MUO readers who know my articles or know me as a person can testify that two of my favorite things in the world are portable applications and automation. How great would it be if a portable application could automate the process of organizing your folders? Download Mover has been one of my best-kept secrets for a while now, and in this article it’s time to shed some light on exactly what it’s capable of doing.

While this Windows feature manages to get the job done, third-party developers always come to the rescue and seem to go above and beyond. The best proof of that in this example would have to be Autoruns. Starter, an application by CodeStuff, is incredibly similar to Autoruns. It’s almost like another flavor of the application. In this article, I want to introduce you to Starter and some of its features and differences from Autoruns.

It’s a bit of a shame that the Windows Search experience has been lackluster in recent OS releases like XP, Vista, 7, and even (in my opinion) 8. Luckily, for the savvy user, there are a whole mess of third-party solutions that make searching the Windows file system what it ought to be: simple and effective. Another of our writers, Aaron, recently pulled through with an article that introduces users to seven pieces of software in this class. In the comments, I stumbled across a recommendation by one of our great readers: UltraFileSearch.

If you’ve ever paid a chunk of change for a shareware application or subscription, you know the drill. Serial keys in the form of plain-text strings or files are pretty much the universal standard. The web has evolved in a way that should make it relatively easy for you to track down any keys you’ve paid for, be it by searching through your Gmail account or emailing the vendor directly, but that takes time. If you ever lose one of these keys, the preferred solution should (obviously) be to find it for yourself!

As the first major handheld console and a gem of the Nintendo brand, Gameboy pushed out some incredibly cool and classic video games, such as Super Mario, Mega Man, Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon, which are just a few major series that made the transition to this platform (or even started there). Tim did a great article last year reviewing some of the best emulators for handheld consoles, but of that group I think that VisualBoyAdvance really shines.

My original horror story when first upgrading to Windows 8 was having no idea how to comfortably launch applications anymore. By default, there is no Quick Launch toolbar and the Start Menu has been gutted to the point where it’s almost foreign. Thanks to some third-party tweaks and advice, both issues aren’t very hard to fix. Even if you prefer the new style Windows has taken on in the latest version of their OS, let it be known that there are applications out there that can ease the pain of launching your most commonly-used files, folders, and applications.

Maxthon has come a very long way since originally dubbing themselves as a mere replacement to Internet Explorer. As MyIE Browser, it boasted features like tabbed browsing and mouse gestures. Today, it’s much more. You and I have both witnessed browsers like Rockmelt come and go without even denting the browser market. Let’s check out what new developments have come to the latest version of Maxthon.

It only took me one or two disasters in losing huge blocks of copied text to cave in and download a third-party clipboard manager for Windows. While there are many, like ClipTrap, I’ve found that plenty of them have poor interfaces or indexing options that are not very featureful. Just the other day, I stumbled across a new one by the name of Save.me. At first, Save.me doesn’t come across as a clipboard manager.

Season 3′s initial patch of the web’s biggest online multiplayer game is upon us! League of Legends is the preferred game of millions and millions of gamers and Season 2 was a huge success for the game, its community, and Riot Games overall. There were many tournaments, a heap of new champion releases, gameplay changes, and a lot of other excitement.

Earlier this month, I wrote about how to look into a domain name’s WHOIS information as a way to gauge the authenticity and trustworthiness of the website. It was only upon having that post published that I realized that WHOIS lookup is a capability that many people never even knew existed. While that article was specifically tailored towards assisting users in gauging the age and origin of a website, there are many alternative uses for WHOIS.

Understanding your PC is the first step towards improving its health and overall performance. Out of the box, Windows does offer basic system information and tools like your Device Manager, but that’s often not the most efficient way to take a good look at all of this data. You’re probably familiar with tools like EVEREST, [...]

Today, free web hosting is a thing of the past. Major search engines like the aforementioned Yahoo! and Google weren’t such monsters yet, either. You could search for popular keywords and some of the first results would actually be free websites running on GeoCities, made by people just like you and I. Here are some ways to venture back in time and see the remains of one of the coolest internet time capsules ever.

It was only weeks ago that I posted about Songr, an awesome and easy way to stream and download free music from multiple online sources. Since then, I may have found a little gem to completely replace it. Who would need any alternative to Spotify though? While Spotify seems to be head of this class, lots of people are still fixated with downloading and keeping music.

In this post, I’d like to show you one of the easiest and most effective ways for the average internet user to make their own call on the legitimacy of a website. The best part is that it requires no real technical skill and should take you a maximum of about two minutes per website. The only piece of information that you’ll need is the website’s URL, and that’s as easy as copy and paste. Interesed?

Pastebin is recognized Internet-wide as the place to go to paste your data and code snippets. Many people probably know of the service through releases by groups like LulzSec, but it serves a much greater purpose than just dumping hashed passwords and email lists. Pastebin.com is useful in any scenario where you’ve got a ridiculous chunk of text that you need to spit out in a clean and efficient way.