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Get More from the Recent Document Menu with ActualDoc
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 12:40 AM on February 22, 2008
Windows only: Ever wish your Recent Documents/Items menu was a bit more, well, organised? ActualDoc Standard, a free system tray utility for Windows, separates your recently-opened items into common sense categories like "Drawings and Images," "Multimedia," "Applications," and actual "Documents"—into a right-click item in your system tray. If the "Recent" menu raises privacy concerns for you, ActualDoc can also keep Windows' built-in menu cleared and give you password-protected access. The tray icon also includes a number of folder and app-launching links to handy locations, such as Windows' application data folder and your user account documents. For those who work every day with a series of new but oft-opened documents, ActualDoc can serve as a time-saving gateway. ActualDoc Standard is a free download for Windows systems only.
Tags: documents | featured windows download | privacy | start menu | windows
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stinkyboy
Posted 2:43 AM 22/2/08
^ i hope you can create custom categories and associate them with file types... that'd be irreplaceable!
stinkyboy
stinkyboy
Posted 2:43 AM 22/2/08
omigod awesome. downloading now.
stinkyboy
Deadman36g
Posted 3:24 AM 22/2/08
@stinkyboy:
It can be done with the paid version.
Deadman36g
FriarKhan
Posted 8:59 AM 22/2/08
I've been using the free version for about 2 months now. It's definitely the best freeware for recent documents that I've found.
I really love the program, but there is one annoyance to be mindful of. When it performs the automatic check for program updates it tries to trick you into downloading the paid version. Fortunately you can adjust the program's settings to never check for updates. The latest release of this program is about 20 months old so the program doesn't receive frequent updates to say the least.
FriarKhan
gautambjain
Posted 6:58 PM 22/2/08
Man!, you must instead check out RecentX - [www.conceptworld.com]
Make sure you see the demo there.
gautambjain
IshR
Posted 11:29 PM 23/2/08
i like FileBox eXtender for this sort of function. and it's free. in fact it's sort of become one of my indispensable utilities.
they hadn't got it working with vista as of a few months ago - not sure if it is now. (i use xp)
www.hyperionics.com
IshR
geekily
Posted 5:55 AM 6/3/08
Wow, I'd love something like this. I'm having a little trouble getting mine to look like that screenshot, though - all I get is an "other documents" link under my recent documents that lets me open up the program, where I can then see things by category. I can't seem to find a way to change that in the preferences. How do I make my Recent Document menu look like the one in the picture? Thanks!
geekily