guinness's submissions (182)

Great for small companies and intranets. If you are on a network with a lot of people sharing a lot of files without much control over that, it can be hard to track down the information you need. This lets you find what you need across multiple shares on multiple computers.

For those who use AdBlock, pause AdBlock before you download, (if not) you will not receive the file!

For information I've just downloaded the portable version from the website and did not need to pause my AdBlock+.

You can have a somewhat complicated folder structure you built for a project and want to use it in a new one

I was the one that gave the idea to SKWIRE for this program. What I needed it for was to replicate the file structure of the target system (production) on my developer machine so I could test out my scripts on file naming and manipulation. The advantage was I didn't have to copy the entire 50GB but only one zip file to recreate the structure :)

Another possible situation is when you are going to copy a LOT of files from one disk to another. By first creating the empty files, you end up with all the directories together and defragged, instead of fragmented all over the disk. Then, when you overwrite the empty files with the real files, the directories stay defragmented.
That's why Microsoft's Robocopy utility has the /CREATE switch, by the way. It does exactly what this utility does, and is already installed in every Windows since XP.

@happyluser.com: have you tried Sysinternals' Autoruns?

The downloaded zip of this very useful config tool
has progressed from version 1.3 to 1.4.
Anyone know what has changed?

Without any changelog it's hard to know as the interface looks exactly the same. I've updated the entry, thanks NickR.

Have been using this since version 3.00. Works perfectly with x64.

@steve

Download alternatives @ http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1872/mirrors.php

This program is a commercial, leading you to the editor's website where they try to make you pay to download their "cleaning" programs. Moreover deleting "index.dat" files can be achieved through the much better and "free" CrapCleaner.

website down

http://web.archive.org/web/20090527200413/http://soft.em-tnt.com/ids_overview.php

Links don't seem to work anymore.

An alternative:
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/ReProfiler-Download-158690.html

sounds a bit like a porn button if you ask me.

In the linked forum post both v1.1 and v1.2 are mentioned. Is there an update?

Thanks, Emka. Updated.

1. Freaked out, no - annoyed yes. Who says the latest version will be better - the user should have the option to autoupdate or not. This could be a deal breaker for many users.

2. Seriously, your app, what else! Every other app in the tray when double clicked will open up - yours should also. Instead, you have to right click then scroll to the Show/Hide option - too many steps for a simple function - again, annoying.

5.
...add 'autoupdate' to Options: as a checkbox.
...add ability to left click to Show/Hide app from tray.
...fix XP tray icon bug.
...add a 'Help' menu item that opens the help file located in the local folder. A link to the support forums could also be added as a menu item within the app.
...provide a 'changelog' - updates, new fetures, known bugs etc.

i spent 5min trying to find the "real download link". sorry couldn't download it.

v1.2 was an improvement for sure (don't know about 1.3) but this app still needs work in my opinion. The information comes by way of dialog boxes and I think I clicked 12, maybe 15 times to get the tool's details - wouldn't a .pdf file be much easier.

It is freeware, worth the effort, but as has been mentioned, even getting details on the website is a wild-goose-chase.

http://apps.nozavi.com/downloads/summary/13/19

Follow the link above and look for the aqua colored "Download" button, about half-way down the page.

Btw, I believe the file is a single *.exe - 'system_silencer.exe' - when you run the file, settings are saved to a *.cfg file in the same directory.

The first thing that comes to my mind is that one of its main (and malicious) uses will be to upload and distribute fake files (for instance on binary newsgroups, file hosting sites, or via P2P), so users get tricked into downloading huge amounts of useless data while they keep thinking they are downloading some movie or software.

Apart from this malicious use, the program might perhaps be useful for tests, like testing the throughput and speed of a specific amount of data on a connection (e.g of an external hard-drive or a network connection, etc.).

This works well for creating a pad file to be used with dsmask (part of dsfok). dsfok is available from http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware
These 2 programs allow for truly unbreakable encryption.

I use this kind of file generators to block unneeded disk space (120 GB at my internet laptop). I leave only 3-4 GB available. this way when I shred the unused disk space once in a while (for making unwanted undeletes of sensible data impossible) the process is much faster.

3 characters? I only have one brain!

It's classic Sonic gameplay but it also incorporates elements of another classic game, The Lost Vikings, where you have to switch control between three characters to overcome a level's obstacles.

This game is so well-made you'll swear it's from Sega. Lots of fun, too!

I am unsure if all would consider it portable, but this application is no longer stealth. The following folder/file are created each time the application is run:

c:\Documents and Settings\$UserName$\Application Data\Bitdreamers\Quick Checksum Verifier\config\global.xml

The last version I have (v1.1.5.13) does not do this.

I only tested the 32-bit version on Windows XP SP3 using Total Uninstall v2.35 (last freeware version of that tool)

@DavesNotHere: After the extraction of the installer, you have to create a file named "portable" or "portable.txt" in the app folder.

I created the zero-byte file "portable" in the app folder and voila! It is portable and stealth. Thanks! I don't know how I missed that step.

Same with virtually everything Nir Sofer writes - FANTASTIC! I just replaced Nexus Font with this one. It's GRRRRRRRRREAT ! !

This does not let you view fonts in other directories or install and uninstall fonts like Nexus Font does though.

thank you so much, this is exactly what I've been looking for!

If you close this program using the usual Windows red "X" in the top right corner, it will leave SPCleaner.exe running in Task Manager (and an inactive icon in system tray). Instead, you MUST pull down the file menu and choose exit to actually shut this program down. That's pretty rude going against Windows conventions.

This app deleted everything an a mounted TrueCrypt volume.

@Gary, Jimmy Neutron & joe

I hope you reported these issues to the dev? It can't be fixed that which is unknown :)

... http://www.novirusthanks.org/contacts/
... http://www.novirusthanks.org/support/

Confirmed. Thanks outskirter.

You're welcome, Guinness. I've just sent a review to Softpedia, including a heads-up to the site's administration about the bad download file.

DuoExplorer was *almost* my choice for basic file management in two panes. I don't mind the lack of extra features, as I was looking for a minimalistic dual-pane file manager. Nevertheless, for me it has two drawbacks: It doesn't save the details-view column widths to its .INI file, and there's no option for vertical pane orientation -- they're strictly horizontal. Another thing: If I use list view in both panes, when restarting the app it remembers that setting for the active pane only. The inactive pane reverts to details view. There is no Settings menu, and editing the .INI file doesn't help.

Final note on DuoExplorer: Softpedia has now fixed the download file. It's now a proper Zip archive containing DuoExplorer.exe. That's the only file you need; the app writes the necessary config files in its own application folder.

On same (download) page there is STS(0.5).7z file with 0.5 version

@bajaatan: Updated