How To Encrypt & Save Text As Password Protected EXE File

Sometimes we need to save important text like bank account details, Credit card details etc. on computer used by multiple users. So you need to add security to protect your important details from others. Here we will use Text2exe to protect text as exe file.

You can add another layer of security to important text by encrypting and saving it as password protected exe file. You can easily do this using free utility MAXA Text2Exe.

This does not require any installation and you can carry it around in USB drive. 

It opens a text editor in which you can type your important text details. 

Then click file > Save as encrypted EXE. You will get pop-up window to enter password and a new encrypted EXE file is created.

Double click on newly created encrypted EXE file, you will get prompt to enter valid password. In this way, text contents can only be accessed if password for that file is known by the user.

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How to Integrate Internet Download Manager (IDM) in Chrome/Firefox

Most of the people using IDM for downloading files, because downloading with IDM is much faster than other tools. But Sometimes due to the incompatibility of extensions or due to browser updation, Internet download manager unable to grab downloads. Don’t worry, if you are facing these kind of error with IDM.

You can fix these types of extension problems manually, here are the simple steps to fix these types of error. This will also fix the YouTube videos grabbing and downloading problems.

Integrate IDM In Google Chrome

Method 1

1. Open IDM, go to downloads and click on option.

2. Now, Uncheck “use advanced browser integration” and Again Recheck “use advanced browser integration”.

3.  Then check that integration into Chrome is also enabled as shown above image.

Method 2

1. Open your browser, go to settings and click on Extensions.

2. Now open the IDM Installation folder. The location of the folder is:

C:>Program Files (x86)>Internet Download Manager

3. Inside IDM Installation folder, find “IDMGCExt.crx” file, drag and drop it into the browser extension as shown below.

4. Click on Add button to add to the browser.

5. If you already added IDM extension into Chrome you need to configure it correctly. Check that "IDM Integration Module" extension is enabled. If you use incognito mode in Chrome, you need to enable "Allow in incognito" checkbox.

You have successfully installed IDM extension.

Integrate IDM In Mozilla Firefox

1. Open IDM, go to downloads and click on option.

2.  Then check that integration into Mozilla Firefox is also enabled as shown below image.

3. Open Firefox and go to “Tools->Add-ons" menu item in Firefox.

4. Add-ons dialog should open. Click on "Extensions" tab and find IDM CC (Internet Download Manager integration module for Mozilla).

5. If "Uninstall" button is available, press this button and confirm deinstallation. Then close and restart Firefox browser. On next start, Firefox will find and install the latest version of IDM CC extension automatically using system registry.

If "Uninstall" button is not unavailable and if you are using the latest version of IDM and the integration does not work, it's possible that you use an old version of IDM extension. In this case open this web-page in FireFox browser that you need IDM to be integrated to, then click here to install.

I hope It works for you. Having any question or difficulty, post in the below comment box.

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Enable Hidden Secret “Profile Manager” Feature in Google Chrome

If you have a common computer that you share with others, you probably know the dread of worrying about your saved web logins, history, saved searches, and personal data you have in the browser. The common solution for this is to enable a hidden Guest Browsing and profile mode in Chrome, which makes multiple account management to the Chrome.

Using this menu, you can add new users or remove existing users in Chrome and you can also browse Internet as a guest. In guest browsing your visited websites will not be stored in browser history and it'll not store any personal information, cookies on the computer.

By default Profile Management and Guest Browsing Mode is disabled in Chrome. Here in this post I will show you how to enable secret profile manager.  Which also functions allow you to use multiple Google accounts on a single computer.

1. Lunch Google Chrome, type Chrome://flags in to your chrome’s omni-bar and press enter.

2. Now press "Ctrl+F" and find the following.

#enable-new-profile-management

It will directly go to the following option.

Enable new profile management system Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android Enables the new profile management system, including profile lock and the new avatar menu UI. #enable-new-profile-management

3. Now select enable to activate the hidden profile manager in Google Chrome.

4. After enabling, just restart your browser, and you’ll have your advanced profile manager enabled in your Chrome browser.

6. In future, if you want to disable it, you can disable it, just click on "Disable" link as shown below.

Done !!!

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How to Enable “Side Tabs” Feature In Google Chrome

Usually, tabs for web pages in browsers are arranged horizontally on top of the browser window. This arrangement has disadvantages that, when many tabs open, it becomes impossible to read their titles and also horizontal tabs take up valuable vertical space on widescreen displays.

So, the best solution for this, is to arrange them vertically. Side Tabs is an experimental feature, for the moment that allows you to show tabs in the left sidebar of the web browser window. To do so follow the instruction as below.

1. Launch the Google Chrome Web browser.

2. Type about:flags in address bar of the chrome window and press Enter.

3. You'll see "Side Tabs" option listed at the top of the list of experiments. Click on Enable link.

4. Restart your browser to save the setting.

5. Now Right-click on the new tab and select "Use side tabs" option. 

Now, The tabs in the Google Chrome window appear in the left sidebar.

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Hide or Unhide Hard Disk Partition in Windows 8.1/8/7/Xp/Vista

Hiding a Partition from my computer or explorer can be extremely useful when you have some sensitive information on the local disk and you want others to stay away from it. After you hide a partition, the partition will be invisible to all users until you manually unhide it.

Windows OS Disk management system allows hiding drive except the System drive where the OS is installed and volume is reserved for the OS. Hiding a drive does not means deleting the volume or erasing any data but it only prevents that partition from displaying. For doing this the user must have administrative access to the system. 

In future if you want to use it again, simply unhide it and it will then show up again in My Computer and Explorer.

How to hide a drive ?

1. Right click of computer and click on manage.

2. Manage window will open. From the left Pane select the disk management under storage.

Alternatively type diskmgmt.msc in the run and pressing enter to get the Disk management.

2. Now right click on drive which you want to hide and select Change Drive Letters and Paths.

3. After that Select remove. This action just removes the drive letter. This will not harm your drive.

4. Pressing on the Remove a warning message will be shown and accept it by clicking on yes. It’s just telling you that all programs installed on that drive won’t work or this drive is opened by another program.

After that, The hidden drive won’t be appearing to the administrator of the OS unless it is unhide.

How to unhide the drive ?

1. Right click of computer and Select the disk management under storage from the left pane.

Alternatively type diskmgmt.msc in the run and pressing enter to get the Disk management.

2. Now right click on drive which is hidden/removed and select Change Drive Letters and Paths. Tips: the hidden drive doesn’t contain any drive letter.

3. Now Select Add to add drive letter or path to the hidden drive. Choose a drive letter to assign the drive/partition and press on OK.

4. The hidden partition is displayed in explorer or my computer. No data is lost or damage. Even the installed files are working again without any errors. 

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