Helpful programs you might want in MS Windows. |
| Tuesday, 10 January 2006 11:30 |
Registry and Shell ExtensionsImport this registry file into your registry. When you right click on .ocx and .dll files you will get a context menu for registering and unregistering the ocx/dll. Also shows OLEView and stuff for tlb,olb,etc. Very handy. [Reg File]Here is a registry file to remove the recent documents feature of WinXP. Recent documents is a "feature" that I never use. [Reg File] Right click save as and import into your registry by double clicking. Copy path of a file to the clipboard from a context menu in explorer.I can't say how powerful this program is. Paths are a pain in the butt. This makes it so I can copy a normal path or even C quote a path for inclusion in code. I believe it has saved me more time than I would like to know.Copy the full path of a file to the clipboard from a context menu in explorer. [Link] [Local Cache] [XP DLL] Run exe files from content menu in explorer with command line params. [Link] [Local Cache] [XP DLL] When you download files off the web, many times they provide MD5/SHA checksums. Get [Hashtab]. Helpful programsRestore deleted files on FAT and NTFS filesystems - RestorationFTP client and server with SCP support! - FileZilla A good program for keeping your passwords. KeePass (Even port to PocketPC) Another FTP/SCP client but I use it mostly for SCP and SFTP. WinSCP Virtual CloneDrive - mount ISOs in windows(vista too)...free Freeware MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD-ROM(MagicDisc) - usually I use the CloneDrive, but it doesn't have x64 win2003 support yet. This works too, and freeware. daemontools - another ISO mounter with 64 bit support. (free) The Official ImgBurn Website - ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application for windows. Looking for some a good codec for movies in windows? Try using the ffdshow filters. Puttyputty is one of the best SSH clients out there for Windows. The best part is that it is free. However, I've always wanted tabbed ssh sessions. Today I found PuttyTabsPuTTY Connection Manager putty-launchy-plugin - Google Code - A plugin for listing saved PuTTY sessions in Launchy Web resources WinXP FAQ from aoaforums. VolumouseVolumouse is really cool for controlling the volume on your devices using your mouse. I use it exclusively for volume control on all my MS machines. I leave all my speakers on and volume set high...makes it real easy to manage using synergy too.Volumouse Sysinternals - some of the best tools in windows...Sysinternals makes some really nice utilities for finding out information about processes in windows.All the tools are available from here... \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\procexp.exe Checkout Process Monitor and Process Explorer Another great tool from sysinternals is AutoRuns, which allows you to see processes that start on boot. Very handy to find information about startup programs but it also exposes a lot of information about other dlls / hooks that take place within windows. Use it to get a better idea of what is happening in your machine! Then there's ProcDump a great utility to save crash dumps of a program that might hang or spike CPU usage. The author's blog The Compound Case of the Outlook Hangs - Mark's Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs talks about using procdump to catch hard to find issues... nice blog. RobocopyIf you haven't seen it already, windows now has Robocopy which provides better copy/move features than normal copies/moves.Utility Spotlight: Robocopy GUI -- TechNet Magazine, November 2006 Download details: Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools Wink - a freeware tutorial recording app. How to Use the Shadow Copy Client µTorrent - The Lightweight and Efficient BitTorrent Client Synergy: control many PCs with one keyboard and mouse / multi-platform supportI would have to say that this is one of the coolest applications I've found in a long time. This allows you to copy and paste between multiple platforms (ie. windows, mac, linux). Control one PC till it makes you wait, then move on to the next machine. I feel much more productive with it. Give it a try.synergy-plus - Project Hosting on Google Code Synergy mycroes all day long: Synergy when you need it SyncToy: a free powertoy download for file synchronization BgInfo v4.12 Looking for a free and easy to use MP3/OGG encoder? LameDropXPd is a single exe that gives you the encoding power of LAME with drag-n-drop support... (includes source!) In windows, your start menu can get a bit large. This makes launching programs a chore. You end up searching visually for your application for a long time. Using a windows launcher like Launchy: The Open Source Keystroke Launcher for Windows... you can keep your hands on the keyboard at all times. Or at least you should be, sometimes programs don't have good tab field order. This means you end up entering fields in the incorrect order. (30 steps instead of 1) wingrep, or grep for windows with replacement! grepWin | Stefan's Tools - Regular expression search and replace for Windows (ContextMenu!) Vista/XP Virtual Desktop Manager - Home - expose for windows, without hot-corners, though it is opensource on codeplex. screenclip or animated gif castCropper - Home - open source windows screen cap!Cropper Plugins - Release: 1.1 Release - includes a lot of really great plugins, my fav. is the animated gif plugin with neural network change detection to reduce redundant frames... Welcome to Gyazo | Seriously Instant Screen-Grabbing gyazo's Profile - GitHub - gyazo clients are open. Benchmarking toolsCrystal Dew World - Software - CrystalDiskMark - CrystalDiskMark is a disk benchmark software.Measure Computer Performance | wPrime Multithreaded Benchmark Download | Unigine (3D engine for games and real-time virtual worlds) -Heaven Benchmark DirectX Benchmark Disk DefragFive Best Disk Defragmenters for Windows - Kevin Hatfield’s BlogDisk Defrag - Fast and Safe Defragmenter for Your Disks Defraggler - Download TCP-Z, Best TCP/IP Patch: Universal Termsrv.dll Patch V1.0b Build 20090425 Release - patch your system to allow for multiple rdp sessions at once. |
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