Posts Tagged ‘Windows’

Open Hidden Menu Options with the Shift and Right-Click Shortcut

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Right-clicking on a file or folder brings up a context-sensitive menu, but sometimes that menu doesn’t show all your options. Hold down the Shift key when you right-click to find hidden but useful commands like copying a file path or expanding the Send To options.

We briefly mentioned the Shift + Right-click shortcut in our previous master list of Windows 7 shortcuts, but here’s a closer look at all the neat tricks the Shift key turns up when combined with right-clicking in Windows Explorer or the Desktop.

Link: Lifehacker

Trillian 5 Brings Cross-Platform Chat Log & IM Syncing to All Devices

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

Trillian is one of the best mobile IM apps around, and their desktop app is still one of the only IM clients that will sync all your info between devices. Now, they’ve now made their mobile and desktop even more tantalizing by making each of them free, with all the Pro features of the old versions in tow. That means that Trillian desktop users now have multiple location sign-in, themes, activity history, and other great features without subscribing.

Trillian’s also released version 5 for Windows, which includes a new interface that ditches the menu bar (Firefox-style), improves social networking integration, adds cloud-based chat history, and a new feature that lets you sync open IMs between all your devices.

Link: Lifehacker

Artweaver: Free Painting Program

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Artweaver Free is a freeware painting program which is suitable for beginners but also suitable for advanced users. You can record all your steps and replay them afterwards or provide them to other users. Also there are many tools and features like layers and effect filter in Artweaver Free.

Link: Artweaver.de

MadAppLauncher: Visual Application Launcher

Saturday, May 14th, 2011

Most application launchers take a minimal approach, but MadAppLauncher shows you what applications you can launch and then lets you open them with a keystroke. You can still launch apps entirely with keyboard commands, but you’ll have the benefit of a full UI to see what you’re doing.

Link: LifeHacker