Extract Now was the application of choice for a long time on my computer system. It integrated itself nicely into the right-click context menu and was able to unpack almost any file or files that had been selected. It would queue up all tasks at hand and run them in the background with options to [...]

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File deletion can be automated to a certain extend. Take the cache of an Internet browser for example. It can be set to be automatically deleted whenever the browser closes. Or the temporary files of a computer system. They too can be deleted during system shutdown. Auto Delete (via Shell City) by Dario Volaric is [...]

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Click Off is a lightweight Windows application that can be used to automate a few tasks in Windows. Its three main functions are to automatically click a button, to automatically close a window and to automatically fill in text in a form. Usage for most operations relies on the keyboard shortcut [CTRL ALT D] which [...]

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We have been writing about great free software programs for more than three years now here at Ghacks and it is finally time to create a list of programs that we can recommend fully to anyone who is looking for a software with that functionality. It would not be Ghacks if we would not ask [...]

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Hot Corners is a relative small Open Source application for Windows operating systems. It was written in the Auto It language which means that some virus scanners detect it as a virus although it is not. The basic application of the software program is to launch functions, programs or services by moving the mouse around. [...]

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If you want to move a window in a Windows operating system you need to left-click on the title bar and drag it to the desired location. A left-click anywhere else will not have the desired effect. Alt Drag which my good old buddy Samer recently reviewed at his excellent Freeware Genius blog makes moving [...]

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Are you one of those people that are hard pressed whenever they have to make a decision? It can be about basic things like asking a girl out, eating or buying some new household items. It could also be about life changing things like jobs, moving or buying larger items like cars or apartments. A [...]

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Some software programs can be optimized to startup faster which might be the appropriate thing to do if they are used regularly by the user. One prime example would be to disable Java in Open Office which speeds up the application at startup quite a bit. It sometimes might be obvious that an application is [...]

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Several free applications exist to install operating systems on so called virtual machines. This method provides a few benefits, for example the option to reset it whenever it is needed. It provides a great way of accessing operating systems either to test them or to run applications which would not run on the default operating [...]

Categories: Software, Windows