Powershell is an alternative command-line tool to the Command Prompt in Windows. This article discussed how to add a Command Prompt shortcut to the context menu. You can also add a Powershell shortcut to the context menu by adding...
You can’t run multiple instances of Windows Media Player 12 at the same time. So that means you can’t open multiple media files at one time, which is something you can do with alternative third-party media players. How...
Lots of image editing and photo-catalogue software have slideshow options. Although most of those packages don’t have options to set up slideshows with themed templates. UltraSlideshow Flash Professional is software that set...
Drop shadow is an effect that adds shadows to text. The freeware Paint.NET doesn’t include any drop shadow options. However, you can still add drop shadow effects to text with the Paint.NET Effects plug-in. To save the plug-...
Windows includes a Character Map from which you can copy and paste characters or symbols not included on the keyboard into documents. For a better way to enter characters and symbols, check out the WinCompose software. That enable...
Editing the registry is a great way to customize Windows. However, the registry editor in Windows could do with a few extra options. A bookmark tool for bookmarking registry keys would be handy, and it would be great if you could ...
Another post discussed how to merge text documents together. You can also do the opposite and split txt files with Chopping List. That’s a program that splits txt files based on custom delimiters. This is the Chopping List p...
Search And Replace is software that you can search & replace specific text in documents with. Instead of deleting and entering text in the document yourself, you can quickly search and replace text strings without opening the ...
Splat is a freeware app that you can set up profiles with without setting up new Windows account profiles. You can set up profiles that have triggers for launching or closing programs and background services. Each profile can incl...
In Windows 10 build 9926, there is a new feature called Battery Saver. As its name suggests, this feature will help you squeeze out some juice for your device at a specific low percentage of battery. It does this by reducing backg...
A batch file is a script file executed by command line interpreter. With AutoStater X4 you can set up batch files that open software, files and website pages. The batch runs all the items in a specified sequence. You can save the ...
There are various third-party image viewers available for Windows. Most will probably include search, tag and slideshow options. However, few of those can boast 3D effects comparable to the Visions image viewer. That’s an im...
This article told you about the Lyrics plug-in for Windows Media Player. That shows you the lyrics for songs in Windows Media Player. To find lyrics for an MP3 without a media player plug-in, check out Lyrics Finder. Lyrics Finder...
If you copy and paste some tables from a website into an Excel spreadsheet, they might include hyperlinks in them. To remove the hyperlinks, you could delete them and then re-enter the text. However, there’s a couple of shor...
If you’re drafting a Word document that includes images, you can alter the layout of the text so that it wraps around the pictures. Wrapping the text around images will remove empty spaces from the page that would be left if you a...
