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AddToRun Adds Aliases to the Windows Run Box [Downloads]

John Doe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:36:20 +0000

Windows only: Portable utility AddToRun adds custom aliases to more easily launch applications using the Windows run box. Using the utility is fairly self-explanatory—simply select an application, assign a custom alias, and use the Add button to add the alias to the registry. Once you've done this, you can use the alias in the Windows run box to launch the application, or if you are using Windows Vista it will also show up at the top of the start menu search results—a very useful feature

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AddToRun Adds Aliases to the Windows Run Box [Downloads]

61 Free Apps We’re Most Thankful For [Downloads]

John Doe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:35:59 +0000

As we prepare to stuff our faces with a bountiful Thanksgiving feast, we turn our Thanksgiving spirit to the gobs of free software we love to say thank you to the developers, and to give our computers a feast of their own.

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61 Free Apps We’re Most Thankful For [Downloads]

Replace Task Manager with Process Explorer

John Doe — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:39:49 +0000

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you’ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you’ll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.

The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.

Process Explorer works on Windows 9x/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Server 2003, and 64-bit versions of Windows for x64 and IA64 processors, and Windows Vista.

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Use Unlocker to unlock your files

John Doe — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:19:24 +0000

Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows?

It has many other flavors:

Cannot delete file: Access is denied
There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.
The file is in use by another program or user.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

The solution to your problems is Unlocker – free and easy to use utility which allows you to delete and rename files that have been locked by some application or the operating system.

Download Unlocker 1.8.7