Windows

Sometimes the small things are the most helpful. I needed to rename a couple dozen jpg files to "...small.jpg". Through the joys of Internet searching, I pretty quickly came to a solution from http://www.howtogeek.com/111859/how-to-batch-rename-files-in-windows-4-ways-to-rename-multiple-files/ using Windows PowerShell. So with a quick: PS > dir | Rename-Item -NewName {$_.name -replace ".jpg","Small.jpg"} FirstPicture.jpg became FirstPictureSmall.jpg. I hadn’t installed The Gimp yet on this laptop, but I found through a YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19GbI6oFrW0) that you can use Right Click > Send To > Mail Recipient, and Outlook (assuming it’s installed) will offer to change the size for you.

It’s a small thing, but I’ve found it frustrating that some dialog boxes show my favorites, such as Google Drive and Downloads, and others will not. To boot, most of those “others” are in C:\Users\<mylogin>, but that directory isn’t in the default list. http://www.howtogeek.com/97824/ has a nice HOWTO to edit your registry to change that dialog box. The one thing I missed was that it doesn’t add to the Save As... list, it replaces what’s there.