I don’t agree on Microsoft’s convention of hiding my desktop icons in order to make my PC look easier to use (or whatever their reasons!). I have shortcuts to perhaps 15-20 frequently used applications and another half a dozen or so on the Quick Launch toolbar next to the start menu.

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A while back I mentioned a small tool I was working on but somehow time and attention got the better of me! I’ve now dusted off the code and shipped V1.0! It’s a small AddIn for Visual Studio 2005 that allows the user to use multiple debug output windows each with a custom filter. As I’ve not spent too much time of release readiness, if you have a problem please drop me an e-mail! Happy Debugging!!

Download: Filtered Debug Viewer

A small utility that adds an icon to your System Tray to control the Windows key on your keyboard.

Back in the day I used to play a lot of Unreal Tournament and I frequently hit the Windows key whilst in the heat of a tense battle. This caused the game to minimise which always led to my [untimely of course] death! I decided this had to be prevented so I wrote this utility to do just that.

Download: Winkey V1.1