UsefulTools

A README file listing useful tools and tweaks.

Windows

O&O ShutUp10++: Free antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

O&O AppBuster: Free uninstaller for unwanted apps

https://www.oo-software.com/en/ooappbuster

Fix Slow Startup App Delay on Windows 11

https://github.com/GeovaniRgz/windows11-disable-startup-delay

Restore old Right-click Context menu in Windows 11

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/answers/questions/2287432/(article)-restore-old-right-click-context-menu-in

Add

reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve

Remove

reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f

Open-Shell

"A collection of utilities bringing back classic features to Windows."

https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/

Pathping

For example pathping google.com

Because "Ping is not the best tool to be used to test the availability of a remote network." see https://superuser.com/questions/549617/no-reply-for-ping-command-what-does-this-mean

Test-netconnection

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/nettcpip/test-netconnection?view=windowsserver2025-ps

Linux

Split a PDF into single pages

qpdf Ticket_1.pdf --split-pages output.pdf