ExplorerPatcher is a free Windows tool that promises to enhance the current Windows environment, and it keeps its promise! In my case, the greatest problems came from the taskbar and Windows file explorer. I needed the Windows 10 ribbon instead of the minimal Windows 11 toolbar and I needed full right click (context) menus immediately. […]
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EarTrumpet is a free and light program that resembles the Windows volume mixer with the difference of being more convenient. Featuring a modern and pleasant interface, EarTrumpet lets you change the master volume of your PC, change volume individually for any of your apps that are sound enabled, from your media player to your browser […]
Xiret is a free and portable program that lets you calculate the familiar, now removed, Windows Experience Index, even share it with others. Recent Windows versions let you have some idea of the power of your system using basic benchmarks, but all this is gone on Windows 10. However, with Xiret you can have the […]
FileVoyager is a free File Explorer and Organizer; it lets you perform all the usual tasks, such as copying, moving, etc., in a dual pane environment (having a pair of folders side by side) and with preview options. A nice, but available also with other similar software, feature of FileVoyager is this preview (visualization) option […]
Classic Color Panel is a free, portable and powerful utility that lets you customize colors and fonts in a lot of elements, such as buttons, borders, windows, controls… If you prefer a more detailed customization than what Windows allows, here is Classic Color Panel to help. Just don’t neglect to backup your current configuration with […]
Especially if you create backups and synchronize a large number of files you may know that a simple rename can result to a lot of files sent to the Recycle Bin by your Backup program. The problem in this and similar cases, when the Recycle Bin contains tens of thousands of files, is that it […]
In this page you can find two utilities that let you download easily from Microsoft official ISO images for several versions of Windows and Office. The first utility is the official Windows Media Creation Tool. Microsoft’s utility will download installation files for Windows 10 to a USB disk or to a DVD. You can download […]
Xinorbis is a free and efficient program, able to give you detailed information about your files and folders. The special feature of Xinorbis is that it combines tables and diagrams along with the folder tree to visualize what’s happening with your disks and sticks. Another fine feature is its report abilities, which can be presented […]
WSUS Offline Update is a free program able to download necessary files and create a script to update MS Office or Windows when your PC is off line. As always, before you use utilities like this make sure you create an image of your system disk, just in case you need to return to the […]
The other day suddenly I realized that Explorer’s context (right click) menu had become really slow whether for files or folders. I had to wait for it to open while until then it opened instantly. My PC is an Intel i7 with SSD and 8 GB or RAM — no problem for it to open […]