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Site to organize one's thoughts? [closed]

I can't remember the name of the wonderful webapp that helps one organize one's thought by typing in lists and then freely moving bullet points around. Searching for "organize thoughts" leads to many ...
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Storage Case or Organization Method for Sticks of RAM

I have piles of RAM scattered around my work area. Currently, they're not organized very well, nor protected against ESD. I was hoping to find out what others did to organize their piles of spare ...
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Grouping related e-mails together (tags? custom/manual threads?)

We get a lot of technical support e-mails from clients, and sometimes the going back and forth to fix the issue can take several e-mails, and during that time, I'll get other e-mails that are ...
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How to organize folders automatically into groups of a hundred?

I have hundreds of folders on drive A that I want to migrate to drive B. Within the drive B root, I want the folders from drive A to be put inside folders that themselves each contain 100 folders. How ...
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Split a picture into 54 pictures

I want to take this: and make one separate picture for for each card. Is there a quick / easy / free way to do this?
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How to automate the process of organizing audio files on Windows

My library is a mess and manually organizing it in Windows Explorer is painful. I know MediaMonkey Gold provides tools to automatically organize your library folders, however are there any ...
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Windows 7 Pro : relocate user-data + programs

From what I've seen on the web, there's no 100% reliable approach in Windows 7 to relocate user documents and third-party programs to a new location, e.g. the O/S on a dedicated SSD and the user-data ...
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How to define an organizational hierarchy in Visio 2010?

How do you create the relationships between positions in a Visio 2010 Organizational Chart? I have created the chart, added several positions to the chart, and now I wish to define which positions ...
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duplicate file/folder finder application for windows 7

I got old archives of my old computers, Now I decided to merge all these folders and organize them, I got many backups so I need app that will find duplicate files and delete / move them, any ideas?
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Easy way to share a changing email group listing?

I have a group of friends and acquaintances that participate in a periodic activity during lunch hours at work (for example getting together to play cards, or a game of soccer, etc). The problem is ...
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How to organize a company network software repository

How do you guys organize your company software in a shared network software directory? To put it clearly: We want to minimize search time and help prevent support people from asking "where is this ...
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Simple CMS software to manage files

I've been loking around recently for an easy way to manage the files on my web server. I came accross OneFileCMS which is fine but lacks some features. I'm looking for another piece of software (PHP ...
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A streamlined method to organize files and folders?

I realize that users here are very savvy and I'm looking for a better way to organize my files. Currently I have two very important folders that are filled up with a ton of files which makes it super ...
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Is there software that will organize files and folders?

I'm looking to organize my files and folders and was wondering if there was a software that fits some of these criterion: Scans specified folders, and pulls them up so that I can easily identify ...
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Is there a recommended way for organizing a folder hierarchy? [closed]

Background: I would like to minimize the of levels in my folder hierarchy while maximizing the logic of its organization Question: Are there any best practices for organizing my working folders ...
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tag based file organizer

I'm finishing professional school and over the years have acquired a pile of notes and articles that I'd like to hang onto. I'd like to add to them and create sort of an archive of article and files ...
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Music organization into folders for linux(ubuntu/debian)?

I have a few folders with randomly assorted music files, I am looking for a tool or utility that can read the ID3 tags and then build and populate a folder structure in the format: some ...
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Apache directory structure with multiple hosted languages

I just got a new work machine up and running and I'm trying to decide on how to set everything up directory wise. I've done some digging around and really haven't been able to find anything ...
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Display contact's organization in message list in Mozilla Thunderbird Mail Client?

I would like to see the company/organization in Thunderbird's message list (like Sender, Recipient, ..), but don't know of a way to enable this.
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Paths for storing Windows utility programs - pros and cons

There are lots of utilities for Windows that just come as executables (no installers) so its up to you to decide where to save the files. A classic example is the Sysinternals suite. At the moment I ...
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What's the best way to manage a large font collection?

I have a good many fonts (I'm a bit of a dafont.com junkie), which slow my computer down a great deal when opening Photoshop, Word etc. I just tried to open Character Map and it took about 2 minutes ...
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Messy Filesytem : Duplicate File Removal from the command line

In debian/ubuntu I want to: a) create a list of all the files in one directory tree b) do the same for a second directory tree c) compare the two lists such that, only the file NAMES are compared ...
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Good process/software for organizing photos past/present

So I have tons of photos taken all the time. I have a lot from years past that I never went through (meaning deleting duplicates, etc). I've got a new pc with windows 7, and I'm wondering what a good ...
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Eclipse: Organising Files

I want to import a project that I'm planning to build upon. The problem is that it is very messy; with source files, class files and libraries under one directory. How would I organise these files ...
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In Outlook 2010, is there any way to disable the “Quick Click” for categorization?

I really like categorization in Outlook 2010. However, my instinct is to always left-click on the categories column, which always triggers a "Quick Click" action and sets the category to whatever the ...
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Picasa-like icon manager/organizer for OS X

I'm looking for a program (preferably free) that will allow me to manage, organize, tag, etc. my collection of icons (in ICNS format). Something similar to what Picasa and iPhoto do for normal ...
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How to back up song ratings in iTunes?

How can I back up my song ratings (0-5 stars) in iTunes? In what file(s) are they stored? Options Keep iTunes Media folder organized and Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library are ...
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Best text documents organizer for linux?

I am looking for something to organize information I have in text files. My hdd is full of text files containing email logins, cpanel logins, urls, and things like that and it's getting harder to find ...
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Outlook 2007: Categorize incoming mails by sender

Is there a simple way to assign email senders into categories so that all mails are grouped in the same way? For example I want all mails from my friends go into the "Friends" group, all Mails from ...
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iTunes: How do you manage your Singles?

I am having a tough time getting some kind of organization to happen with my singles in itunes. I enjoy electronic music and ultimately have a tons of songs that have been released as singles and ...
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Is there a way to change the way flip3d displays?

I'm curious if there is a way to get Win7's native flip 3d to display more like Expose or a ring switcher? It would improve my workflow drastically if I could more clearly see all my windows at ...
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Is installing programs outside of the default 'Program Files' directory wise?

For example, if I were to break up applications in such a way that games go to C:\Games\, development ones go to C:\Dev and etc, is this wise? I know that it can be done and is quite a common ...
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Software to pre-organize presentation materials

Before creating a complex presentation files I usually do some research, collecting materials from many sources, trying to come up with topics, subtopics and overall structure. So far I'm doing it in ...
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emacs equivalent of Xcode's #pragma mark?

I'm coming to emacs from Xcode. An Xcode feature I really like is the ability to type the lines #pragma mark - #pragma mark Section Heading Name to mark the subsequent part of my code as belonging ...
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Outlook 2010 Advanced Conversations Options

Is there anyway to expand on the conversation functionality in Outlook 2010? For example, add emails to a conversation group etc. A simular question has been posted here.
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What is the purpose of the Common Files folder in Program Files?

Most Windows computers have a Common Files folder inside of Program Files. What is its purpose?
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Windows Explorer replacement which allows creating custom file properties

I'm looking for a Windows Explorer replacement that has the following feature in some way or another: The ability to create custom properties for files. by saying properties, I refer to fields like ...
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Why did iTunes put some songs on an album under “Compilations”?

I added a new album to my iTunes library. 15 of the 17 tracks are listed under "Compilations" in the artist browser, while the other 2 are listed under the artist's name. I tried renaming the Artist ...
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How can I configure Windows Media Player to manage my music library?

I'm currently using Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7 Ultimate. I was using iTunes, but since I got my Android phone, I got rid of my iPod and uninstalled iTunes. I'm trying to do things like keep ...
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Automatically sort music files into folders by album/artist names

I have a large collection of music files (let's say mp3), with metadata, but all are located on the same folder. I wish to automatically organize all of them according to their meta data inside ...
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File store organisation

I've a sizeable collection of files (installation binaries, archives, etc - not "document" or multimedia) that is barely manageable and it is often difficult locate what I want, especially as some fit ...
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Outlook 2010: Viewing all messages in sub folders in the containing folder?

I have rules set up in Outlook 2010 to move a copy of an email from a particular person to a particular subfolder of a folder i.e. I have folder Team with subfolders, Joe, Mark, Nige and Becky. A ...
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View largest files on computer

I'm using windows 7 ultimate 64 bit, and have had success with Tree File size, but I'm looking for a way to scan the hard drive and list the largest files, not necessarily the folder sizes, but by ...
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How manage music collection/ebooks on Windows?

I'm looking for ideas to organize my music collection
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Applications for write notes/todo lists/personal diary on Windows 7 [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Knowledge Management - how do you keep track of ideas Do you know any? I prefer an offline app (freeware).
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Editable year planner

Can anyone recommend any freeware/shareware for creating an editable year planner? - or just a regular calendar program which has a mechanism for displaying a whole year at a time. EDIT: Ok, I'll ...
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Organising photos using Picasa

I am kind of confused by Picasa's photo organisation system which involves albums on one hand and folders plus collections on the other. Does anyone have a good system for using these to keep ...
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How are Linux files and applications organized?

I'm a newbie Linux (Ubuntu) user and I'll like to know if someone can give some advices of where to install stuff, which folders don't touch, which is the meaning of each folder and so on. My first ...
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Set first image as folder preview in Windows 7

I am trying to customize the way image folders appear in Win7 explorer, but I can't seem to get it under control. Is there a way to force it to always pick the first image in the folder as the ...
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Cable management techniques [closed]

Possible Duplicate: How to declutter and organize the cables on and under my desk? How do you manage the giant jungle of cables behind your PC? When you have 2 or more PCs next to each ...

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