Ari's Blog » Window Utilities http://blog.billauer.com Technology and .... Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:56:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Renamer http://blog.billauer.com/2009/03/19/renamer/ http://blog.billauer.com/2009/03/19/renamer/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:04:12 +0000 Ari http://blog.billauer.com/?p=142 I hate renaming files in windows. After shooting 200 pictures on vacation with my family I end up with a folder that has 200 files names IMG_0103.jpg. What I want to do is a rename so something a little more meaningful – Something like Vacation_to_India_2008_Pic_0103.jpg. Doing this in Windows can be a pain. Renamer is a free tool that solves this issue. Renamer allows to change case,  modify names, and remove or replace strings in file names.

Renamer

Renamer

Renamer lets you add rules and preview the results. When you are happy you just click rename and the files are renamed according to your specifications.

It is a very useful utility I highly recommend.

You can download it from http://www.den4b.com/downloads.php

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SpaceMonger

SpaceMonger

SpaceMonger is a visual tool that lets you see in an instant the sizes of all the directories on your hard disk. The new version is not free but the original SpaceMonger 1.x version is free and it gets the job done.

You can download SpaceMonger version 1.x from http://www.sixty-five.cc/sm/v1x.php

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Filezilla Main Window
Filezilla Main Window

Filezilla allows you to keep a customized database of FTP sites. The database can store site addresses, login credentials, server type and notes.

Filezilla also has a free open source FTP server available for download.

You can download Filezilla FTP client and server  from the website http://filezilla-project.org/index.php

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Foxit Reader

Foxit Reader

Foxit Reader also has additional software that will let you edit and create PDFs. The professional software is not free but is reasonably priced.

You can download Foxit Reader from http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

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WinMerge

WinMerge

Like WinDiff, WinMerge allows you to compare individual files and directories. However, WinMerge also lets you move different sections between the files with one click. This lets you selectively merge the 2 files with the content you want. This feature is very useful when checking different versions of configuration files or code.

Also WinMerge has plugin support for other formats like MS Word and Excel.

Best of all WinMerge is free and Open Source.

You can download Winmerge at http://winmerge.org/downloads/

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PuTTY Connection Manager

PuTTY Connection Manager

PuTTY Connection Manager lets you manage PuTTY connections in multiple tabs and allows you to maintain a database of PuTTY connections. The database of conenctions can be encrypted. PuTTY connection manager also integrated your existing PuTTY connection database.

You can download PuTTY Connection Manager at http://puttycm.free.fr/#

You need PuTTY installed http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

PuTTY Connection manager also requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

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