We all have repetitive tasks we want to automate on our PCs. Luckily, there are plenty of third-party Windows apps that can take the load off your shoulders and help you use your time more efficiently.
8. aText
aText is a great text expansion tool that lets you create shortcuts for commonly used phrases. Over time, it will save you hours each month while reducing typing errors. But it does more than just basic text expansion.
You can create personalized templates with dynamic fields like date, time, image, etc.
7. AutoHot Key
AutoHot Key is a popular automation scripting language for Windows. While you can use it as a text expander like aText, it can do much more. You can write a script to assign hotkeys to open programs and perform tasks within them, enhance the built-in clipboard functionality, create basic GUIs to interact with your work programs, and even remap key combinations to a single key like Alt+Tab=Win to switch between applications.
AutoDark Mode is a simple but incredibly useful automation—and honestly, Microsoft should make this feature a default. As the name suggests, it switches between the dark and light themes of your Windows PC at a specific time.
To enable automatic theme switching, go to the Time tab and select your desired schedule. You can set a custom time, use a location-based sunrise-sunset schedule, or sync with Windows Night Light for seamless switching.
Microsoft Power Automate can help you automate repetitive daily tasks on Windows. These are called Flows, and what you can do with them largely depends on your workflow. For example, create flows to automatically send payment reminder emails to your sports club members via Outlook , and another flow to automatically save email attachments to OneDrive and even organize photos by date.
4. Task Scheduler
Task Scheduler is a built-in utility in Windows that automates tasks based on predefined conditions. You can use it to automatically execute batch files, launch applications, and perform system maintenance tasks such as disk cleanup and updates.
3. PowerShell
Microsoft PowerShell is a command-line programming language designed to automate system tasks, often through the use of other applications. At a basic level, it can be used to change execution policies, manage Microsoft Store apps, add or remove users, and configure network devices.
2. Ditto
Microsoft improved the Windows 11 clipboard by introducing clipboard history, but it's still limited. Ditto is an advanced clipboard manager that lets you save an unlimited number of copies and configures the Ctrl + # shortcut to paste the last 10 clipboard items directly from the keyboard.
You can edit clipboard items to fix typos or errors, add new clipboard items, create groups, and even search to find copied items. Be sure to use the Ctrl+ ` (backward bracket) shortcut to launch and open the clipboard.
1. DropIt
If you don't like writing scripts, DropIt is a free, open-source utility that helps organize your messy media library. It can monitor folder changes and automate file management without the need for complicated scripting.
With DropIt, you can create extension-based rules and pair them with actions like Move, Copy, Split, Delete, Compress, or Ignore. Alternatively, you can simply drag and drop a folder onto DropIt's floating icon on your desktop, then select the file association, action, and destination folder for each file type.
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