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Software for converting MP4 to animated GIF
ffmpeg
Can convert from mp4 to gif. You can apply some effects or resize the video to balance between quality and file size.
You haven't posted your mp4 sample, so I am using my own.
Plain ...
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Program to save visible windows' locations and later restore the layout
I've tried all of the mentioned items in here.
With the paid program called Task Layout I could not get it to save any of my layouts in Windows 10.
The Software WilMa (Windows Layout Manager) by ...
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Windows app to hold multiple items in clipboard
You can use Ditto:
gratis
works on Microsoft Windows 7
extend the clipboard to hold 2 or more items
unsure how often it flushes the keyboard history to the hard drive, but it's pretty much lag free.
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Free Microsoft Project file (.mpp) viewer
I use Project Libre.
This is an open source application that can view - and edit - files in Microsoft Project format.
It has versions for Windows, Mac and Linux.
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Windows Software to constantly record the last X minutes of audio entering the microphone?
You need What did I say?:
works on Windows: yes, requires .NET 4.5
constantly records the last X minutes of audio: yes, configurable time span
in the background: once configured, the window ...
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Software to make video from a game
I would recommend:
OBS Studio: https://obsproject.com/
Other candidates:
VLC, how to do it: https://www.wikihow.com/Screen-Capture-to-File-Using-VLC
ScreenToGif https://www.screentogif.com/ -it is ...
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Timer with visual alerts for Windows 7
I use an open source timer called Hourglass. It has a great interface and is very lightweight. It can alert you visually or using audio alerts as well. It meets all of your requirements including,
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Windows app to hold multiple items in clipboard
I'm using ArsClip for this:
ArsClip configuration and Clipboard windows (source: PortableFreeware; click image for larger variant)
Supports Windows XP to Windows 10 (which of course includes Windows ...
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Software to password-protect individual folder(s) on Windows 7
Compressing the folder using a free tools such as 7zip seems like it would work. Add a password.
Folder will have a visible icon, but any attempt to look inside will require a password.
Good luck.
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Send a file to Google Search by Image search from the Windows Explorer context menu
This is quite late, but I wrote a very simple program which does this: GoogleImageShell. It adds a shortcut to the right-click menu on images (JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP) which uploads the image to Google and ...
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Desktop programs to beautify code
Atom.io is another text tool with beautification functionality tools available. The package I linked will format about a dozen languages out of the box. Others can be added through separate ...
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Software to easily add an image to a PDF document
The other answer also suggested the free Foxit Reader, but there's an even easier way to add a single image to a document from that program. You can find it on the Home tab:
(Don't let the word "...
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lsusb for Windows
I just recalled that I used the graphical tool NirSoft USBDeview. Looking at the vendor's website, I find it can also be run as a command line tool.
Command line options:
/stext <Filename> ...
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Task manager that can kill more than one process at once on Windows 7
I personally use and can recommend Process Hacker. It's a full featured task manager closely inspired by the famous Process Explorer.
Relevant to the question, it can kill multiple processes at once. ...
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Software to create identical copy of system hard drive with all partitions
I use Clonezilla for that, and it never failed me.
http://clonezilla.org/
Very complete and robust piece of software. From their website:
Features
Many File systems are supported: (1) ext2, ext3, ...
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Free app to generate random picture collages
Image Magick which includes a Montage command line tool with a huge number of options, can produce grid montage for you and it is possible to either resize all of the images to a single size or allow ...
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Free File Explorer alternative with dark theme for Windows 7?
There are many explorer replacements for Windows. My personal favourite is Q-Dir. It does everything standard explorer does, and a few more features. Q-Dir is my favourite because it supports many ...
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free software to remove background noise(Nosie of horns, other public disturbances) from video i shot
The process that I have used with very good results goes as follows:
Use FFMPEG to split the Video and Audio to separate files
Use Audacity to deal with the noise by using noise filters, high/low ...
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Looking for 64 bit Windows 7 spreadsheet program
Try OpenOffice or LibreOffice. Open Office is from Apache and it's free for linux. I don't know if it is free for Windows or not. When you go to the page, use the computer for which you want the ...
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Share USB drive between computers
I may suggest you a FlexiHub solution - http://www.flexihub.com/usb-over-ip-software.html:
use it for free with short sessions or buy and use without limitations
compatible with all windows
easy to ...
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App that keeps track of what music files I listen fully / partially / skip
Scrobbling is the term last.fm uses for keeping track of what songs you listen to either via its player or through software with a last.fm scrobbling plugin. So a search on scrobbling will give you ...
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Quick Look for Windows
Seer, "A quick look tool for Windows", acts just like the Quick Look on OS X.
And Seer is more powerful and faster.
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Switch screen to greyscale temporarily
Finally I found NegativeScreen
✓ turns the whole screen to greyscale
✓ supports multiple monitors
✓ is independent of the target application
✓ allows continuing working in the target application
✓ ...
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Monitor bandwidth used per site
Use GlassWire's Firewall Software.
It shows the bandwidth per server and per app.
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Using left- and right-handed mouse at the same time
Eithermouse
stores different settings per mouse
swap mouse buttons
adjust sensitivity
adjust double click speed
adjust scroll wheel
automatically detects the active setting on mouse movement
runs ...
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Task manager that can kill more than one process at once on Windows 7
Why don't you simply use the Resource Monitor that comes with Windows 7, and which is only few clicks away? This allows to select and then kill multiple processes simultaneously. To call it just ...
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Task manager that can kill more than one process at once on Windows 7
KillProcess can do that.
KillProcess is an application assassin of the extreme kind. It can
terminate almost any process on a Windows machine, including any
service and process running in the ...
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Selecting two windows at the same time on Windows 7
Technically, in Windows you can only have 1 window at a time "on top" and "in focus". So you can't select 2+ windows to be "in focus" simultaneously.
However, if what you need is to have your ...
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Monitor Hardware on Windows
HWinfo can help you. It logs almost every sensor. Every voltage and frequency. Data is from cpu, gpu, motherboard, fans and disks.
You can start sensors and logging them to a csv file. Link: http://...
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Using handheld QR Code scanner to launch program & perform action
The first step is generating the QR codes for this you can use a number of libraries - my favourite for this is PyQrCode.
You can decode images using ZBar python bindings but currently there are no ...
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