System - Installation/Configuration (63)

xpy provides a variety of helpful tweaks to your system for security, speed, privacy, and more. In addition to various anti-spyware features, it can disable common security threats (RPC/DCOM, LMHash), increase performance, usability, and tweak Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.

Note: The program doesn't come with an explanation of each setting change so users not familiar with Windows should proceed with caution.

ZipInstaller installs and uninstalls applications and utilities that do not provide an internal installation program. It automatically extracts all files from the Zip file, copies them to the destination folder you select, creates shortcuts in the start menu and in your desktop, and adds an uninstall module to allow you to automatically remove the software in the future.

Universal Silent Switch Finder attempts to find often undocumented program switches that enable a "silent" or no-user-action software install. This is useful for administrators installing software remotely or users who want to skip the process of installation.

Note: Softpedia reports that the program is better with .MSI files than .EXE installation files.

WhatInStartup displays the list of all applications that are loaded automatically when Windows starts up. It allows you to easily disable or delete unwanted programs that runs in your Windows startup. You can use it on your currently running instance of Windows, as well as you can use it on external instance of Windows in another drive. Additionally, the program will "ban" programs from re-adding themselves to startup.

ExtMan (extension manager) manages the behavior of your computer when you launch or double-click on a file. This lets you open a text file in Notepad or you program of choice

The software can view, edit, create, and remove actions, as well as change the associated icons. You can also control if the file extension will be hidden/shown by default and whether a confirmation will be required to open it after download.

You can also choose the default action when multiple options available, the others appearing when you right-click and choose "Open With".

Backups of the registry entries to create these changes are available for one or multiple file extensions.

NOTE: Website is offline, linking to a user-provided mirror.

KuShellExtension is an extension that adds custom entries into context menu (a.k.a. shell menu) in some applications like Windows Explorer. The program is highly configurable by a simple configuration file in XML format. It can generate submenus and display icons, which cannot be done by modifying registry.

Supports both x86 and x64 systems

ZSoft Uninstaller is a unique program removal program that does pre and post-install system analysis to provide a way to remove all changes made by an installed program. This is useful over provided uninstall tools or programs that search for traces left behind afterwards, although the program can run a search cleanup if you didn't do a pre-install check.

Additional system-cleaning tools include a temporary and empty folders cleaner, as well as a system start-up manager.

Languages: Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and more.

AutoRun Settings gives easy access to the basic Windows AutoRun settings.

JavaRa removes old and redundant versions of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from your machine. Simply select "Check for Updates" or "Remove Older Version" to begin.

Note: The program is no longer maintained as of March 2011. Future JREs from Oracle may not be cleaned with this program. (Thanks to Emka)