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The question, as it stands, is off-topic as a software recommendation. The line that makes it as asking for a software recommendation is.:

Is there any software that can do that or can it be achieved natively with Windows? (I am under Windows 7).

But it can probably be edited to just ask how to do it rather than asking for people to recommend software. There is enough information on the problem to be able to distinguish it from a pure "Gimme software to do X" question.


To clarify, I don't see a problem with stating what your problem is and saying "how can I fix this?" as stating your problem allows users to find alternative solutions and describe a real solution that or may may not need external software.

Conversely simply saying "What software does X?" without saying why is lazy and not particularly useful for future users trying to solve real world problems using software. Just asking for software means all you're going to get is a group of people belching the name of their favourite softwares, which we don't really want.

We want to be a site that gives solutions, not just lists of things.

The question, as it stands, is off-topic as a software recommendation. The line that makes it as asking for a software recommendation is.

Is there any software that can do that or can it be achieved natively with Windows? (I am under Windows 7).

But it can probably be edited to just ask how to do it rather than asking for people to recommend software. There is enough information on the problem to be able to distinguish it from a pure "Gimme software to do X" question.

The question, as it stands, is off-topic as a software recommendation. The line that makes it as asking for a software recommendation is:

Is there any software that can do that or can it be achieved natively with Windows? (I am under Windows 7).

But it can probably be edited to just ask how to do it rather than asking for people to recommend software. There is enough information on the problem to be able to distinguish it from a pure "Gimme software to do X" question.


To clarify, I don't see a problem with stating what your problem is and saying "how can I fix this?" as stating your problem allows users to find alternative solutions and describe a real solution that or may may not need external software.

Conversely simply saying "What software does X?" without saying why is lazy and not particularly useful for future users trying to solve real world problems using software. Just asking for software means all you're going to get is a group of people belching the name of their favourite softwares, which we don't really want.

We want to be a site that gives solutions, not just lists of things.

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Mokubai Mod
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The question, as it stands, is off-topic as a software recommendation. The line that makes it as asking for a software recommendation is.

Is there any software that can do that or can it be achieved natively with Windows? (I am under Windows 7).

But it can probably be edited to just ask how to do it rather than asking for people to recommend software. There is enough information on the problem to be able to distinguish it from a pure "Gimme software to do X" question.