Contents
Storage
- Backup procedures and diagnostic utilities
- NAS (Network Attached Storage)
- Synchronizing Data
- Drive Encryption
Screen Capture Utilities
File Management
- QTTabBar is a shell extension for the Windows File Explorer (a.k.a. “Windows Explorer”)
- It adds tabs to File Explorer with many other customizable functions and features.
- To activate, after installing:
- Open File Explorer
- Click on the “View” tab, then the “Options” drop-down menu.
- Select “QTTabBar” to enable the add-in for the Explorer.
- To access the QTTabBar Options, right-click the + tab.
Save the current tabs, so they open the next time File Explorer is launched
- Open tabs to the locations you want to save
- Right-click the empty space to the right of any existing tabs
- Then click Groups > Create a Group from All Tabs
Reference
- Top tech tip: how to make file explorer more usable with QTTabBar
- I tested QTTabBar in Windows 11 and it works!
- Multi Commander is a multi-tabbed file manager and is an alternative to the standard Windows Explorer. It uses the very popular and efficient dual-panel layout.
- File manager
- Two file windows side by side
- Tabbed interface, regular expressions, history+favorites buttons
- 10 Features of the BEST Windows File Manager = TOTAL COMMANDER + install review
- Files is a file manager for Windows with features like multiple tabs, panes, columns, shell extensions in the context menu and tags.
Renaming
- Allows you to easily rename files and directories.
- Replace numbers, insert strings, convert case, add auto-numbers, process directories and sub-directories, and more.
- How to rename multiple files at once on Mac
System Monitoring & Diagnostics
HWiNFO – Comprehensive Hardware Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting for Windows and DOS.
Checkmk – The IT monitoring platform. Scalable. Automated. Extensible.
Operating System Scan/Verification Tools
- Scan your system
MRT (Malicious Software Removal Tool)
- Type “mrt” at the Command Prompt
System File Checker (SFC)
- Type “sfc /scannow” at the Command Prompt
- – Using System File Checker in Windows 10
- – Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files
- Uninstall unwanted programs and their leftovers, quickly and easily!
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Live Recovery/Diagnostic OS and AntiVirus Media
Multimedia, Graphics, Audio
Audio
Spek – Acoustic Spectrum Analyser
- Use Spek to determine the real bit rate of audio files.
- fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper for various formats and encoders.
- It features MP3, MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, and Bonk format support, integrates freedb/CDDB, CDText and ID3v2 tagging and is available in several languages.
Miscellaneous
Kiwix is an offline reader for online content like Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, or TED Talks. It makes knowledge available to people with no or limited internet access. The software as well as the content is free to use for anyone.