If you open files in Windows XP you notice that the default open files dialog always resets to a rather tiny menu. Even if your resize the Open Files menu you will notice that it defaults to the tiny size again after closing the application or restarting the operating system.
The File Open Patcher software patches [...]
Open Files Patcher
Circle Dock
Circle Dock was another contribution to the Donation Coder Programming Challenge. It was an entry by Eric Wong who contributed not only this but another software program to the Challenge. Circle Dock is a program launcher, but not your usual stationary one. It is activated with a shortcut, the default one is CTRL Windows, and [...]
Switch Between Different Service Profiles
Windows XP does not offer a way to quickly switch between different service profiles. The only way would be to enable or disable all services manually which would be quite a lot of work. Service Profiles was an entry to the Donation Coder programming competition and it rightfully got a price there.
The PC Software, which [...]
Windows Vista Critics Love Windows Mojave
One way to improve a product is to invite critics (common folk, not the usual computer experts) to give them a sneak peak of it’s successor and use their criticism to build a better product. Microsoft convinced hardened Windows Vista critics to take a sneak peek at the new Windows operating system codenamed Mojave.
A process [...]
Windows Updates Downloader
I have covered various applications before that download all related Windows Updates from Microsoft to a computer. Some that I mentioned are the Autopatcher Updater, Project Dakota and Offline Update. It’s never a problem to have more options and I would like to add another application to the mix.
Windows Updates Downloader was initially designed [...]
Yahoo Widget Position Restorer
Widgets, gadgets are little applications that are running on the desktop. Prominent examples are the gadgets that can be added to the Windows Vista sidebar or Yahoo Widgets. I never found a reason to use any of those little applications on my system but apparently some users really like that feature.
There is however a problem [...]
Single Click System Restore Point Creation
If you want to create a System Restore point in Windows you need to navigate deeply into the Windows Control Panel to do that. That’s not comfortable if you want to quickly create a system restore point before making changes to the system.
A solution for this is provided by Doug Knox who created the [...]
