What app do you install first?

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What application do you install first after every reformat. ( not including drivers, system files etc)??

Me.. TweakUI..   it has a handy setting for specifying the amount of window positions that XP remembers.

Ive always hated that stock XP starts forgetting where your open windows were after a few open \ closes.

This is an easy fix.

  TweakUi also lets you specify what folders are listed in you "places bar" Does anyone really use the "recent documents folder? I dont, I like to set My places bar to contain folders i access frequently such as a current theme folder or Object Desktop folder..   just a couple of uses for TweakUI 

 What do you install first?   

 

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Probably Winamp...gotta have my music.

TweakUi also lets you specify what folders are listed in you "places bar" Does anyone really use the "recent documents folder? I dont, I like to set My places bar to contain folders i access frequently such as a current theme folder or Object Desktop folder.. just a couple of uses for TweakUI


I never noticed that before, but then again I don't need it. Enhanced File Dialog is WAY better at it and more customizable.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
yeah thats a good app with some of the same features.. but not all.. i also use IT.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
After Anti-Virus, I install Notepad++, then it's MS Office
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
after AV/FW


WindowBlinds
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
In order: 1) firewall, 2) AV 3) partitioning software 4) back-up software 5) Office 6) Firefox/Thunderbird 7) Stardock and other skinning goodies 8) Ad-Aware/Spybot 9) whatever takes my fancy next...
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Autocad, it's drawing database, lisp routines, plotter configs, specialty fonts etc.etc.
MS Office (specifically Outlook and import my .pst file)
Opera/Firefox
Object Desktop (Windowblinds first, Right Click second)
Winamp, assorted plugins, dB Power Amp & The Godfather, then about 100gb of music files
then a bucketload of graphic programs and utilities.

Lastly Object Dock & it's library......can't configure it until all else is installed
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Stardock Central, then iTunes.

 
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Stardock Central -> Multiplicity.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
1. AV
2. Windows updates
3. Firefox
4. Office
5. Object Desktop
and so on, and so on......
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
FW
AV
SDC
Multiplicity
WB
IP
DX
FF
Picassa
Office
Paint.net
Google Earth Pro
etc
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
AV-FW-SDC-WA-PSP-followed by more acronyms....
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

acronyms

Oh dear...     

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Enhanced File Dialog is WAY better at it and more customizable.


to be fair I looked at the places bar function in Enhanced Dialog, What deters me from using it is it transforms your places bar button size to a narrow size as opposed to the larger squarer default.. If you use it as often as i do (500 times a day or more) its a lot easier to use\navigate with full size buttons..

I also didnt like the grid it seems to place between file\folder entries in the browse window.

The upside is.. you can fit more buttons in a smaller place.. however I never seem to need more than 4-5 which fit nicely at default size.

Perhaps Stardock can assign an option to specify button size in future versions.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You can make it use large icons. It's right there in the General > Places Sidebar options. As for the grid thing, that's just the default view type it uses. That can be switched (I always switch it to List).
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
thx for the info..fellow night owl.   

edit. Actually before i reinstall it and check that out.. can the view be set to default to Thumbnail view and STAY in that view next time you browse to that folder?

THAT would be handy.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Once I've switched the view for a particular folder, it stays that way, so yes.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Super, I'll give it another go   

Edit: Good call, Altho I'll still use Tweakui for several things, for the places bar this is indeed a better option. BTW.. you can turn the grid off too.
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
No question about it.

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