Windows File Recovery app is a new app from Microsoft that can recover deleted files
Have you ever deleted important files accidentally? We've all been there, shift + delete can sometimes be a nuisance, or deleting the recycle bin and then reali
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Start Everywhere is a Start Menu replacement with an optional floating icon
Open Shell (formerly Classic Shell) is one of the best Start Menu replacements that you can get for free.
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TreeNoote is a free and easy-to-use note taking program
We've reviewed simple note taking programs, and some very complex ones in the past.
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DataNumen Backup is a simple data backup and restore software
Recently, we reviewed Personal Backup and jaBuT, which are good options for backing up important data to make sure that the data can be restored if disaster str
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FileRenamer is a freeware batch file renaming tool with plenty of options
Batch Renaming files helps save you a lot of time.
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PopMenu is a customizable quick launcher for Windows
There are quite a few ways to access your favorite programs quickly.
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ImagesMixer is a freeware batch image converter, renamer, watermark tool
Batch processing tools are invaluable as they save you a lot of time and effort.
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broot is a command-line file manager for Windows, Linux and macOS
While Explorer is sufficient for most users, some of us prefer an alternative file manager.
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GFXplorer is a freeware tool that displays your system information
It's a good idea to check your existing hardware, before you buy a new component.
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TorSwarm is an open source BitTorrent downloader which is in early development
Though qBitTorrent has been my go-to P2P downloader for a long time, I do like to try new clients once in a while, and was impressed with PicoTorrent.
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Reposition any program's window to the center of the screen with Window Centering Helper
WindowTop, Window TopMost Control, OnTopper, UltWin are some of the various applications that you can use to manage the windows of most programs.
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PureRef: image viewer for graphics artists
PureRef is a popular, lightweight, and versatile software designed for artists, designers, and creatives to gather, organize, and view reference images in one p
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VUPlayer is an open source music player and converter for Windows
Not a lot of music players come with a built-in converter tool but some do, and some users like the idea of using a single tool for managing, listening, and con
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jaBuT is a freeware file backup program for Windows
Always back up your important files.
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TED Notepad is a lightweight text editor with a ton of useful options
TED Notepad is a notepad plain text editor replacement for the Windows operating system.
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MiTeC InfoBar displays the system information, weather, an RSS news feed ticker in a status bar interface
Do you keep an eye on your computer's CPU and memory usage? Forget opening the Task Manager from time to time, MiTeC InfoBar displays the system information, we
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Batch rename files using search and replace, regex with the SmartRename shell extension
There are many ways to batch rename files, e.
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FalconX revisited: It's now TaskbarX and has some additional options
A few months ago, FalconX was updated and was renamed to TaskbarX.
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Wu10Man is an open source tool for disabling Windows 10 Updates
If you've been a regular reader on gHacks, you're probably aware that there are several ways to disable Windows 10 Updates.
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Debotnet developer releases Burnbytes; an open source clone of the Windows Disk Cleanup tool
One of the easiest and safest ways to free up storage space is to run Windows Disk Cleanup from time to time.
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Spydish: quickly check Windows 10 Group Policy privacy settings
Spydish is a tiny program for Windows 10 by the developer of Debotnet and SharpApp designed to provide a quick overview of important Group Policy privacy settin
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MemInfo is a minimalistic task manager that sits in the system tray
We have reviewed plenty of process managers, e.
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Another look at the open source bootable USB tool Ventoy
We looked at the open source bootable USB tool Ventoy back in April 2020 when it first came out.
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Set any window to stay on top, shrink the window, make it transparent or enable dark mode for any program with WindowTop
Recently I've been using TopMost Control for making windows sticky (always on top), you could also try OnTopper.
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Clibor is a free clipboard monitoring tool for Windows
If you're looking for an easy way to manage your clipboard's contents, try Clibor.
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Remind Me Please is a freeware reminder and calendar application for Windows
Remind Me Please is a freeware reminder and calendar application for Windows.
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UltWin is a freeware window manager that can help you organize your desktop
If you're constantly multi-tasking on your computer, switching between various windows may become a tedious process.
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WPD 1.3.1532 adds support for Windows 10 May 2020 Update, new privacy settings, and some minor UI changes
The excellent portable privacy tool, WPD, has been updated to version 1.
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YouTube app experiment adds Google Search results to YouTube searches
Do you use Google's YouTube application on your device (if available) to browse YouTube and watch videos? If you do, you may have noticed the insertion of Googl
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Find and delete duplicate files, symbolic links or replace them with hard links using Duplicate & Same Files Searcher
A lot of times, when hard drives get filled with data so that free storage space becomes less and less, the culprit is duplicate files.
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Torrent client Transmission 3.00 is out
Developers of the open source cross-platform BitTorrent client Transmission have released Transmission 3.
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Xlideit Image Viewer is an open source photo viewer, editor, video and music player
A lot of image viewers don't come with a photo editor, let alone support for playing videos and music.
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Display virtual LED indicators for Caps Lock, Scroll Lock or Num Lock on your screen using Keyboard Lights
If your keyboard doesn't have an LED indicator for Caps Lock, Scroll Lock or Num Lock, you can use applications like AddLEDs or 7Caps to get an on-screen indica
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View in-depth information of any program's window and its process using Window Inspector
There are a lot of ways to find out what's currently running on your computer.
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CenterTaskbar is an open source, portable program that dynamically positions icons in the center of the taskbar
If you'd like to customize the taskbar, you can't go wrong with FalconX and TaskbarDock.
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Manage running processes and services with Alternate Task Manager
Alternate Task Manager is an easy-to-use process manager which offers some extra options compared to the default Windows Task Manager.
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Batch resize, rotate or convert images using XnResize
XnResize is a freeware batch image processing tool, made by the developer of XnView.
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Mirinsoft focuses development on SharpApp, phases out Debotnet
Mirinsoft released its Debotnet Windows tweaking application in December 2019.
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Pictor is a freeware image editor with a lot of options, filters, batch processing tools.
We have reviewed many image editors here on Ghacks.
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PS Hash is a freeware and portable hashing tool for Windows
PS Hash is a new file hashing tool from Pazera Software.
