Written by TeleCommuter on Jun 4th, 2008 | Filed under:
How To,
Software,
Vista
If you use shareware, freeware or beta software, you know updates occur quite often, and its a pain to go through each app and click on the update button, just to find you have the latest version. Filehippo.com has a application called the “Update Checker” (udc.exe) that you can download and install locally. It scans your system for applications and compares with the latest version loaded on Filehippo.com.
Filehippo does not have all applications, nobody does. They do have most of the popular software. To be sure the update checker will find all your applications, you may want to search for them at the site. Follow the Vista blogroll link on the right sidebar of this site. Once you get to Filehippo, information on UDC is top right.
Written by TeleCommuter on Jun 2nd, 2008 | Filed under:
How To,
Vista
If your a user of the Vista Side Bar, App Launcher is a great way to clean up your desktop. App Launcher does what it says - launches files with one click to the icon. The download can be found Here. Once installed, here are some modifications to the options you can start with: (more…)
Written by TeleCommuter on Jun 2nd, 2008 | Filed under:
How To,
Vista
Here’s a neat tool that removes or changes the shortcut arrow for Desktop Shortcuts.
- Download the Frameworkx Vista Shortcut Overlay Manager Here.
- Install
- Select Arrow, No Arrow, Apply. Thats it!
Written by TeleCommuter on Jun 2nd, 2008 | Filed under:
How To,
Vista
For compatibility with Vista’s Start Menu, Indexing, and other helper programs, a default user account has 11 “Special Folders”. These folders are Cyan (Greenish Blue) in color.
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