In order to get an unadulterated view of what is on your machine, I recommend making two setting changes. First, make hidden files and folders visible. When you are troubleshooting and looking for files, you don't want something to go unnoticed. Secondly, show extensions for known file types. Instead of relying upon icons to tell you the file extension, see it for … [Read more...]
Archives for 2008
Simple Tip: Make all Windows folders look like you want
If you prefer to change the view in your Windows Explorer's folders to Details, Icons, List, or Tiles, but hate having to change it in every window you go to, you can follow these instructions to set it to your preferences for all folders. Open a folder and right-click on a blank space to open the context menu. Go to view -> and choose your preferred view. With your … [Read more...]
PrimalTask – A Developer-Minded To Do List.
One of the free tools offered by SAPIEN Technologies is called PrimalTask. It is, simply put, a To Do (or task) list. They offer a handful of other free tools, mostly related to PowerShell utilities, but check them out. With only a 2 MB footprint in memory, there's no harm in letting this run in the background. If you have two monitors, just stash it away in a place that's … [Read more...]
Synergy – Sharing keyboard and mouse across multiple machines
Synergy is something I'm really excited to post about, but I'm afraid I won't do it justice with just words. You really have to see Synergy in action to see it and believe it. Even screenshots and a recorded desktop would fall short. Synergy allows you to use one keyboard and mouse seamlessly across two networked computers. I have two Windows boxes setup right next to each … [Read more...]
Simple Tip: Add Icons to the Desktop
Simple tip for today is how to add icons to the Desktop. It seems a lot of people I encounter are unaware of how to do this, so it was worth posting. Put icons on your desktop to ease access to programs, folders, and files that you frequently access. If the current shortcut is on your Start Menu: Open up the Start Menu, Programs folder and find the shortcut you want. Hold … [Read more...]