Archive for the 'Desktop Enhancement' Category

Outlook Calendar on the Desktp (Discovery)

If you use Microsoft Outlook 2000 SR-1 or higher, Outlook on the Desktop will put the Outlook Calendering System on your desktop. It’s not just a picture of the calendar, it’s the Outlook Calendar so you get all of its functionality. You can edit entries, drag and drop files to it, etc. If you live [...]

Custom Folder — New Folder Done Right (Discovery)

Do you have a number of “New Folder” or “New Folder ##” (where ## is some number) scattered about your hard drive from times when you create a new folder with Windows Explorer’s context menu but were too lazy to give the folder a meaningful name? If so, Custom Folder can help.
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ClickOff — Automatically Say You’re Sure (Discovery)

Many programs have annoying dialog boxes that ask you if you are really sure that you want to do what you just told windows to do. Sometimes these are useful safety features (”Do you really want format drive C?”) but often these dialogs are just pointless and annoying. ClickOff with “press” the necessary button to [...]

Taskbar Shuffle 2.1 — Shuffles System Tray Icons Too

I have written about Taskbar Shuffle before. It is a nice little program that allows you to rearrange buttons on your taskbar by dragging and dropping them. A new version (2.1) adds the ability to rearrange system tray icons (although this requires using a hotkey). Personally, I don’t have a nearly the need to rearrange [...]

“XPLinux” — Running Linux on Windows with VMWare and Xming

As most people reading this blog probably know, I’ve decided not to upgrade to Vista. I would need a new computer and really have no need for one, other than to run Vista. I have, however, upgraded to 1 gig of RAM over the weekend and this has finally allowed me to run Windows and [...]