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CE Software's QuicKeys, a longtime and deservedly lauded system utility for the Mac, has finally come to the Windows environment -- where, frankly, it's needed most.
While many other utilities that offer similar features, QuicKeys ($50 retail, or $40 if you buy online) is the best I've seen at what it does--automating those small but endless PC chores you have to do over and over. Mijenix's $40 PowerDesk 98 covers some of the same territory, but adds a ton of high-octane file management options that can be confusing for new users.
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QuicKeys works by letting you assign hot-key sequences (or toolbar icons) to just about any task you can manually punch in on your PC, such as opening programs, typing text, triggering your dial-up connection, adjusting system settings, and so on. In that respect it works much like macros do, but QuicKeys makes the process a lot less painful.
What I liked best about QuicKeys...