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• Outlook Windows Delete Empty Inbox Folders

  Posted November 18, 2023 in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook
  Describes a free utility I published to automatically delete empty Inbox folders in Outlook on Microsoft Windows

• Windows 11 Annoying Save As Dialog Categories

  Posted October 23, 2023 in Microsoft Windows
  In the Windows 11 browser download dialog, Microsoft categorizes the target folder contents based on which folders you accessed most recently. They did this, I think, in the mistaken belief that this is helpful for the user. I hate it, absolutely hate it, and I finally found a way to disable this.

• First Windows Copilot Experience

  Posted October 21, 2023 in Microsoft Windows
  I've been a GitHub Copilot user since the public beta; using GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code dramatically improves my efficiency writing code, especially for NodeJS or React Apps. This post explains my first experience using Windows Copilot

• Sizing Windows in Windows

  Posted December 17, 2010 in Microsoft Windows
  

  In all of the different things I do, I often spend a lot of time writing about computer-related topics. With my book, magazine articles, conference presentations and in my regular day to day job activities, I find myself needing screen shots of Windows computer screens. While it's really easy to grab screen shots in Widows (I'm a huge fan of Snagit From TechSmith Corporation) it's not always easy to set the size of the window you're taking a snapshot of. When working with a full screen window, it's not that big of a deal, but I've got a huge monitor (at least it was huge 5 years ago when I bought it) so full size screen shots won't fit in most mediums I publish in.