Who else is a freeware "squirrel"?

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john p.

Well, I just looked at my saved downloads folder, and it contains over
340 unused files, most of which are freeware programs I have come
across at one time or another and which I had every intention of
trying out "when I had the time". There are several groups of similar
apps which perform the same function, because I am perpetually looking
for the "perfect" program for that particular job. There are multiple
versions (sometimes 3 or 4) of the same app, because I didn't get
around to installing it before newer versions came out. And there are
a whole bunch of little utility programs which just looked interesting
and worth a try. Thank goodness for long file names, at least when I
save them I can name them something that I will recognize later.
Still, there are times when I am rushed or lazy and end up with files
like "vwsetup2.6.2.exe", which I can't remember what the hell it is. I
can't seem to help myself; I think I have a freeware jones. For pity's
sake, stop me before I download again.
 
Well, I just looked at my saved downloads folder, and it contains over
340 unused files, most of which are freeware programs I have come
across at one time or another and which I had every intention of
trying out "when I had the time". There are several groups of similar
apps which perform the same function, because I am perpetually looking
for the "perfect" program for that particular job. There are multiple
versions (sometimes 3 or 4) of the same app, because I didn't get
around to installing it before newer versions came out. And there are
a whole bunch of little utility programs which just looked interesting
and worth a try. Thank goodness for long file names, at least when I
save them I can name them something that I will recognize later.
Still, there are times when I am rushed or lazy and end up with files
like "vwsetup2.6.2.exe", which I can't remember what the hell it is. I
can't seem to help myself; I think I have a freeware jones. For pity's
sake, stop me before I download again.
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LOL!!!! I thought it was just me! You've described it perfectly!
 
Well, I just looked at my saved downloads folder, and it contains over
340 unused files, most of which are freeware programs I have come
across at one time or another and which I had every intention of
trying out "when I had the time". There are several groups of similar
apps which perform the same function, because I am perpetually looking
for the "perfect" program for that particular job. There are multiple
versions (sometimes 3 or 4) of the same app, because I didn't get
around to installing it before newer versions came out. And there are
a whole bunch of little utility programs which just looked interesting
and worth a try. Thank goodness for long file names, at least when I
save them I can name them something that I will recognize later.
Still, there are times when I am rushed or lazy and end up with files
like "vwsetup2.6.2.exe", which I can't remember what the hell it is. I
can't seem to help myself; I think I have a freeware jones. For pity's
sake, stop me before I download again.
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Boomer, is that you? };O)
 
john said:
Well, I just looked at my saved downloads folder, and it contains over
340 unused files, most of which are freeware programs I have come
across at one time or another and which I had every intention of
trying out "when I had the time". There are several groups of similar
apps which perform the same function, because I am perpetually looking
for the "perfect" program for that particular job. There are multiple
versions (sometimes 3 or 4) of the same app, because I didn't get
around to installing it before newer versions came out. And there are
a whole bunch of little utility programs which just looked interesting
and worth a try. Thank goodness for long file names, at least when I
save them I can name them something that I will recognize later.
Still, there are times when I am rushed or lazy and end up with files
like "vwsetup2.6.2.exe", which I can't remember what the hell it is. I
can't seem to help myself; I think I have a freeware jones. For pity's
sake, stop me before I download again.
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I like using the 'Annotator' shell extension to keep descriptions of
everything I download.
It saves file or folder annotations in the properties page. Very useful for
image files, too.
Info about it here-
http://www.jps.at/anotsxinfo.html
Download from here (266K)-
http://www.jps.at/annotater.html
http://www.jps.at/files/annotsx.zip
 
Well, how about 15,332 files taking up 4.56 gig, about half or more of
which is freeware, some of it patches and drivers, shareware, etc..

Definite freeware junky.

Broadband makes it worse by several magnitudes.

I try to do a screen capture of the web site I get it from, but I too have
been lazy sometimes. I start looking at a program, can't remember what it
is, and have to do the google search to remind myself why I couldn't live
without it in the first place.

My Start...Programs looks like a Pittsburgh telephone book too - have to go
in and clean house once in a while.

Hmmm - is there a 12 step program for this?

If so, is it freeware?

:-)
 
john said:
Well, I just looked at my saved downloads folder, and it contains over
340 unused files, most of which are freeware programs I have come
across at one time or another and which I had every intention of
trying out "when I had the time". There are several groups of similar
apps which perform the same function, because I am perpetually looking
for the "perfect" program for that particular job. There are multiple
versions (sometimes 3 or 4) of the same app, because I didn't get
around to installing it before newer versions came out. And there are
a whole bunch of little utility programs which just looked interesting
and worth a try. Thank goodness for long file names, at least when I
save them I can name them something that I will recognize later.
Still, there are times when I am rushed or lazy and end up with files
like "vwsetup2.6.2.exe", which I can't remember what the hell it is. I
can't seem to help myself; I think I have a freeware jones. For pity's
sake, stop me before I download again.
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No, don't look, there are 597 in mine, and that's after I dumped a whole
lot to CD a few months ago!

Cheers,
Gary B-)
 
I like using the 'Annotator' shell extension to keep descriptions of
everything I download.
It saves file or folder annotations in the properties page. Very useful for
image files, too.
Click to expand...

Here's another one : http://www.moonsoftware.com/freeware.asp

<quote>
FileNote is a little shell extension that allows you to add textual
descriptions to your files. It adds one command to the shell context
menu of a file object. This command lets you easily edit or create a
text file that has the same name as the initial file, but with the
extension TXT.
For example, if you have a file, MyImage.jpg, you right-click on that
file and choose the FileNote command from the context menu. A new text
file called MyImage.txt is created and Notepad is opened to edit that
text file. If a text file with that name already exists, it will be
opened for viewing/editing.
</quote>
 
Seabat said:
Here's another one : http://www.moonsoftware.com/freeware.asp

<quote>
FileNote is a little shell extension that allows you to add textual
descriptions to your files. It adds one command to the shell context
menu of a file object. This command lets you easily edit or create a
text file that has the same name as the initial file, but with the
extension TXT.
For example, if you have a file, MyImage.jpg, you right-click on that
file and choose the FileNote command from the context menu. A new text
file called MyImage.txt is created and Notepad is opened to edit that
text file. If a text file with that name already exists, it will be
opened for viewing/editing.
</quote>
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I used to use FileNote all the time.
I like Annotator because it keeps the description in the properties tab
without putting extra text files on the drive.
 
john p. wrote in
Well, I just looked at my saved downloads folder, and it contains
over 340 unused files, most of which are freeware programs I have
come across at one time or another and which I had every intention
of trying out "when I had the time". There are several groups of
similar apps which perform the same function, because I am
perpetually looking for the "perfect" program for that particular
job. There are multiple versions (sometimes 3 or 4) of the same
app, because I didn't get around to installing it before newer
versions came out. And there are a whole bunch of little utility
programs which just looked interesting and worth a try. Thank
goodness for long file names, at least when I save them I can name
them something that I will recognize later. Still, there are times
when I am rushed or lazy and end up with files like
"vwsetup2.6.2.exe", which I can't remember what the hell it is. I
can't seem to help myself; I think I have a freeware jones. For
pity's sake, stop me before I download again.
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Used to be like this. Now I have 3 cdrw's full instead :)

--
Tiger

"Zero is where the fun starts
There is too much counting everywhere else."
- Hafiz
 
I like using the 'Annotator' shell extension to keep descriptions of
everything I download.
It saves file or folder annotations in the properties page. Very useful for
image files, too.
Info about it here-
http://www.jps.at/anotsxinfo.html
Click to expand...

Thanks for the links ... I'm checking it out.
BTW, I really hate your cursor trail script. Is it really necessary?
It makes my browser scroll erratically as I move the mouse across the
page (like trying to use the scroll bar).
 
Hi Ben - I installed this since it sounded useful; however, it doesn't
appear to allow paste operations into the Annotation sheet in Properties,
which IMO makes it almost useless. I've emailed the author, but perhaps I'm
missing something in Duh! mode?

--
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



In
 
Jim Byrd said:
Hi Ben - I installed this since it sounded useful; however, it doesn't
appear to allow paste operations into the Annotation sheet in Properties,
which IMO makes it almost useless. I've emailed the author, but perhaps I'm
missing something in Duh! mode?
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Its copy/paste works fine here (w9x)....
 
Only three???? I've got FIVE!!!! Na na nana na...:-)
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I periodically clean 'em up. I've had as many as 6 full. I could
probably cut it down to one if I really tried :) I think I've got
about a 1/2 cdrw of proggies I've not even *tried* yet.

--
Tiger

"Zero is where the fun starts
There is too much counting everywhere else."
- Hafiz
 
Ben Cooper said:
I like using the 'Annotator' shell extension to keep descriptions of
everything I download.
It saves file or folder annotations in the properties page. Very useful for
image files, too.
Info about it here-
http://www.jps.at/anotsxinfo.html
Download from here (266K)-
http://www.jps.at/annotater.html
http://www.jps.at/files/annotsx.zip
Click to expand...

Anyone interested in this, first be advised it does not follow your files
on copy/move. That is, the dbs it keeps for your annotations merely files
a static record on an absolu file path when you enter an annotation. Fine
if you don't move files around. For instance Ben must keep his download
folder always in the same place. Or, perhaps others use it to annotate
things in the system directory, I might think.
 
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