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  1. HoeKey - FINALLY an alternative to WinKey that works with Windows 7! A little more complicated to setup but it is shapping out to be more powerful than WinKey ever was. Here are my keys combinations.
  2. WinKey - find out more details here, (export regkey = HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Copernic Technologies\WinKey)
    1. i = Internet Explorer
    2. 0 = Firefox
    3. j = Jump to DOS on C:\ Drive
    4. n = notepad
    5. p = Putty Manager
    6. ctrl-p = Putty or PuttyTray
    7. shift-p = Bitvise Tunnelier (load previously blank connection)
    8. x = Metapad (change startup folder to desktop if you want to default save to desktop)
    9. a = Araxis Merge
    10. h = Load hosts file in metapad
    11. t = transportable media (my external drive)
    12. s = ExpandDrive (SFTP Drive Mapper)
    13. w = wordpad
    14. q = call command line utility Empty Recycling Bin with /Q option to empty the recyling bin.
    15. ...
    16. q = host work directory, C:\Tin\ directory (keep path small for long file names, easy place for keyboard shortcut)
    17. c = host code directory
    18. ...
    19. The following windows key plus letters are reserved by Windows XP & 7
          b, e, s
    20. ..
  3. PureText (Strips away formating when you paste using Winkey-V) As there is no install,
    1. Copy to the directory of your choice
    2. Start the program and it will appear as a PT icon on your system tray
    3. Right click the icon and choose options
    4. Check the box to "Automatically run PureText each time...."
  4. Araxis Merge 64-bit - Best diff tool I have ever found. (disable Ribbon Interface, check do not show splash window, add folder filter to ignore .svn folders and make the default encoding UTF-8 No BOM). DetalWalker looks promising and cheaper.
  5. Metapad - almost as tiny and fast as notepad but with unlimited undo's and a couple of other nice features
  6. Quick SFV 64-bit (use md5 or sfv files to ensure integrity during transport of files)
  7. EMEditor (good with distinguishing and using UTF-8, ISO ect.. fast, light with text highlighting)
  8. WinRar 64-bit - better than winzip (does all the same stuff with zip files) plus allows you to create self-extracting splittable files and has a superior compression format called rar.
  9. Erase - with a right-click you can securely delete or move confidential file
    1. Disable running of scheduled tasks
  10. VMWare Workstation - allows you to virtualize operating systems. If you do not know what this means you are missing out.
  11. Any Password - centralize your passwords. Now I am looking at an open source alternative called KeePass which I can hopefully hook up to an application server and make online. Even more ideal, I can perhaps hook up KeePass with a java web app with 2-Factor authentication.
  12. AntiVirus I use different ones on different computers. As a power user I disable the on the fly scanning to conserve cpu and memory.
    1. Avira Personal Edition - has highest detection rate as measured at .... but has pop-up advertisement. Though it can be disabled.
    2. Avast Home Edition - Recommended by Dickson. Very good but I don't like having to renew my keys every once in a while.
    3. AVG - Free version does not check for malware.
  13. Quickly launch programs from the start menu for Windows XP. Windows 7 now has this built in, just hit the windows key and start typing.
    1. Launchy - Have not tried Launchy yet as I am in evaluation mode. This article looks promising.
    2. Enso - Also looks good.
    3. ...http://lifehacker.com/392569/best-application-launchers