> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://nolongerset.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Archive Collection: Tools - URL: https://nolongerset.com/archive-tools/ - Published: 2023-01-24T23:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-08T12:52:07.000Z - Description: I'm on vacation (shh...don't tell anyone)! I'll be back soon, but until then enjoy today's curated collection of articles from the archive. Today's topic: Tools. - Author: Mike Wolfe - Tags: Archive, #Import 2026-05-20 02:59 *I've been writing a daily article here since September 1, 2020; that's over 800 articles. I haven't missed a day yet, and that includes [Christmas and Easter](https://nolongerset.com/tag/holiday/). Well, I'm taking my first family vacation since I started writing this blog. Our only other family vacation (which predates the blog) was a National Lampoon's-style disaster. I hope this one is going better.* *I'm writing this in the *present* tense, but I'm writing it for *future* publication with links to *past* articles. Let's hope the time-space continuum holds up.* *In any case, as the slacker Firstie says to the Stony Lonesome Gate guard twenty minutes before Taps, let me get to the Point. I've got a daily publishing streak to keep up. But I don't want to be writing and publishing articles on vacation. And I still want to provide you with something of value to read each day. So I settled on creating a series of curated article lists that I think you'll find beneficial.* *I'm hoping at least some of these articles are ones you haven't read before. And if you're so obsessed with me that you *have* read all my articles, I'm hoping that they'll keep you busy enough that you don't come looking for me and my family 😳.* *Enjoy!* --- ## Tools [My Favorite ThingsHere is a list of my favorite utilities, add-ins, OCX controls, and applications that I use when developing Microsoft Access applications.![](https://nolongerset.com/favicon.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/d7/ebd732c1-5f03-4f07-b386-5d08557e15c9/content/images/2020/09/gift-3021078_1920.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/my-favorite-things/) [vbWatchdog v4 ReleasedVersion 4 of vbWatchdog just got released. If you don’t already own a license for it, you should. And if you do, you should upgrade before August 31, 2022.![](https://nolongerset.com/favicon.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/d7/ebd732c1-5f03-4f07-b386-5d08557e15c9/content/images/2022/07/vbWatchdog-v4-Released.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/vbwatchdog-v4-released/) [Everything You Need to Find FilesOr, should I say, You Need \*Everything\* to Find Files.![](https://nolongerset.com/favicon.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/d7/ebd732c1-5f03-4f07-b386-5d08557e15c9/content/images/2021/02/2021-02-12-15_05_26-GBM18-Window.png)](https://nolongerset.com/everything-you-need-to-find-files/) [Access Database Right-Click Context Menu CreatorWouldn’t it be great to right-click an Access file to compact or decompile it? With Daniel Pineault’s awesome tool, you can!![](https://nolongerset.com/favicon.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/d7/ebd732c1-5f03-4f07-b386-5d08557e15c9/content/images/2022/07/Explorer-context-menu-1-.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/explorer-context-menu/) [RegEx101.comWriting and reading regular expressions is like speaking a foreign language. Think of regex101.com like Google Translate for regexes.![](https://nolongerset.com/favicon.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/d7/ebd732c1-5f03-4f07-b386-5d08557e15c9/content/images/2021/08/Regex101.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/regex101-dot-com/) [AccessUI - Data Source ManagerTired of dealing with the limitations and poor UI of Access’s built-in linked table manager? Try this FREE improved version from Kevin Bell.![](https://nolongerset.com/favicon.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/d7/ebd732c1-5f03-4f07-b386-5d08557e15c9/content/images/2021/05/Data-Source-Manager.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/accessui-data-source-manager/) [Keybase: A Simple and Secure Way to CommunicateWhenever I need to share sensitive information with my team--such as passwords or private keys--I use Keybase for peace of mind.![](https://nolongerset.com/favicon.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/d7/ebd732c1-5f03-4f07-b386-5d08557e15c9/content/images/2021/10/2021-10-28_0-34-38.png)](https://nolongerset.com/keybase/) [Rainbow CSVIf you work with delimited text files of any kind, you need to be using this VS Code extension.![](https://nolongerset.com/favicon.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/d7/ebd732c1-5f03-4f07-b386-5d08557e15c9/content/images/2021/03/roses-828945_1920.jpg)](https://nolongerset.com/rainbow-csv/) [Using FreeMind as a Schema Development ToolIn the early stages of planning a database design, I prefer a tool that lets me capture my thoughts as they flow without getting in the way. FreeMind is that tool.![](https://nolongerset.com/favicon.png)No Longer SetMike Wolfe![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/eb/d7/ebd732c1-5f03-4f07-b386-5d08557e15c9/content/images/2022/12/FreeMind-Schema-Designer.png)](https://nolongerset.com/freemind-as-schema-designer/)