Free Alarm Clock

[joby_toss]

I retested v2.3.1.0 (downloaded zip file MD5: 6d965cb9a240813905010c2e02dcf326 ) and it writes that empty key. I tested both in Sandboxie and running directly on my win7x64 OS.

[I am Baas]

Are you sure you tested the Portable version half way down the page?

Yes. Tested on XPSP3.

[guinness]

OK, well thats weird. I am using System Explorer to take a snapshot on a VB Machine & if I remember (joby_toss & I) we had this problem with another application, in that Sandboxie was capturing a RegistryKey which System Explorer wasn't and vice versa! That being said I think my testing procedure is still reliable as both Sandboxie and System Explorer have their flaws.

[joby_toss]

Yes, that's true!

That's (another reason) why it is so nice to be a part of this wonderful community!

[Checker]

It's now V2.7

• New: View mode "Single Line".
• New: Shortcuts for lists: Ctrl+N, Ctrl+Enter, Ctrl+Del, Ctrl+E.
• New: Ability to stop snooze.
• New: Translations of the UI into Bulgarian, Serbian and Japanese languages.
• Improved: In order to open main window from tray you need to click on icon. The second click on the tray icon hides the main window.
• Fixed: Issue with waking up PC from a sleep mode when the first alarm doesn't have WakeUp option.
• Fixed: Issue with daylight saving adjustment.
• Fixed: Issue with playing sound when output device changes.
• Fixed: Alarm balloon is visible while playing sound.
• Fixed: Issue with storing setting.
• Some other bug fixes and improvements.

[I am Baas]

[Moderator note: The tags similar to what Baas did in this post have been given their own thread.]

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Tested V2.7 on Win7 64:



Empty key ("value not set") in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ComfortSoftware\FreeAC

[lautrepay]

+10
Royalties?

[tomcat]

I engage in this necromancy to inform that, having tried all alarm clocks offered by TPFC, I consider this as the best. Used as alarm clock, it has the right facilities, intuitive use and I haven't discovered any bugs. It is worth putting up with the one empty registry entry that it writes.

But strangely, it is not included among those offered by TPFC. Didn't the developer agree with its inclusion?

By the way, it is now in version 3.1. Has anybody checked whether it still writes that entry?

[joby_toss]

Tested v3.1 portable; still creates that empty registry key.
If it's not in the database, it's because no one added it. But you can add it yourself if you want... I'd vote for it.

[webfork]

I engage in this necromancy to inform that, having tried all alarm clocks offered by TPFC, I consider this as the best. Used as alarm clock, it has the right facilities, intuitive use and I haven't discovered any bugs. It is worth putting up with the one empty registry entry that it writes.

But strangely, it is not included among those offered by TPFC. Didn't the developer agree with its inclusion?

Adding to what Joby said, the program's inclusion in the database isn't connected to the developer. Anyway, a bit more on adding entries is in the FAQ list http://www.portablefreeware.com/faq.php

I think I forgot about this alarm clock because I was so captivated by the lovely portable tag icons above. I should split those from this thread so that I can find them again in the future. Edit: done!

[Midas]

I think I forgot about this alarm clock because I was so captivated by the lovely portable tag icons above. I should split those from this thread so that I can find them again in the future. Edit: done!

• And thank you for that, webfork.

[smaragdus]

Free Alarm Clock 4.0 has been released
- Free Alarm Clock now has full Unicode support.
- New "Skip next alarm" option has been added to alarm clocks.
- New command line parameter /ADDALARM has been added. This parameter opens the new alarm window.
- New: 6 alarm sounds have been added.
- New: Translations of the UI into Greek and Indonesian languages.
- Improved Windows 10 Compatibility.
- Improved: The reminder window shows the snooze time on the snooze button.
- Improved: Now Free Alarm Clock has a modern date picker.
- Improved: The caption of the alarm window shows the alarm time.
- Fixed: Sometimes the alarm event did not bring the reminder window to the foreground in Windows 8 and above.
- Fixed: Now you can't close the floating clock using the Alt+F4 hotkey.
- Fixed: If you used the ampersand character (&) in the label for an alarm event, "_" was displayed instead of "&" when the reminder window popped up for that event.
- Some other fixes and improvements.

Source:
http://free-alarm-clock.blogspot.com/20 ... eased.html

Direct Download Links:
- Installer - http://freealarmclocksoftware.com/FreeA ... kSetup.exe
- Portable - http://freealarmclocksoftware.com/FreeA ... rtable.zip

Free Alarm Clock at Softpedia:
- Installer - http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-En ... lock.shtml
- Portable - http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-S ... lock.shtml

[I am Baas]

Tested Free Alarm Clock v4.0: Portable

Settings: Data.ini in application folder

Still writes to the registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ComfortSoftware\FreeAC (empty key; "value not set")

[smaragdus]

@I am Baas
Does it create this key at first launch only or at every launch?

[I am Baas]

@I am Baas
Does it create this key at first launch only or at every launch?

Did not check previously... wait...

It would still write to the registry.