Recent versions of Windows make it a lot easier to find and launch programs on certain files

Recent versions of Windows make it a lot easier to find and launch programs on certain files. It can even more efficiently, you will quickly clear with SlickRun, available in both 32- and 64bit version. Immediately after installation pops up a small bar to close the Windows system area. In SlickRun actually runs everything around the concept of "magic words," a kind of macros or aliases.

Pressure but as the (default) shortcut Alt + Q and tap in the bar one of the magic words in: hibernate (Windows goes into sleep mode), dos (open a command prompt window), google Netherlands (search Google for information about the Netherlands ) or paint (start on MS Paint). There are many more possibilities: Right-click on the bar and choose Magic Words to see the available instructions. You can also add instructions. You do that from the context menu where you then New Magic Word selects and then a name, and the path to completing a program or a URL. Or click the magic wand and drag it to the open application you want to link to this magical word. You can also have additional parameters lost.

Tip 18: Clipboard Manager
Clip Jump 12

The Windows Clipboard can be very useful to quickly pick up a piece of text or an image from one application or Web page and paste it into another application. It is a pity that you are once limited to only one item (except within the MS Office applications where you have a more extensive clipboard). Like this annoying? Use Clip Jump, which nestles in the Windows system tray.

Do not hesitate to test and copy (Ctrl + C) a few different items to the clipboard. When you then press Ctrl + V, Clip Jump intervenes in the form of a pop-upvenstertje. Whenever you're the V key while holding down the Ctrl key, you will see all the items in reverse chronological order that you had copied to the clipboard. Once the desired item is shown, you need to let loose but the key combination to paste the item in your document. Handy is the Clip Jump remembers the content even when restarting Windows. You can also manage the content and example entries (selective) take away again. For heavy users of the clipboard Clip Jump still provides for the possibility to work with 'channels'. You can then belong together items post in the same channel.

An "unlimited" number of items in the clipboard with Clip Jump.
Tip 19: Double plates
Similar Image Finder 1.1

As avid photographer, take lots of pictures, often by the same people or landscapes but with tiny differences (in exposure, shutter speed, etc.). All these pictures obviously take a lot of disk space. Do you want to perform a thorough cleanup, then Similar Image Finder help you. As the name suggests, this tool encourages (more or less) duplicate pictures. First you specify which sites should search the program. After the scan round you get two duplicates each time to see an example. You can use the mouse pointer move over to zoom in so you can see well the differences. The tool also lets you see the percentage of agreement. 100% means that the images are identical, to see at 90%, there are already clear differences and so on. You decide what percentage you're interested and you can also set the criteria (such as Creation Date or Pixel Size ) by which the program will tag a photo as 'original' or 'duplicate'. Of course you can also remove excess platelets from this program.

Tip 20: Photo Viewer and more
cPicture 3.5
cPicture , a pun on "see picture" advertises itself primarily as a photo viewer, but we just find something modest. The program should then focus on photo files, it can also handle audio and video. The interface has some similarities with the Windows Explorer , including the ribbon. Left you will see a hierarchical list of drives and folders and on the right a list of media files from the selected location. cPicture can handle with all major image formats, including some raw formats. However, it is not all 'looking' (whether or not in the form of a slide show); there are also quite a few (simple) editing tools available, with classics such as crop, rotate, flip, and remove red eye. A batch function is also provided to simultaneously edit multiple files. For many functions are also available shortcuts and diehards send cPicture course from the command line to.


cPicture: a clear no-nonsense approach.
Tip 21: Icon Designer
Seanau Icon Toolkit 7.1

Also, your desktop may have all kinds of shortcuts to programs and documents. Do you want your desktop to add a more personal touch, why not icons of some commonly used shortcuts design your own? This can perfectly with Seanau Icon Toolkit . To design such an icon, you can use a number of built-in tools, such as a line and pencil tool or a rectangle or ellipse tool. You do not necessarily have to start from a white file (which we would not recommend you in the beginning). You can also existing images (including ico, jpg, bmp, tif and png) load to edit further. Looking for inspiration? On sites like www.iconarchive.com you will find thousands. Thanks to the support of layers there are quite some advanced machining possible, especially in combination with the Styles menu which includes a range of ready-made styles and effects.


Pretty fun, just such a move (or edited) program icon!
Tip 22: Digital post-it note
PNotes.NET 3.1

You slice your screen edges or on your desk full of note-breifjes? Then use once a tool like PNotes.NET. Do you want them in Dutch, you have after installing a moment to download the Dutch translation module with. That suit you, then out, then you dutch.xml the file to the \ PNotes.NET \ Copies long. After installation you will find PNotes.NET back in the Windows system tray. From the context menu you get access to an extensive menu via Preferences / General Settings / Language / Dutch do everything English. Create new post-itjes is no more difficult than new note clicking and typing your message. Under such a note to all sorts of tools to display the note further shape and also available many useful options come from the context menu. To keep things organized, you can post with PNotes.NET your notes into groups such as "Home" or "Work". There is also a search function available and you can also entries tagged. Also good to know: you decide entirely for themselves when such a reminder note should appear and it is even possible to synchronize your notes using plug-ins to your favorite cloud storage service.

Tip 23: Encrypt Folder
Crypt Sync 1.2

Encryption still remains the surest way to make unauthorized data for inaccessible. Crypt Sync is an encryption tool, but with a somewhat separate approach: the program synchronize two folders, but so that the folder is automatically encrypted. That gives opportunities, especially when you consider that your example in your Google Drive, OneDrive folder or folder Dropbox can place. And no one is stopping you from creating instance two pairs of sync with éeenzelfde source folder and two destination folders on different cloud services. Then you are also an encrypted backup of your data. Everything begins with the creation of one or more 'sync pairs' that you provide a strong password encryption. If you want, you can also show encrypt the file names. By default, 7-Zip used for encryption, which the destination is also immediately compressed, but you can also select an encryption using GnuPG, which there is not compressed.

Synchronize, encrypt and compress in one movement.
Tip 24: Encrypt
KryptoFiler 1.0

If you only occasionally encrypt some sensitive files, then a tool like Crypt Sync is not really convenient. KryptoFiler is a better solution. That fact integrates neatly into the context menu of Windows Explorer. Choose here Encrypt with KryptoFiler , you do basically do little more than to select the encryption algorithm, with a choice between, inter alia, Rijndael , Serpent , TwoFish , Blowfish , 3DES, etc. The hash algorithm, you can set yourself, including MD5 and SHA512 . Choose a strong password, and the file is encrypted into a mirror file with the extension _Encrypted. Naturally you can also decrypt encrypted files. Click on it right now and choose Decrypt with KryptoFiler .

Tip 25: Sending Wireless
Feem 3.0

To data via your Wi-Fi wireless network to transfer between various devices, there are several solutions, including AirDroid or AirDrop . A lesser known, yet elegant tool Feem . This program is available for Windows, OS X and Linux and also exists as a mobile app for Android, iOS and Windows Phone. Feem automatically recognizes other devices with the same Feem (wired or wireless) network and add names to a list. You select from this list the target device and then drag the desired files onto the program window. The recipient will receive a notification and can then download the data to a controlled location. A nice extra is the chat module, which can be quickly exchanged a few messages between sender and receiver.