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Desktop Calendar is a minimalistic calendar and reminder tool that unobtrusively sits transparently on your desktop. The program uses no taskbar button or system tray icon.
Fonts, colours and tooltips are customizable so it blends in with your desktop colour and font schemes.
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Runs on: | 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 Calendar.exe. |
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I am Baas
on 2012-01-10 11:49
"Desktop Calendar and Desktop Info appear to be attached to the desktop and technically they are. However they still disappear when you click the "Show Desktop" button in the Quick Launch toolbar. This is correct behaviour according to Windows; it's just very annoying. Presently, there's nothing you can do about this."
Midas
on 2012-01-11 13:13
Perhaps not as easy or up-to-date, but I'm really satisfied with Walcal; I have been using it for years and it's portable (writes settings to ini).
Checker
on 2012-01-11 17:08
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@ Midas: Thanks, I added Walcal to the database. |
UK's Kalender is a personal calendar that sits in the system tray and reminds you of upcoming events or deadlines. Events can be displayed in weekly, fortnightly, monthly or yearly view. They can also be organized into different categories with their own settings. Documents or programs can be attached to an event so that they are automatically launched when the event fires. The program also allows sharing via network (multi-user).
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Kalender.exe. |
What's new? |
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smaragdus
on 2015-10-11 00:22
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The missing forum thread- http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=107 |
EssentialPIM includes a calendar/scheduler, todo list, contact manager, basic e-mail client, and tree-like multi-level notes tool that supports rich text, formatting and images.
While many advanced functions such as synchronization and encryption are exclusive in the Pro version, the program is capable of manually importing from variety of formats including Outlook, TreePad, Google calendar etc. Additionally, it can export to many formats including HTML, vCard, iCal, RTF, CSV, iPod, text etc.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Liteware |
How to extract: | Download the installer, run and choose "Portable version". Launch EssentialPIM.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://www.essentialpim.com/blog-and-news/version-history |
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gjsmith1949
on 2020-10-24 15:09
I have used this PIM for many years however since Yahoo inflicted their new security measures I have been unable to download messages from my Yahoo account, I have followed all the instructions provided by Yahoo to add Essential PIM to the list of message services but to no avail.
DzejPy
on 2020-10-26 09:34
EssentialPIM free since version 9 can not add e-mail account Google (Gmail) or Microsoft (Outlook) - fails 2-step verification (OAuth).
FireRabbit
on 2021-12-14 00:27
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PSA: I've tested both Outlook and Yahoo in version 10 and they both work fine for me. |
Mozilla Thunderbird is a skinnable, feature-rich email, calendar, task and instant messaging client with support for plugins and many protocols. It comes with advanced search tools, message filtering, Bayesian spam detector, built-in spell checker, mailbox compression and many more. Program features can be extended with add-ons, including a specialized version of email encryption tool GPG.
Email protocols include SMTP, POP3, IMAP (including uploads, albeit a date issue), NNTP and RSS and chat support for IRC, Twitter, XMPP, Google Talk, and Matrix. Also supports OAuth for use with accounts that require it instead of a password.
Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is a special build licensed by Mozilla. Alternatively, X-Thunderbird is also available. For XP/Vista, version 52.9.1 is available here.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. Note that available add-ons may or may not break stealth status, writing to AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Launcher: GPL, Thunderbird: MPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ThunderbirdPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | i.Scribe, Sylpheed |
What's new? | See: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/releases/ |
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i_messed_up
on 2020-05-22 15:13
I've noticed a folder in AppData/Roaming/Thunderbird/Crash Reports containing a file "InstallTime20191031083309" and an empty folder "events."
i_messed_up
on 2020-05-30 22:26
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Also found this key in the registry: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thunderbird\Crash Reporter |
RedNotebook is a modern journal that includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export functionality and a "cloud" box containing frequently used words and tags. The program also includes spell check, formatting, insert images, files and links, automatic backup, templates, export to multiple formats. You can also format, tag and search your entries. Your data is stored in plain text files - no database needed.
Cross-platform and available in more than 30 languages. Alternatively, RedNotebook Portable is stealth, smaller, re-opens your last journal and has faster startup times. The outdated X-RedNotebook is also available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Creates: %userprofile%\webkit\icondatabase\WebpageIcons.db %userprofile%\.recently-used.xbel |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
Problems? This process requires an up-to-date component (Innounp 0.36 or above) for Universal Extractor. If you have difficulty extracting the files, follow the steps below and retry:
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What's new? | See: https://github.com/jendrikseipp/rednotebook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md |
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smaragdus
on 2017-06-11 06:08
I cannot find RedNotebook version 2.0 for Windows (as of 2017-06-11):
ashghost
on 2017-09-09 01:36
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@smaragdus: Version 2.2 was recently released for Windows according to changelog here: https://github.com/jendrikseipp/rednotebook/blob/master/CHANGELOG |
AM-Notebook provides a way to store notes (rich text), formula-supported spreadsheets, to do lists, tasks, address book, calendar with alarm. The program works via a simple system tray utility, includes spellcheck, encryption, global search and tabbed view.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Run the setup package and select "Install as portable application onto your USB-Stick" during the setup wizard. Install into a folder of your choice. Start notebook.exe Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
What's new? | See: https://www.aignes.com/note_history.htm |
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mikek
on 2008-04-09 15:53
I've been using version 4.13 for awhile. Love the program. It got even better w/ v5.01. Added Contacts, Calendar, and ToDo list to the notes. Don't need to Extract as it have an option to install portably on a thumbdrive (although no options to choose a folder).
Scooby
on 2008-04-10 16:36
AM is good, but others you might want to try are Keynote and Totaltext. Both have more features, are portable, and freeware.
Ennovy
on 2024-02-05 10:42
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AM-Notebook version 7 released and now Freeware: https://www.aignes.com/note_history.htm |
ToDoList is a hierarchical task manager that allows you to repeatedly sub-divide your tasks into more manageable pieces, which makes it ideal for IT-related projects as well as more general activities. Each task can be given a wide variety of attributes including priority, risk, color, category and many more. Viewable in tree, list or calendar format and includes native XML support for custom reporting.
Created lists can be exported to a variety of formats including HTML, ICS (calendar), speadsheet and more. Supports remote todolists and encryption for security.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | "Check for update" requires administrator privileges. |
Stealth: ? | No. Registers some components in the registry: HKCU\Software\Abstractspoon |
License: | The Eclipse Public License 1.0 |
How to extract: |
Optionally, delete unnecessary language files at \todolist_exe\Resources\Translations |
What's new? | Version chagelogs posted at: https://abstractspoon.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=5. |
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TP109
on 2017-01-28 02:43
@IanFromBarrie
hamasaki
on 2023-02-09 21:37
Download link doesn't work. "There is no file called todolist_exe.zip on this workspace."
joby_toss
on 2023-02-09 22:51
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https://github.com/abstractspoon/ToDoList_Downloads/blob/master/Latest/todolist_exe.zip |
Rainlendar is a skinnable, easy-to-use calendar that resides on your desktop and shows the days of the current month. You can add events and tasks with customizable icons and formats to the calendar and be reminded when they occur. Rainlendar uses the standard iCalendar format to store its events and tasks so you can easily transfer them between applications.
Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, OS X).
Note: Rainlendar Lite is the freeware version of Rainlendar Pro (Payware). The lite version is missing network shared calendars, Outlook support and other features.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Liteware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://www.rainlendar.net/download/Changes.txt |
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tomcat
on 2018-12-25 03:12
The instructions say:
hamasaki
on 2020-02-28 00:31
It's not stealth. It also creates the following:
peterburten
on 2022-05-16 04:45
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Would it work with Windows 7, 32 bits version ? |
SSuite CleverNote PIM is a comprehensive application that includes an intuitive working environment for managing notes, ideas, lists and events into one place.
Available Features:
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Runs on: | 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 CleverNote.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | EssentialPIM Free, MSD Organizer Freeware |
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FileHandler
on 2022-12-29 01:56
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Was unable to download it. |
i.Scribe is an email client with an integrated contact database and calendar, supporting SMTP, POP3 and IMAP (including uploads). Security features include Bayesian spam filter, HTML controls and attachment protection. Having OAuth support (albeit unverified by Google), it can be used with accounts that require it instead of a password.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. Note that the free version is limited to one email account and 5 user-defined filters.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the installer and "install" to a folder of your choice. Launch Scribe.exe.
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Similar/alternative apps: | Mozilla Thunderbird, Sylpheed, Pegasus Mail |
What's new? |
See: https://memecode.com/site/ver.php?id=795 |
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CornHolio the Gringo
on 2017-07-14 19:46
Important to know:
Falaffel
on 2017-07-26 21:38
Hy,
webfork
on 2017-07-27 04:07
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@Falaffel: I'm not an i.Scribe user so you probably want to try contacting support about that. Failing that, you might try listing something in our troubleshooting forums to see if someone has run into a similar issue. |
T-Clock enhances the clock on the Windows taskbar. You can customize the display, define actions to perform on mouse clicks/drops, set multiple alarms, show calendar, manage windows etc.
T-Clock Redux is an enhanced fork of Stoic Joker's T-Clock 2010 which is a successor of TClock, originally written by Kazubon in the early 90's.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
See: https://github.com/White-Tiger/T-Clock/releases |
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__philippe
on 2016-10-20 14:20
@davidroper
Midas
on 2017-09-28 13:29
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IMHO, given the amount of fixes and updates and the fact that it retained portability, this entry should be updated to point to T-Clock Redux (Beta)... |
Save.me automatically and seamlessly saves everything (i.e. files, folders, graphics, texts, URLs, emails) you work with and provides an easy way to search and organize it. Includes a variety of organization views including by calendar, order of save, as well as groups and favorites. The program can also function beyond the clipboard, pulling information from one or more other folders to help combine data.
Elements can be added manually, emailed, or posted to Facebook.
NOTE: Site offline, linking to archive.org
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware (donate) |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SaveMe.exe. |
What's new? |
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smaragdus
on 2015-09-01 02:10
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Save.me 2.2.3 released, changes: |
AveDesk is a program that will give you the ability to have icons on your desktop that update themselves. Each icon is in fact a "desklet," or a plug-in that can provide a variety of functions. A desklet can be just a regular shortcut, a mail checker, a calendar, a clock, etc. depending on the desklets programmer.
Features a wealth of customization options for displaying desklets.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista |
Writes settings to: | Application Folder |
Dependencies: | Pre-WinXP systems will need GDIPLUS.DLL in the application folder. |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
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smaragdus
on 2015-09-11 02:56
AveDesk has a new web-site - http://www.avedesk.org/
Midas
on 2015-09-11 16:48
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AveDesk v1.4 seems to be buggy on modern Windows -- see the dedicated forum at http://www.aqua-soft.org/forum/forum/47-aves-apps/ ... |
Bgcall is a wallpaper changer. Includes multiple monitor support (individual wallpaper setting), calendar display (merge into wallpaper), manual wallpaper setting, and more.
Note: Although this program supports Windows 7, it does not function in the "Starter Edition".
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Once the program is setup, you can:
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Similar/alternative apps: | Wallpaper Master, WalCal |
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Fixitman
on 2015-01-10 14:57
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Would this work on Windows 8 to replace all those tiles on the home screen? That would be a good solution! |
Mozilla Sunbird is a calendar client that supports the creation of scheduled events and the ability to get an overview of events on a particular day, week or month. The calendar can be shared by publishing it to a WebDAV-capable server.
Sunbird Portable is a portablized build of Sunbird.
Note:
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | MPL (Sunbird), GPL (launcher) |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SunbirdPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SeaMonkey |
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Luis
on 2007-12-03 01:39
17MB for a calendar program is to much ...
webfork
on 2017-05-13 22:19
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I recently used this program to parse out an ICS file with a bunch of duplicates and data that wouldn't show up properly in other viewers. The export to HTML and CSV was enormously helpful. Even though it hasn't been updated in over a decade, it still works great. |
WalCal modifies a copy of your current wallpaper to include a static calendar. The program then sets this new version as your current wallpaper. Unlike other calendar tools, once created it takes up no CPU or memory.
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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 WalCal.exe. |
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Midas
on 2012-01-28 23:36
Thanks, IaBaas, for posting this. May I suggest contacting the developer about that issue? I'm sure he'd pleasantly surprised by our interest. Thanks again.
laurent6277
on 2012-02-25 08:06
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link not work |
BitPim allows you to view and manipulate data on many CDMA phones from LG, Samsung, Sanyo and other manufacturers. This includes the phone book, calendar, wallpaper, ring tone (functionality varies by phone) and the filesystem for most Qualcomm CDMA chipset based phones.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | MSVCP71.DLL GDIPLUS.DLL |
Stealth: ? | No |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
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DateDiff is a calendar program that allows you to select two different dates, then calculates the number of days, hours, minutes and seconds between them. It can also determines what the date is X number of days before or after a given date.
Note: DateDiff 3.0 is not portable. We are linking to the a mirror of the last fully portable version (thanks to user Snidley).
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DATEDIFF.EXE. |
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Snidely Whiplash
on 2011-05-19 05:17
The wayback machine has version 2.0:
Baas
on 2011-05-19 07:14
Thanks Snidely Whiplash.
Rodney
on 2011-05-19 22:24
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@Snidely Whiplash and Baas: Many thanks for the quick responses and link to the v2.0 file! |
Exstora is a planner and organizer, with a user-friendly interface and appealing design. The planner is equally suited for daily events as well as keeping track of long-term events with a calendar. It also works well as a scratch pad for random notes, and can be password-protected.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Liteware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Exstora.exe. |
What's new? |
Full changelog is at http://www.exstora.com/changelog.html. |
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juverax
on 2020-01-07 16:36
Softpedia has the 2.9 freeware version:
orchus
on 2023-07-28 01:50
available at:
juverax
on 2023-07-29 17:54
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200720134208/http://www.exstora.com:80/download.html has the v.2.8 version (not v.2.9) |
Photoscape is an all-in-one photo software that lets you fix, arrange, and enhance your photos. It includes a wide range of tools, including a viewer/editor, batch renamer, RAW format converter, animated GIF maker, collage generator, paper print, splitter, contact sheet, and more. Includes a meta-data viewer for camera model, software version, DPI, etc. and file renamer that lets you for example change file names to the date the camera gave them. A "Paper Print" feature even lets you print out customizable lined, graph, or various different calendar/planning documents.
Note:
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | RW Paint |
What's new? |
Full changelog at http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/history.php |
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Maatje
on 2013-03-15 15:32
quote @tc: You can stop the intro photo by editing photoscape.cfg, and turning intro.photoOn from on to off. You could also edit the url, to point to a local image
webfork
on 2013-08-19 19:33
Although I've moved over to freeware options for most things I do, I've maintained use of Microsoft Photo Manager for years when working on my own photo collection. Today however, I was on a machine without it so I got PhotoScape up and found I actually prefer it.
webfork
on 2015-02-26 23:23
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Every few months I discover something new and cool with this program. Animated GIF tricks, photo edit functions, framing tricks, and photo collages. Today it was dragging and dropping an image onto the program icon and seeing the wealth of edition, annotation, and symbol tools available. |
Free Numerology Calculator application is a math calculator with numerology functions:
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Chaos Manager features an appointment manager, a calendar, a contact list and a notebook. The appointment manager can alert you by playing a sound file when an appointment is due. The notebook supports rich text formatting and hyperlinks. The database can be synchronized via Internet, or optionally password protected and encrypted.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
Added:
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HK13
on 2015-10-20 01:02
It is now 2015, Windows 10 is alive & well and my favorite mini app, 'Chaos Manager' is alive, well and working better then ever. It does what it does so well in a compact size, both the software and the UI.. Having looked at many other similar apps, I find them to take up much screen real estate. Chaos Manager is simple and perfect.
webfork
on 2015-11-01 00:56
HK13: if you're in contact with the author, could you ask him/her to open source it? So maybe someone could pick it up and keep it going?
Provy
on 2016-11-16 16:53
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The download link appears to be dead. Can this be repaired, or another link provided? Thanks. |
Avignon Concept is a Personal Information Manager aimed to integrate data management for Documents, Contacts, Calendar, ToDo lists, Bank accounts, Books and Music. The application has more than 40 standard (filter) reports, which can be run to screen and in PDF format.
Note: This software has gone payware and the only available free version is from Softpedia. Although the Softpedia version claims the software is portable, this has not been tested.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Avignon.exe. |
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LordMax
on 2008-02-12 07:11
very bad. One of the worse software I've used
Bol
on 2008-04-06 00:39
Very interesting application when you take time to invest in it. Much more than Rainlendar although less fancy interface. Has also the import tools and is fully Unicode. Must be used by a large number of users, as it appears in 7 languages already. New search function quite usefull. Imports are possible from Excel. Extra features, such as the Money application, can be used to replace money or quicken in simple households. The music and film functions are quite handy. I'm positively surprised : it's much better than it seems at first hand.
Kea
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Apparently not free: "We advise you that the downloaded file gives you the right to try the program for 30 days. If you want to use the program longer than the 30 days, you need to buy the license key with us. The downloaded program is fully functional, and contains all 8 languages" |
Xcalday is a very simple app that displays a calendar for a month. For each day of the month, you can attach a note.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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32 Mb challenge
on 2007-10-11 15:22
just rename setup.exe to setup.zip and unzip the xcalday.exe to a folder of your choice
Mixture
on 2012-06-26 20:23
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The date range of Xcalday is September 14, 1752 through December 31, 9999. (If case anyone needs to know...) |