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Unlocker is a great program. There are so many things running on our computers and once in a while we run into something that we know should not be there. If you can kill the process and then try to locate the file and delete it, sometimes you get a "file locked" error foiling your attempt. Unlocker is by far the most useful tool for dealing with this situation. After installing unlocker you just highlight the file by right clicking on it, then choose unlocker, and it will bring up the interface.

http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/#download




Over Disk

What a great disk reporting tool. It gives you a “tree” based diagram that breaks down your drives sectors. Then you can jump to the directory where the files are stored and make the necessary adjustments. This is a must for anyone that is working to keep their disk well organized and wants to understand what is stored on your disk and where.

http://users.forthnet.gr/pat/efotinis/programs/overdisk.html





Syncback

Syncback allows you to backup or sycronize two directories. This is great if you want to backup your files to a different hard drive or if you are maintaining a website and you want to edit files in a "working" directory and have it post to permanent... It’s a nifty package that is easy to use, effective, and free!

http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html


Free Download Manager

I didn’t think that I needed a download manager. The reason I installed this was because the FireFox extension (FlashGot) required a download manager. I found this one and it’s great. Now I don’t use FlashGot any longer. I’ve never been able to figure that extension out. Free Download Manager places a transparent icon on your desktop. You just drag and drop any file you find in your browser that you want to download and it handles it. Then if you want to retrieve your download you just double click on the icon. You can schedule your downloads and do just about anything else you can think of for downloading a file. It’s a great product.

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm


Filzip

There are many file compression programs on the free market. I tested four or five of them. This one works well when you first use it but after you get used to using it you’ll find that it works really well. It took me a while to take advantage of their extract shortcuts. The only thing I wish this would do that it doesn’t is allow you to check an option to automatically open the unzipped folder. Everything else about this software I like.

http://www.filzip.com/en/index.html


WS_FTP

This is a pretty nuts and bolts FTP program. It works well and has a good log window. What more could you ask for!

http://www.oxinet.co.uk/ipswitch/ws_ftp_le.htm


ReNamer

This is a handy program for file renaming. You can programmatically take characters off files. For example, if I have several files XXpictureofmydog.jpg and I want to remove the XX from all the files… This is the tool to help with that. I’ve also used it to put the date on a bunch of files that I downloaded at once.


http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~den4b/