malware Detector
WinMHR is a free security tool that provides a similar function as the VirusTotal website but with some additional features, and more to come. WinMHR is not a replacement for antivirus but it works great in conjunction with one (I’d recommend Avast! for a free antivirus.). The name stands for Windows Malware Hash Registry, which [...]
CleanHaven: clean up and manipulate text and lists like a pro
CleanHaven is a free text cleanup and manipulation app for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This is not a simple program that merely converts text-case and removes unprintable characters (similar to the many “email cleaning” apps that are out there); but is a sophisticated, well designed ” swiss army knife” of a tool for text manipulation [...]
Cameyo: competent, free program virtualization app can create portable executables from any application
Software virtualization, if you’re unfamiliar with it, is a process whereby a specific program is run in a “virtual layer”, where the interaction with the operating system and the host environment is temporary and is automatically undone once the virtual program is terminated (more commonly referred to as “sandboxed”), until the next time you run [...]
