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This guide explains how to get PowerToys from its official source and use its core features. It covers how to fix window placement with FancyZones and enable PowerRename, Text Extractor, and Keyboard Manager only when you need them.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get Everything from its official source and use its core features. It covers how to instantly focus on names and paths rather than file contents, and how to combine extensions, modification dates, and folder conditions.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get ShareX from its official source and use its core features. Covers how to combine range capture, arrow and number annotation, OCR, and GIF recording into one workflow.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get 7-Zip from its official source and use its core features. It covers how to compress multiple files and use AES-256 encryption and file-name encryption to safely transfer them.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get LocalSend from its official source and use its core features. It explains how to transfer photos and documents between Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS without uploading them to the cloud.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get Obsidian from its official source and use its core features. It covers how to organize Markdown in Vault with bidirectional links and tags to create a personal knowledge base.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get Joplin from its official source and use its core features. It covers how to organize Markdown notes, checklists, and Web Clipper into notebooks and make them exportable.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get Bitwarden from its official source and use its core features. It covers how to generate different passwords for each site and use the vault through browser extensions and across devices.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get KeePassXC from its official source and use its core features. It explains how to store encrypted KDBX files yourself and organize credentials with groups and autofill.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get Syncthing from its official source and use its core features. It explains how to duplicate folders between devices authorized by Device ID without storing them in a central cloud.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get FreeFileSync from its official source and use its core features. It explains how to compare the left and right folders and select the desired synchronization method from update, mirror, and bidirectional.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get Mozilla Thunderbird from its official source and use its core features. It explains how to add an IMAP account and work with multiple inboxes with unified folders, searches, and filters.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get Mozilla Firefox from its official source and use its core features. Separate work and personal cookies, and the corresponding page covers how to switch to reader view for easier reading.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get LibreOffice from its official source and use its core features. It explains how to create a document using an open-source office suite and generate a PDF for distribution while preserving the original ODT.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get SumatraPDF from its official source and use its core features. It covers how to view PDF, EPUB, etc. on a minimal interface and use tabs, search, and shortcuts.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get VLC media player from its official source and use its core features. It explains how to play a variety of formats and switch between speeds, subtitles, audio tracks, and network streams.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get HandBrake from its official source and use its core features. It explains how to adjust the resolution and quality based on presets and create a small MP4 while leaving the original video intact.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get ScreenToGif from its official source and use its core features. It covers how to record part of the screen, delete unnecessary frames, add text and arrows, and export the result as a GIF.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get Rufus from its official source and use its core features. It explains how to burn official Windows or Linux ISOs to USB and prepare installation/recovery media.
Read guide →This guide explains how to get WizTree from its official source and use its core features. It explains how to visualize drive usage by treemap and extensions and identify locations of deletion candidates.
Read guide →This guide explains how to use the free PDFsam Basic to merge PDFs in a specified order and split a PDF at selected page positions. It also clarifies the differences among Basic, Visual, and Enhanced.
Read guide →Create a scanner profile in NAPS2, download Japanese OCR data, and save the scan as a searchable PDF.
Read guide →Call up Flow Launcher with Alt+Space to search for the app name, select candidates, and change hotkeys.
Read guide →Select part of the screen in Flameshot, add arrows, boxes, text, and pixelation, and save the annotated screenshot locally.
Read guide →Create a 7z or ZIP archive with PeaZip, set AES-256 password and file name encryption, and verify the contents.
Read guide →Use Bulk Rename Utility's preview to confirm the sort order and add zero-filled sequential numbers to photos and materials. Also describes commercial license terms.
Read guide →Create an SFTP connection in WinSCP, verify the SSH host key, and securely upload local files to a remote server.
Read guide →Pair your Android and Windows PC with KDE Connect and send files to each other on the same network.
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