Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About
June 23, 2009 – 8:52 am | 71 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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DExpose: a stylish, Mac-like application switcher
August 8, 2008 – 4:29 am | 10 Comments

DExpose ScreenshotDExpose is a replacement for the Alt+Tab application switching funcitonality that emulates the Mac Expose window-stacking style.

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Minimem: reduce the memory footprint of individual programs on demand
August 7, 2008 – 10:59 am | 21 Comments

minimem before and afterMinimem is a free program designed to reduce the memory footprint of individual applications selected by the user. It runs in the background and will handle as many processes as requested.

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Miestas: artsy point and click flash adventure game
August 3, 2008 – 5:57 pm | 4 Comments

Miestas screenshotMiestas is a free point and click flash adventure game that features artsy, hand-drawn graphics and a jazzy soundtrack that combine together to create a dream-like game environment.

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DK Finder: superfast desktop file search
August 2, 2008 – 2:28 pm | 35 Comments

dkfinder screenshotDK Finder is a desktop search program that employs a sophisticated indexing algorithm to deliver lightning fast search results. It is primarily designed to find files on your system but can also search for keywords contained within files. The program can also perform a number of excellent file-related operations on search results that go beyond moving and copying to include group-operations, advanced filtering, and exporting results as a collection of shortcuts.

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Four Mini Reviews: SimplyZip, DP MediaInfo, IndexMaker, and UPXG
July 29, 2008 – 7:10 pm | 6 Comments

SimplyZip Screenshotthis posting will provide a number of mini-reviews for freeware programs written by the amazing Dirk Paehl: SimplyZip, DP MediaInfo, IndexMaker, and UPXG.

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Desktop Media: get automatic desktop shortcuts when you plug in your USB drive or other media
July 24, 2008 – 6:50 pm | 63 Comments

Desktop Media ScreenshotsDesktop Media is a free program that can display shortcuts on the desktop to USB drives, CDs/DVDs and other media when you plug them in, and automatically removes these shortcuts when you unplug. It can also alternately create so-called “hard links” to your media instead of shortcuts.

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EjectUSB: a powerful tool for safe USB drive removal
July 23, 2008 – 7:50 pm | 12 Comments

EjectUSB ScreenshotEjectUSB is an open source program that is run from a USB device to close all programs running from the device and eject the drive for safe removal. It will also remove registry entries and recent document shortcuts that refer to the USB device.

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Pismo File Mount: mount ZIP and ISO files as virtual drives
July 22, 2008 – 10:54 pm | 32 Comments

Pismo File Mount ScreenshotPismo File Mount is a free program that makes it possible to mount compressed archives, ISO CD/DVD image files, and its own custom encrypted private folder files as virtual drives that can be accessed freely through the Windows file system. Provide context menu integration for mounting/dismounting volumes quickly and easily.

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Accelman: a file manager with a host of powerful tools and options
July 17, 2008 – 7:59 pm | 27 Comments

Accelman Screenshot2Accelman is a dual-pane "File Manager" with a wide set of features ranging from multiple file management panes to a full-featured image viewer and editor, archiver with support of 15+ formats, media player and playlist editor, as well as a host of file and folder management tools.

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CRP: automatically re-launch apps and control a program’s allowed number of running instances
July 14, 2008 – 4:33 pm | 10 Comments

CRP ScreenshotCRP (Control Running Programs) is a small free program that runs in the background and performs two functions: it re-launches a program automatically once it detects that it is no longer running, and it limits the instances that a program can be running simultaneously according to a user defined number of instances (including preventing a program from running at all).

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