Software of the Day: Classic Shell, Notepad, & GeoSetter

Today we have gathered three talented software for our readers that will definitely entertain your taste and fulfill your requirements. The three are: Classic Shell, Notepad, and GeoSetter. These three are basically programs designed for your ease and comfort.

Classic Shell

A huge number of people get angry when Microsoft omitted the classic start menu in Windows 7. If you were also included in those folks then I am very much sure that you are going to love Classic Shell which not only restores the much appealing the classic start menu, but it also adds Windows XP buttons and functionality to Windows Explorer.

Classic shell encloses lots of themes it can fit right in to a Classic theme or even your slick, modern Aero theme. This program means a lot to those who wants their classic start menu and Windows Explorer back.

Software Details:

Price: Free!

Version discovered: v3.5.0

Supported OS: Windows Vista/7/8

Download size: 8.14MB

VirusTotal malware scan results: 0/42

Classic Shell homepage

Notepad2

There are lots of people who like Notepad and use it on daily basis but somehow they feel it lacking some of the features that they want. For those Notepad2 will be really tempting software which is exactly like Windows’ built-in Notepad, but it’s a lot more powerful and has many more features. likewise it supports line numbers, <a>HTML tags</a>, etc.

Also it supports syntax highlighting for lots of programming languages, auto-indentation, and lots more stuff. However, it stays true to its main goal of being fast and efficient and is quick to load and use.

Software Details:

Price: Free!

Version discovered: v4.2.25

Supported OS: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7

Download size: 292-371KB

VirusTotal malware scan results: 32-bit: portable 0/41 | installer 0/43; 64-bit: portable 0/35 | installer 0/43

Notepad2 homepage

GeoSetter

The folks who have lots of pictures with them probably like to see these images neatly lay out on a map, but not much software lets you do that. But now you can do it with GeoSetter. Just select your photosand you’ll see them emergeon the map on the right.

There is no issue of format of photos. It supports all the standard file formats as well as some more specialty formats like RAW data from Nikon, Canon, Leica, Panasonic, Fujifilm, etc.

Software Details:

Price: Free!

Version discovered: v2.1.5

Supported OS: Windows XP/Vista/7

Download size: 19-20MB

VirusTotal malware scan results: Portable 0/42 | Installer 0/43

GeoSetter homepage