Adobe Reader alternative

Sumatra PDF Viewer

    Replace the bloated Adobe Reader with this super slim PDF reader.  Fully portable it doesn't write to your registry, but you can set it to automatically open PDF files just like Adobe Reader.  Only 1.2MB!

   It is it has kind of ugly icons, but my computers start faster without Adobe repopulating itself in my startup list every time I remove it!
    One thing I have noticed is that it does not seem to integrate itself into my Chrome browser.  To open a PDF without downloading it I need to switch to Firefox.
    I have found Sumatra PDF Viewer to be a better, more stable Adobe Reader replacement than the more common Foxit PDF Reader.  I will only recommend software that I use!

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Sumatra Authors site;

http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html

Ammonia Absorption Icemaker article (PDF);

http://www.free-energy-info.co.uk/P13.pdf

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Managing your Download folder

   

Managing your Download folder

    Ever download something and not know where it went?  In XP you can go to Start, My Computer, Local Disk (C), Downloads.  In Vista to get to the default Downloads folder go to Start, User Name, Downloads.
    If it didn't go there, and you are not sure where your downloads are set to go the only option is to bring up the Downloads Dialog Box and right click the download in question.  Then you can either click Open, which will run the program if it is an Executable, or Open Containing Folder, which will bring you to the folder in which your file is stored and highlight the Downloaded file (can be handy if the file name is not obvious or the Download Folder is large).

    But how do you bring up the Downloads Dialog Box?  Maybe I am slow, but for years the only way I could figure out to bring up the box was to navigate to a site which offered a download, click on it to start downloading and up would pop my Downloads Dialog Box.  A convoluted and time consuming method, there had to be a better way, and of course there is.
    In Firefox simply click on Tools in the Menu Bar at the very top of your browser and go to Downloads!  In Chrome go to the Customize and Control Google Chrome button (the little crescent wrench on the top right of your browser) and down to Downloads.

    

    To control where your Downloads go in the future, in Firefox click on Tools in the Menu Bar.  Go past Downloads down to click Options.
    In the General tab there are controls for Downloads.  You have several options.  You can check the box for [always] Save Files To:  Where the default is your Downloads file but you can use Browse to pick or even create another file, or you can click the box marked Always Ask Me Where To Save Files.

    In Chrome go up to the wrench on the top right of your browser (Customize And Control Google Chrome) pass up Downloads and go down to click Options, Click Minor Tweaks, or Under The Hood, if you are using Chrome Beta.  Scroll down and you will find the controls to either choose a Download folder or have the program ask you where to put each downloaded file separately. 

   Using these features should save you from ever losing a download in the bowels of your computer again!