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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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