Alternate Tools

Submit portable freeware that you find here. It helps if you include information like description, extraction instruction, Unicode support, whether it writes to the registry, and so on.
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Re: Alternate HASH-Generator

#16 Post by smaragdus »

Alternate HASH-Generator version 1.432 released, changes:
1.431 (14.12.2015)
-> Added option for uppercase/lowercase letters,
thanks to Asen for suggestion :)
-> DPI bugfix - dpiAware added
-> New Uninstcleanup V1.210
Note that the Info window shows version number as 1.432 while in Changes it is 1.431

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Re: Alternate Pic View (image editor and viewer)

#17 Post by Midas »

EDIT: after the fact, I noticed there's a Alternate Pic View ready-made portable download package available for download (see end of post).

Tested OSS Alternate Pic View a little further and found it an extremely light, no-frills yet capable editor and viewer for image files so I'm beefing up the topic.

After reviewing, Softpedia has granted Alternate Pic View a badge of "Excellent" and it claims compatibility with every version of Windows since 98! It packages half a dozen of related utilities (see menu capture below) -- as well of its source code -- and, should you decide to install on Windows XP or older, there's an installation option to take care of compatibility (check below).

Moreover, it can be easily (Uni)extracted, but I reckon you're better off performing an install/uninstall cycle on account of the large number of (mostly INI) files you'll have to rename otherwise -- after deleting some, I was still left with no less than 23 unique INI files. As reported by smaragdus above, making Alternate Pic View portable is a simple matter of editing its 'SavePath.ini' file: place a single dot between the quotes to point to the program's folder (like this "."). After that no traces will be left on the system, unless you decide to associate file types via the included utility.

http://www.alternate-tools.com/pages/c_picview.php wrote:[Alternate Pic View is] A simple picture viewer and manipulator.
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Download Alternate Pic View latest release (currently v2.140, dated 2016-02-06) from http://www.alternate-tools.com/pages/c_picview.php.

Well, after all my testing, I just realized the website offers a portable package download (still v2.130, apparently): www.alternate-tools.com/pages/c_picview_portable.php...

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Re: Alternate Tools

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I though this had already been mentioned somewhere on the site but I can't find it so ...

Alternate QR Code Generator
http://www.alternate-tools.com/pages/c_ ... p?lang=ENG

Will test soon.

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Alternate QR Code Generator

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Synopsis: A simple program to generate QR codes (quick response codes).

Setup: Opens easily with UniExtract (files in {app}, delete all UnInstCleanup files)

It does have a few features that other programs lack.
  • Ability to change foreground and background colors; size is customizable by setting pixel width (20 is about the size of a baseball)
  • Includes source code
  • Includes data redundancy options
  • Supports 16 world languages (Chinese, Spanish, French, Arabic)
  • Saves to BMP, JPG, and GIF
Status: Not portable; writes to AppData\Local\Alternate and saves two Installation.ini files to ProgramData and Users\All Users. As the program has only a handful of settings to save, some more forgiving users might accept this as portable, but it doesn't qualify by site standards.

License: MPL

Websites:
http://www.alternate-tools.com/pages/c_ ... p?lang=ENG
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia ... ator.shtml

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Alternative Archiver Portable

#20 Post by webfork »

Short version: there's a lot here but it's not getting posted to Submission because the program is a mess. Keep moving.

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First and foremost you have to know this isn't a compression program. It's actually a bunch of tools but as far as I can tell, none of them makes a zip file. Instead it appears to move files to another folder and set up subfolders based on dates (e.g. year / month / etc.)

Then there are a lot of programs under the hood that aren't specifically connected to archiving including a DLL Analyzer, FileShredder, temp file cleaner (aka "Clean" / "Directory") and sync program (FileMove). It wasn't terribly clear from the interface how this works and the help file isn't particularly clear either.

If you're willing to spend some time and patience on this program, there's clearly a lot of functionality but there are already tools on the site that do many of these functions in a more intuitive manner.

Portable: Yes. The program appears to save everything to a series of included .ini files named for each of the EXE files inside. Stealth: untested.

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http://www.softpedia.com/get/Compressio ... iver.shtml

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Re: Alternate Pic View

#21 Post by Midas »

Alternate Pic View Portable v2.430 released, dated 2017-07-21 (no changelog).

http://www.alternate-tools.com/pages/c_ ... p?lang=ENG

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Re: Alternate Pic View EXE Slide

#22 Post by webfork »

Alternate Pic View Lite 2.460 is out: http://www.softpedia.com/progChangelog/ ... 00425.html

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Re: Alternate Pic View

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Alternate Pic View Portable v2.500 released, dated 2017-12-25 (no changelog).

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Re: Alternate QR Code Generator

#24 Post by webfork »

On the QR Code Generator program...
Rudy5 wrote: Wed Feb 19, 2020 10:21 am Not portable; writes to AppData\Local\Alternate and saves two Installation.ini files to ProgramData and Users\All Users. As the program has only a handful of settings to save, some more forgiving users might accept this as portable, but it doesn't qualify by site standards.
I didn't take a look to other tools but probably they can all be made portable if you edit the SavePath.ini
For this one, you set ApplicationStorage=".\"
Great discovery, thank you. Even better, it looks like (from your other posts) that this applies to quite a few programs. It's funny as I was using Alternate QR for months even though it wasn't portable because of the customizable background. I don't have quite as much of a need for QR tools, but we don't currently have a QR program in the database. I'll try to get that added in the weeks ahead.

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Re: Alternate QR Code Generator

#25 Post by billon »

webfork wrote: Sat Feb 29, 2020 8:08 pm but we don't currently have a QR program in the database
QRGen
Free QR Creator

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Re: Alternate QR Code Generator

#26 Post by webfork »

billon wrote: Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:18 pm QRGen
Free QR Creator
Yeah, I should know better by now -- if you type in QR in the site search it comes up empty: https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?q=qr&m=

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Re: Alternate Tools

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A simple program for synchronization (or mirroring) of the content of two folders. To achieve this, the amount of necessary file operations is reduced to a minimum. The program offers several options/settings to do this processing like

- File comparison by size
- File comparison by date (different, older, newer)
- File comparison by content
- Adding missing files to target folder
- Removing files that are not contained in source folder
- Include empty folders into synchronization
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Homepage: https://alternate-tools.com/pages/c_fil ... p?lang=ENG

Download: https://alternate-tools.com/files/FileMove.exe

Steps: Download and uniextract, Change the line UseExeFilePath from 0 to 1 in SavePath.ini

Status: Portable - application folder: FileMove.ini

Originally posted by Rudy5

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Re: Alternate Tools

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Alternate Calculator
A simple calculator which can also be used for currency translations (E.g. Euro). It already includes a set of predefined currencies and exchange rates which also may be modified individually. An internal editor is included which can be used for recoding and saving the already executed calculation steps.

The calculator may also be used for conversation between different number systems (decimal, hexadecimal, binary, customer defined). The program is customizable in its window size and appearance. It is freeware. The program needs the .NET-framework 2.0 or above (which is already included in Windows since Windows Vista).
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Homepage: https://alternate-tools.com/pages/c_cal ... p?lang=ENG

Download: https://alternate-tools.com/files/Calculator.exe

Steps: Download and uniextract, modify UseExeFilePath from 0 to 1 in the SavePath.ini file

Status: Portable: Application folder: Calculator.ini

Originally posted by Rudy5

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Re: Alternate Tools

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Alternate File Shredder
This program offers the possibility to finally delete files and/or folders (no recovery possible). The program also can overwrite the free space on a drive, which means, that already deleted files cannot be restored, too.

The program offers also options to select how the overwriting shall be done (using a specific value, random values or a file-content as template). The program is freeware/open source, it requires the .NET-framework 2.0 (already included in operation system since Windows Vista).

IMPORTANT NOTE: You are using this program at your own risk. Think carefully which files you want to delete!
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Homepage: https://www.alternate-tools.com/pages/c ... p?lang=ENG

Download: https://www.alternate-tools.com/files/FileShredder.exe

Steps: Download and uniextract. Change UseExeFilePath from 0 to 1 in the SavePath.ini file.

Status: Portable: Application folder: FileShredder.ini

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