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Restart on Crash is an monitoring tool that will watch the applications that you specify and automatically relaunch any program that hangs or crashes. You can add any number of applications to monitor, enable/disable them individually and edit the command line that will be used to restart an application.

Especially useful for unstable but critical programs.

PortableApps.com AppCompactor allows you to compress whole directories including applications, file libraries and zip files. The program is a powerful compression tool that unites 7-Zip and UPX inside a user-friendly wizard. For applications, this saves disk space and increases performance when running from a slow media (like flash drives). For archives, this will recompress DLL, EXE, ZIP, JAR, IRC, PYD and BIN files to their maximum compression settings, as well as an option to decompress an app's binary files that were previously compressed with UPX.

All files are tested using UPX's test feature after compressing. Files smaller than 4K are automatically skipped as compressing will not save space on the drive. The standard Microsoft Visual C runtimes are skipped to prevent antivirus false-positives. Advanced configuration can be done with apps in PortableApps.com Format.

Note: As UPX will alter the EXEs and DLLs (reversible using the Decompress option in the AppCompactor) and some apps may have issues with Zip or Jar files compressed further, users should backup software and test it after processing.

RBTray allows you to minimize application windows to the system tray by:

• Right-Clicking its minimize button
• Shift-Right-Clicking on its title bar
• Using the Windows-Alt-Down hotkey

TinyTask is a small, simple mouse and keyboard macro recorder. Anything you do with the mouse or type on the keyboard while the program is running can be replayed as many times as you choose. Recordings can even be compiled into an executable file.

Notes:

1. Recordings cannot be edited
2. Mouse wheel movement recording not available with some mice

Binal is a highly customizable binary clock desktop widget. Select color scheme, display position and 12/24 hour modes.

Written in AutoHotKey.

ArtSage is a lightweight image viewer that displays the image files in a folder tree. The program includes a slideshow, layout, collage, favorites, and transitions. It can rotate the view, find file names in a series, rename, and more. Format support includes BMP, EMF, GIF, ICO, JPG, PNG and TIF files.

The program can even create an automated slideshow, where the EXE is placed together with all the images for display from storage media (CD, USB memory stick etc.). Launching the EXE will immediately display the images in slideshow mode.

NOTE: site offline, linking to softpedia and archive.org

Dimensions 2 Folders sorts images into folders based on their resolutions. Includes recursive scanning (folders and their sub-folders), custom folder delimiter e.g. 800x600, 800 x 600, 800X600, 800$600, etc. and three sorting methods.

Written in AutoHotkey.

Gridy adds an invisible grid on your desktop so that any window you move or resize is snapped to it. This helps maximize screen real estate by making windows placed adjacent to each other dynamically adjust to avoid overlapping.

Snapping to the grid is enabled with mouse drag or keyboard arrow keys. Gridy also lets you store and restore a window's size and position in up to 9 slots. This is useful for quickly arranging your windows in a convenient way. In addition, you can hide the window's Alt-Tab icon, and set any window semi-transparent or to "Always on Top."

Written in AutoHotkey.

i2pdf (image to pdf) is a fast and compact application built to create PDF documents from a collection of images, typically scanned from a paper source or in form of digital photographs. i2pdf allows control over the final quality and size of the images stored inside the PDF. Supports JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF and TIFF file formats.

Note multi page / multi-frame formats are not supported (for example, multi-page TIFFs or animated GIFs). Additionally, transparency data is not preserved whether a PNG or GIF file.

NOTE: The i2pdf homepage is gone -- linking to Archive.org and Softpedia.

Lock State provides a simple, and customizable, on screen display in the lower right corner of the desktop to show the states of the NumLock, CapsLock and ScrollLock keys. When a lock key is pressed the OSD will appear, and a optional sound will play. Lock State can also lock the keys into their current states, so even if a lock key is pressed its state will not change. States can even be saved between sessions, so all states will be restored to what they were the last time Lock State was running.

Lock state is written in the AutoHotkey language.

kLED displays a tray icon for num/caps/scroll lock status. Configurable on-screen display as well. Four icon themes included.

Vigenere+ is a text cipher application meant for entertainment and educational purposes. It enciphers and deciphers text using a keyed Vigenere cipher with a 100 character cipher alphabet and a key derived from your passphrase.

Closeout is a very simple program that, upon running, immediately closes all open programs. A set of exclusion rules can be set so some windows are ignored (see included readme file).

XOR+ is a text cipher application meant for entertainment / educational purposes. It enciphers and deciphers text using a simple XOR cipher, followed by multiple transposition, homophonic substitution and obfuscation steps.

This program is not intended to perform any actual security function. XOR+ is a modern variant of the decoder rings that used to come in cereal boxes: fun and not to be taken seriously.

Keyndicate visually displays the current state of CapsLock, NumLock and ScrollLock keys in the tray menu. Great for laptops or keyboards that don't have these lighted indicators. When a bar is compressed means the key is not active and when expanded signifies the key is active. From top to bottom, the order in which the bars are represented: CapsLock, NumLock and ScrollLock.

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

NOTE: website offline; linking to softpedia.

Splitter Light helps you split files or whole directories (including subdirectories) into parts. It optionally creates a file with the timestamps of the original files to be restored as well as simple batch file for rejoining the files so you don't have to have access to the program to rejoin later.

Supports drag-and-drop, command-line, and very large files (limited only by OS).

Watch 4 Folder is a simple, lightweight tool for monitoring folder and file activities. The program can monitor 12 different types of events, execute a program or batch file, or show a pop-up message in case of an event. The program can also write to a text log file and allow the user to watch it's changes live.

The free version is limited to monitoring a single folder.

iSpace mimics the iPhone function of interpreting a rapid double space as a period-space, which can greatly improve typing speed. The program also provides optional capitalization of the following character. iSpace is useful for any typing procedure where speed is essential, such as dictation or transcription.

Written in autohotkey.

Easy Timer is a simple and minimalistic clock/alarm timer with over 35 alarm sounds. It supports extensive interface customization and displaying a custom text message with the alarm. By default, the timer's progress shows over top of the regular clock in red.

Chopping List will split the content of text files into multiple new files based on a user-provided delimiter.

Written in AutoHotkey.

ClipCube (formerly Clipbox) is a simple clipboard extender that sits in the system tray, recording copied information for later use. Only saves information as plain text, but includes a direct paste window (Ctrl + Shift + X) and a main window (Ctrl + Shift + C) to organize/tag recorded texts.

Note: Website is offline. Redirecting to Internet Archive.

Mousinity creates an infinity effect for your cursor when it reaches the edges of your screen. For example if you go to the top of your screen, your mouse will appear on the bottom, right-to-left, etc. This is especially useful for large screens.

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

Note: The program has no icon or taskbar item so when you want to close the application, run Mousinity again and select 'yes'. Website offline, linking to archive.org and Softpedia.

Xenon is a tabbed file manager that supports themes, search, bookmarks, and a folder view. The program also has its own file associations, letting you launch the program of your choice for a given file type.

TyperTask is a powerful automation utility with a simple text-based interface. The program enables a variety of capabilities including automatic text replacement as you type, launch of web addresses and files via hotkeys, mouse events, window focus and more.

Note that first-time users should read the detailed instructions and examples of function definitions available under the Help menu.

NOTE: Program discontinued, linking to archive.org. Also available from PortableApps (thanks shnbwmn).