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Yay for Notepad 2!  Can't live without it.

Also, can you recommed a free VS-integrated test-runner?

TestDriven.NET is free for personal use - and is unequalled as a test runner for Visual Studio, fast and reliable.

I think Notepad++ is another good to have tool in your toolbox.

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I think you should try Araxis Merge for comparing files. I find it better than Beyond Compare.

I would add to your list:

xUnit.net via xuint.codeplex.com

Moq via code.google.com/p/moq

WatiN via watin.sourceforge.net

WatiN Test Recorder via watintestrecord.sourceforge.net

Color Cop free multi-purpose colour picker

 via colorcop.net/download

ASP.NET MVC from asp.net/mvc

jQueryPad from paulstovell.com/jquerypad

  (similar concept to LINQpad but for jQuery)

PSPad includes excellent hex editor;

     freeware from Jan Fiala;

     excellent code editor at pspad.com

XML Notepad 007 free from microsoft downloads

FLV Player for playing flash files, free from

 www.martijndevisser.com/blog/flv-player

Virtual CloneDrive, mount .iso freeware from

 www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html

J from jsoftware.com free powerful language

Nero best CD/DVD burning sofware imo,

 commercial from nero.com

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you frequently get Brad Wilson

for developers still using SQL 2005,

download the free SQL Server 2008 Management Studio

from Microsoft

VMware Workstation USD$189 or

VMware Server free

 both from vmware.com

 because, if you've got sufficient RAM

 and hard disk space, you can virtualize

 multiple test environments;

 example:  separate virtual boxes for IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9

of course, by the time everything is installed and the new box is ready to go,

the new box is obsolete and it's time to purchase the next one

I suggest TeamViewer.com which is a free VNC-like remote support tool that goes through firewalls like Skype does.

Great for quick support of clients, colleagues or even your mother :-)

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Like everything for search, launchy is amazing for start program, a must have.

http://www.launchy.net

I would include DropBox both for work and home environments. And also Putty + WinSCP (for Windows users)

Personally I just use TotalCommander for FTP as well. Is there anything specific you need FileZilla for?

I would change:

Google Chrome - Opera

VisualSVN - AnkhSVN

FileZilla - SmartFTP

(Chrome is shit, Firefox is worse than IE8)

Add:

IETester

VMWare WorkStation

TortoiseSVN

Ultramon

EditPlus

it's amazing how easy it can be

to forget the utilities that we

use most frequently:

digestIT 2004   digestit.kennthballard.com

   GUI to calculate/verify SHA-1/MD5 with a right click on a file.

There are several alternative builds of notepad2.  This one's particularly attractive: code.kliu.org/.../notepad2

It does code folding and some other minor things, but the killer feature is that it comes with an installer that sets notepad2 to replace notepad (so it'll work with IE view source and whatnot) with a neat trick that doesn't require modifying system restore or whatnot settings.

Also, rather than katmouse, you should look at taekwindow.sourceforge.net - which is tiny, doesn't require an install, does what katmouse does and also adds rather nifty X-windows-style window-resizing.

Do you use task launchers/virtual desktops at all?

I've been a big fan of Dexpot (www.dexpot.de/index.php) for virtual desktops (has some nice Win7 support too) and I was using RocketDock/Launchy until I was able to get Win7 online at work.

Just curious.

I am now using Crypto Licensing and Crypto Obfuscator from a review that you did.  Both of these are really good tools, fully featured and easy to use with a great price point too.  Thanks for the heads up on these!

+1 to Launchy

And don't forget WinSplit Revolution. It's awesome to flip windows left, right, up, and down with impunity.