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How to add new programs to the Windows startup folders

Windows won’t make it easy for you to add manually programs to a startup folder. If you have, for example, a portable utility, a program that comes without a setup engine, relying on you to make it run automatically when you logon, then you won’t get much help from the Windows system. It is easy […]

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Use 32bit context menus on 64bit Windows with WOW64Menu

WOW64Menu is a free utility that will let you use on x64 editions of Windows the shell context menu of 32-bit applications. It adds “Show WOW64 Menu” command to the context menu of objects on Desktop and in Windows Explorer. When you select the “Show WOW64 Menu” command, a new context menu that contains 32-bit […]

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Pass a command to a program with Open With Arguments

Open With Arguments is a free extension for the Windows explorer that will let you directly pass arguments to executable files. Instead of opening a Command Prompt, changing to the appropriate directory, and typing in the filename and parameters, you can right-click on any executable file directly in Windows Explorer, select Open With Arguments, and […]

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Repair your Jump Lists, if Windows does not display recently opened files

This functionality may be damaged for one or more programs, e.g. Windows Explorer may not show recently visited folders, Microsoft Word may not show recently opened documents, etc. All of these problems are fixed by deleting the stored information from the folders that Windows use to display it. Go to %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations and delete all files […]

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Boost productivity with MS PowerToys for Windows 10

Microsoft Power Toys are famous for their efficiency and simplicity. I always wondered why those functions were not incorporated into Windows by default, but it seems that some tweaking will always be needed. This new edition of MS PowerToys for Windows 10, as one expects, adds really useful functions that can be managed from a […]

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