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Application Paths Editor v1.00

webfork on 19 Jun 2016
  • 702KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by guinness

Application Path Editor is able to add, edit and delete Application Paths in a quick and safe way, so you can decide what commands Windows will recognize and the program they execute. This allows you to put fewer shortcuts on your desktop and run commands from the Run dialog.

Windows 7 users should use Windows Key + R.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ape.exe.

WebVersions v3.1

webfork on 4 Feb 2021
  • 212KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by guinness

WebVersions keeps your software up to date by adding applications to the database and checking for updates.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder.
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch WebVersions.exe
To add software to the database, see our unofficial how-to and once added, click "Web Update" to check for new versions.
Latest comments
shaka on 2010-02-12 14:42

Anyone know why i can't seem to scan ESET SysInspector's webpage?
http://www.eset.eu/support/changelog-eset-sysinspector
(which btw would be a good addition to this website)

Hydaral on 2010-03-30 01:59

@shaka - I don't think it likes the user agent for WebVersions (or WGET for that matter), a web proxy seems to work:

ESET SysInspector;;1.2.021;http://www.surfwithease.com/index.php?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eset.eu%2Fsupport%2Fchangelog-eset-sysinspector&hl=1c4;false;

shaka on 2010-04-01 15:37

Thank you for the idea, it explains the error alright.
I found another suitable page though:
http://www.eset.ie/download/sysinspector.php
Works ok.

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XP-Config v1.1.1

webfork on 19 Jun 2016
  • 565KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by AlephX

XP-Config is an easy-to-use Windows XP configuration tool, useful to set security, performance, appearance and device behavior options.

Note: The application starts in German, but you can immediately focus the "Sprache / Language" option in the window.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP
Writes settings to: Application Folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the RAR package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch XpConfig.exe
What's new?
  • A language for Italian was added.
  • A French language file was added.
  • A Holland language was added.
  • Several minor changes to the program interface.
Latest comments
KFost63 on 2007-03-02 06:29

To change the program to start up with the English language, you just have to change Language: in the xpconfig.ini to say English

atomizer on 2009-10-27 15:15

xpy and xp anti-spy offer more features

Helen on 2009-12-24 08:27

Thanks for this post - it's much appreciated and I really like to use these tools. However you might want to use an XP registry cleaner

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OpenWithView v1.11

webfork on 19 Jun 2016
  • 51KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Simon T.

OpenWithView is a small utility that displays the list of all available applications in the 'Open With' dialog-box of Windows, and allows you to easily disable/enable the applications in the list.

This utility works under Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, and Windows Vista. In earlier versions of Windows, OpenWithView will display the list of 'Open With' window entries, but disable/enable feature won't work.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application Folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the zip file and extract the content to a folder of your choice. Launch OpenWithView.exe
What's new?
  • Fixed the icons problem on Windows 7/x64

Starter v5.6.2.9

webfork on 25 Mar 2021
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 17 May 2009
  • Suggested by Enrico Galli

Starter allows you to view and manage all the programs that are started automatically at system startup. You can temporarily disable selected entries, edit them, create new, or delete them permanently. It also lists all running processes with the ability to view extended process information such as used DLLs, memory usage, thread count, priorities etc. You can terminate selected processes or services.

Languages: Supports 22 including French, German, Italiano, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian,

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder.
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the "Application only" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Create an empty text file and name it Starter.ini
  3. Launch Starter.exe

Alternatively, after running the application, select Configuration, Options, General. Then under "Location to store settings", select "Program directory".
What's new?
  • Enhanced Windows Vista compatibility.
  • Fixed too aggressive settings saving while swithing between main tabs (Startups, Processes, Services).
  • System memory graph was limited to 2 GB. Fixed.
  • Made large annoing tooltips for startup and service items to appear only at first column of the list.
  • Psapi.dll-related changes.
  • Updated supplied web links (Help\Useful links and context search menu items)
  • Updated NSIS-based installer to the latest version.
  • Other miscellaneous changes.
Translations update
  • New: Japanese
  • New: Serbian (Latin)
  • Updated: Greek (Hellenic)

Further changelog at http://codestuff.obninsk.ru/news.html.
Latest comments
portafreeuser on 2011-01-10 03:46

Still loving this program. It worked well on Vista, and it still works great on my upgrade (yes upgrade) to XP SP3. I just recently used it to disable some unneeded stuff launching with my partition backup program. thanks.

Emka on 2013-12-17 19:36

website down

webfork on 2013-12-29 02:31

Emka: entry updated. This is one of my favorite system programs so I was very happy to get this back online. Although it doesn't list support for it, I had no trouble using it successfully in Windows 7.

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URLProtocolView v1.15

webfork on 19 Jun 2016
  • 54KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by JohnW

URLProtocolView is a simple utility that displays all URL protocols (for example: ftp:, telnet:, mailto:) that are currently installed on your system. For each URL protocol, the following information is displayed: The protocol name, the protocol description, the command-line that is executed when you type or click the URL, the product name, and the company name. This utility also allows you to easily enable/disable the URL protocols.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. There are two versions available: ANSI version for Win98/ME, and Unicode version for Win2K/XP/Vista. Launch URLProtocolView.exe.

XPredit v1.4.9b

webfork on 19 Jun 2016
  • 836KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Barrette

XPredit lets you easily tweak certain useful registry values such as disabling autorun and ballooon tips, speeding up the start menu, hiding recent documents display, minimizing startup and shutdown times etc.

Note: Links broken ... linking to Softpedia.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP
Writes settings to: Windows folder (xpredit.ini). But these are non-critical settings that does not affect its portability.
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch XPredit.exe.
Latest comments
donald on 2010-05-26 06:30

I just downloaded the newest version (XPredit 2.1.4 RC2) from http://xpredit.pcbox.gr/dload.php?action=license&license_id=1&file_id=7

I merely agreed to the license and downloaded it from the link. I did not join anything. It is an installer though.

I do not know if it is portable but it should be

Emka on 2014-12-06 07:15

Links broken

Checker on 2014-12-06 10:44

@ Emka: Linked to Softpedia.

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Fast Explorer 2008 v3.1.11.430

webfork on 19 Jun 2016
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Barrette

FastExplorer allows you to customize and manage context menus of file objects displayed in Windows Explorer. You can create new menu items, submenus, dividers etc. as well as specify menu bitmaps and hint text. You can also manage existing menu items added by other programs, or detect/fix orphaned entries in the Windows registry.

Note: Website offline, linking to Softpedia

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FastExplorer.exe.
Latest comments
abc on 2011-08-05 17:37

No longer being developed. What a shame.

Emka on 2013-12-18 06:20

website down

webfork on 2014-01-05 02:26

Emka: updated, thanks

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StartUpLite v1.07

webfork on 19 Jun 2016

From the maker of Malwarebytes Anti Malware, StartUpLite helps you disable or remove all known unnecessary startup entries from your machine.

Functional on 64-bit.

Category:
Runs on:WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download StartUpLite.exe to a folder of your choice and launch.
Latest comments
Kunzite on 2007-10-08 06:29

http://www.mlin.net/
Startup CPL is more suitable, much stronger software, and it's completely free.

Webfork on 2008-01-19 23:43

Startup CPL is portable and here on the archive: http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=249

AntBond on 2009-09-08 16:08

Why should anyone use the portable version of this utility?

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Autostart and Process Viewer (APV) v1.41

webfork on 18 Jun 2016
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

Autostart and Process Viewer helps you control which applications automatically start with Windows, and shows which processes are running on your computer. When left running in the system tray, it also helps you find out which processes and autostart entries are new so that you can remove suspicious entries.

Category:
Runs on:WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice. The application files are located in the {app} subfolder. Launch autostart_and_process_viewer.exe.
Latest comments
Andrew Lee on 2007-04-27 06:22

Although this is a nice integrated package for the novice, if you are looking for something more powerful, I would suggest Autoruns (which shows you almost everything that autostarts with the system, including devices and services), and MJ RegWatcher (for alerting you to suspicious registry modifications). Both are more complex than APV, but also far more sophisticated and powerful.

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