Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows
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Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows
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#2A word of warning about TerraCopy- it can cause annoying errors when copying. I transferred many gigs of data from one computer to another over a LAN, some files transferred fine, others looked like they copied ok, but were actually 0kb in size on closer look.
I'm not sure if it was a bug in that particular version or with the setup being used, but once I uninstalled TerraCopy the errors ceased.
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#3"Everyone collects utilities"
Speak for yourself. I don't collect utilities.
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#4Nice list. Can't say I agree with everything, but preferences vary.
I'd add though: ninite, notepad++, foobar, windows snipping tool and maybe cdxpburner.
NB both CDXPBurner and Imgburner come with Opencandy adware in some versions and are sneaky about it.
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#5A word of warning about TerraCopy- it can cause annoying errors when copying. I transferred many gigs of data from one computer to another over a LAN, some files transferred fine, others looked like they copied ok, but were actually 0kb in size on closer look. I'm not sure if it was a bug in that particular version or with the setup being used, but once I uninstalled TerraCopy the errors ceased.
TC occasionally bombs out if you queue too much stuff - i.e. it just closes ... and thus looks like its done when really its not. Maybe thats why you got 0kb files.
Win7 + copying is decent enough for most non-lan purposes though.
Speaking on copying failing - I stopped using TotalCommander for that reason. It just says disk full (not true) out of the blue. Messaged the author & got some bullshit response.
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#6No idea why he would use Notepad2, ST3 loads up just as fast and provides way more features for text editing. Plus it is good with markdown syntax highlighting thus eliminating the need for MarkdownPad
Also Github for windows or just Git bash covers the need for Gow
Jabbr is ok, but I havent been able to give up mIRC
Also he left off a good tabbed ssh/putty
Great list, learned lots of new things thanks!
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#7Non-Windows users should still grep this list. There are some multi-platform tools listed.
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#8> "NimbleText - Regular Expressions are hard and I'm not very smart. NimbleText lets me do crazy stuff with large amounts of text with it hurting so much [sic]."
In case it's unclear from the description, NimbleText is a simple code generator. It's saved me a ton of time and keystrokes. Well worth the $20.
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#9"Everyone collects utilities" Speak for yourself. I don't collect utilities.
don't be junk!
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#10my 2 cents:
- TreeSize ( and/or SequoiaView ) -- see where the big files/directories are on your harddrives
- Piriform CrapCleaner -- deletes unwanted/unneeded files after booting; configure all of it, then add folders and log files manually (find good candidates with Treesize ;) I like all Piriform tools, they're small, quick and slick. I wish they made more things.
- any SysInternals stuff you have a use for (Autoruns is a must have)
- DirectoryOpus -- the best file manager I know
- FreeFileSync -- backup/synchronize directories (locally, that is). Can also monitor directories for changed stuff (also for Mac and Linux)