Windows 10 change language

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-properly-change-system-default-language-windows-10

https://www.howtogeek.com/232659/how-to-change-the-display-language-in-windows-10/

Windows Update Blocker

https://www.sordum.org/

disable Volume PopUp bar

Open the Google Chrome browser and type the following text in the address bar:

chrome://flags/#hardware-media-key-handling




also...
To disable it in Chrome, (and most Chrome variants), disable Media Session Service in about:flags ...



or...
http://wordpress.venturi.de/?p=1#more-1

Image viewers

ImageGlass
https://imageglass.org

nomacs
https://nomacs.org

FastStone
https://www.faststone.org/index.htm

XnView
https://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/

Irfanview
https://www.irfanview.com



How to set default photo viewer:
https://www.guidingtech.com/best-alternatives-windows-10-photos-app/

Settings/Apps/DefaultApps/PhotoViewer

Win10 Start menu

https://www.howtogeek.com/197836/8-ways-to-customize-the-windows-10-start-menu/

customize windows 10 tools

https://www.guidingtech.com/52049/customize-windows-10-tools/

Win 10 init settings

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/windows-10-settings-to-change

Webrecorder

Since 1999, Rhizome has developed software in-house to support its artistic program. Today, we build free, open-source, and broadly applicable software for born-digital art and culture, with a digital preservation focus.

Webrecorder
Our premier open-source platform and hosted service (webrecorder.io) to revolutionize web archiving; easily create and share high-fidelity, fully interactive copies of almost any website.

Webrecorder Player
A user-friendly desktop app to browse any web archive (created by Webrecorder or any other tools) on a Windows, OSX or Linux machine, without need for an internet connection.

oldweb.today
Surf the web the old-fashioned way with this tool to explore web archives through emulated legacy browsers.

pywb
A full-featured free and open-source, high-fidelity web archive replay and recording system (a more advanced version of the Wayback Machine) that serves as the core of Rhizome’s web archiving toolset.


http://rhizome.org/software/

Enhanced explorer & Toolbars

Folder Guide lets you access frequently used folders quickly in 2 clicks in Windows
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/folder-guide-download
http://www.freeware365.com/desktop/folderguide.htm


Folder View is a free (freeware) add-on for Windows that drastically enhances the way you browse the folders on your system.

Files are often scattered around many different folders on the harddisk and locations on the network. Every time you want to copy, move, open or save a file, this situation leads you to a quest through levels of folders.

With Folder View, these quests are over. Folder View enhances the Windows file Explorer by making all folders you need available in a single click. It integrates with other applications, speeding up opening and saving of files and also lets you copy and move files very quickly. Click the screenshot on the right to get an overview of the features.
https://folderview.com/





17 Windows Explorer Extensions & Replacements
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/470-windows-explorer-extensions-replacements.html

17 Windows Explorer Extensions & Replacements

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/470-windows-explorer-extensions-replacements.html#s9

Focusrite Guide on Optimising your PC for Audio on Windows 10

https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207355205-Optimising-your-PC-for-Audio-on-Windows-10

Video download (& MP3)

Any Video Converter Free Edition
https://www.any-video-converter.com/download-avc-free.php



Record any audio

Mp3 MY MP3 Sound Recorder
https://mp3mymp3.com/mp3_my_mp3_recorder.html#schedule

Grid paper

• Writing and Bullet Journalling
• Plain Grids
• Patterns
• Recording and Charting
• Classic Writing
• Specialty
• Graph Paper Quick Picks

https://www.incompetech.com/graphpaper/

Hex Grids

Hexagonal Graph Paper PDF Generator

https://www.incompetech.com/graphpaper/hexagonal/

Optimising your PC for Audio on Windows 10 (Focusrite)

https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207355205-Optimising-your-PC-for-Audio-on-Windows-10

outliners & doc writers

Ghostwriter
A distraction-free Markdown editor for Windows and Linux
Stylish. Open source. Free.

https://wereturtle.github.io/ghostwriter/


Atomic Scribbler
free software to plan your novel, prepare and maintain research material, then write that novel scene by scene in a modern Windows application that has a similar look and feel to Microsoft Word.
Outliner. Note & research manager.

https://www.atomicscribbler.com/


Writemonkey
Writemonkey is a Windows zenware* writing application with an extremely stripped down user interface, leaving you alone with your thoughts and your words. It is light, fast and free. With an array of innovative tools under the hood and full Markdown* support, it helps you write better.

https://writemonkey.com/index.php


Plume
A Scrivener alternative.
This software gives you an outliner, a distraction-free mode, a note manager and much more.

http://plume-creator.eu/

MicMute

Mute MIC on startup.

MicMute is a small program that will enable you to easily manage the level of a connected microphone. The application also supports push-to-talk thanks to the built-in 'Transmitter Mode'. While it runs minimized in the system tray, MicMute? can be controlled trough keyboard shortcuts you choose. The software uses tray notification balloons and it also has a sound signal option you can activate.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/micmute/

Bulk Crap Uninstaller

https://www.fosshub.com/Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller.html

Bulk Crap Uninstaller (also known as BCUninstaller), is a free, open source program uninstaller for Windows® OS. It is a powerful program capable of detecting and removing orphaned applications, clean leftovers, filter the program type (such as those that belong to Microsoft) and more. It was designed as a tool for the tech users, but it can be easy enough to be understood and used by anyone. Bulk Crap Uninstaller will run on almost all Microsoft® Windows® OS.

Disk LED

TrayStatus shows you the status of keyboard keys like Caps Lock, Num Lock, Scroll Lock, Alt, Ctrl, and more, right in your system tray.

https://www.traystatus.com/Compare/





DiskLED is a small tool that displays performance counter data using an animated system tray icon.

https://helgeklein.com/blog/2009/11/how-to-easily-monitor-system-performance-with-the-new-diskled-1-1/

Uninstall KB4056892 on Windows 10 – Intel Meltdown, Spectre Bug Patch

Uninstall KB4056892 on Windows 10 – Intel Meltdown, Spectre Bug Patch

1. Click Start and type “cmd”
2. Right-click Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator
3. Type “wusa /uninstall /kb:4056892” and press enter
4. Answer Yes to uninstall & restart when prompted

https://jcutrer.com/howto/windows/uninstall-kb4056892-windows-10-intel-cpu-slowdown-patch

cherrytree

Outliner / notes


A hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting, storing data in a single xml or sqlite file.

Written by Giuseppe Penone (aka giuspen).

https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/

Outliner for LibreOffice

Organon is a plugin for LibreOffice and OpenOffice.
Organon allows to split up large texts into parts, allows tagging and opening parts of the project in new tabs.

• Parts are shown in a treeview. Entries can be moved by drag and drop.
• Every entry can be tagged.
• Tags are freely configurable, can be renamed, created and deleted. Organon's Organizer is a fast way of showing and editing all tags at once.
• Tabs can be opened based on these tags. They also might freely be chosen from the folders and files of the project and they might be sorted by date and/or time.

Organon offers extensive import and export options.


https://organon4office.wordpress.com/

PureData on RasPi

PureData on RasPi

installing RasPi
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-2-first-time-configuration/using-the-whole-sd-card

Pd extended
http://www.instructables.com/id/Pure-Pi-Control-custom-stompbox-effects-on-a-Raspb/

""
http://log.liminastudio.com/writing/tutorials/how-to-build-pd-extended-on-the-raspberry-pi

Pd vanilla
https://guitarextended.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/running-pd-on-a-raspberry-pi/


Alt build:
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Guitar-effect-using-Raspberri-Pi/


RasPi finder (running headless)
https://learn.adafruit.com/the-adafruit-raspberry-pi-finder/overview

Pd Effects
https://github.com/doitnowlabs/rpieffectbox

Delete duplicate files

SearchMyFiles

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/search_my_files.html

Duplicate Search Mode

Starting from version 1.35, SearchMyFiles also allows you to search duplicate files on your system. In order to use this feature, simply change the search mode in the 'Search Options' window to 'Duplicates Search'. 
When you switch to 'Duplicates Search' mode, all other search options are still relevant, and SearchMyFiles will scan your files according to these settings. For example: if you choose to search for files larger than 500KB, SearchMyFiles will only search for duplicate files that their size is larger than 500KB. In fact, it's highly recommended to narrow your duplicate search by using date/size restrictions, because if you don't do it, the duplicate search will be very slow, and it'll consume a large amount of memory.

When you are in 'Duplicates Search' mode, SearchMyFiles will first scan all files and folders according to your settings, and only after the scan is finished, it'll locate the duplicate files and add them to the files list on the main window. SearchMyFiles automatically mark the duplicate files with identical colors (up to 64 different colors). There is also a 'Duplicate Number' column, which displays identical number for each chunk of duplicate files. You can click the 'Duplicate Number' column header in order to sort by this column and to easily view the chunks of duplicate files.

Be aware that the duplicate search is done by making a binary comparison of the files with the same size, byte by byte.

Delete MAC crap garbage files

Win+R -> cmd


del /s /q /f /a .DS_STORE

del /s /q /f /a ._.*

(change drive, repeat)
https://awesometoast.com/delete-all-instances-of-ds_store-in-windows/

FreeFileSync

FreeFileSync is a free data backup software that helps you synchronize files and synchronize folders. It is designed to save your time setting up and running data backups while having nice visual feedback along the way. FreeFileSync is Open Source software, available for Windows, Linux and macOS.

DETECTS MOVES!

Detect Moved Files
FreeFileSync is able to detect moved files on one side and can quickly apply the same move on the target side during synchronization instead of a slow copy and delete. To make this work, FreeFileSync requires database files (sync.ffs_db) to compare the current file system state against the time of the last synchronization.

The Two way variant already creates database files, therefore, detection of moved files is always active.

The Mirror variant however, does not need the database files to find synchronization directions, so detection of moved files is not available by default. If you don't mind the creation of the database files, you can enable this feature by selecting the Detect moved files checkbox.

https://www.freefilesync.org/

DLC Boot

DLC Boot 2017 is a bundle of diagnostic tools which used for different types of works like disk cloning and imaging creation. Sometimes we do not know where the error occurs in our computers and install windows again and again for better performance. In the solution of this problem, developers create this fantastic program it fixes the various PC errors just in minutes. It;s create on the Hiren’s BootCD base, but in this version, they add some advanced features.

http://dlcboot.com

Reaper Step MIDI editor

This plug-in looks like a step sequencer, but is a MIDI item editor.
It allows you to edit notes on different tracks within one measure bounds
inside a beat grid, by toggling grid cells. You can move from one measure to another.

Reaper extension free/paid(12$)

http://nizzei8q.bget.ru/sower/index.php

Pd GEM px objects

https://puredata.info/downloads/gem/documentation/manual/manual/list-of-gem-objects

Pd data from arduino

http://colinzyskowski.com/?page_id=503

http://modular-muse.com/tutorial/tutorial-bi-directional-communication-between-pd-and-arduino-part-1-of-3

Context Menu Editors

Add, Remove, Edit Context Menu items in Windows 10/8/7 with Context Menu Editors

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/remove-click-context-menu-items-editors

Ultimate Windows Customizer, Right-Click Extender for Windows and Context Menu Editor for Windows are freeware releases from the Windows Club, and you may want to check them out.

2) ContextEdit will allow you easily control the items that appear on your context menu of Windows Explorer.

 You can also try ShellExtView or  ShellMenuView. They are small utilities that display the list of static menu items that appear in the context menu when you right-click a file/folder in Windows Explorer, and allow you to easily disable or edit unwanted menu items.

4) File Menu Tools (link removed) lets you add, delete & customize the context menu items of the Windows Explorer – but it NOW comes bundled with a lot of crapware, according to the comments below.

5] If you are you looking for a fast and easy way to clean up your Window Explorer and Internet Explorer right-click context menu, try MenuMaid.

6] Easy Context Menu freeware will let you add a Program or Icon to the right-click menu.

7] Read this post if you want to remove items from the “New” Context Menu.

Arduino to PureData multiple sensors serial

http://modular-muse.com/tutorial/tutorial-bi-directional-communication-between-pd-and-arduino-part-1-of-3

Small Word Processors

Jarte
http://www.jarte.com/

Verbum
http://lifehacker.com/5773269/verbum-is-a-simple-theme-friendly-word-processor-for-windows

FocusWriter
https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/

NiftyAuthor
http://nifty-author.findmysoft.com/

Bulk Crap Uninstaller

Bulk Crap Uninstaller (or BCUninstaller) is a free (as in speech) program uninstaller. It excels at removing large amounts of applications with minimal user input. It can clean up leftovers, detect orphaned applications, run uninstallers according to premade lists, and much more! Even though BCU was made with IT pros in mind, by default it is so straight-forward that anyone can use it.

BCU is fully compatible with Windows Store Apps, Steam, Windows Features and has special support for many uninstalling systems (NSIS, InnoSetup, Msiexec, and many other).

https://sourceforge.net/projects/bulk-crap-uninstaller/

Open Hardware Monitor

The Open Hardware Monitor is a free open source software that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of a computer.
The Open Hardware Monitor supports most hardware monitoring chips found on todays mainboards. The CPU temperature can be monitored by reading the core temperature sensors of Intel and AMD processors. The sensors of ATI and Nvidia video cards as well as SMART hard drive temperature can be displayed. The monitored values can be displayed in the main window, in a customizable desktop gadget, or in the system tray. The free Open Hardware Monitor software runs on 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 and any x86 based Linux operating systems without installation.

http://openhardwaremonitor.org/

Win 10 anniversary update problems

Win 10 anniversary update problems
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/16-windows-10-anniversary-update-issues-fix/

Block unwanted updates
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/block-unwanted-windows-updates-in-windows-10

Win10 search not working

1. 1. Right-click the Start button.
   2. Click Control Panel.
   3. Click Category near the top right corner of the window.
2. Click Troubleshooting.
   Click System and Security.
3. Right-click Search and Indexing.
   Click Run as Administrator.
4. Click Next. Troubleshooter will detect problems.
   Click the checkbox next to any problems you're encountering. In this case we click Files don't appear in search results.
5. Click Next. Troubleshooter will detect any problems.
6. 
   

Magnifier software

https://www.maketecheasier.com/windows-magnifier-alternatives/

Win 10: "magnifier" - Win+esc to quit

change VST path

Push the keys windows + r to open the run dialog and type regedit.

The Registry Editor will open

Backup the registry (file, Export…, export range = all)

Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Expand SOFTWARE

Find and click on VST

You will see two entries one says default – (value not set) and the other might for example say VSTPluginsPath – C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Cubase 6\VstPlugins double click on this one.

Modify the data to the desired folder address (" C:\VST\") (or so...)

Exit

Protocoder

Protocoder is a coding environment + Javascript framework for quick prototyping and experimentation on Android devices.
Install the app in your Android device and access the web IDE from your computer. Code in javascript using the Protocoder framework. No need to write dozends of lines to access sensors or write an UI, simple to use, fast to code.
Protocoder wants to share the philosophy of amazing projects such as Processing.org, Pure Data, Open Street Maps and many more. That's why they are included so you can start using them straight away.

http://www.protocoder.org/

God Mode

How to Activate GodMode in Windows 7

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/GodMode-Windows-7-How-to,9345.html 

Windows 10
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2881613/unlock-windows-10s-hidden-powerful-godmode-tool.html

Processing RSS READER

https://forum.processing.org/one/topic/processing-rss-reader.html

http://btk.tillnagel.com/tutorials/rss-feeds-processing.html

https://processing.org/tutorials/data/

twitter + processing 2 - stream

https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/6493/twitter-streaming-api

http://twitter4j.org/en/index.html

https://themepacific.com/how-to-generate-api-key-consumer-token-access-key-for-twitter-oauth/994/

HTML Tidy for Notepad++

Download and install the latest notepad++ (v6.1.1 as at today) from notepad-plus-plus.org/download ... then from npp.5.9.bin.zip (linked to in Rory's comment above) copy the contents of the ansi\plugins\Config\tidy\ folder into:(notepad++ install dir)\plugins\Config\tidy - finally, restart notepad++
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6985637/notepad-htmltidy-unable-to-find-libtidy-dll

Other ways to indent:

http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1496/auto-indentation-plugin-for-notepad

Win10 security tweaker

Ultimate Windows Tweaker es una aplicación gratuita, y no incluye instaladores basura de terceros con crapware ni adaware. De hecho, es un programa portable, por lo que no tendrás que instalar nada, solo descomprimir el archivo descargado y ejecutar el programa desde la carpeta. Posee más de 200 opciones para modificar y personalizar tu Windows 10 al máximo. Y, hasta te ayuda con la creación de imágenes de recuperación, o a reparar un sistema dañado.

En la sección de Seguridad y Privacidad en la pestaña Privacy consigues 12 opciones que te permiten deshabilitar por completo todas las funciones que utiliza Windows 10 para recopilar información sobre el usuario. Cosas que ni siquiera puedes desactivar fácilmente desde la configuración de Windows como la telemetría. Solo debes recordar que desactivar la búsqueda de Bing y Cortana te dejan sin búsqueda de archivos y programas locales desde la barra de tareas

http://hipertextual.com/2015/09/herramienta-privacidad-en-windows-10?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=socialnetworks&utm_campaign=facebook

Windows Experience Index scores in Windows 8.1

Starting with Windows 8.1, Microsoft decided to remove the graphical interface to the Windows Experience Index. The underlying benchmark utility, known as the Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT), is still there in Windows 8.1, however. To find your scores, you just need to type a couple of commands from the command line.
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/find-your-windows-experience-index-scores-in-windows-8-1/

Tweak window metrics

Winaero

The all-in-one app from Winaero. It will include almost all apps released by Winaero along with new tweaks and options.

Windows Tweaker supports Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

http://winaero.com/index.php

ninite multi installer

Install and Update All Your Programs at Once

https://ninite.com/

Electronic literature

"Electronic literature" and/or digital literature is a genre of literature were works are created exclusively on and for digital devices: computers, tablets, phones etc. This means that these writings cannot be easily printed, if not at all, due to the fact that elements crucial to the text cannot be carried over onto a printed version. 
https://eliterature.org/what-is-e-lit/

http://eliterature.org/

http://collection.eliterature.org/

http://dtc-wsuv.org/mla2012/

http://undpress.nd.edu/books/P01247

http://simogo.com/work/the-sailors-dream/

Search and Replace inside Files

Replace text inside a file.
Updating all my Processing sketches, I needed to replace CENTER_RADIUS for CENTER inside almost 100 files:
"designed to operate on files dispersed over entire directory trees"

FAR - Find And Replacehttp://findandreplace.sourceforge.net/


Find And Replace Tool
https://findandreplace.codeplex.com/

(also on binary files) -> this worked!

Record internal audio Mix

Record what you hear!

Enable internal mix as a source on the mixer:


http://blog.wavosaur.com/record-what-you-hear-in-audio-output/

Windows 7 disc

If you don't have your Windows 7 disc handy—but want to create a custom installation, run Windows from a USB drive, or just do a fresh install—you'll need an ISO file of the disc. 

http://lifehacker.com/microsoft-now-lets-you-download-windows-7-isos-with-a-v-1688039211?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

KeyFinder

Magical Jelly Bean KeyFinder Finds Product Keys for All Your Programs

Alternatively, you can check out one of these similar free key finders first to see if they solve your problem. 

Magical Jelly Bean KeyFinder

Open source DAW with PureData embeded.

http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/index.php

KeyFinder

KeyFinder is an open source key detection tool, for DJs interested in harmonic and tonal mixing. Designed primarily for electronic and dance music, it is highly configurable and can be applied to many genres. It supports a huge range of codecs thanks to LibAV, and writes to metadata tags using TagLib.

It's intended to be very focused: no library management, no track suggestions, no media player. Just a fast, efficient workflow tool.

The accuracy of the algorithm is pretty good. Here's a comparison with some other packages. A hundred tracks is not enough to draw any significant conclusions, and I don't claim that KeyFinder is better than other software, but I think it shows that the algorithm is in the same league.

The standard KeyFinder interface performs batch jobs, detecting the keys of a group of files quickly and simply. There is also a detailed analysis interface, which can be used to visualise chord structures, melodies and key changes in a single recording.

http://www.ibrahimshaath.co.uk/keyfinder/

Diferencias entre UEFI vs BIOS (y MBR vs GPT)

UEFI: the new BIOS

http://blog.elhacker.net/2013/03/diferencias-entre-efi-vs-bios-mbr-vs-gpt-windows-linux-arranque-dual-grub.html

resonic audio browser

Resonic is a slick audio player and browser / directory player, built around a big waveform view.

Resonic plays your music files, sounds and samples out of your existing folders. It's built to be fast, reliable, and powerful. It does what it is supposed to do, without the bloat, and with exceptional usability.

http://resonic.at/home

VPT free projection software

VPT (VideoProjectionTool) is a free multipurpose realtime projection software tool for Mac and Windows created by HC Gilje.
Among other things it can be used for projecting video on complex forms, adapt a projection to a particular space/surface, combine recorded and live footage, for multiscreen HD playback, for interactive installations using arduino sensors or camera tracking ++



https://hcgilje.wordpress.com/vpt/

LibreOffice Impress export as images

http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/export-as-images

no beeps

I have set the Windows sound scheme to No Sounds and I still hear some beeps on certain actions. Is there a way to turn off these beeps too?

sc config beep start= disabled 

This indeed works - stops the service now and disables it from running on next boot

http://superuser.com/questions/5017/how-to-turn-off-all-the-beep-sounds

ClipX

ClipX is a tiny clipboard history manager. It is sweet, it is free, use it.

With plugins.

http://bluemars.org/clipx/

CutePDF

PDF converter. PDFs can be created through this software quite easily and this converter has some other functions too like making PDF booklets, combining PDF files etc. The software is very fast to use and it can be used on Linux, Mac OS, Windows and Solaris too.

http://www.cutepdf.com/

dupeGuru

Find duplicate files.

dupeGuru, dupeGuru Music Edition, and dupeGuru Pictures Edition. The music and pictures editions are specialized for finding similar music files and pictures. For example, the music edition will find the same song, even if they’re in different MP3 files encoded at different bitrates. Or the pictures edition will find copies of the same photo even if they’ve been resized, rotated, or slightly edited. This utility uses a “fuzzy match” algorithm and can find files that are very similar and not just completely identical.

OpenSource

http://www.hardcoded.net/dupeguru/

other:
Duplicate File Finder
http://doubles.sourceforge.net/

from http://www.howtogeek.com/200962/how-to-find-and-remove-duplicate-files-on-windows/

reduce titlebar size on windows 8

http://superuser.com/questions/461982/how-do-i-reduce-the-size-of-the-titlebar-and-window-border-padding-on-windows-8