You can now take advantage of this classic Windows scripting tool even if you have zero programming experience.

Do you prefer automating the mundane and repetitive tasks on your computer to simplify your workflow? If you do, you have one of the best automation tools, Automator, on macOS, which allows you to ...

Many of you are probably already familiar with AutoHotKey. This small and free utility lets you automate tasks and make your PC work exactly the way you want it to. The program is driven by a custom ...

Windows only: There's no question that the Windows command prompt is anemic, but even if you upgrade it with Cygwin, you're still left with a console window that won't let you scroll backwards with ...

That said, I’m all about diving in headfirst. Today, I’m going to teach you about “hotstrings,” which are keystrokes inserted whenever you type a designated abbreviation. For example, you type fwiw, ...

We've shown you how to use Dropbox and Autohotkey to remotely monitor your computer, but reader César takes it one step further, showing us how to remotely launch applications on your computer from ...

Obviously it still erases the character to the left of your cursor. But when you’re viewing folders in Windows Explorer, Backspace no longer moves you “up” a folder in the hierarchy like it did in ...