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Shortcut Key to Create New Folder

4 Comments | Posted in Other Tools

This free add-on, bxNewFolder, lets you use a shortcut key to create a new folder within Windows explorer. Optionally, it adds a “New Folder” button to the toolbar of Windows explorer. If pressing F12 isn’t the fastest way to create new folder in certain situations, then clicking on the button will do the same thing.

Once you press the shortcut key or clicking on the button, a small window pops up. Enter the name of the folder into the provided space and click the “Ok” button to instantly create a new folder. If you hold down the Shift key while you click the “Ok” button, the new folder will be opened immediately after it is created.

shortcut key to create new folder

No more crawling to the context menu again to access the option to create new folder. With a click on a button or shortcut key, you can instantly create a new folder. bxNewFolder works on Windows XP, 2000, 98, ME, NT.

bxNewFolder (Scroll down to the middle of the page to find the download link)

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Capitalize, Lowercase, Uppercase Many File/Folder Names at Once in Windows Explorer Through Context Menu

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uppercase filenames in windows explorerCopyAs is a free add-on for Windows explorer that enables you to capitalize, lowercase or uppercase many file/folder names at once through right-click menu. After installing, highlight or select all the files or folders that you want to change the names, choose “CopyAs Plus” and select one of the rename options.

To capitalize file/folder names, select “New Name.new extension”.
To uppercase file/folder names, select “NEW NAME.NEW EXTENSION”.
To lowercase file/folder names, select “new name.new extension”.

change case from context menu

In addition, you can change the time stamp of many files at once, copy file names to clipboard (with full path or not), launch command prompt from current folder and rename file series.

CopyAs

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Cannot Delete Print Job/Queu? Delete Stuck Print Job Instantly

4 Comments | Posted in Office Apps

print job stuck or failsStuck print job is a printer condition that sometimes happen. The printer fails to print the documents. You can restart the printing job after deleting all the stuck print jobs. Unfortunately, sometimes you will likely to find that you cannot delete print job from the queu list. Consequently, you cannot print the other documents listed on the print queu since the stuck print job blocks all subsequent print jobs. More »

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Completely Uninstall/Remove .Net Framework with .Net Framework Cleanup

7 Comments | Posted in System

There should be no problem in uninstalling .NET Framework from your Windows system. Removing .NET Framework can be done simply through the Add/Remove Program or other uninstaller application you might have. However, it is possible that you cannot completely uninstall .NET Framework due to some errors or issues you encounter during the installation. Corrupted or inclompete installation of .NET Framework could cause it unable to be completely uninstalled.

Net Framework removalFor the purpose to clean up .NET Framework files computers that have problems in installing .NET framework, this portable freeware .NET Framework Cleanup Utility was created. It is indeed possible to remove .NET Framework files manually, but it would be very hard to do so.

Instead of removing .NET Framework files manually, this free utility lets you to scan your computer system to find and remove the files. It is an automatic cleanup utility to remove .NET Framework 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5.

Note that this is not a .NET Framework uninstaller. You should always try to uninstall .NET Framework through the normal installation procedure. Use this removal tool only if you have .NET Framework installation issues that makes you unable to completely uninstall .NET Framework from your computer system.

Download .NET Framework Cleanup Utility to completely uninstall .NET Framework.

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Prevent Automatic Windows Restart, Shutdown & Log Off

1 Comment | Posted in Protection

prevent automatic windows shutdownSometimes you may find that the application you install requires Windows to be restarted for it to take effect. Some of the applications, fortunately, leaves the option to you to restart Windows anytime you like. Imagine if you are in the middle of downloading a huge file from RapidShare or working on an important document when Windows is suddenly restarted by a program that you’ve just installed. Either you didn’t read or there is no information about such an automatic restart, no matter which one the reason is, your Windows is restarted. Consequently, the download must be restarted all over again or the document may lose some of its important data since you hadn’t had chance to save it. Too bad that such an application exists anyway and sometimes we just miss the information about the automatic restart. More »

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Free Hard Drive Health Monitoring Utility

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free hard drive health monitoring utilityNothing is more important than data. Before your hard drive gets damaged, you have to backup the data that you haven’t backup yet. The problem is sometimes it is too late for you to do the backup. You have a regular backup schedule, but the hard drive is already broken when you want to do it. This is where a hard drive health status monitoring utility comes handy. More »

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