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This article introduces you what the 10 Windows efficiency tools are, the content is very detailed, interested friends can refer to, hope to be helpful to you.

If you want to do good work, you must first sharpen its tools. As the most widely used desktop operating system in the world, the efficiency of Windows is closely related to our work and study. Here are 10 tools to improve efficiency to make your Windows more productive.

Everything

If you have ever studied efficiency tools, you must be familiar with the name Everything. This small software with only 1.3 MB can access the USN log of the NTFS file system, retrieve millions of files on several TB-sized hard drives in seconds, and monitor the changes of all files in real time, making it the fastest file indexing tool on the Windows platform.

At the same time, Everything supports file matching through regular expressions, all search results can be displayed in near real time, and the memory consumption is very low. If you are not proficient in regular expressions, you can also use its own advanced search function, which is intuitive and easy to understand.

In addition, you can save a specific path as a file list so that you can find previously indexed files even if you are not connected to a mobile hard drive. You can also use it to access HTTP, FTP or ETP servers, or even set up your hard drive as a remote server, as well as powerful file retrieval capabilities.

Wox

Everything is powerful, but it can only index local files by file name. If you want to search web pages, applications, or execute other commands at the same time, it can't do anything about it. Of course, where there is demand, there is a solution. Wox, the protagonist of this section, can meet your above needs.

Wox is a free open source quick launcher developed by Chinese people, similar to the efficiency artifact Alfred on macOS (haven't heard of Alfred yet? Welcome to click here to learn). It can call Everything to quickly search for local files, and it can also start programs, execute command lines, conduct web search, etc., and is very powerful.

Similar to Alfred,Wox, it also supports the installation of various plug-ins to achieve clipboard history, process management, text translation, binary conversion, express query and other extended functions. At present, Wox has hundreds of plug-ins for you to choose from, and if your hands-on ability is strong enough, you can also customize your own workflow.

Listary

From the distant Windows 95 to today's Windows 10 (it seems to have been reversed), although the functionality of the system has been continuously enhanced, the file resource manager has not changed much. Inefficient directory levels, messy file locations, and hard-to-use built-in searches are all very disturbing. If you don't want to choose a third-party file explorer like TotalCommander or XYplorer, you might want to try Listary. Listary is also recommended by geek in the tutorial "everyone should learn to manage files correctly".

Listary is an extremely powerful Windows file explorer enhancement tool that can help you quickly locate files, execute smart commands, record access history, quickly change directories, collect common items, and so on.

You can directly call Listary from any file explorer window through keyboard input to search in this directory, saving a lot of mouse movement and positioning time.

Another Listary stunt is its enhancement to the Windows file selection dialog box. When you need to open or save a file, the Listary action box automatically appears at the bottom of the pop-up window, allowing you to quickly search the specified path. If there are other open explorer windows, you can also quickly change to this directory via Listary, which is very convenient.

You can also use Listary to search the web, open applications, execute the command line, etc., as a quick launcher is also a good choice.

In addition, Listary Professional Edition allows you to create engineering projects, customize actions, specify command shortcuts, use fuzzy search, change themes, etc., which can be said to be very powerful.

The basic version is free for individual users, and if you want to use advanced features or use it for business purposes, you need to buy a professional version for $19.95. You can also buy digital lychees at an exclusive discount price of 59 yuan in China.

Seer

MacOS has a very convenient feature called Quick Look, which previews most common files by pressing spaces in Finder. Windows doesn't have a similar feature, but developers won't miss this requirement, and Seer is one of the best third-party file preview tools in Windows.

After installing Seer, you can quickly preview the file by pressing a space after you select it without any other settings. Seer supports hundreds of file extensions in text, pictures, videos, compression packages and other categories by default, and you can also install Office, CAD and other extensions in the settings to support more file types. In addition, Seer also supports integration with third-party programs such as Directory Opus, or custom preview shortcuts.

Currently, you can download the beta version of Seer for free at SourceForge, which is 0.8.1, but there is no further update support. If you want to use the official version (currently 1.7.1), you need to pay $12.18 for a license on the official website.

If you don't want to spend money and want support, I recommend you download the free and open source QuickLook from GitHub, which brings you most of the features of Seer. If you are a Windows 10 user, you can download the UWP version of it from the App Store, but the functionality is relatively weak.

Fences

As one of the most common interfaces we see every day, the cleanliness of the desktop can greatly improve the efficiency of use. If you don't want to clean up your desk often, you are used to throwing all kinds of documents on the desktop at will. So, Fences is a desktop efficiency artifact for you.

With Fences, you can create several areas on your desktop and automatically categorize desktop icons by file type, name, date, size, etc., and you no longer have to bother to organize your desktop. You are also free to customize the block appearance, size, location, etc., to make the working folder more eye-catching.

Before / after use, you can also fix common folders on your desktop and drag files directly to other applications when needed to improve productivity. In addition, Fences can automatically create snapshots of desktop layouts and restore them at any time.

If you don't like having icons on your desktop, just double-click in the desktop space, and all blocks and icons will be automatically hidden, both efficient and beautiful.

You can download Fences here. The app costs $9.99 and offers a 30-day full-featured free trial. You can also buy it at a national discount of 37 yuan at Steam.

In addition, Fences is also a tool strongly recommended by @ paid geeks in the tutorial "everyone should learn to manage files correctly". Please follow the minority to reply to the "pay column" in the backstage.

If you do not want to spend money, and do not exclude the whole family bucket, you can also try Tencent PC Manager's desktop finishing or Jinshan poison bully cheetah light desktop and other domestic software. As for the effect, I dare not try, but also ask you to help yourself.

Ditto

As unenterprising as File Explorer, there is the native clipboard function of Windows. If you are an editor of UC or Jinri Toutiao and often need to copy and paste everywhere, you must have suffered from it. What I would like to recommend here is Ditto, a powerful clipboard enhancement tool that is open source and free of charge.

The most basic function of Ditto, of course, is clipboard history management. You can not only store hundreds of clip histories, but also easily find what you want to paste through the search function.

In addition, Ditto also supports merge and paste, that is, multiple records are pasted to a specified location at a time to facilitate data collection.

For formatted content copied from a web page or elsewhere, you can also paste it directly into unformatted plain text via keyboard shortcuts (the default is Shift + Enter). It has never been easier to steal articles.

There is a classic joke that I believe everyone has heard: "Boss Wang, you can't press Ctrl + C on your computer at home, and then press Ctrl + V on your company computer." Not even the same article. No, no matter how expensive the computer is. "later, Boss Wang changed the Mac and fired Xiao Li, the secretary, after experiencing Universal Clipboard.

In fact, if Xiao Li had known about Ditto at that time, he might have been promoted and raised to win Bai Fu Mei's life. Yes, Ditto has a killer feature that is clipboard network synchronization. After proper setting, Ditto can share the clipboard with other computers in the local area network, and with other virtual local area network software, Mr. Wang's request can be realized ten years ahead of schedule.

You can download Ditto from SourceForge, and the app is open source and free. If you are a Windows 10 user, I recommend that you download the UWP version of Ditto from the App Store. The interface is more modern.

If you are a macOS user and are looking for a handy clipboard tool, you might as well read this minority article: there are many ways to improve the happiness of using mobile computers, such as installing a clipboard tool

Snipaste

There are numerous screenshot tools on Windows, but only a few have their own features. Snipaste is a very unique software, which creatively combines screenshot labeling and mapping, which greatly broadens the application scene of the tool.

Let's start with the most basic screenshot function. Snipaste can automatically identify the boundaries of various elements in the system interface, making it easy for us to take accurate screenshots. After the screenshot, you can add text, arrows, shapes, graffiti, highlights, mosaics and other tags to the picture. If you are not satisfied, you can undo the change at any time. You can then save the screenshot to your hard drive, copy it to the clipboard, or post it directly on the screen.

Although screenshots and annotations are powerful, mapping is actually the core function of Snipaste. In fact, Snipaste's original name is PicNotes, which means taking quick notes with pictures. In addition to pictures, you can also display text, HTML text, color information, etc., on the top of the screen as windows, with a wide range of applications. For example, you can use this feature to easily make reference materials when taking notes, or adjust the transparency of the map to compare the code writing.

You can download Snipaste here, the app is free for individuals, and macOS and Linux versions are also under development. If you are a Windows 10 user, you can also download UWP Snipaste from the App Store.

If you want to learn more about Snipaste, you might as well read this minority article: Snipaste, the free screenshot annotation tool on Windows.

ShareX

ShareX is also a screenshot software with special features. However, as can be seen from its name, ShareX's main focus is on sharing operations after screenshots and annotations.

As a free and open source software, ShareX can be said to have too many functions to exaggerate. You can use it to capture screenshots, take screenshots, pick colors, merge images, generate video thumbnails, check hashes, generate QR codes, capture web pages and scroll windows, OCR text recognition of pictures, and even act as a FTP client.

Of course, its main follow-up operation is also unambiguous. In addition to the extremely rich image tagging tools, you can upload pictures or other files to dozens of built-in sharing services, and add custom file upload services such as POST/GET requests.

However, what really makes it an artifact is the custom workflow. You can monitor folder changes according to your needs, automatically add watermarks or other processing to pictures, upload them to various services, generate short links, and even send tweet automatically.

You can also find it in the Steam or Windows 10 app store.

WGestures

To improve the efficiency of mouse use, it is a natural choice to configure your own mouse gestures. For beginners, there are many domestic browsers and input methods that come with them; for advanced ones, there are sharp weapons like StrokesPlus. What I would like to recommend here is the free and open source software-WGestures, which is somewhere between the two, but easier to use.

As a global mouse gesture software, you can call WGestures through right mouse button drawing gestures at any time to perform window control, web navigation, text processing, music playback, keyboard shortcuts and script commands. After being familiar with it, it can greatly improve the efficiency of daily operation.

Of course, you can also customize your own mouse gestures according to your actual needs, you can also set mouse gestures specifically for an application, or disable gestures in a program. WGestures supports 8 basic gestures up, down, left, right and oblique, and with the right mouse button and middle button scrolling operation, you can easily achieve a variety of complex gestures and operations.

In addition, another practical function of WGestures is friction angle and trigger edge. You can set the mouse to move to the four corners or execute the specified command when rubbing on the boundary without clicking the button.

You can download WGestures here and the app is free and open source. If you are an advanced user, you can also try StrokesPlus, which is more powerful but more expensive to get started.

Capslock+

The above just said how to improve the efficiency of mouse operation, let's talk about how to improve the efficiency of keyboard input.

If you are an advanced user, there is no doubt that AutoHotKey is an essential artifact for your work, and its extremely powerful extensibility and customizability is the only way to improve your efficiency.

But if you don't know that much about computers, or if you think AHK scripts are too complex, try programs based on AutoHotKey, such as Capslock+, which I'll introduce below.

The design idea of Capslock+ is to transform the less commonly used and very easy Capslock key into a modifier key similar to Ctrl, Alt and Shift, realizing the functions of text input enhancement, window switching, fast search and so on.

Take text input as an example, you can use the Capslock key with the following auxiliary keys to achieve most of the text operation requirements, no longer need to switch back and forth between the mouse and keyboard.

Capslock + E / D / S / F (top / bottom / left / right)

Capslock + I / K / J / L (top / bottom / left / right selected Chinese characters)

Capslock + W / R (delete text left / right)

Capslock + A / G (the cursor jumps one word to the left / right, especially useful for English and code)

Capslock +; / P (move the cursor to the beginning / end of the line)

Capslock + U / O (select the cursor to the beginning of the line / end of the line text)

Capslock + Backspace (delete all text on the line where the cursor is located)

Capslock + Enter (no matter whether the cursor is at the end of the line or not, you can start a new line break without truncating the original sentence)

In addition, Capslock+ can also achieve more functions such as text replacement, music control, text translation, reloading programs, escape characters and so on.

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