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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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 | 34 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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DeskSave: a lightweight program to save and restore desktop icon layouts
July 12, 2008 – 7:30 pm | 6 Comments

DeskSave ScreenshotDesksave is a free, lightweight program that saves the icon layout on the desktop according to the current screen resolution and can restore it at a later point if needed, either manually or automatically. It features a number of interesting options, including portability, shell integration into the right-click context menu, and the option to run from the command line.

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360 Desktop: expand your desktop across multiple screens
July 10, 2008 – 4:40 am | 9 Comments

360 Desktop Screenshot360 Desktop is a free innovative virtual desktop application that creates a "panoramic workspace" extending across multiple screens. It behaves as a scrollable desktop where you could travel from one side and into the other. It also introduces the ability to embed widgets on the new desktop that clip content off the web such as RSS feeds and videos.

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DeskOnTop: access your desktop from the system tray
July 4, 2008 – 12:19 am | 16 Comments

DeskOnTop ScreenshotDeskOnTop is a free program that resides in the system tray and provides access to your desktop files and folders by popping up a mini-representation of the desktop in the system tray. Alternately, it can also provide a start menu style list of all your desktop items.

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Click&Clean: clean your system with 1-click using this CCleaner addon
June 29, 2008 – 9:39 am | 19 Comments

Click&Clean ScreenshotClick&Clean is a free tool that works alongside CCleaner to provide 1-click hard drive and browser cleanup from within Internet Explorer, Firefox, or the desktop Quick Launch bar. It can perform an instant, complete uninterrupted cleanup with CCleaner without exiting the browser or dealing with prompts and dilags.

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Ulteo Virtual Desktop: run a virtual Linux environment inside Windows
June 25, 2008 – 9:50 pm | 22 Comments

Ulteo Virtual Desktop ScreenshotUlteo Virtual Desktop installs a virtual Linux environment inside Windows. This free program shows up as a panel inside the Windows desktop and allows you to access Linux applications within Windows with little effect on performance, enabling users to run both Windows and Linux apps simultaneously and to switch between them at will.

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Stick: add “Screen Tabs” to your desktop
June 25, 2008 – 6:45 am | 8 Comments

Stick ScreenshotStick is a free program that introduces tabs attached to the sides of your screen (called "Screen Tabs") that can display notes, folder contents, web pages, RSS feeds, as well as mini apps such as a calendar or calculator.

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“Types”: easily configure the default apps, icons, and context menu entries for file types
June 21, 2008 – 4:33 pm | 24 Comments

Types Screenshot"Types" is a lightweight open source configuration utility designed to enable users to edit the program associations, icons, context menus, and other properties of various file types.

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