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Portable Software Updater v2.8 Updated

webfork on 17 Mar 2013

Portable Software Updater is an unofficial update program for PortableApps.com software, scanning for version updates and optionally downloading. Includes a wide variety of update features including the option to install them with or without user interaction, download to a separate folder, and even autokill running apps that are to be updated.

Includes an available "stealth" minimalistic interface with most common functions from the system tray. Not supported by PortableApps.com.

Alternatively, the PortableApps.com Platform launcher supports automatic updates and includes additional features.

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System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder - saves settings to psu.cfg
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download psu.exe to a folder of your choice and launch.

Note: the program will auto-detect PortableApps programs if placed in the same subfolder (e.g. EraserPortable, JkDefragPortable, etc). Alternatively, users can manually choose directories to check and update under the "Settings" tab.
Similar/alternative apps: PortableApps.com Platform
What's new? * Updated listing of programs
* Checkbox to select programs to run after update
* Updated error msg for connection problems
* Ability to click the program name to directly save the application file
* Proxy support
Latest comments
Netbookworm on 2010-12-12 06:32

WinUHA - UHARC GUI - High Compression Multimedia Archiver.
Perhaps last year the best use of which I have come across.

Klingklang on 2011-04-19 07:53

Excellent program! :-) For those who are interested in Piriform portable apps (Ccleaner, Defraggler, Speccy and Recuva), I've built a small batch using iopus file downloader and 7zip, which automatically downloads and updates them. Works like a charm :-)

Klingklang on 2011-04-19 08:17

Better yet, using wget instead of iopus ;-)

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Reprofiler v0.4

Andrew Lee on 12 Feb 2013

Reprofiler offers a quick and easy way to see which profile is associated with which user. If a problem is evident, it then provides an intuitive and straightforward means of correcting the profile ownership.

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System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Administrator rights
License: GPL v3 (note that source does not appear to be available on the SourceForge site)
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ReProfiler.exe.

xp-AntiSpy v3.98

Andrew Lee on 12 Feb 2013

xp-AntiSpy is allows you to easily enable/disable usually unnecessary or undesirable Windows features (e.g. Messenger, Media Player's automatic codec download, language bar (ctfmon.exe), etc.). As the name suggests, the program was originally focused on preventing privacy-sensitive elements, but has expanded to many others, including enabling some hidden features likea command-line prompt in context menu, and an increase in the maximum number of half-opened TCP connections (helpful for P2P applications).

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System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Windows registry. Note that if you create a system profile(s), it writes to HKEY_USERS.
Stealth: ? No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch xp-AntiSpy.exe.
What's new?
  • Reworked setting Hide shortcut arrow because it was not always working on 64bit systems.
  • Removed setting Deny access to 16-Bit-Applications from Suggested profile
  • Fixed several errors occurring on 64bit systems
  • Added Feature:
    The menu Profiles now contains the entry Check profile at logon. If there’s a check mark in front of, the xp-AntiSpy will check the current selected profile everytime you logon to your system. If a setting does not conform to that profile you will be presented a dialog window, asking to reapply the profile.
  • Added feature:
    Due to the amount of settings in the xp-AntiSpy it get’s complicated if you look for a special one. So I added a search field which can be enabled by selecting the menu Special>Show search field. Once you enter a search term it will be searched in all setting names and the according info text for that setting. Then only the matching settings will be presented to you in the overview. To reset the search, just press the escape key.
Latest comments
Webfork on 2010-01-23 22:29

@anoncow: yes, both write to the registry. Seconfig is a bit more strict in some areas, while xp-Antispy has a little more flexibility in its controls.

cAPSLOCK on 2010-01-26 08:13

Well this programs JOB is to write to the registry. ;) So we shouldn't worry too much about that eh?

anoncow on 2010-01-27 02:04

The problem with the internet is that, even when you spell out and try to avoid something, that something happens anyway.
Notice "which is fine in their case"!
And about the JOB, the beggining of that sentence:
"Don't they both need to write to the registry TO DO THEIR THING"

The question is what's the difference between the two.

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IECompo v1.00

Andrew Lee on 12 Feb 2013
  • 14KB (uncompressed)
  • Suggested by Checker

IECompo displays the list of Internet Explorer components that are installed on your computer.

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System Requirements: Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch IECompo.exe.

Vispa v0.6.4

Andrew Lee on 12 Feb 2013

Vispa attempts to secure your Windows system and protect your privacy. In addition to anti-spyware features, it disables common security threats (RPC/DCOM, LMHash), increases your Windows performance, and tweaks Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.

Note: Vispa is not being developed any longer. It has merged into xpy and the program will determine which settings are suitable for the target OS.

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System Requirements: Vista
Writes settings to: User profile folder. A single setting is written to indicate whether you have accepted the license agreement.
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: No
License: BSD
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch vispa.exe.
What's new?
  • added keyboard shortcuts for some commands
  • added search provider info to ixquick build