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Websites to find and download the software you want

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Want to download any software? Where will you go? Probably, you would google the name of the software and go to the first site returned by Google. But, you can actually bookmark some sites and search directly in that site for the softwares you wish to have. So, in this post I am sharing some Websites where you can find and download the softwares you wish. Websites mentioned below provide standalone installers rather than online installers. Softpedia I always use Softpedia while I am in need of any software. As in their description, It's worth saying Softpedia will be updated every minute. You could find the latest version of any software you want to download. From Linux .iso files to small games you can find it all. In the download page of every software, Softpedia's editorial team would have written a long review about that software with needed screenshots. Details of that application will be provided in the download page (Size of the sofware & whether it is freeware or

Create your own shortcut keys with Autohotkey (tutorial)

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How will you open your Web browser? Are you using a Desktop shortcut? You don't need to. You can simply assign keys to do whatever you need. You can assign alt + C to open Chrome browser or you can set that combination to open your Movies folder or to shutdown your pc. AutoHotkey is a small handy utility used to create Hotkeys for anything that we would like to do in our pc from creating shortcut keys to open programs to Muting your speaker with a single keystroke. It can be used to do some cool things like creating multimedia keys (if your keyboard don't have any), remapping keys (making a key to work as another key) it would be useful if you have damaged any important keys in your keyboard. So, in this post I will explain you how to use AutoHotkey in a productive way. First, You must have installed AutoHotkey in your pc. Download AutoHotkey . After installing it, right click anywhere in your desktop or in Windows Explorer. Then select New and then AutoHotkey script. Name tha

Select multiple files without holding ctrl key

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Assume, you have to select multiple files from your PC in random to fill your USB flash drive. As we all know, you must press and hold ctrl to select multiple files. That was little bit irritating to me. I wanted to get rid of it. I have found a cool trick to eliminate the problem. So, in this post I will explain you how to select multiple files without holding ctrl. There are two different ways to achieve it. They are Using Windows default settings Using third party tool AutoHotkey Using Windows default settings It's just simple. You just need to change one setting. After that all files will have a check box in the top left corner. To select files, you must make a tick in every individual file. As a result of this, ticked files will be selected. To make this work just do the following. Windows 8 users: Open Windows Explorer then select view Tab and make a tick in Item Check Box Windows 7 users: Open Windows Explorer then Organise → folder options → Use tick boxes Still, I was not