Little-known software you can't live without.
 

Is there any nearly unknown software you use a lot that you absolutely can't live without? I browse download.com once in a while and I occasionally come across something that kicks major ass. I personally use "TrayClip" from http://www.chtsoft.com/TrayClip.htm

Since I am a programmer, I have a few snippets of code that I frequently use. TrayClip allows me to keep all the snippets of code organized so I can paste them in easily. It also keeps track of the last X number of items that were in your clipboard so you can easily paste them again if necessary. I couldn't live without this little program.

Looks like a cool little app...

EditPlus 2

I've been looking for something like that, thanks Armed & Hammered!!

Here's one for you, it's a little app that grabs any color from a page and tells you the hex code for it, I use it all the time

enjoy ;)

http://www.graphicsbytia.com/colorcop.zip

Its worth checking out those sites on occassion. You can find some pretty neat stuff like that. Other things are useless for the most part but still fun to play with.

Sweet tool. Thanks. I can definitely use this. :thumbsup

Flash Renamer 4.6

http://www.rlvision.com/flashren/about.asp


I deal with a lot of renaming of clips, pictures, html files, folders, etc....

This does it all, from random naming, to enumerating, adding, cropping.

This program is a serious life savor and works with folders as well...

For people that do a lot of free hosted stuff,.. like we do. This is a must have!

UltraMon

A must-have for dual-monitor setups. Allows you to have the task bar spread to both screens and adds two buttons to the menu that let you move windows between the screens or maximize them to both screens.

I did a page that has all the colors and tells you what the hex codes are, some time ago.

not the same thing.. this tells you exactly what hex code a color is just by grabbing it from the page. Say for example, you wanted to use some colors that you saw in a picture you liked, or better still need to match a background color to an image

download it and try it.. you'll see what I mean, its a great little tool

I like Ultraedit. :2 cents:

MSI Core Center, nothing lik being able to overclock while Windows is running.

CKrename gets daily use from me.

looks like a winner

Some nice tools in this thread... I'm bookmarking it....

leechftp
best ftp client ive used. i also use it for browsing folders. the ie crap browser lags/crashes too often.

http://www.aysoft.com/aypaste/

AY Paste......... something like Armed & Hammered posted. Great for sponsor codes or anything that is repetitve.

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af5 rename your files:thumbsup

I use this one:

http://66.235.6.212/phpcsl/index.php

A php based code repository. I can get it from anywhere and share it with people.

I use ASF tool. Can't live without it. Too much stuff encoded in wmv, asf, etc...

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TaskTracker - Keeps all your files you most recently have been using easy to click right back to. Increases your productivity immensely because you don't have to spend time searching for them on your PC.

Program is FreeWare. Note if you install you may need to download a 2nd file called support.exe if you use MS Office. This adds a .dll that the program needs in office.

http://tasktracker.wordwisesolutions.com/

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Now THIS is friggin' cool.

I been looking for something like that thanks :thumbsup

Thanks! I just came across that one recently.

Perl Builder 2.0

I used to use that back in the day. Now I use
http://www.xarka.com/optiperl/

Total Commander
I have use this filemanager for over 6 years now.
Its always in the taskbar.

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Simple and cool, almost not changes since Norton commander for Dos :)

I used to live in that program :1orglaugh

1) Pixie - awesome very lightweight color picker i use, tough to beat the price: $Free.99

2) ACDsee - batch crop/optimize/convert ... pretty much anything image related..

3) Batch Rename - all sorts of batch renaming options..

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great thread :thumbsup

I have been using TextPad for about 6 years now and have it installed on every computer I use, it's even installed on my dads computer for when I'm visiting. I use it daily, couldn't live without it though I'm sure there are other similar programs.

Absolute FTP . This is by FAR the best ftp client and the most user friendly in the 10 + I have tried. Also does fxp, multiple connections at the same time that are very easy to manage . I don't understand why it's so underground, I've been using it for years now .

I 2nd this, Ck Rename awesome renaming tool.

Roboform is sweet for "hand submitting" gals ect.

There was a program that replaced all chr's and replaced it with whatever you wanted.

I can't find it. I don't like to use word ect..


IE

http://gofuckyourself.com "this was found 340 times in gfy.html"

Replace with


http://gfyboard.com "was replaced over http://gofuckyourself.com" Save.html created

Yup, me too. I just can't live without that software. It was called Windows Commander before. I don't know why he changed the name.

Try MultiMon instead.... freeware.


http://www.mediachance.com/free/mmtaskbar2.exe

I love this program called Tray It!

http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm

TrayIt! allows to save precious Taskbar space for minimized windows. For each application which applies TrayIt! it creates a small icon in the System Tray. (System Tray area is located near the Clock). When application's window is minimized this icon represents the application on the Taskbar instead of the regular "minimized rectangle".

It is particularly useful for background tasks you typically keep running on your PC all day long like your favorite E-mail client, Real Player, etc.

This is a excellent little program
I use it all the time too! :thumbsup

Yep, I started using it the day she posted a link to it. Before that I used to take a screenshot of whatever I wanted to snag the color from and use the eyedropper in PS to grab the color.:1orglaugh

this is awesome and what any gallery submitter needs... well, for me anyways, im always renaming files to something like img1.jog/img 2, etc, this will save a ton of time.....

LiteStep It completely changes the Windows GUI and is somewhat difficult to setup -- but incredibly useful.

I've been using it for over 3 years now; I am way more productive when I use a PC with it installed. There are hundreds of custom GUIs you can download, I use a Gnome theme. The things I find most useful are 1) launching apps with keyboard shortcuts and 2) the virtual desktop interface which simulates 4 desktop spaces/screens that I can quickly switch back and forth between. I don't know what I'd do without it.

Yep have alot of them. Karen's Power Tools for my windows box. Its an alarm. And for linux I use CenterICQ. But its alot more known.

This program fucking owns, great finding KRL.:thumbsup

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UFU http://www.replsoft.com/ :thumbsup

Batch rename files, batch replace code/text in files, upper-/lowercase converter and some other useful features, I love it, great if you need to change any stuff on loads of pages.