Forty-Three of The Best Free Windows Enhancements That You Should Know About
June 23, 2009 – 8:52 am | 72 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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Folder View: access your favorite folders from (literally) anywhere
September 16, 2008 – 9:13 pm | 3 Comments

Folder View Screenshot Folder Toolbar2Folder View is a free utility that provides access to your favorite folders in multiple locations on your machine, including the toolbar of any open folder, the system tray, the windows open/save dialog, the left/side placesbar on the open save dialog and from a shortcut on your desktop. It also installs two context menu entries that make it easy to move or copy files to your favorite folders or alternately to quickly add folders to your list of folder favorites.

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SwWeek: display the current calendar week in the system tray
September 12, 2008 – 8:48 pm | 8 Comments

SwWeek ScreenshotSwWeek is a small free program whose sole function is to display the current calendar week number in the system tray.

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Open Target Shell Extension: open shortcut “target folders” from the context menu in XP
September 12, 2008 – 4:36 am | 21 Comments

Open Target Shell Extension ScreenshotOpen Target Shell Extension installs an entry in the windows context menu that appears whenever you right-click a shortcut and functions to quickly open the original folder that the shortcut is pointing to. It is equivalent to right clicking a shorcut > properties > find target in Windows XP.

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Hexagora Performance Monitor: a monitoring app that makes system load visible
August 29, 2008 – 4:26 pm | 4 Comments

Hexagora Performance Monitor screenshotHexagora Performance Monitor is a light and customizable freeware application that displays four important system load values – CPU, memory, disk and network traffic. It requires no user input to work out of the box and is portable.

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ThumbWin and miniMize: two apps that can minimize open windows as desktop thumbnails
August 25, 2008 – 4:33 pm | 5 Comments

Thumbwin vs Minimize screenshotsThumbWin and miniMize are two free memory resident apps that allow you to minimize open windows and programs to the desktop as thumbnails. You are then able to maximize and access these windows/apps again by clicking on the thumbnails on the desktop.

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Phlox: use “f2″ in XP to rename files without overwriting file extensions
August 15, 2008 – 7:25 am | 14 Comments

Phlox ScreenshotPhlox is a small program for Windows XP that runs in the background and tweaks the "f2" button when used to rename a file in Windows XP, such as to select only the file name without the extension (similar to Windows Vista).

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Png2swf: convert PNG images to flash SWF files
August 12, 2008 – 5:52 am | 15 Comments

png2swf screenshotPng2swf is a free program that can convert PNG files into an animated flash SWF file. It can process a number of PNG images serially into a SWF file or otherwise batch-create SWF files out of individual PNGs.

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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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