Freeware Top 30 The following is a list of 30 freeware programs that I cannot live without. I wanted this to be the one page a reader can turn to get all the essential free programs they need to install on a new computer. This list doesn’t cover the best free program in every conceivable category, but for those categories that are represented the programs showcased here in most cases, I would argue, are best-in-class. This list last updated July 17th 2010: 1- Everything: desktop file search that will transform the way you use your PC 2- Launchy: my favorite launcher 3- LastPass: centralized, cloud-based password manager 4. Some notes before proceeding: 1- Everything: desktop file search that will transform the way you use your PC Sounds hyperbolic, perhaps, but I stand by it 100%. Right clicking “search everything” on folders will soon become your method of choice when seeking, well, anything. “Everything” is relatively low on resource consumption (11 megs on my PC). > Go here to download.
Change folder icon or color by one mouse click. Mark folders! System Explorer - Keep Your System Under Control Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer Home Page Our ‘12 year young’ TWC forum member is back! This time with a tweaking utility called Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer. This tool will allow you to resize & tweak the Windows 7 taskbar thumbnails left & right, in & out! UPDATE: 11.04.10. Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer will allow you to customize Windows 7 taskbar thumbnail previews in detail. Find the spacing or margin not to your liking? Once you have made your choices, click on Apply Changes. Messed up ? UPDATE: 10th Mar, 2010. Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer v 1.2, has been developed by our TWC Forum member Kishan. Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer has been inspired by the blog post at Winhelpline.com, run by my MVP colleague Ramesh Srinivasan, and the credit for the tweaks used in this app goes to him. If you wish to give feedback please visit TWC Forum Feedback Thread. You may want to check out our other freeware releases here.
32 Download for Windows (32/64-bit) HWiNFO32 is FREEWARE and free distributable as-is. Any modifications to the packages are forbidden. Always keep up-to date using frequent updates. Download latest Beta v4.37-2165 for Windows (Native 64-bit) HWiNFO64 is FREEWARE and free distributable as-is. for DOS HWiNFO for DOS is FREEWARE. Differentiate your Windows 7 folders by colouring them with FolderIco Shedko FolderIco is yet another freeware which allows you to color your Windows folders, to help you distinguish them. This helps you locate your oft-used folders easily. The program can quickly change the folder icons and restore them back to the original state in one click, and integrates itself seamlessly with Windows Explorer and core services by adding an item to the context menu. You can also download additional themes. Visit FolderIco HomePage. Now works just fine on Windows 7 too! StyleFolder, Folder Marker & Rainbow Folders may also interest you.
Freeware Downloads at freewareApp - only free windows software! Customize Windows folders easily with StyleFolder StyleFolder is a small freeware which lets you customize Windows folders easily, from the right-click context menu. Customizing folders make it easy for you to quickly identify your favorite folders from a bunch and make it stand out. Using this freeware utility, you can change the folder icon, folder background, folder font, folder color and folder size. So if you want to give your Explorer folders a new look you might want to check it out. StyleFolder works on Windows 7 & Windows Vista too! HomePage. UPDATE : Download it from our server now. UPDATE 2: Please read the comments below. While we are on the topic of customization, you might want to check out these posts too: Anand Khanse aka HappyAndyK is an end-user Windows enthusiast, a Microsoft MVP in Windows, since 2006, and the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com.
Color your Windows 7 folders for easy identification with Rainbow Folders Many a times you just need to identify a particular folder regularly and urgently. How often has it happened that you find your eyes running over all the folder names and yet not being able to find that particular one!? Well to distinguish your oft-used folder, you can always customize it and give it a special icon as follows: Right click on folder > Properties > Customize > Change Icon. Rainbow Folders Rainbow Folders will let you give your folders a different color. Rainbow Folders is a nice program that allows you to change the color of folders right from the context menu. This is a versatile program and can be used in so many ways. In short, with this program you can colorize your folders and speed up your navigation among the hundreds of folders located on your hard drive. Rather than offer you a limited number of colors, it lets you use a hue to make an unlimited number of shades. Works fine on Windows Vista & Windows 7 too! Download page: Softpedia.
Acronis True Image 11 Home - Backup Software - Software - Reviews - PC Authority Acronis’ backup and protection suite has been on our A-List for a matter of years, but with such a comprehensive and well-established piece of software it’s becoming difficult to innovate with each new version. True Image 10 added Vista support and a few new options, but there wasn’t a great deal to tempt XP users into an upgrade. Many may look at True Image 11 with the same sceptical eye, but while there certainly aren’t oodles of new features, the few that have been added are interesting enough to make this a more tempting upgrade. The biggest of those is the new Try & Decide mode, which novices will find far simpler to use than Vista’s system restore utility. It uses True Image’s familiar Secure Zone – the hidden partition you set aside to house a recovery image of your system in case of total failure – but operates differently. It’s an interesting addition, and reduces the likelihood of needing the whole backup-restore routine. A word of caution, though.
Manual (EN) - TabblesWiki Tabbles 3 manual WIP: We've just lanched the version 3 (which is in "google beta") and we're working on the manual as we speak. There will be some empty sections and outdated info for a while... If you're lost please drop us a line at info at tabbles.net The word “tabble” stands for “tag-bubble”. Tabbles© is a software that allows the user to graphically link files, folders and URLs to persistent tags and browse horizontally through them. A tabble is a tag and a virtual folder at the same time. Watch our training videos playlist Intro: why Tabbles? The whole chapter one is an introduction to the philosophy behind Tabbles: if things sound complicated right now, soon they won’t be anymore. How do we remember objects and sorting files We are used to store our files into folders and then sub-folders and sub-sub-folders. Objects in real life are stored in the same way: you store your socks in the left drawer of your closet The limits of the keyword based searches What's new in Tabbles 3