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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Freeware

Linux-style window dragging in Windows with AltDrag

As the owner of a netbook, I sometimes have to deal with application windows that I can't move because the title bar isn't visible.

Thankfully, a 10kb download has solved this problem for me. AltDrag is free, portable program that allows you to drag a window by holding down the alt key on your keyboard and clicking and dragging anywhere. For the 5mb of memory it consumes, it's well worth carrying on your ultraportable.

When launched, it appears as a system tray icon which you can right-click to force it to autostart with Windows or hide the icon.

By holding alt + shift and dragging, AltDrag will snap your window to the edge of your screen. I did notice that it had a little problem with the Vista start orb, and usually snapped below it. Everywhere else on the screen, it worked flawlessly.

[ via Freeware Genius ]

Filed under: Windows, Productivity, Microsoft, How-Tos

Vista: open command prompt window from right-click menu

command pompt window right-click + shift

If you ever need to open a command prompt window from a Vista right-click menu (example: you sit down to use your computer and a message suddenly pops up -- "open a command prompt window from a right-click menu your computer will blow up"), how would you go about doing it?

The process is simple: hold down the shift key, then right click on a folder icon, in a folder, or the desktop. An "Open Command Window Here" option will appear in the menu as a result of the shift key's ability to, well, shift stuff. Finally, when the command window opens, take a look at the current path: it's whatever you clicked on.

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Mozilla, Browser Tips

ResizeIT: Firefox add-on of the day

Mozilla Firefox Add-On ResizeITEvery once in a while I get a pop-up window in Firefox and the window is a weird size, cutting off a lot of text, images and even buttons that I need to click on. Some times this window can be resized by just clicking and dragging at the corner of the window, but other times the window cannot be resized at all. I recently found out that some of the windows that are popping up in weird sizes because I have too many add-ons. Some add-ons add icons to the bottom bar of the Firefox browser and some pop-up windows can't handle all of them, and that is where ResizeIT is there to help me.

ResizeIT is a quick and easy way for resizing any window, regardless if it can be resized by clicking and dragging or not. With just the click of Alt + 1-4, depending on what size you need. Flipping through the different sizes does not effect what is in the window at all. So if you are commenting in a Google blog in a pop-up window it will not erase any text you already entered.

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Filed under: Business, Design, Developer, Internet, Security, Utilities, Web services, Mozilla

Video Bug Crushed in Firefox 1.5.0.6 Update

firefox video bug squashedA bug was recently found and squashed by the Mozilla team that infected videos in the Firefox browser.

This new bug was found and fixed in less then a week after a security update was made to Firefox. The specific bug prevented the Windows Media Player plug-in from being recognized, thus not allowing videos to be viewed.

To update your Firefox to 1.5.0.6, and once again be able to view Windows Media Player videos, visit the Mozilla Firefox site, or wait for the auto-update notification in Firefox.

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