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When you type your password in a login form, usually you won't know whether it is typed correctly or not since the characteristics are displayed as asterisks. If you think this asterisk thing bothers you, then try to use Unhide Password.

Unhide Password is a Firefox extension replacing the asterisk with the real character so you can know it is typed mistakenly before you press enter. Of course you should instal it only if you aren't afraid of someone looks over your shoulder to see your password.

For: Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0

Download it here

TaskBar Shuffle lets you to reorder buttons in your windows taskbar just by dragging and dropping, and it allows you to manage the order of the icons in the system tray, too.

All similar taskbar buttons can be grouped into three conditions:
1. Grouped in order started.
2. Grouped into one button for certain configurable number of windows.
3. Placed closely to each other but never grouped into one button.

Your mouse middle-click can also be utilized to close a group or an individual button.

License: Freeware
For: Windows XP/Vista/2000/NT/95/98

Go to the homepage to get the newest version.

Imagine if Windows explorer can create tabbed window inside just as what a browser like Firefox can do? You can open multiple folders in one window, navigating them through tabs, file and folder management becomes easier and faster, and your taskbar doesn't cluttered with several opened Windows explorer anymore.

Luckily, a creative guy has created a free aplication called QTTabBar allowing us to make the imagination above comes true. Yes, it adds the tabbed-browsing functionality to Windows explorer. In fact, it is equipped with many features that optimize the tabbed-browsing efficiency.

What can you do with it other than open multiple folders within one window?

Grouping folders to be opened later simultaneously
If you happen to run a certain project that makes you often open same folders, you can save them as a group. Whenever you run the group later on, all the folders saved within will be opened at once without you have to open them one by one. Of course you can make different groups for different projects.

Control the behaviors and appearance of the tabs
For example, add custom image as tab's background instead of displaying the folder icon, change the color and font.

Automatic preview
A small preview of an image file will be displayed when your mouse is pointing at it. There are also other file type supported for the preview. This preview ability can be disable.

Of course there are still many more you can get from this nifty freeware. I myself simply like that it adds the tab functionality to Windows explorer so I can manage my files more efficient than usual. This is a software I recommend you all to use.

License: Freeware
For: Windows XP/Vista (.NET Framework 2.0 is required for Windows XP)

Download the newest version of QTTabBar

FavoritesTown offers a unique way in keeping all your favorite stuff like files, folders, programs, and webpages. Contrary to other similar application, FavoritesTown stores and manages all of them inside a virtual town. The idea is that graphic or image is the thing easier to remember and can deliver more fun.
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This town has different buildings from home, shopping, or business building. To save a link, you should pick the most suitable one, click it to enter, and store it within any clickable item. You can even put a link in a magazine. To launch a link, you should enter the building, find where you put it and click it.

License: Freeware
For: Windows XP

Download the newest version of FavoritesTown

You may often find that a file somehow cannot be deleted. A message shows up saying that it is being used by another program, but doesn't tell you which program is using it. You close all windows, but it is still locked. Only after restarting your computer then the file can be deleted normally.

If it happens so frequent to you and it starts to get you headache, you should try this unlocker. This is a free software that can reveal what process is locking a file and then try to stop it.




By using Unlocker, you can right-click the file that refuses to be deleted, see the locking information, and do proper action simply by clicking the available buttons.