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[MilesAhead]

Topmost Toggle now on SoftPedia

I got a notice of my Hotkeys download page on Gizmo's "Hot Finds"

http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/11-small-free-hotkey-utilities-will-improve-your-productivity.htm

One thing mentioned was TopmostToggle, a mouse app that toggles the "stay on top" attribute of the active window when you Control Right Click the mouse on it. It was noted that it didn't really need an installer and was a bit bulky with the extra baggage. So I eliminated the installer. Just a zip with the .exe and Readme file now.

The latest version has just been made available for download on Softpedia. Here's the link:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Other-Desktop-Enhancements/TopmostToggle.shtml

and of course you can always download the latest version from my page. This one is pretty simple so I doubt if I'll update it. I think it's about 6 lines of AutoHotKey code.

It only temporarily changes the topmost attribute of the window. You can toggle it back, but as soon as you close the application the effect is gone. Still I recommend using it with apps that don't have an option for "stay on top" just so the application's tracking of it's window state doesn't get confused(say for example it may save in the registry if it was set to stay on top, screen position, minimized, etc..)

[MilesAhead]

TreePadGen update link

Instead of editing a post or continual followups, I suggest checking this link for info on TreePadGen updates:

http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php?topic=19053.0

and of course you can always download directly from my download page:

http://www.favessoft.com/downloads.html

[ger@co]

@ burrell84601

Thanks for the tip.

[PurpleDemon]

Giveaway of the Day - Icon Commander 1.10

Icon Commander July 7, 2009

Icon Commander converts images of any format into Windows icons. You can find many images on the Internet and convert them to icons for use on your desktop, in applications and much more. Icon Commander have rich collection of icon styles.

With IconCommander you can create Windows Icon with a single action. It supports Windows Vista 256×256 icons with alpha channel.

https://www.giveawayoftheday.com

[blutach]

Driver Magican, which was a freebie here a month or so back has stopped working saying the trial period has expired.

Blecch!

Regards

[MilesAhead]

TreePadGen 1.0 - comment your download folder

Previously I developed TipOff for commenting downloads via Property Page edit dialog, and viewing through Windows Tooltips, along with a button to generate a TreePad file with the comments inserted. TipOff used 32 bit shell extensions. Since 64 bit is coming on bigtime and there seems to be no easy to code equivalent of VC++ for shell extensions in 64 bit, it's time to try a simpler approach.

I came up with a stand-alone .exe. TreePadGen 1.0. It generates a skeleton TreePad file with the selected folder as root, and all top level files as level 1 nodes. A dummy comment of "(put your comment here)" is inserted for each node. Once generated for a folder, as example, your download folder, you just use TreePad or TreePad Lite to fill in comments or annotations.

The stand-alone .exe has no settings. It does not even generate an .ini file or use the Registry. The download link is near the bottom of my download page:

http://www.favessoft.com/downloads.html

If you have TreePad installed, after the comment skeleton file is created, it should open in TreePad. The skeleton file is created in the selected folder with the same name as the folder with a .hjt extension tacked on.

Edit: for those who prefer to download from well known sites, here's the
Softpedia link:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Other-Office-Tools/TreePadGen.shtml

Edit2: now v. 1.1 includes TreePadAdd to append new files to the TreePad file.
The update should hit Softpedia in a day or 2 but it's available for download from
my page now, near the bottom of the download page:

http://www.favessoft.com/downloads.html

[MilesAhead]

LockHunter - similar to Unlocker but has 64 bit also

Those who moved to 64 bit OS and miss using Unlocker may want to try
LockHunter. It has both 32 bit and 64 bit versions. It's a beta but I installed on Vista64 SP1 and so far it seems to do the job fine. It deletes to the Recycle Bin. You can change your mind after deleting a locked file or folder, which is nice.

http://lockhunter.com/?ver=&vertype=pro&sm=main_window_64

[Nulheron]

Thanks! You have very much helped me

[MilesAhead]

I forgot about USB3. I should probably wait for that. I usually don't go through PCs fast enough or upgrage drives, to have a lot of internal drives hanging around. I have one 200 GB but it's already in a screw-together enclosure.

[soup]

I got it local, from my friend who happens to be in the business & who I now build all my PCs with, plus buy all my PC extras from. The reason I build with him, is that I don't have all the knowledge down yet & he does. A man's got to know his limitations. It's definitely faster than USB, but then USB3 is coming. Not a fan of mail in rebates either, got ripped & just don't bother with them. If they can't give me the deal at point of purchase, they just lost a sale.

[MilesAhead]

I have this one now.

http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-BlacX-eSATA-Docking-Station/dp/B001A4HAFS

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/155...ock/index.html

Did you purchase online? I'm just curious about newegg vs other sources. Generally I'm not a fan of "mal in rebates" as there's usually a "you didn't circle the x on Tuesday, you have to circle the y on Wednesday" and all that crap.

Also if you got online how did you do the shipping?

It looks like a nice unit but I wonder if I'll ever get a PC with ESata since I'm lazy and go for prebuilt.. most of these HPs don't usually have a decent slot open.

[soup]

Well this is free software and at a free software site. filehippo's update checker is pretty neat. i have the stand alone and i feel it's handy. it'll scan your files and pc then check on filehippo 4 updates. then if any it'll list them and you just dl the new updates str8 from them. worth taking a look at.

Even works on Windows7, But I do driver updates manually, not through this.

[MilesAhead]

SourceSnap

I have a new freebie on Softpedia. This one is called SourceSnap. It's designed for programmers to snap up source code via clipboard but can also be used to grab any plain text.

It's not a complicated snippet manager application, but a simple easy to use hotkey app to snap up source code or text from web sites, or any app that can copy to clipboard.

Here's the Softpedia link. It was just put up this morning:

SourceSnap on Softpedia

[soup]

I have this one now.

http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-BlacX-eSATA-Docking-Station/dp/B001A4HAFS

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1551/thermaltake_blacx_esata_usb_2_0_dock/index.html

[MilesAhead]

I haven't tried this myself yet, but it got a write-up in GHacks and the author provides AutoHotKey source to the program. It's called PEM and it's a file type manager for running portable apps off the USB key drive. I guess the scheme is you register the program or file type with it and right click the program to open with PEM and it opens the associated app. This avoids a bunch or registry clutter in the Windows system you are currently using with the key drive. But anyway the author can tell you better than I. Here's the link:

http://freewarewire.blogspot.com/2009/06/pem-pure-enigmatic-magic.html