{"id":10923,"date":"2024-02-09T09:45:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T14:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/?p=10923"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:22:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:22:05","slug":"utilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/blog\/utilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Utilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16402\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200416_desktop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16402\" src=\"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200416_desktop.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of a mostly clear desktop (Win 3.x green rivets background, task bar on the right), dated 04\/15\/2020.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200416_desktop.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200416_desktop-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Writhe in misery, fools! Obviously Windows 3.x green rivets is not a utility, but I think of it that way. I \u2764\ufe0f it so much I\u2019ve ported it from computer to computer for 25 years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I love utilities. Love <em>love<\/em> <strong>FLOVE<\/strong> me some utilities. I have utilities for every single damned thing I ever did and do, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SyncToy\">some are already built into Windows<\/a>. I even have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicshell.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a utility to make whatever latest Windows OS look like XP<\/a>. Yes, really. You will find that some of these are quite primitive and\/or aren\u2019t developed anymore. I. Do. Not. Care. They do what I want and when what I want to do is something I can\u2019t do, I go looking for more utilities. No, I don\u2019t want one program with all the bells and whistles. I want one program that does one task well.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A list (not even close to exhaustive):<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post\">\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bulk Rename Utility<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nirsoft.net\/utils\/search_my_files.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Search My Files<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131121064119\/https:\/\/www.softpedia.com\/get\/Office-tools\/Other-Office-Tools\/Drag-Drop-File-List.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drag and Drop File List<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monkeyjob.com\/Merge-Word-Files.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Monkey Merge<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davehope.co.uk\/projects\/product-key-finder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Product Key Finder<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.programming.de\/index.php\/multi-timer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Multi-Timer<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"http:\/\/softsnow.griffin3.com\/merger\/merger.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Merger<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/long-path-eraser-free.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Long Path Eraser<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonasjohn.de\/red.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Remove Empty Directories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also programs that are either pay-as-you-can, subscription, or that I\u2019ve paid a pretty penny for and that have paid for themselves many times over, mostly related to my work:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post\">\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editplus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edit Plus 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbyy.com\/en-us\/finereader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABBYY Fine Reader<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/picpick.app\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PicPick<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrium.com\/products\/business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macrium Reflect<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigil-ebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sigil EPUB editor<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carbonite backup<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalscape.com\/cuteftp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CuteFTP<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentialpim.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EssentialPIM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And lastly there\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pinterest<\/a>, where, as I have said before, girls collect pretty pictures and crafts we will never do<sup class='footnote' id='fnref-10923-1'><a href='#fn-10923-1' rel='footnote'>1<\/a><\/sup> and guys collect prepper ideas and \u201cfuck yeah, \u2019Murka memes.\u201d It has monetized America\u2019s hoarding proclivities. There is a utility to help organize and back up all that business, but it uses SeaMonkey and SeaMonkey is hot garbage. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=78Z-AVHePTs\">Everything always comes back to Nikki Sixx<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bluequote\">Scared money never wins.<\/p>\n<div class=\"footnotes\">\n<p class=\"footnoteline\">______________________________<\/p>\n<p class=\"footnote\"><span class='footnote' id='fn-10923-1'><a href='#fnref-10923-1'>1<\/a>.<\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pssst. Dirty little secret: Buying, collecting, and reorganizing one\u2019s craft supplies <strong><em>IS<\/em><\/strong> the hobby.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love utilities. Love love FLOVE me some utilities. I have utilities for every single damned thing I ever did and do, and some are already built into Windows. I even have a utility to make whatever latest Windows OS look like XP. Yes, really. You will find that some of these are quite primitive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[377,413],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-link-roundup","category-productivity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10923"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23940,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10923\/revisions\/23940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}