Cathy indexes files stored on removable media (CD's, DVD's or even diskettes), hard disks or net drives, to create searchable catalogs that can be used without having access to original media. The program is small, fast and easy-to-use with search capabilities based on file name, date and size. Additional features include filtering options, search duplicates or singles, customisable date format etc.
If files are available (external/network drive connected, DVD inserted) they can be opened (executed) or deleted directly. Other features include drag and drop support available, printing of both directory trees and MP3 album/song lists, and disk space usage analysis.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder. Follow these instructions. |
Dependencies: | Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Cathy.exe -ini cathy.reg. |
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SteveJ
on 2011-04-03 00:06
Simple little program, but unfortunate doesn't support unicode, so if you have any files w/ foreign language or other special characters, they'll get cataloged as "?" for any unicode character.
Midas
on 2013-02-22 19:32
FYI, I posted a couple of problems I found trying to make Cathy portable @ http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=62490#p62490
warmwhisky
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This program is great. I can't believe Windows is now so convoluted that the basic out of the box search works so poorly. |
Noise keeps a PC from falling asleep, screensaver from activating, monitor from turning off, etc. by sending keystrokes to an (optionally) hidden window.
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download Noise.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
M3 is an extremely small music player with a minimalist user interface and support for MP3, WMA and WAV formats. It has a searchable playlist, drag-and-drop support for queuing audio files, and can be minimized to the system tray.
Note: website offline -- linking to archive.org and softpedia.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch M3.exe. |
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__philippe
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M3 alternative download link: |
AudioTester is a drag-and-drop tool that tests for errors in MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and WavPack files.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
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Similar/alternative apps: | MP3val |
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webfork
on 2010-04-03 07:27
Works well. Found several errors in some junky MP3s I had, although MP3val (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1415) was able to actually fix them. This program of course will test more types of files.
TP109
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Couldn't get ver 1.7 to work with XP. Ver 1.6 does work with XP and can be downloaded here: |
FillDisk is a simple utility that fills up a disk with data. This is useful for testing a separate application's behavior when a disk is approaching full capacity or basic free space shredding when you don't have admin access (recommend checking "No OS optimization"). The program starts with 1GB files, then drops to 512MB, 256MB and so on until it completely fills up the disk.
FillDisk has a very simple interface: just enter a folder for the files to be created and press the "Go" button. You can stop the operation at any point in time and the file that is currently being written will close.
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FillDisk.exe. |
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fang-face
on 2018-03-28 18:59
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download-buttons don't work. On https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?sc=217 the download-button gets the wrong programme (one from nirsoft). |
ActiveHotkeys detects what global keyboard shortcuts (hotkeys) are currently registered on the computer by various applications. This helps you determine which hotkeys are in use, and which are still available.
Note: Functional only in 32-bit. Additionally, the inability to detect which application has registered a particular shortcut is an issue with Windows and not ActiveHotKeys.
NOTE: Website id down, linking to Internet Archive.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
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 activehotkeys.exe. |
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I am Baas
on 2012-02-18 04:06
@webfork
Midas
on 2019-10-21 08:59
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Site and download link dead. Download mirror from the Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20170906115212/http://www.tranglos.com/download/activehotkeysportable.zip |
DriveSort shows you an entire drive or a selected sub-folder by what are usually the most important criteria: the largest and newest files. For speed and simplicity, DriveSort displays only the top 100 files that match your sort criterion.
Most disk space tools show only folder sizes until you "zoom in"; DriveSort is a shortcut to show which specific files are usually of greatest interest.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DriveSort.exe. |
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webfork
on 2011-05-04 21:17
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I recommend using Everything (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1479) instead and organize results by date. This program runs a little faster than Everything's initial drive search and then sort, but solves the issue of not being able to resize the DriveSort the window, not being able to change the top files to 50 or 200, or the ability to update automatically with new file changes. |
McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme / VersePerfect allows you to enter any word to see rhymes, near-rhymes, similar terms, and more. The program even features a visually interesting "hyperbolic thesaurus" (visible in the screenshot).
Note: Main website links to download.com, which we recommend avoiding. Download link switched to Softpedia.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
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Harry
on 2010-05-26 01:32
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It wants to contact 174.143.153.109 and I can't find a way to turn this off. |
The 'e' Chromatic Tuner is an effective, lightweight, and easy-to-use instrument tuning program. You can choose the audio input, and optionally display the frequency of the waveform it "hears."
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch etune.exe. |
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I am Baas
on 2015-03-27 23:58
@lautrepay
Checker
on 2015-03-28 10:22
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@ I am Baas: Yes, that's weird, because I tried it later on other PCs and got only the installer. |
Bincsoft Bitrate Calculator, or BBC, is a program that calculates the bitrate to use when encoding a video file to VCD, SVCD, DivX, XviD, DVD and lots of other formats. (Note that it calculates based on a constant bitrate, and does not do the actual video conversion itself.)
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None (Option to save to registry in the settings tab.) |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch BBC.EXE. |
SearchMyFiles is a powerful alternative to the standard Windows search. It allows you to easily find files by wildcard, last modified/created/last accessed time, file attributes, content (text or binary search) and file size. File types available for search includes Microsoft Office and PDF files. The program also be detect duplicate files via the "Search Mode" drop-down box.
Note that the program is non-indexing, meaning it searches the drive directly, which is often slower but more accurate.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SearchMyFiles.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SwiftSearch |
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MIKLO
on 2018-04-06 14:57
I have tried and used several search apps before and was not very impressed but as soon as I saw that this product was from NirSoft I knew I had to try it. NirSoft makes so many great apps that I use a lot, its difficult to say something new about them due to the fact that just about everything they make works great and is pretty awesome overall. One thing is 4sure the native Micro$oft search engine is close to worthless, so just about anything will be an improvement.
freakazoid
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The latest version is such a welcome addition as it allows you to set the font and size used in the search results. |
College Alarm Clock is developed as a personal alarm clock for your PC. It features a 7-day format so that you can wake up earlier/later on different days of the week. Save/Load your weekly schedule to your hard drive. It will play any media file stored on your PC or LAN, though you must have some player installed for each media file you wish to play (for example, Winamp for mp3s or CDs, Real Player for .RMs).
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch cac106.exe. |
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RobZuc
on 2010-04-13 09:37
It's almost perfect to me, it just needs a snoozing option. Without it, I have to use Tarry91' alarm clock.
webfork
on 2010-04-16 16:02
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Definitely like the simplicity but it should be easier to set to the time and paste times between days. Would rather just use Sunbird or Rainlendar with the "repeat" function set to weekly. |
MCP is a tool for listening tests, allowing playback of up to 3 audio files and includes a spectrum analyzer for visual analysis. Clicking the BLIND TEST check box will shuffle the files, obscure information, and disable the spectrum analyzer. Click the check box again to reveal the file details and re-enable the analyzer.
Supports MP2, MP3, OGG, WAV, and WMA file formats.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware (source code included) |
How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch MCP.exe. If you need WMA support, use MCP(+WMA).exe. Optionally, delete either unneeded EXE file to save space (they are independent). |
BPBible is a free, flexible Bible Study tool designed for ease of use. The program has many of the features you would expect including bible, commentary, and dictionary support, search, scripture tooltips etc. BPBible uses a proximity-based search, rather than just a verse-based search. This means that a search can cross-verse boundaries, giving a more natural search. It also supports regular expressions and phrases.
BPBible can read many modules (the above program size is without any modules installed). The main module repository is the CrossWire SWORD Modules repository.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch BPBiblePortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Bible Analyzer, theWord |
What's new? |
See: https://github.com/bpbible/bpbible/releases |
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Kunju
on 2010-05-05 05:33
The best computer dictionary available. Really useful
Keng
on 2010-08-14 02:25
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It could not work on my Notebook which is closed to installation of software applications. It might still require some modification of registry. Error message - Close Program |
Toppy is simple utility that allows you to easily control which windows stay on top simply by using keyboard hot keys. After you have run Toppy, pressing WinKey + ArrowUp will set the active window to stay on top, and pressing WinKey + ArrowDown will set the window back to normal.
Unlike some similar programs, this one seems to work on 'child windows'.
Note: website is offline, linking to archive.org (thanks Baas).
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Toppy.exe. |
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TP109
on 2015-03-28 14:56
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It's easy to create an Autohotkey script to do the same. See http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13784/keep-a-window-on-top-with-a-handy-autohotkey-script/ |
Screeny is a fast, simple, minimalist screen capture software. To save a screenshot of your desktop quickly: 1. Run Screeny; 2. Press Enter three times. To crop, simply left-click-drag an area in the preview; to pixelate an area of the shot you want to keep private, right-click-drag that area in the preview.
Features include: Supports .jpg and .png file formats; Upload screenshot to the internet to share with others; Capture a window or the whole desktop; Adjust the compression or quality of the saved screenshots; Timed capture available (e.g. capture after 8 seconds)
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
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 Screeny.exe. |
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robzuc
on 2012-04-11 20:02
Can't open the .zip file (I downloaded the file from 2 mirrors, but neither 7-zip nor Uniextract could open it)
donald
on 2012-04-12 00:52
Worked great for me no problem with download, extract, or launch.
HerrBert
on 2012-04-12 06:46
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Domain is gone, commercial use also free? |
ReplaceAbsolutePaths (RAP) has two general functions: calculating a relative path when given two absolute ones, and offering to replace any instances of an absolute path with the newly calculated relative one within a particular text-based settings file.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
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 ReplaceAbsolutePaths 0_8_9.exe. |
AnmanieSMP is a graphics morphing/deforming software similar to Photoshop's "Liquify" function or Kai's Power Goo. Can also export morphed pictures as animations.
The program is no longer being developed. Although the website is in German, the program is in English by default.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | avifil32.dll - this is already on most Windows systems, but not necessarily all. |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
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Onesimus Prime
on 2009-12-24 06:59
You can see more screenshots and examples of its functionality by searching for "AnmanieSMP" at http://images.google.com/
Kermode
on 2010-02-11 23:47
Its one of those annoying programs which opens its windows on the desktop.
Kermode
on 2010-02-12 06:45
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By open on the desktop I mean "open on the desktop" - most PC programs open a 'master' window, and all child windows open inside it - so if you minimize the main window they all minimize. |
ProcessKO is a small useful tool designed to quickly kill any running or hanging process / program.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/ProcessKO/History |
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MIKLO
on 2016-10-01 18:27
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Really like this pgm small and powerful, does exactly what I want when I want, what a concept. |
clZoom is a simple utility that allows you to zoom in on your desktop and magnify the pixels up to 16x. Supports multiple monitors, mouse wheel interface, and automatic refresh on timer. Includes automatic preference and window position save.
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
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 clZoom.exe. |
Frequency Analyzer performs a Fast Fourier Transform of live sound or an audio file. What this means is that it analyzes sound and visually splits it into its component frequencies using both waveform and spectrogram displays.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Frequency Analyzer.exe. |