{"id":6382,"date":"2020-06-04T20:22:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?p=6382"},"modified":"2020-06-06T18:39:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T18:39:27","slug":"win-10-power-toys-qttabbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?p=6382","title":{"rendered":"Win 10 Power Toys & QTTabBar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These are two useful productivity tools for windows users. The first has some handy tools that can be switched off until needed, the 2nd is something that I really want. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power Toys<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Power Toys is an interesting free Windows tweek app. There are some new features that look as if they can help productivity. I’d tried this a year or two back and it was buggy so I removed it. I’m looking forward to trying it again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Github repository here<\/a><\/strong> with an overview of what it does and download here<\/a><\/strong>. Video overview here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/Zjk94MHAe5M\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are several add ons that you can switch on\/off, so for regular daily use if you are not using file renamer, keep it switched off and save your RAM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It has a few add ins that I think are quite nice, the Power Toys Run<\/strong> is a useful command to search programmes and start them. Also the image Resizer<\/strong> is something that I’ll be exploring more. I will play around with Fancy Zones<\/strong> again and see if I can come up with an arrangement for when I’m programming that will work for me. I think the Shortcut Guide<\/strong> is something I’ll keep live until I’ve found keys that I may use, Win + (+\/-)<\/strong> for Zoom is not one I’ve used, so I’ll have to practice using those. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

QTTabBar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is something I’m very excited about. In old DOS times (386 and adding machines) I used to have norton commander for file management. This is a File Explorer enhancement that allows you to have TABS in a single instance of File Explorer. This will save me hours hunting between 5 open File Explorer tabs to find the folder I want. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Installing a bit odd<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Main page & download here<\/a><\/strong>. You have to install the original programme first, then log out. After logging back in you then install the update. Weird but worth it. Help from Docs here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What you get is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are a few Norton Commander lookalikes for new windows but I found I am so used to Windows File Explorer that I couldn’t go back to that type of interface. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ThQTTabBar on the the other hand is just enhancing Windows File Explorer with features that solve irritating issues such as multiple instances with tabs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m really looking forward to getting up to speed with the enhanced Windows File Explorer and tweeking it to my needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Power Toys will be used in time but none of the features leap out for immediate adoption but its good to know that there are a few toys that can be called up when I want them like the file renaer. I think I’ll witch it off from starting on startup for present and save some RAM, but I’ll have an icon on my task bar to fire up when needed. A bit like PantherTab for upper\/lower case manipulation. Nice to know you have a tool there when you need it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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