Tag: Portable
Enable Hidden Explorer UI Animations in Windows 7 and Windows 8- AniExplorer
Windows 7 and Windows 8 has some hidden animations in Explorer and these are not available to users through any settings. AniExplorer is a new freeware and portable tool which allows you to enable hidden Windows Explorer’s UI animations in Windows 7 and Windows 8. You can choose the animation type and speed, then click [...]
5 Apps to Batch Change or Rename File Extensions In Windows
Sometimes for specific reasons, you might have to change the extension of some of the files in Windows. But the main problem is that Windows does not offer an options to change the extension or batch rename it to another one. Although you can manually do it by making the file extension visible from the [...]
Portable Application Uninstaller for Windows- GeekUninstaller
When it comes to uninstalling the applications in Windows there are many free apps like Uberstaller, Ainvo, WinMate etc along with the default app uninstaller in Windows. But not all these apps clean up the system after you uninstall the apps. The registry entries as well as folder and files might still remain in your [...]
Remove Traces of USB Drives from Registry using USBOblivion
Whenever you connect an USB drive to Windows, it stores the connection and other details in the registry and this is useful for administrators to check the date and time of connection and the type of USB devices connected. We had also covered a freeware tool called USB History Viewer, which collect the details of [...]
Download Instagram Photos on Windows
Instagram, the popular photo sharing app for iPhone, has increased in popularity once the Android version was released few weeks back. Although there is no web version of Instagram, you can check the alternatives for Instagram web using the API. We had also covered on how to download Instagram photos using the free services. Instagram [...]
Hide or Show Hidden Files and File Extensions from System Tray
Windows offers the option to hide files from the Windows Explorer and you can display hidden files using the option menu in Explorer. There is also option to view the extension for known file types. These two options are available in Windows Explorer, but togging these is not quite easy as user has to go [...]
Automatically Set National Geographic Photos as Wallpapers on Desktop
National Geographic website has an option called Photo of the Day which features an awesome photo every day and this can be accessed from here. We have covered a free app NatGeo which can download the wallpapers automatically. Although you can manually download these photos by visiting the page, National Geographic Photo of the Day [...]
Repairs Corrupt AVI Files and Eliminate Freezes
Sometimes when you play media files (AVI), it gets struck or freeze while playback and does not move ahead resulting in you not able to watch the clip. This happens because of bad frames in between the files resulting in the video playback getting struck or freeze. DivXRepair is a freeware and portable app for [...]
Win+X Menu Editor for Windows 8
Windows 8 lots of new features along with the new Metro UI. One of the new options in the desktop is the Win +X quick menu, which we had covered in detail. This feature allows you to access Windows Explorer, Control Panel, Task Manager, Run command and other Windows administrator functions like device manager, disk [...]
Get the List of all the USB Drives that were Connected to your PC
If your PC is being used by multiple people you never know how many users have used the USB drive on your Windows. USB drives are the most common way of PC getting infected with viruses. If you need the complete list of all USB drives used on your PC, you can try out the [...]
Nirmal is a technology blogger from India and also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Windows.
