Windows Utilities

asphaltkisser
asphaltkisserList by asphaltkisser, last updated 
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
  1. TidyTabs icon
     Like

    Add tabbed navigation to all desktop applications, allowing seamless multi-tasking and improved workspace management for enhanced productivity.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Tabbify everything
    Settings 1
    Settings 2
    +3
    Settings 3
  2. AquaSnap icon
     Like

    Improve desktop organization with snapping, docking, and customizable shortcuts for high-resolution and multi-monitor setups.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Dock window to sides or corners
    Snap window to monitor edges or other applications
    Shake a window to make it top-most
    +10
    Settings - General
  3. WindowGrid is a modern window management program that allows the user to quickly and easily layout their windows on a dynamic grid.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    WindowGrid screenshot 1
    Example
    System tray menu
  4. What I'm using for my windows and layout management is the Window Layout Manager, or WiLMA for short (hey, as developers we're allowed to invent a dozen new acronyms each day and we like that little perk!).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Windows Layout Manager screenshot 1
    Windows Layout Manager screenshot 1
    Windows Layout Manager screenshot 2
    +3
    Windows Layout Manager screenshot 3
  5. An open-source Windows scripting language enabling task automation through hotkeys, macros, and keystrokes, useful for creating custom forms and automating data entry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Tray menu
    AutoHotkey screenshot 1
    AutoHotkey screenshot 2
    +1
    AutoHotkey screenshot 3
  6. FastKeys icon
     Like

    All in one Windows automation software. Fully configurable text expander, start menu, shortcuts, auto complete and mouse gestures. User-defined commands to run files, open webpages, send macros or automate anything. Incredibly powerful but yet simple to use.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    FastKeys screenshot 1
    FastKeys screenshot 1
    FastKeys screenshot 2
    +17
    FastKeys screenshot 3
  7. Actiona icon
     Like

    Actiona (formerly known as Actionaz) is a task automation tool. It allows you to create and execute action lists.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Actiona screenshot 1
    Actiona screenshot 1
    Actiona screenshot 2
  8. Quick Macros automates repetitive tasks, even the most complex. Your macros can press keys, click buttons, links, menu items, on-screen images and other UI objects, manage windows, run and manage files, wait for various events, show dialogs, send/receive internet files and...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Quick Macros main window
    Quick Macros screenshot 1
    Quick Macros screenshot 2
    +3
    Quick Macros screenshot 3
  9. WinAutomation is the most advanced Windows Automation app, featuring a Macro Recorder and a Web Recorder.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    WinAutomation screenshot 1
    WinAutomation screenshot 1
    WinAutomation screenshot 2
  10. Compares files with source control integration, supports FTP and cloud storage, offers 3-way merge, and uses commands to manage syncs and differences.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Folder compare
    Text compare
    Folder merge
    +3
    Text merge
  11. Restore Point Creator simplifies the way users create system restore points with the help of Windows' default features, putting additional handy options at their disposal such as a task scheduler.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Restore Point Creator screenshot 1
    Restore Point Creator screenshot 1
    Restore Point Creator screenshot 2
    +2
    Restore Point Creator screenshot 3
  12. Right Click Enhancer gives you power to control the right click menu everyone uses. Right Click Enhancer allows yo to edit your right click menu in the way you want. Now with help of this wonderful tool you can add some good stuffs to your right click context menu.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Right Click Enhancer screenshot 1
  13. FileMenu Tools lets you customize the context (right-click) menu of Windows Explorer. The application adds built-in utilities to perform operations on files and folders and adds customized commands that let users run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder or...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    Main Screen Tips for beginners
    Example of Menu and Submenu (for a Folder)
    Tools
    +22
    Menu
  14. Easy Context Menu enables you to add a variety of useful commands and tweaks for the Desktop, My Computer, drives, file and folder context menus. It helps in accessing most used windows components quickly and easily, it doesn’t get much easier than to check some boxes and set up...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • File Explorer
    Easy Context Menu screenshot 1
    Easy Context Menu screenshot 1
    Easy Context Menu screenshot 2
    +3
    Easy Context Menu screenshot 3
  15. Right-Click Extender will allow you to add or remove the following additional options to a File, Folder, Computer and Desktops Right Click Context Menu.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Right-Click Extender screenshot 1
    Right-Click Extender screenshot 1
  16. Filezo icon
     Like

    Filezo (Formerly known as RecentX) is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders & programs. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them even faster.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Filezo screenshot 1
    Filezo screenshot 1
    Filezo screenshot 2
    +9
    Filezo screenshot 3
  17. Easily find and remove duplicate files on PC or Mac with flexible search algorithms, Live Preview, and secure deletion via an undo option.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Main window with Wizard
    Scan complete
    File preview
    +2
    iPhoto scan
  18. Duplicate File Detective uses state-of-the-art file content analysis technology to show you exactly where your duplicate files are (even when the file names are different). You can search multiple folders, drives, removable storage devices, even network shares - all in a single...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Duplicate File Detective screenshot 1
    Duplicate File Detective screenshot 1
    Duplicate File Detective screenshot 2
    +7
    Duplicate File Detective screenshot 3
  19. Duplicate Sweeper can quickly find and remove duplicate files on your PC. The free program demo lets you scan your computer for duplicate documents, images, contacts, music and other files. The amount of duplicate files on your hard drive could come as a bit of a surprise...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Duplicate Sweeper screenshot 1
  20. Duplicate Cleaner is a tool for finding and removing duplicate files from your computer or network drives; It is intended to be used on user content - documents, photos, images, music, but can be used to scan any type of files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Duplicate Cleaner screenshot 1
    Main interface
    Selection Assistant
    +4
    Remove files
  21. Xinorbis icon
     Like

    Xinorbis is a completely FREE, powerful Windows-based data storage analyser for single users or network administrators. Provides an instant visual display of the contents of a hard disk, single or multiple directories. Output reports to XML, CSV, HTML or plain ASCII.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Welcome screen
    Showing the summary of a scan
    The types of files found in the current scan
    +7
    Composition of the scanned folder
  22. SpaceMonger is a treemapping tool for hard disks and file systems. It scans, maps, and manages PC, network, and cloud storage. It can copy, move, and delete files to free up storage space. It helps locate large files and folders quickly with Treemap visuals and finds files by...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    SpaceMonger screenshot 1
    Storage Access
    Cloud Storage
    +5
    Search
  23. QTTabBar icon
     Like

    QTTabBar is an extension for Windows Explorer that brings tabbed browsing to Microsoft's file browser. It comes with a number of nifty features including a favorites function for launching folders and applications, groupings of folders that can be opened together, tooltip...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    Tabbed Explorer
    QTTabBar screenshot 1
    QTTabBar screenshot 2
  24. MysticThumbs generates thumbnails of many image types not natively supported by Windows. It does this transparently and in the background for Explorer so you don't have to run a separate application to preview your images.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    MysticThumbs Control Panel v4.3.2
    Original Control Panel
    Example
  25. SageThumbs is a Windows Explorer context menu extension allowing Windows users to preview enormous amounts of image formats directly within Windows Explorer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    SageThumbs screenshot 1
    SageThumbs screenshot 1
    SageThumbs screenshot 2
  26. JPEGView icon
     Like

    Lightweight Simple Image Viewer with Slide show feature, Resize and Lossless-cut, Color correction, Rename, Multi-language and more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Very simple. Only a title bar other than the picture.
    JPEGView screenshot 1
  27. With Rename Expert you can quickly and easily rename files and folders. The program offers a variety of useful features to create meaningful names. For instance, you can automatically rename files using metadata (e.g.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Rename Expert screenshot 1
    Rename Expert screenshot 1
    Rename Expert screenshot 2
    +1
    Rename Expert screenshot 3
  28. Dupscout icon
     Like

    DupScout is a powerful, fast and easy-to-use duplicate files finder utility allowing one to detect and cleanup duplicate files on local disks, networked computers and NAS storage devices. Users are provided with multiple product versions ranging from an easy-to-use free version...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    The DupScout main GUI application provides the user with the ability to detect duplicate files, review detected duplicates, export reports to the HTML, text and Excel CSV formats, select duplicates that should be removed and execute numerous types of duplicate files removal actions.
    Before executing duplicate files removal actions, DupScout shows the actions preview dialog allowing one to select/unselect specific removal actions.
    The pie charts dialog is capable of showing the amount of wasted disk space and the number of duplicates per class, category, extension, user name, last access, modification and creation times, etc. In addition, the user is provided with the ability to copy the chart image to the clipboard allowing one to easily integrate DupScout charts into presentations and documents.
    +1
    The pie charts dialog is capable of showing the amount of wasted disk space and the number of duplicates per class, category, extension, user name, last access, modification and creation times, etc. In addition, the user is provided with the ability to copy the chart image to the clipboard allowing one to easily integrate DupScout charts into presentations and documents.
No comments so far, maybe you want to be first?
Gu