My freeware, Ribbon Disabler, allows you to enable and disable the Ribbon UI in File Explorer in Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 8with just one click. Let's see what's new in this release.
Category: Software
App review: Windows 10 Firewall Control to fully control network access of programs
With Windows 10, there have been increased concerns about privacy because of the entire OS collecting telemetry and sending that data to Microsoft where they inspect it to take future design decisions. Also, new types of malware are always being found to which blocking network access is essential. Allowing network access to only trusted programs is a fundamental step in increasing your security and privacy. Windows 10 Firewall Control is a simple free third party program to control and monitor the network activity of applications. It prevents undesired information leaks for incoming and outgoing connections for applications running locally or remotely on Windows.
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Open Windows notification area tray applets faster with keyboard hotkey shortcuts
A number of Control Panel applets and features in Windows have direct hotkeys to do tasks. If you haven't taken a look at the Win key shortcuts in Windows 10 and earlier versions of Windows, you should learn them now. Recently, Windows 10 build 14361 added a hotkey to directly open the Date/Time tray flyout. That gave me an idea - why not try to open all tray applets with keyboard shortcuts?
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OneClickFirewall 1.0.0.2 is out
I just released OneClickFirewall 1.0.0.2. For those of you who don't know, it's a little app I coded to block an app from accessing the Internet (both inbound and outbound connections) because the Windows Firewall UI involves too many steps. This version does not come with new functionality or fixes. I just tried to reduce the amount of false positive reports by antivirus software. Here is why it happens.
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Block any app from accessing Internet with one click in Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7
I would like to share with you a little app I coded which gives you the ability to block any app from accessing the Internet. This is done with just one click and uses the built-in Windows Firewall to block or allow it. OneClickFirewall is a small program I made which integrates with the Explorer context menu. All you need to do is right click the application you want to block and select "Block Internet Access".
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How to find only 32-bit or 64-bit files in a folder
Sometimes, developers or power users may need to separate 32-bit files from 64-bit files in a specific folder if they are mixed up. The average end user might not need this but it can be time consuming trying to determine this. So I decided to share with you the method I use to save your time.
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Set exact display resolution in VirtualBox virtual machine
VirtualBox is my virtualization software of choice. It is free and feature-rich, so all my virtual machines are created in VirtualBox.
Sometimes you need to set the exact display resolution which is not listed in the guest OS settings. While you can achieve this by resizing the VM's window, it is a waste of time. Here is how you can do it quickly.
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Telegram for Desktop and mobile got Edit message feature
Telegram is a fast growing mobile and desktop messaging app. It got an interesting new feature recently - the ability to edit sent messages. This new feature is available for both mobile and desktop versions of the app.
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How to resize a VirtualBox HDD image (VDI)
When creating a virtual machine with VirtualBox, it is easy to choose the wrong size for the virtual HDD. Some day, you might face the issue that there is not enough free disk space left in the virtual machine. Here is how you can resize a VirtualBox HDD image (VDI) without data loss or without reinstalling the guest operating system.
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