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Tips and Tricks

Notepad++ 7 : Disable Folder as Workspace feature

September 22, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

With version 6.9, Notepad++ has got Folder as Workspace feature. After receiving many requests, the developer has added that feature, which you can enable … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks
Firefox

Firefox 49: Enable Night Mode for Reader View

September 21, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Firefox 49 has been released for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms and available for download. This version expands multi-process (e10s) support by allowing a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Tips and Tricks
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How to Export Edge favorites to an HTML file?

September 18, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft Edge browser already allows to import bookmarks of Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer into the browser, do you want to export Edge favorites … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Microsoft Edge, Tips and Tricks
How to

How to transfer Malwarebytes License to a new computer?

September 16, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

If you’ve purchased a license for Malwarebytes anti-malware and using it, but want to transfer this license to a new PC you’ve bought, you … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

Fix Windows 10 KB3189866 update download stuck

September 14, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released Cumulative Update for Windows 10 version 1607 (KB3189866) and is available for download via the Window Update. For some, the update download was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting
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Deactivate Twitter account

How to Close a Twitter Account?

September 13, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment
Deactivate Twitter account

If you’ve created a Twitter account for your website for branding purposes and no longer maintaining that site and account on micro-blogging site, or … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

Vivaldi 1.4: retain site specific zoom level

September 12, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Google Chrome remembers and always load some websites with custom zoom levels set by the users, you can check for which sites you’ve set … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks, Vivaldi
How to

How to disable winwfpmonitor.exe?

September 12, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

If you’ve installed and started using recently released Free Download Manager 5.1 on Windows -available for Mac as well-  you’ll notice winwfpmonitor.exe process running … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks

Enable Fast Loading Mode for Revo Uninstaller

September 10, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Recently, Revo Uninstaller 2.0 free version has been released, the VS Revo group has added a lot of new options to the program. One … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tips and Tricks
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How to Set StartPage as default Search engine in Edge and Vivaldi browsers?

September 8, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Don’t want to be tracked when you use Google? But still want to use that search engine without sending your searches and your private … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks
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Show Opera bookmarks bar

How to show bookmarks bar in Opera?

September 8, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Show Opera bookmarks bar

Unlike in Chrome or Vivaldi, you just can’t press Ctrl+Shift+B and expect the bookmarks bar to appear in Opera browser even though it is Chromium/Blink … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Opera, Tips and Tricks
How to
Opera 41 popular searches

How to disable Popular Searches on Opera Start Page?

September 6, 2016 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment
Opera 41 popular searches

Latest Opera 41 developer has got lazy tab loading feature, with this update, Opera has introduced Popular Searches feature. The so-called popular searches will … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Opera, Tips and Tricks
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