In my roaming throughout the interwebs, and up and down upon
it, I’ve come across several freeware programs that I’ve found quite
useful. Feel free to give them a try.
1. Show Desktop
This is a
small trick for people like me who liked the larger “show desktop” tab that
USED to be at the right end of the taskbar in Windows. It was shaved down to purt-near nuthin’ for
Windows 10.
One place where it may be found is HERE.
If you end
up opening “Notifications” half the time when you want to use the “show
desktop” function in Windows 10, this utility will be helpful.
2. Copy Filenames
Just as it
sounds ... this simply allows you to open a folder, select any or all files,
and right-click. “Copy filenames” is now
one of your options; it copies the filenames (including extensions) to the
clipboard as text. For me this is
super-handy.
For
example, if you have a folder (shown above) with various items, you may use
Copy Filenames to produce this list:
2016-12-13 Bookshelf.jpg
BLANK PAGE.jpg
Photo09082316.jpg
Sky-Clouds.jpg
Publication1.pub
Page is 6 x 9.25 inches.docx
Cassette Buttons.png
This is
handy if I simply want a list of what’s in a folder.
3. Caffeine
If you have
a screensaver set to kick in after a certain amount of inactivity, there are
times when you don’t want it to! You
might be watching a video, for instance.
Instead of going to the trouble of de-activating and re-activating your
screensaver, simply install Caffeine, which keeps your computer screen from
going to sleep! Cute name, eh?
You may
find it HERE.
Well, I
hope these little helpers make life easier for you, as they do for me. And don’t forget to thank and support the
folks who developed them!
I’ll see you
on Monday, a week from today. Thanks for
stopping by!
