Open-Shell: A collection of utilities bringing back classic features to Windows

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7+ Taskbar Tweaker

Used this extensively before switching to linux/kde/plasma. Also look at - Notepad3 - HeidiSQL - https://ramensoftware.com/7-taskbar-tweaker - https://goffconcepts.com/products/filesearchex/.

#Note Taking #LMS #OS & Utilities 26 social mentions

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FileSearchEX

Used this extensively before switching to linux/kde/plasma. Also look at - Notepad3 - HeidiSQL - https://ramensoftware.com/7-taskbar-tweaker - https://goffconcepts.com/products/filesearchex/.

#File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager 1 social mentions

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Notepad++

Whenever I need to live on a Windows system for any length of time, I install [notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org) Do you prefer Notepad3 over Notepad++, and can you share why if so?

#IDEs And Text Editors #Text Editors #IDE 175 social mentions

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WizFile

Windows search has been broken for a _long_ time. Agent Ransack¹ is one of the first things I add to a fresh Windows install. Soon after some unix-a-like ports go on too (usually via cygwin) so I can use find, grep, and friends. For filename based search on NTFS volumes, WizFile² is useful too as it scans the MTF instead of navigating the directory structure bit-by-bit which can be significantly faster no matter how modern your local drives are. -- [1] https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/ [2] https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/.

#File Manager #Clipboard Manager #Disk Analyzer 5 social mentions

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Keypirinha

Keypirinha (a launcher) works well with Everything. Both are free. The former hasn’t been updated for a few years, but it still works for launching applications, performing quick calculations, currency conversion, etc. [1]: https://keypirinha.com/.

#App Launcher #Productivity #Windows Tools 33 social mentions