Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About
June 23, 2009 – 8:52 am | 81 Comments

There is an impressive range of excellent freeware Windows enhancements and tweaks. This posting will present forty three excellent additions to Windows that you will like.

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Melloware Placesbar Editor: add favorite folders to Windows and Office open/save dialogs
June 20, 2008 – 8:58 pm | 10 Comments

Melloware ScreenshotMelloware Placesbar Editor is an open source program that allows you to change the default folder shortcuts that are found in the Windows open/save dialog known as the PlacesBar. Moreover, it can also customize the MS Office open/save dialog by enabling the addition of 5 new user-defined folders for a total of up to 10 locations.

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Pathsync: synchronize two directories with ease
June 11, 2008 – 8:46 pm | 16 Comments

PathSync ScreenshotPathsync is an open source drive or directory synchronization tool that can compare two paths and provides a number of options for copying files back and forth across the two. It offers a number of useful options such as filtering by user-defined filename mask or extension and user-defined buffer size for the copying operation.

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VolumeTouch: control system volume with the mouse (or hotkeys)
June 6, 2008 – 1:43 am | 15 Comments

VolumeTouch screenshotVolumeTouch gives quick control over your PC’s volume by using a combination of hotkeys and the mouse or arrow keys.

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Copy Handler: speed up and control file copying and moving operations
June 5, 2008 – 7:51 am | 37 Comments

Copy Handller context menuCopy Handler is an open source program that resides in memory and significantly enhances the copying or moving of large files in Windows. It introduces the ability to pause and resume copy/move operations, can speed up transfers by up to 6-7 times, and adds filtering functions that determine exactly which files and folders to copy or move.

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Bradicon: convert images to icons using this web app
June 3, 2008 – 11:07 pm | 3 Comments

bradicon screenshotBradicon is a web service that will convert any image you upload to 32-bit icons in ICO format that you can then download.

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Deleket icons on deviantART: download outstanding free icon packs
May 31, 2008 – 4:19 am | 6 Comments

deleket icons4Deleket’s icon gallery on deviantART features multiple, freely downloadable icon packs provided for free download under the Creative Commons license.

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Ubericon: add visual effects to your icons
May 29, 2008 – 7:49 am | 8 Comments

UberIcons Screenshot4UberIcon is a windows tweak that adds visual effects when double clicking on an icon. It comes with three different effects to choose from, extendible by downloading and installing additional plugins from the Ubericon website.

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Thoosje Quick XP Optimizer: get better performance out of XP
May 28, 2008 – 8:41 pm | 9 Comments

Thoosje screenshotThoosje Quick XP Optimizer is a free program that provides 1-click performance enhancement for Windows XP, including faster startup, faster HD access, faster apps, faster intente, and faster overall system performance. It also offers the option to completely undo whatever intervention that it performed on a system.

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CloseWin: instantly close all open windows
May 27, 2008 – 6:19 am | 2 Comments

CloseWin ScreenshotCloseWin can close all open windows and programs in the taskbar in a single swoop. It also allows the user to create profiles for and selectively close windows/programs based on text in the window.

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Desk Drive: get automatic drive/media shortcuts on your desktop
May 23, 2008 – 4:00 pm | 16 Comments

Desk Drive ScreenshotDesk Drive is a free program that adds automatic shortcuts on the desktop to flash drives and other media when you plug them in, and removes these shortcuts automatically when the drives are unplugged. Supported media include (CD’s/DVD’s, removable drives, fixed drives, networked and RAM drives).

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FreeSnap: maximize window edges individually
May 21, 2008 – 9:33 pm | 15 Comments

FreeSnap ScreenshotFreesSnap is a free program that runs in the background and allows the user to individually maximize any of the four sides of an open window using hotkeys (Win+arrows by default). It also allows you to use hotkeys to quickly shift the placement of a window to the center or any of the 4 corners, and to perform a number of windows resize operations.

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