Desktop Teleport is a flexible program that will automatically process any files placed on the desktop and do special things with them, just as move them, log them, let you add comments, etc.

Perfect for when you use your desktop as your destination for newly downloaded files.

Cavalcader  on our forum asks for a little utility:

I have a download area that regularly ends up with "orphans" in folders/subdirs (subdirs with a single file) as their former companions are replaced elsewhere by newer or better versions. What I'd like to do is somehow automate going through a particular dir tree, and any files that are by themselves in their own folder are moved to their parent dir.

I'm on the scrounge again.  Does anyone know of software (preferably free or low cost) which will run an application when the CPU level and/or disk activity falls below a certain limit or when the keyboard /mouse is idle (but able to set idle time in seconds rather than minutes.

-JeffK

Solution from doublebogey : CPUlight, an AHK scrip

Download exe and copy to a chosen directory.
When run
- creates a subfolder called 'Titlelog' . this is where the text logs are created
- will create a text file each day with the Title of each focused window appended to the file, (date,time,windowtitle)
- Trayicon has six(6) simple windows that are configurable in the preferences.
- Has a idle time in preferences that logs if PC not used for 'x' minutes

To use
when going to Lunch. Right click on trayicon and select 'Gone to Lunch'.
This will pop a simple window to the desktop.
Titlelog will append to file the date,time,windowtitle.

This should give a simple log of the PC activity for the day.

JacobB asked for someone to code the following our Coding Snacks Request forum:

I know that there are allot of timers and clocks out there, but this one is specific for the "Work The Dash and Take a Break" formula discussed at:

http://www.43folders...stination-hack-1025/

The idea is to have a timer that will run for 10 minutes doing a task, then take a 2 minute break, and repeat 5 times, and you have 1 hour of work.

This would be a great help for procrastinating people like me.

A few days later App103 from our forum returned with a wonderful implementation, called "Instant Boss".

Direct Download
Instant Boss's webpage



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Watch a Screencast Video: Mini-review and screencast.

The StopWatch can be accessed from DClock's menu or you can run StopWatch.exe.

The hot-key is Ctrl-Shift-F9.  It will either start it or pause/resume it. You will have to stop and reset from the buttons on the StopWatch window. I can only assign one global hotkey to a window so I felt it was best to pause instead of stop.

You reset by clicking the stop and then the start button again.

screenshot:


You can download the latest version of DClock on my homepage here:
http://www.appsapps.info/dclock2.php

Direct download of standalone stopwatch program here: