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Taskbar Activate     zdnet  4 stars   nonags five ducks / six   www.freeware32.com 3 points / 4 possibles   FileDudes 4/5 Dudes
Enhanced activation of the Windows taskbar.
CapsLock
Capslock management (MS-DOS).
Change Extension    Nouveau !  nonags five ducks / six  freeshareinfo  cinq étoilescinq étoilescinq étoilescinq étoilescinq étoiles
Easily change file types.
Change Icon   zdnet  4 stars   nonags five ducks / six   FileDudes 4/5 Dudes
Custumize each folder and drive icon.
Cookies Manager    Updated  zdnet  4 stars   nonags four ducks / six   FileDudes 4/5 Dudes 
Delete unnecessary cookies automatically.
Internet Cache Cleaner    
Cleanup not linked files and url from internet cache left by Internet Explorer.
MS-DOS Options
Easy set the parameters of your old ms-dos games and programs.

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    Taskbar Activate v2.4 (Windows 9x/NT4/2000/XP)
 
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Don't let programs decide whether you can get access to the taskbar!
Don't let the taskbar hide your applications because you have gone close to the edge of the screen with your mouse!

Taskbar Activate manages activation and deactivation of the Windows taskbar. It is specialy usefull for accessing the taskbar with special applications running (full screen windows, always on top windows, ...). It also prevents an inopportune taskbar window appearing over your application when the mouse goes close to the screen border.

Your screen is never enough large. So, you'd like to use full screen applications to see something else than the title, menu, status bars.
But, if so, it is quite impossible to switch between applications because you have no access to the taskbar. The taskbar is completely hidden by your full screen application.

Sure, it is possible to use ALT+TAB or CTRL+ESC or even the Windows key of your new keyboard (is it here only for this bug?).

TaskBar Activate awakes your taskbar when it is hidden by a full screen window and it has not agree to do this itself when the mouse come.

  Version 2.4 (09/1999) is here :

with install file
Download Taskbar Activate (english version TaskbarActivate.zip (136 Ko)
Download Active Tâche (french version) ActiveTache.zip (146 Ko)
without install file
Download Taskbar Activate (english version TAonly.zip (30 Ko)
Download Active Tâche (french version) ATSeul.zip (30 Ko)

Still : Windows 98 multi-display compatible !
Still : true statistics of taskbar activations !
Still : delayed activation of the taskbar !
Still : manage the taskbar and all other Windows bars !
New : advanced settings window !
New : the taskbar can be completly hidden !
New : you can choose the hilighted color over the askbar !

You can also read the ReadMe.txt file.

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Download CapsLock
    CapsLock v1.0 (DOS)
 
 
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Manage DOS Caps Lock.

I have a problem with caps lock : i never know if my keyboard is in upper-case or lower-case.
If i hit the CAPSLOCK key (US keyboard), am i going to upper or lower case ?
Did i hit the SHIFT key since i was in caps mode (french keyboard), wich makes my keyboard going to lower case ?

It is for a DOS application in which you have to use frequently numeric keys that i have developped CapsLock. In that application, numeric keypad is deactivated and caps mode is required on the French keyboard to have access to other numerical keys. It is annoying when you do not know how your keyboard will respond when you hit a key.
This is why i began working on CapsLock.

Usage :
   - a hit on the CAPSLOCK key, you are in caps mode.
   - a second hit on the CAPSLOCK key, you still are in caps mode (US keyboard).
   - a hit on a SHIFT key , you are still and ever in caps mode (french keyboard).
   - a hit on SHIFT+CAPSLOCK keys, you quit caps mode.

Thus, the caps lock state is sure because the sequence of key is different to go from a mode to the other, and this sequence is not used by another function.

  Version 1.0 (08/1999) is here :

 
Download CapsLock Download CapsLock CapsLock.zip (3 Ko)

Manage DOS Caps Lock.

You can also read the ReadMe.txt file.

 
 
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    Change Extension v1.0 (Windows 9x/NT4/2000/XP)
 
 
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Windows can hide known extensions of known file types.

File names look better in explorer, however, if a file has not the good extension, you cannot change it easily. Change Extension gives you back this power.

  Version 1.0 (02/2001) is here :

 
Download Change Icon (english version) ChgExtE.zip (295 Ko)
Download Change Icon (french version) ChgExtF.zip (295 Ko)

Build as a shell extension.
You can undo changes.
Very small.

You can also read the ReadMe.txt file.

 
 
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Download Change Icon
    Change Icon v1.2.1 (Windows 9x/NT4/2000/XP)
 
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Don't you think the appearance of explorer is quite monotonous ? You'd like to find your favorites folders easily ?

Customize the appearance of each folder in Windows explorer by choosing which icon represents it, it is now possible with Change Icon.

Internet Explorer 4 or up with integrated shell (active desktop) installed required.

  Version 1.2.1 (05/2000) is here :

 
Download Change Icon (english version) ChgIconE.zip (23 Ko)
Download Change Icon (french version) ChgIconF.zip (24 Ko)

Still : Full Drap&Drop.
Still : Immediatly shows the result.
Still : Easily selects icons.
Still : Integrated in Windows interface.
Also : Last files used shown in history.
Also : Preview of icons integrated in the browse window.
Also : A rebuild button for corrupted Windows icons.
New : Manage icons of drive letters.

You can also read the ReadMe.txt file.

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    Cookies Manager v1.1 (Windows 9x/NT4/2000/XP)
 
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Cookies are small files on your hard drive. Web pages can recognise you when you come on them again. They have no utility for you and are there only to track you.

Some cookies however store settings of pages to see them as you want. So, certainly, you want to keep them.

Cookies Manager helps you to select which cookies you want to keep and which cookies you want to delete.

Internet explorer 4 or upper required.

  Version 1.1 (11/2000) is here :

 
Télécharger Change Icon (version anglaise) CookiesManagerE.zip (19 Ko)
Télécharger Change Icon (version française) CookiesManagerF.zip (19 Ko)

Delete unnecessary cookies automatically.

You can also read the ReadMe.txt.

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    Internet Cache Cleaner v1.0.1 (Windows 9x/NT4/2000/XP)
 
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While you use Internet Explorer for surfing, visited pages are saved on your hard drive so you can see them off line. Internet explorer generally puts these files in a folder named Temporary Internet Files.

Internet Explorer is not perfect, so parts of files are left on your drive, not visible in the cache. There is no possibility to manually delete these files. This problem exists on every version of Internet Explorer et and still in version 5.

Internet Explorer 4 or up required.

  Version 1.0.1 (05/2000) is here :

 
Download Change Icon (english version) IECacheCleanerE.zip (20 Ko)
Download Change Icon (french version) IECacheCleanerF.zip (20 Ko)

Cleanup not linked files and url from internet cache left by Internet Explorer.

You can also read the ReadMe.txt file.

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Download MS-DOS Options
    MS-DOS options v1.0 (Windows 9x)
 

 
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YES! You do use Windows 95 (or 98?) whether you want or not :-)

And you have some programs which don't want to run under it and you have to use them in MS-DOS mode. And then, of course, no help is given by Bill Gates. For he wants you to use win32 programs (and maybe HIS win32 programs) and nothing is done to make configuration of these programs easier.

MS-DOS Options is for you!

   Eyh! Take a look at what i have found about MS-DOS Options while i was surfing.
 
  Version 1.0 (06/1998) is here :

 
Download MS-DOS Options (english version) MsDosOptionsE.zip (24 Ko)
Download MS-DOS Options (french version) MsDosOptions.zip (24 Ko)

You can also read the readme.txt file.
 
 
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