This article covered how you can customize folder icons. However, Iconmancer doesn’t include any options for switching disk drive icons. As such, for that you should check out the freeware FolderiChanger software package. Yo...
Almost all editing software packages have resize options to adjust image dimensions with. Resizing them usually requires entering specific values for width and height. However, with VarieDrop you can set multiple resizing profiles...
You can capture snapshots in Windows with the Snipping Tool, and there are also various screenshot utilities. However, few of those have options that add themes to the shots. RumShot is a freeware utility that captures small deskt...
Each file in Windows includes an Open With option on its context menu. With that you can select a specific software package to open the file with. To enhance the Open With menu, consider adding the freeware OpenWith Enhanced to Wi...
Browser page tabs eradicated the need to open separate windows to browse alternative website pages simultaneously. So why haven’t Microsoft added folder tabs to Windows Explorer? They would be a great addition to Windows Exp...
Lots of Windows software packages usually have 32 and 64-bit versions. If you have 32-bit Windows it’s essential to be clear whether your new app is 32 or 64-bit. If the app is 64-bit it isn’t going to run on 32-bit Wi...
There are various text-to-speech software packages that turn text documents into audio. Among them is the AudioDocs app that is an open source program. With AudioDocs you can convert your Word, txt and PDF documents into wav audio...
To check the size of your folders in Windows Explorer, you would usually right-click a folder and select Properties. That opens the Properties window which includes details for the folder’s size. However, with FolderSize we ...
There are various application launchers that you can add to the top of Windows. Among them is sTabLauncher that adds a toolbar to the top of the Windows desktop. Unlike some of the alternatives that toolbar includes tabs with whic...
An MP3 joiner is software the merges two, or more, MP3 files together. Among them is the freeware Media MP3 Joiner software that joins MP3 files. As such, you can join multiple MP3 files together into a custom album that plays thr...
You have probably heard of people’s computers getting infected with viruses or malware. You may have even had this happen to your own computer. Just like with a person, a virus infects software on your computer and causes it to ...
There are various software packages that convert PDF documents to alternative formats. This article covered how to convert PDFs to image files. DocuFreezer doesn’t have any options for converting PDFs to HTML documents, but ...
If you rename a file to one that matches another, a message pops up that says the file title is already taken. So why not swap the titles? You can do just that with the Swap’em utility. Swap’em is a portable tool that ...
By remapping keyboard keys we can switch them around. For example, you can switch the Num Lock key to activate Caps Lock. Alternatively, we can also switch keyboard keys off. To remap the keys, add the SharpKeys utility to Windows...
Windows games usually have higher system requirements than most software packages. With their 3D graphic engines the latest games might not run so well on desktops or laptops that don’t have the best hardware. However, by fr...
