Essential Utilities - share the utiliites u can't live widout

hello ppl , dunno if a post liek this has been made here or not , but i wud like to share the programs i consider must and wud like to know few u ppl use , might find somehting useful here we go , i m not gonna go into deeep deeep ,i m giving only genearlly very useful ESSENTIAL utitlies

Style Xp => To use all these skins

StrokeIT => Mouse Gestures program to control windows ,just 2 cool

KeyLaunch ==> Ooooh this baby is a good one , this one is for searchin , u just type out the name of the file and this superfast ,man u gotta try it to believe me
http://software.xfx.net/utilities/kl/

TrueLaunchBar --> pretty obvious

Winamp Classic 2.X, MyIe2 , FlashFXP --> I believe everybody knows wat these are

well for me ,these are a must on the comp ,check em out u might share my opinion

Hello pakiyabhai.

To "Stroke It" and "MyIE2" (a free and excellent tabbed browser), I'd like to add:
- "TrayIt": minimize any window to the system tray (free).
- "Wink": to easily create tutorial/guides in Flash (free).
Some examples can be seen here.
- "DVD Shrink": if you want to make backups of your DVDs (free).
- "ColorPicker": grab any color on your screen; very useful when working with images or designing website (free).

I'd like to add

XPlite (shareware) allows you to remove many windows "features" that you'll never use.

Object Desktop (subscription) includes many things I use every day (WindowBlinds, ObjectZip, ObjectEdit)

4NT & TakeCommand32 (shareware) command prompt replacements (I use both)

Now let's not argure whether StyleXP or WindowBlinds is better, that's not what this thread is for.

There are various others that are freeware I have listed
here.

Class time, time to run.

woops, that was me, didn't log in.

Spybot - Search & Destroy (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://security.kolla.de/">http://security.kolla.de/</a><!-- m -->)

Best Spyware/Adware detection/removal.

QCD (quinnware.com) - Fast & stable mp3 player.

Mouse gestures? Ah, more RSI . KeyLaunch looks very nice though, but with 260 GB of HDs, I hope it's fast enough to index most of that, as I've got a looooooot of relatively small files . We'll see!


To add to the list:

Total Commander (shareware, but like TLB, worth the fair price imo)

Spybot - Search & Destroy (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://security.kolla.de/">http://security.kolla.de/</a><!-- m -->)

Best Spyware/Adware detection/removal.

QCD (quinnware.com) - Fast & stable mp3 player.

Good choices, I thought of adding those myself

errrr did it again

http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/

I use this one if I don't want to spend time changin my current WBlinds skin to support those features.

also winamp deskband if you want to have control of your audio/video with a programmable game controller...

I could keep on like this forever but I won't

Tools! I like this kinda thing. I'll look at those suggested.
Here are mine:

K9. For simple and reliable spam detection. Just fantastic. Tell
it what messages are bad/good for a week or so, it learns from
what you feed it. Free.

The Bat! is easily the best email application for anyone with a
penchant for customization. Templates, identities, address
books, filters and command of external applications/files are
all amazingly scriptable. Complete with an on-screen scrolling
mail ticker. 30 day. 35 Euros.

Perfect Tools. Macro programs with enough commands to
make Windows dance. Any sequence of commands can be
activated by a shortcut on your True Launch Bar.
Trial. $19 and upward. Personally, I'm really happy with
the $30 edition of Perfect Keyboard.

Life Balance is an intelligent ToDo list program. It allows you to
balance everyday stuff against more complex or long term aims,
without ever having to directly prioritize one above the other.
This program is the reason I brought a Palm computer (it's for
Windows &/or Palm.) 30 day. $70.

Have fun. Don't waste hours playing with these like I have
/Mark


See also..
Web Vacuum. The best for downloading files/images from sites. Trial. $22.
Treesize. Bar chart analysis of your folder sizes. Free, or pay for more features.
NetCaptor. Tabbed browser. Still better than the free copycat ones? Trial. $30.
Treepad. Notepad with a tree sidebar for organization. Free, or pay for more features.

mark76uk I downloaded this macro utility of yours and I made some macros, but I can't find any ways to export it into .exe or something that can be started by TLB, how did you export it for use with TLB?

It's a pity there is no .exe export. To run the macros with
True Launch Bar, you create a shortcut to the RunMacro.exe
application (found in the folder with Perfect Keyboard, Perfect
Tools, or whatever you installed.)

In the screenshot below, 'Move to MP3 folder' is the name of
the macro I wish to run. The rest is just the path to
RunMacro.exe

/Mark

Ignore this attachment. It's a mistake.

Like this, in the shortcut properties:

thanks I will test that

my free fav's
2xExplorer the best file browser
Quick Time Alternative also plays real audio and video aka Media Player Classic
Xnews great newsreader
Vcd Gear nice free vcd tool kit
BSPlayer media player