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Joe Winograd
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Devices drive harddisk Icon

Create Report with Information on All Drives with Letters - AutoHotkey Script

byJoe Winograd
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This article presents an AutoHotkey (V1) script that creates a plain text report with information about all drives in a system that have a drive letter, such as C, D, E, etc. The information in the report is Type of drive, Status, Capacity, Free Space, File System, Volume Label, and Serial Number.
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Device usb drive Icon

Detect USB Drive Insertion and Deletion - AutoHotkey Script

byJoe Winograd
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This article presents an AutoHotkey (V1) script that detects when a USB drive is inserted or removed. It displays a pop-up dialog and makes a logfile entry in each case. It provides a system tray (notification area) icon with context menu choices to open the logfile or terminate (exit) the script.
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Downloads

Automatically download files from the web - AutoHotkey Script

byJoe Winograd
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In a recent question here at Experts Exchange about Windows 10 automation, a member asked for a solution "to download one by one automatically" 10 specific files from the Internet. This article presents an AutoHotkey script with the solution, enhanced to allow any number of files to be downloaded.
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Sample Title Case Conversion

Exclude words when converting to "Title Case" - AutoHotkey Script

byJoe Winograd
In a recent question here at Experts Exchange, a member wants to enhance an AutoHotkey script that performs "Title Case" conversion. The enhancement is to allow specification of words that are excluded from the capitalization (conjunctions and prepositions). This article presents such a solution.
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Nine-Monitor Configuration

Keyboard shortcuts (hotkeys) to move mouse in multi-monitor configuration - AutoHotkey Script

byJoe Winograd
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In configurations with multiple monitors, it can be difficult and time-consuming to move the mouse pointer to a particular monitor. This article presents a script written in AutoHotkey that defines hotkeys — such as Alt+Ctrl+1, Alt+Ctrl+2, etc. — to move the mouse easily and quickly to any monitor.
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AutoHotkey Switch-Case

AutoHotkey Switch-Case

byJoe Winograd
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Many programming languages have a Switch–Case capability. Since its first beta in 2003, AutoHotkey has not had one. Finally, in the recent 28-Sep-2019 release of Version 1.1.31.00, it now has Switch–Case. This article discusses it and shows a sample usage as applied to a previous post here at EE.
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BootSafe Software Review -

BootSafe - The "easiest" way to Boot Windows into Safe Mode

byAndrew Leniart
2
Review of a small standalone freeware utility that is designed to remove the guesswork in trying to get Windows 10 (and all other versions of Windows) to boot into various Safe Mode configurations. Includes a short interview with the author of the program.
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FoxyTab

How to save the names and URLs of open Firefox tabs in a plain text file - Redux

byJoe Winograd
This article shows how to save the names and URLs of open Firefox tabs in a plain text file with FoxyTab, a Featured Extension. I tested it in the latest Firefox Quantum release (61.0.1 on this article's publication date), both 32-bit and 64-bit, and in Windows 7, 8.1, and 10 — all worked perfectly.
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Speaker unmuted and muted

How to create an on/off toggle to mute the system audio/sound with a single mouse click or single keystroke

byJoe Winograd
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In a question here at Experts Exchange, a member was looking for "a little app that would allow sound to be turned OFF and ON by simply clicking on an icon in the system tray". This article shows how to achieve that, as well as providing the same OFF/ON audio muting toggle via a single keystroke.
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dtSearch home page and Search dialog

dtSearch - Powerful Search Tools for Windows

byJoe Winograd
dtSearch Desktop with Spider is a powerful search tool for Windows. It includes indexing and searching — both are extremely robust and fast! It is available in other editions, including Desktop with Spider and Network with Spider. This article is about the version that I use — Desktop with Spider.
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GetTickCount64

How to solve the problem of incorrect System Uptime being reported when a system has been up for a long time

byJoe Winograd
The Windows functions GetTickCount and timeGetTime retrieve the number of milliseconds since the system was started. However, the value is stored in a DWORD, which means that it wraps around to zero every 49.7 days. This article shows how to solve that problem by using the GetTickCount64 function.
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Windows 10

How to Fix Bootloader Problem for Windows 10

byJackie Man
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When you start your Windows 10 PC and got an "Operating system not found" error or just saw "Auto repair for startup" or a blinking cursor with black screen. A loop for Auto repair will start but fix nothing. You will be panic as there are no backup of your document. How can you fix the problem?
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Security-Only or Monthly-Rollup: That is the update question.

byHector2016
The recent Microsoft changes on update philosophy for Windows pre-10 and their impact on existing WSUS implementations.
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OfficeMate Freezing Error

OfficeMate Freezes on Login

byAdiel de Freitas
OfficeMate Freezes on login or does not load after login credentials are input.
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For Windows: Here are top 10 Duplicate File Finder Tools that you need to know

byShakshi Shivi
Today, still in the boom of Apple, PC's and products, nearly 50% of the computer users use Windows as graphical operating systems. If you are among those users who love windows, but are grappling to keep the system's hard drive optimized, then you should read this article.
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Using Tools To Find What is Using Your Disk Space

byLee W, MVP
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Sometimes drives fill up and we don't know why.  If you don't understand the best way to use the tools available, you may end up being stumped as to why your drive says it's not full when you have no space left!  Here's how you can find out...
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Installing an Access Add-in Recent Versions of Office and Windows

byHelen Feddema
Detailed instructions on how to install an Access add-in in recent versions of Office and Windows (with screen shots)
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Upgrading to Windows 10 for NetMotion Mobility Users

byWilliam Fulks
1
If you use NetMotion Mobility on your PC and plan to upgrade to Windows 10, it may not work unless you take these steps.
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Moving the Offline Folder Cache in Windows (7, 8, 8.1 and 10)

byJoseph Hornsey
1
I'm a big fan of Windows' offline folder caching and have used it on my laptops for over a decade.  One thing I don't like about it, however, is how difficult Microsoft has made it for the cache to be moved out of the Windows folder. Here's how to do it.
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Desktop

What To Do When Windows Search is Too Slow

byPeter Oehler
2
No matter the version of Windows you are using, you may have some problems with Windows Search running too slow or possibly not running at all. Before jumping into how you can solve this issue, just know there are many other viable alternative desktop search options out there.

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