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AutoRun LWMenu v1.5.6 Updated

lwc on 19 Apr 2024
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 19 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by lwc

AutoRun LWMenu is a control menu that can launch applications, URLs, system commands, etc.
It's not only portable itself, but acts as a portabilizer so the launched apps will become portable too. In fact, it can back up and restore whole registry values/folders/files of the programs it launches (or just use symlinks to run folders/files portably), including a simulator to test everything.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package.
  2. Extract to a folder of your choice.
  3. Launch either the 64-bit (if your system supports it) or 32-bit EXE.
Similar/alternative apps: PortableApps.com Platform
What's new? See here
Latest comments
-ElCoyot- on 2024-03-14 08:11

If you understand the program well, you can create portable software that leaves no traces in the system.

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POP Peeper v5.4.6

lwc on 7 Jul 2023
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 14 Jun 2023
  • Suggested by falrob

POP Peeper is an email notifier that alerts you when you have new email on any of your accounts (IMAP [including uploads], POP3 and Webmail, but also RSS with a commercial plugin). You can also send emails using SMTP or through Webmail directly from POP Peeper. Having OAuth support, it can be used with accounts that require it instead of a password.

To enable secure connections, see forum instructions.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Liteware/Adware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package.
  2. Extract to a folder of your choice.
  3. Delete the folders Pro and Themes and the files PPconvert.exe and PpHelper.exe
  4. Launch POPPeeper.exe
  5. When prompted to "Store Data in my Application Data folder", select Store Data for Portability and then uncheck Run POP Peeper at Windows Startup
What's new? See: https://www.esumsoft.com/pop-peeper/versionhistory/
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gbrao on 2021-02-18 23:27

for the past few days I cannot access my YAHOO mail via pop3 or imap. Server error [SYS/TEMP].
anyone else facing the same ?

gbrao on 2021-02-26 00:02

Yahoo/AOL login errors (Oauth2 is required) - Feb 16, 2021

https://www.esumsoft.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7597

"Yahoo and AOL accounts no longer support a normal password login. There are 2 alternatives you can use:
1) Oauth2
2) App passwords ..."

PAFuser on 2022-06-30 22:46

Version 5.4.1 is out.

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LWBlat GUI v1.4.0

lwc on 7 Jul 2023
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 7 May 2023
  • Suggested by lwc

LWBlat is a utility email sender using SMTP or NNTP for posting to newsgroups with a friendly interface. The program is a front-end for the Blat console utility. Also, as modern public SMTP servers require SSL and OAuth which Blat doesn't support, this utility includes a simulator mode to test various settings and see how a message would have been received had it used them.

Alternatively, LWBlat GUI Portable is in PortableApps.com Format and automatically adjusts paths and Blat's own registry settings (if used).

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package.
  2. Extract to a folder of your choice.
  3. Launch either the 64-bit (if your system supports it) or 32-bit EXE.
What's new?
  • Added simulator mode for those without private SMTP servers (as modern public ones require SSL and OAuth which Blat doesn't support), so that various settings can be tested to see how a message would have been received had it used those settings

Open Hardware Monitor v0.9.6 Beta

lwc on 7 Jul 2023
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 27 Dec 2020
  • Suggested by lwc

Open Hardware Monitor tracks the temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of your computer.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Dependencies: .NET Framework 4.5 or later
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package.
  2. Extract to a folder of your choice.
  3. Launch OpenHardwareMonitor.exe.

WinNMP v21.10

lwc on 15 Apr 2023
  • 426MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 12 Oct 2021
  • Suggested by lwc

WinNMP (formerly WTServer and prior to that WT-NMP) is an open source free WNMP (a variation of WAMP). That is, a Windows package with Nginx, MariaDB/MongoDB and PHP-CGI (and also Redis) server stack for Windows.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: GPL
How to extract: The installer, which was created in Inno Setup, tries to install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable without asking and even if you already have it.
However, it also executes some needed stuff (e.g. customizing the database).
So download the installer and install it to the default folder. Copy all files to a folder of your choice. Uninstall the application. Launch WinNMP.exe.

If you don't want it to install MVC, then:
  1. Run the installer within a sandbox like in Sandboxie Plus/Classic.
  2. Keep clicking Cancel when it tries installing MVC.
  3. Move the resulting files to a folder of your choice outside the sandbox.
  4. Delete the sandbox.
Similar/alternative apps: XAMPP
What's new? See https://winnmp.wtriple.com/changelog
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lwc on 2016-01-17 21:31

There are no official System Requirements, so I just wrote those tested by myself.

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IObit Unlocker Portable v1.3

lwc on 7 Jul 2023
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Aug 2022
  • Suggested by lwc

IObit Unlocker fixes the permissions on locked files and folders, and also allowing delete, rename, move or copy. It includes an optional Forced mode, which attempts to terminate all related processes that may be affecting the lock status.

IObit Unlocker Portable is a modified version by PortableApps.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Windows registry, %ALLUSERSAPPDATA%
Stealth: ? No
Path portability: Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package.
  2. Extract to a folder of your choice.
  3. Launch IObitUnlockerPortable.exe.

Since the original program is not portable, PortableApps stays in the background while the original program runs its course, then deletes its leftovers.

IMAPSize v0.3.7 Private

lwc on 7 Jul 2023
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 19 Feb 2009
  • Suggested by lwc

A freeware that was later open sourced, this is a tool to quickly manage IMAP mail accounts, folders and messages, including uploading existing external messages to them.

Being abandonware, note it uses standard user/password combination for mail accounts and not OAuth.
Gmail, for example, removed direct login support during 2022, meaning one must enable App Passwords+2FA in order to use it.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware (binary) / GPL (source code)
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package.
  2. Extract to a folder of your choice.
  3. Launch imapsize.exe.
What's new? See https://www.broobles.com/imapsize/news.php