Multiple Notepad++ windows

Viewing multiple files side by side in Notepad++ comes in handy.  I was looking how this can be done and apparently it’s easier than you may think.

Just rightclick on the tab of the file you want to see next to the current one.  In the lowest part of this menu you can find what you need:

Move to Other View
Clone to Other View
Move to New Instance (you may prefer this or the next one if you are working with  multiple monitors)
Clone to New Instance

Another option – less obvious is to start Notepadd++ with the parameter -multiInst.  I found this here.

Rohos Mini Drive: password protect USB drive

If you want to password protect a part of an USB drive, you may want to try out the free tool Rohos Mini Drive.

It allows you to create a virtual partition on a USB stick in a simple way.  For more info and download, see http://www.rohos.com/products/rohos-mini-drive/.

CCleaner for Android

The storage on my Android phone was almost full.

I was able to free up 2GB with CCleaner quickly and easily.  Recommended app !

mp3 tagger: TagScanner

After testing some mp3 tag applications, this one looks really good: a lot of possibilities, overall great, not too difficult and usable as portable and standard application.

You can find it here: http://www.xdlab.ru/en/.

Remember last played position in VLC player

The VLC player plugin srpos allows you to pickup where you paused your video. (tested on VLC player 2.1.1)

You can find it here.  (including description on how to install it)

Tip: use Ctrl-1 to open the last file you played.

Update 2/9/2014:

For Linux Ubuntu (or Ubuntu based distros) type the following in Terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:samrog131/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc-srpos-plugin

See http://www.webupd8.org/2014/07/make-vlc-automatically-save-restore.html for more info.

SyncBackFree

The good old SyncBack freeware (version 3.x) has recently been upgrade to SyncBackFree V6.  This already nice sync and backup tool has now become really great.  The software can be downloaded here.

Removing empty lines and more

For a common task like removing empty lines from a text file, sorting text lines, etc., you can write a script, but these tools and a lot of other can be found in a handy browser based version at Textmechnic.com. (http://textmechanic.com/)

Direct link for removing empty lines: http://textmechanic.com/Remove-Empty-Lines.html.

AutoVer – real time backup and versioning system

Finding real time backup freeware is not that easy. I found AutoVer, and it seems pretty powerful and straightforward. Here is a small explanation from their website: (for more info, browse to their site, URL see below)

AutoVer is a configurable automatic or real time backup and personal versioning system. It can be used as a simple real time backup or as a more complex, but transparent version control system (like a realtime incremental backup). The beauty of this system is that once you set it up (which is extremely simple) it does everything. No remembering to backup or to check in or check out files. Every time you save a file it is copied to your backup folder, drive or FTP server. You can include and exclude certain files and browse the backups with the Backup Explorer.
Great for backing up (or one way synchronising) your work or home documents to flash memory or saving every change you make to your source code or image files.

You can find this freeware at http://beanland.net.au/AutoVer/.

Print posters on standard printer

You probably don’t need this every day, but one day you may need this nifty freeware: it’s called Posteriza.

It allows you to print posters on your A4 (or A3, …) home printer, which can contain a photo and text. I found it fun and easy to use.

You can find this freeware at http://www.posteriza.com.

Finding alternative software

Some months ago I was looking for an alternative … I don’t remember what I was in the meantime … anyway I came across the excellent site:

I can highly recommend it ! If your looking for some kind of software, let’s say you have a commercial software in mind and you’re looking for a freeware alternative, try alternativeTo. Another example: you could look for a webservice, and so on …