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Replace text across all filenames, add a date, number them. PowerRename from PowerToys renames whole batches at once — with a preview before anything actually happens.
Ctrl+Space
What's in that file? Peek from PowerToys shows the contents of a selected file on Ctrl+Space — no waiting for Word, a photo viewer, or a PDF reader to launch.
Ten phone photos to email? Image Resizer from PowerToys shrinks them right in File Explorer — select, right-click, done. Originals stay untouched.
Win+Shift+C
What's the exact color of the client's logo? Win+Shift+C from PowerToys reads the color from anywhere on screen and copies its code to the clipboard.
A long export, a recording, or a presentation — and Windows puts the computer to sleep in the middle of it. Awake from PowerToys keeps it up for an hour, two, or until you say otherwise.
Win+Ctrl+T
Keep a calculator, notes, or a call always in view: Win+Ctrl+T from PowerToys keeps the selected window above everything else until you unpin it.
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Clicking a running app's taskbar icon just brings it to the front. Shift+click opens a new window, Ctrl+Shift+click launches it as admin — three tricks in one icon.
In-depth guide · 26 min
A guide with prompts: a website without hiring a developer — from scaffolding through git as a safety net to a domain and Vercel. Proven on this site.
In-depth guide · 23 min
A guide with prompts: why the agent writes a different script every time, when to move from chat to a file, scheduled runs, and catching silent breaks.
In-depth guide · 24 min
A guide with seventeen prompts: the Meta Ads connector, the official Google Analytics MCP server, both sides combined into one picture — and clear limits.
In-depth guide · 71 min
A complete guide with prompts: what MCP is, how official and community connectors differ, and what eight tool categories can do — from notes to CAD.
In-depth guide · 28 min
A guide with prompts: why a chatbot silently gets math wrong, how a persistent DuckDB skill lets you query CSV or Excel in plain words — and check results.
In-depth guide · 28 min
A complete guide with prompts: installing Claude and ChatGPT on computer and phone, chat versus Cowork versus Claude Code — and who can actually draw.
In-depth guide · 37 min
A guide for parents with prompts: family chaos in one overview, where AI helps and where it must not decide, cipher hunts, and custom bedtime stories.
In-depth guide · 18 min
A guide with prompts: a style description from your own writing, a living brand book in a Project, one-prompt consistency checks, quarterly reviews.
In-depth guide · 19 min
A guide with prompts: a finished report into a presentation that holds — outline before visuals, a clickable prototype, speaker notes, three audiences.
In-depth guide · 17 min
A guide with 13 prompts: Claude Cowork pulls contacts and notes from scanned cards, prepares a CSV for your CRM, and drafts follow-ups. A human sends them.
In-depth guide · 18 min
A complete guide with prompts: a test built only from covered material, equivalent A/B/C versions, grading scanned papers. The teacher assigns the grade.
In-depth guide · 18 min
A guide with prompts: a curriculum map and a textbook photo into a finished lesson, worksheets at three levels, instant sub plans. You keep the pedagogy.
In-depth guide · 19 min
A complete guide with prompts: running notes into concrete report comments, tough emails to parents, and conference prep. The teacher signs every comment.
In-depth guide · 18 min
A guide with prompts: pacing guides from the curriculum, annual-report input, references, grants — and templates so the same paperwork is written once.
In-depth guide · 18 min
An honest comparison of the three most popular task managers across ten criteria. Plus a table, a pick for your situation, and a lossless migration guide.
In-depth guide · 17 min
A complete guide with prompts: a fuzzy vision into an Objective with direction, Key Results that measure change, goal premortems, and a blame-free review.
In-depth guide · 17 min
A complete guide with prompts: content pillars and brand voice, a monthly plan, batch-produced posts for LinkedIn, Instagram, and X, and a monthly review.
In-depth guide · 22 min
A complete guide with prompts for five contract types: anonymization, clause-citing risk analysis, and questions for the other party. Know what you sign.
In-depth guide · 21 min
A complete guide with prompts: from seed phrases through clusters and search intent to a content brief, writing without SEO spam, and the era of AI search.
In-depth guide · 16 min
A complete guide with prompts: have a year of sent mail analyzed, find the recurring types, and pull templates in your own words — time savings measured.
In-depth guide · 19 min
A guide with prompts: nail down your criteria, search with citations, build a comparison table, and pull complaints from reviews. Services save most.
In-depth guide · 20 min
A guide with prompts: an executive summary with the conclusion first, charts readable in ten seconds, prep for tough questions, and a monthly routine.
In-depth guide · 19 min
A complete guide with prompts: campaign structure from goal to format, personas from real data, seven copy angles for A/B tests, and reading an export.