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PicPick is a versatile all-in-one tool for images on the desktop. Includes a powerful screen capture tool, editor, color picker and palette, pixel ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and more. Can upload images automatically to FTP, Facebook, Twitter, default e-mail program, or send to installed Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, or PowerPoint).

Alternatively, PicPick Portable is stealth and automatically adjusts paths.

Quick Clipboard Editor (QCE) not only helps maintain a history of text copied to the clipboard, it also allows you to make quick edits to the text directory. The built-in text editor provides a set of functions including:

• find and replace
• insert new content on each line
• trim unwanted sections of lines
• keep or delete lines or characters based on various criteria
• sort by all sort of criteria
• change case of text or portion of text
• convert text for various coding needs (HTML, XML, PHP, AHK, etc.)

PDFArranger is an editor program to merge, split, rotate, crop, rearrange, duplicate and interleave pages. The program supports drag-and-drop insert of other PDF files, auto-crop whitespace, rotation of individual or any combination of pages, scale size (e.g. tabloid to letter size), and more.

The program can print "restricted" PDFs, split pages, export components of the PDF to separate files, or import standard images into a PDF document.

Cross-platform with clients available for Linux.

FreeCAD is an parametric 3D modeler that lets you sketch geometry-constrained 2D shapes and use them as a base to build 3D objects. The program also allows you to easily modify your design by going back into your model history and changing its parameters.

FreeCAD reads and writes to many open file formats such as STEP, IGES, STL, SVG, DXF, OBJ, IFC, DAE.

Cross platform (Mac, Linux). Many user-contributed addons/macros are also available, for example to let you easily create screws and bolts, instantly construct lego bricks, etc.

Win 7 users may encounter an error starting FreeCAD, due to a missing 64-bit .dll file.

Textify lets users copy text from such normally static dialog boxes, system messages, program tabs and more. Ideal for quickly taking down diagnostic/error messages in system testing, the program lets you grab part or all of the needed text. It also can launch web services such as Google Translate or external programs.

The program also grabs the "alt" text and URL of web images.

LeoMoon HotKeyz is a lightweight system-wide hotkey manager that lets you assign global hotkeys to files, folders, programs, system actions, active windows, URLs, and text snippets. An unlimited number of system-wide hotkeys can be defined, and the program itself can be enabled/disabled with a hotkey (by default [Ctrl]+[Win]+[2]).

Extra Keys helps you to type many letters and symbols that may not appear on your keyboard, including accented characters for French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Scandinavian languages, as well as many other special symbols.

A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).

LICEcap can capture an area of your desktop and save it directly to animated GIF files. Features include: move the screen capture frame while recording, pause and restart recording, with optional inserted text messages, global hotkey (Shift+Space) to toggle pausing while recording, adjustable maximum recording framerate, basic title frame, with or without text, record mouse button presses, display elapsed time in the recording.

You can run multiple LICEcap window simultaneously, even of another LICEcap.

Cross-platform with a version available for Mac OS.

RegScanner scans the Windows registry for values that match a specific search criteria and displays them in one single list for editing and viewing. No longer do you have to press F3 indefinitely to locate the right value. The list can also be exported into a .REG file that can be used in RegEdit.

MemPad is a text editor that lets you add, edit, and arrange your notes in a hierarchical, tree-based view. It supports text search, word-wrap mode, read-only mode, auto-save, notebook encryption, automatic backup, search-and-replace, a diary mode etc.

BatchEncoder is a fast, highly configurable conversion tool for a wide array of audio formats. The program can compress or decompress audio using "lossy" formats (like MP3) or "lossless," meaning a perfect copy of the original.

Note that the program is a front-end interface for a variety of tools that the software downloads automatically for you, and then runs them in the background based on the set configuration.

TED Notepad is a small and fast text editor intended as a replacement for Windows notepad. The program offers a variety of interface tools including hotkeys for almost every function, ability to minimize to system tray, favorite files menu, and many more. Additionally, up to nine permanent clipboards, advanced searching, auto-completion, bi-directional editing and many text-processing functions.

WildGem is a small and fast tool to help find and replace text. Its powerful syntax combines most of the flexibility of regular expressions (regex), but with the simplicity of the typical find/replace function.

It features a dual split display that updates or highlights matches as you type in real-time. A unique color-coded syntax lets you easily find/replace text without worrying about having to escape special symbols.

WildGem also lets you convert its search/replace expressions into the equivalent regex syntax so that you can use them anywhere where regex is supported.

TextWorx lets you access a large suite of text manipulation functions within any text editor or browser. It provides a universal context menu and custom toolbar/s that you invoke with a hotkey. To use, select the text that you wish to manipulate, then open the context menu and select the function that you wish to run the selected text against.

The things you can do includes: insert various date formats, change case to various different formats, delete duplicate lines, HTML tags, multiple regex search-and-replace etc. Note that you can easily add your own functions by editing a INI file, so it can be fully customized to your own needs.

Bat To Exe Converter takes DOS or Windows batch file scripts (.bat and .cmd) and converts them into executable (.exe) files. This is useful for creating shortcuts on USB flash drives along with their appropriate icons, preventing an annoying batch window from appearing, and includes encryption and decompiler features.

NOTE: Due to use of a distributed hosting service that requires a separate client, we're linking to Softpedia.

Calculor is a powerful, easy-to-use calculator with inline math functions, delivering answers as you type. Notable aspects include additional string conversion functions, ability to double as a Run box with a keyword, lightening quick launch and global hotkey toggle.

Written in AutoHotkey.

EVE (Embedded Vector Editor) is a tiny vector-based drawing tool. Additional object libraries can also be downloaded, including logic gate circuit symbols, flowchart symbols etc.

Note: There is also EVE Web Edition, which supports SVG export/import.

Easy Screencast Recorder is a rapid solution for easy screen recordings, including audio. The program can record a window, full screen, or a custom size including common ones used by Youtube and other services. The program includes options for framerate and maximum file size. The program saves to WMV format by default but can be configured to create WEBM, OGV, or MKV format video

Functional in 64-bit.

RegFromApp monitors the Registry changes made by the application that you selected, and creates a standard RegEdit registration file (.REG) that contains all the Registry changes made by the application. You can use the generated .REG file to import these changes with RegEdit when needed.

Gwennel is a lightweight word processor that takes an innovative approach to formatting options by separating them into a tree-like structure. This is useful for handling long documents with clear, organized formatting tools or for users who wish to focus on the text first and formatting second. Any style changes (such as headings, lists, or colors) are propagated throughout the entire document and, although only able to open and save OpenDocument (.odt) files, this makes the program a capable WYSIWYG editor. Additionally, users can open existing files and make rapid changes to the entire document.

Solid Renamer is a small file renamer that uses multiple rules to modify files, as well as preview the results.  Rule changes include modifying prefixes, suffixes, clipping, insertions, replacements, enumerations and case changes, and rule sets can be rearranged, loaded, and saved.

SyncExp enables the synchronization of files and folders within a single PC or over the LAN. It uses an optimized file comparison algorithm that checks for the existence/time/date/size of files, with automatic activity log, progress report window and preview of action.

NOTE: Homepage is gone, linking to Archive.org.

Famulus is a simple file and application launcher, and Windows Run replacement. Press and hold the numpad * key for a fraction of a second to bring up a text prompt. Type a predefined custom command and hit the Enter key to run an associated file, folder, application or website.

Written in AutoHotkey.

PassworG is a password generator and reviewer. You can check the password strength of your own passwords, as well as tricks to help improve it. When generating passwords, you can choose the allowed characters, length, number to generate, and whether to make the results 'readable'. It then gives you your possible passwords, plus an idea of their quality.

JPdfBookmarks is an easy way to add, change, or remove nested bookmarks in PDF files using an intuitive interface. The program has a variety of view, bookmark formatting options, the ability to extract links, and even optionally make bookmarks visible by default.

Firstobject XML Editor (or "Foxe") loads multi-megabyte files quickly and lets you format and edit HTML, or any other loosely formed markup language such as XML. The tree view is customizable for useful navigation.

Other features include syntax coloring, word wrap, Go To Line, show XML path, Microsoft global IME, and MSXML based DTD validation.

FLV Joiner is a fast and simple tool for combining multiple flash videos into one. The program is "lossless" meaning it does not recompress the files. Tested on FLV1/H263, VP6, AVC/H264 flash video formats and can handle VFR files without synchronization problems.

Note: Sometimes, if a file join fails, a second try will succeed.

ControlPad turns the numeric keypad on your keyboard into a Windows command execution system. You may configure any alphanumeric code to: Execute any program, open any document, open any web address or send any series of keystrokes to the operating system.

Written in AutoHotkey.

7 PDF Maker creates PDF documents and converts documents to PDF (doc, docx, ppt, pptx xls, xlsx, odt, ods, odp, rtf, html, txt, jpg, gif, png, tiff, eps, psd, bmp, wmf and more )

NOTE: This program is shareware, not freeware.

Small and powerful personal database programs, that allows you to store all your notes, emails, texts, hyperlinks etc. into one or multiple databases. Maintains the look and feel of the familiar Windows explorer as well as editing, storing, browsing, searching.

NOTE: Website is gone, linking to Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

Free PDF Editor allows you to insert text and images into text and image boxes, as well as rectangles and ellipses. Within a text box, you can change font, alignment, size, and color. Useful for creating quick-and-dirty PDFs without having to use OpenOffice or having access to a print-to-PDF program.

NOTE: This program merely exports to PDFs and cannot open them.

LSMacro is a lightweight keyboard macro utility program that allows you to run programs, open URLs, do screen captures, or send key/mouse events to other programs with just a few keystrokes. Intuitive and easy to use, remaining in the System tray once macros are defined. Can create macro keys with Control, Shift, or Alt keys.

Note: The website is offline, a download mirror has been provided.

LockNote works in two ways: it is a notepad that encrypts everything you put inside and also creates copies of itself when you drag-drop a text file into it. You end up with a new EXE that displays the content of that text file when run using the correct password.

Google Map Buddy is tool to allow you to capture Google Maps offline and store them as images on your hard drive and print out maps of entire cities at zoom levels that would take hours to put together with the current Google facility.

(NB: You can get better printing options by using a printing utility like Posteriza; see www.posteriza.com)

FloppyGIS is a compact GIS Shapefile Viewer. It also supports image files that have geo-reference from ESRI World Files.

SWAZZ is an extremely lightweight utility with more than 20 functions. The program includes a system monitor, tetris game, calculator, temperature converter, command prompt shortcut, browser address bar, Google search bar, transparent clock, live sunclock wallpaper, daylight zone simulator, quick menu function, ODBC ping tool, quick SQL client, quick screenshot, alarm tool, thermometer, mail notifier, mail previewer, LAN messenger, popup killer for IE, desktop painter and map services.