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Audacity v3.7.0 Updated

Ennovy on 31 Oct 2024
  • 26MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 30 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

Audacity is a multi-track sound recorder and editor with support for most audio formats and sophisticated effects such as noise removal and studio reverb. Users can record live audio, compress or convert file types, as well as cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.

Cross platform with clients available for Mac and Linux.

Alternatively, Audacity Portable and an outdated X-Audacity are also available.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Create an empty folder and name it Portable Settings in the same directory
  3. Launch Audacity.exe
Similar/alternative apps: Wavosaur
What's new? See: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases
Latest comments
anon2219 on 2021-12-29 23:12

My understanding is that data collection concerns can be disabled: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1213#issuecomment-892556317

Ultra7ven on 2021-12-31 13:06

After years of not being able to just drop-in a recent version of ffmpeg in Audacity's application folder, you can finally just do that.

Tried on recent version Audacity_x64 with ffmpeg_x64 (needs the shared builds) and it works! Just have to update location folder of ffmpeg on main gui.

Audacity-win-3.1.3-64bit.zip

ffmpeg-4.4.1-full_build-shared.7z https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/

[ Audacity ]
[ ffmpeg ]
avcodec-58.dll
avdevice-58.dll
avfilter-7.dll
avformat-58.dll
avutil-56.dll
ffmpeg.exe
ffplay.exe
ffprobe.exe
postproc-55.dll
swresample-3.dll
swscale-5.dll
[ help ]
[ Languages ]
[ modules ]
[ nyquist ]
[ plug-ins ]
Audacity.exe
.
.
.

NB: on the portableapps version I replaced the old ffmpeg binaries with new versions, and it works too.

freakazoid on 2021-12-31 16:28

@Ultra7ven - I have a forum post written up about how to set ffmpeg as a portable relative path: https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=101359#p101359

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FileZilla v3.68.0 Updated

Ennovy on 31 Oct 2024
  • 40MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 31 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client, including secure options SFTP and TLS. The program interface includes an easy-to-use tabbed window, drag-and-drop capability, bookmarks, remote and recursive file search, remote file editing and a managable upload/download queue. Internally, it supports connection throttling, keepalive, timeout detection, IPv6, SOCKS 4/5 and HTTP 1.1 proxy etc.

Alternatively, Filezilla Portable is pre-configured as portable and automatically adjusts paths, as well as an outdated X-Filezilla.

Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. For Windows XP, an older and unsupported version is available. A portable Filezilla server is available as part of XAMPP.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. In the main folder, create a 2 new folders named cache and settings
  3. Open the Docs folder and edit the file fzdefaults.xml.example using a programmer's notepad such as Notepad2 or Notepad++
  4. Change the following strings:

    <Setting name="Config Location">$SOMEDIR/filezilla/</Setting>
    to:
    <Setting name="Config Location">settings</Setting>

    and
    <Setting name="Cache directory">$USERPROFILE/Documents</Setting>
    to:
    <Setting name="Cache directory">cache</Setting>
  5. Save the modified file to the main folder as fzdefaults.xml
  6. Launch FileZilla.exe
Similar/alternative apps: WinSCP, Bitvise SSH Client
What's new? See changelog: https://filezilla-project.org/versions.php
Latest comments
smaragdus on 2017-05-27 06:44

@giulia
See this forum comment- https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=86763#p86763
"How to extract:" instructions should be redacted accordingly.

smaragdus on 2017-06-03 03:56

@billon
Thanks for updating "How to extract".

rb161 on 2020-07-27 22:17

Having used it for many years, Filezilla has lost its way now in my opinion. The irritating pop up balloon on every successful upload is just one of the annoyances. The latest update seemed to corrupt something on my Windows and I was reduced to about one fifteenth of the normal upload speed. Going back to an ancient version hasn't fixed the issue and the portable versions are the same. However WinSCP works fine so it's that for me from now on.

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TheSage v7.62.2816 Updated

Ennovy on 31 Oct 2024
  • 78MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 30 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by milentechie

TheSage is an English dictionary and thesaurus that contains over 250,000 words with 2.1 million word relationships. It also features various related word tools such as a concordancer, rhyming dictionary, phonetic, and more. Features include cross-referencing, wildcard and anagram search, multi-session history, etc.

Functional on 64-bit systems.

Note: some options are limited to PRO version subscribers.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Liteware, free for personal use
How to extract: Download the "PORTABLE" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TheSage.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: WordWeb
What's new? See: https://www.sequencepublishing.com/1/thesage/news/changelog.txt
Latest comments
webfork on 2017-04-14 02:02

@Mixture: This is really something you need to post about in forums.

MoisheP on 2017-07-30 05:25

Check this version for safety!

PapaiMark on 2023-11-06 02:33

It is messy. Hot keys conflicts with windows hks. Couldn't make it speak the words. Accumulate words searched making a mess for our eyes. "Lingoes", for me, is still the best freeware for this.

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HWiNFO v8.14 Updated

gbrao on 29 Oct 2024
  • 9MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 29 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Baas

HWiNFO is a professional hardware information and diagnostic tool supporting latest components, industry technologies and standards. Includes system health monitoring (Thermal, Voltage, Fan, Power), basic benchmarks and multiple report formats (text, CSV, XML, HTML, MHTML).

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Administrator rights
Stealth: ? No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch HWiNFO32.exe or HWiNFO64.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: SIV
What's new? See: https://www.hwinfo.com/version-history/
Latest comments
DarkShadow on 2016-02-09 12:39

v5.20 (2016-02-09) released !

MIKLO on 2018-03-10 10:27

Very nice, this software will give all the info you could ever want, at least 4me :)Thanks to the maker for all the hard work to bring us this FREE software to use.
MIKLO

DzejPy on 2023-10-15 06:13

From version 7 (2021-03-09) there are more licenses:
HWINFO 32 and DOS is freeware
HWINFO64 is freeware for personal and non-commercial use - for other uses there is the HWINFO64Pro version
see: https://www.hwinfo.com/download/ or https://www.hwinfo.com/version-history/

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WinScan2PDF v9.11 Updated

Andrew Lee on 29 Oct 2024
  • 206KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Emka

WinScan2PDF is a very small program for scanning documents and saving them on your computer as a PDF by using any installed scanner.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WinScan2PDF_p.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Not Another PDF Scanner 2
What's new? See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF/History.
Latest comments
opsimathic on 2017-08-12 08:51

@Emka - The first item under OPTIONS look like you can set the utility to delete the jpgs when you exit the program. I have never been very sure the program actually does what it says, so I simply use the second item in OPTIONS to check and delete as necessary. Periodically I use the jpg instead the pdf so I actually find this useful. Bottom line is that I wish the author would clean all this up a bit more, but I find the utility so useful (use it every day almost) that I am prepared to work around the idiosyncrasies.

MIKLO on 2017-08-26 14:06

@__philippe thanks for the help I appreciate very much.
MIKLO

Emka on 2019-07-30 01:11

@MIKLO & _philippe: It now seems possible to select a folder for temporary files, so you can change the default location in AppData to the app's folder for example.

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Volume² v1.1.9.468 Updated

Ennovy on 29 Oct 2024
  • 14MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Userfriendly

Volume² is an utility designed as a replacement for the standard Volume Control. It lets you easily change the sound volume just by rotating the mouse wheel, using keyboard hot keys or moving the mouse pointer to an edge of the screen.

It also includes an audio mixer with advanced volume controls support, a scheduler, an on-screen display, command line support and the ability to store and recall different unlimited presets via one mouse click or system-wide hot keys.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the non-setup ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice.
  2. If needed, create a file called Config.ini in the application folder.
  3. Launch Volume2.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Volumouse
What's new? See: https://github.com/irzyxa/Volume2/blob/master/History.txt
Latest comments
freakazoid on 2023-01-03 21:08

Can't believe I didn't know about this app!

I was getting sick and tired of Windows going up or down in volume increments of 2%. Why can't we set the increments in Windows by default? Anyway, with this app, I can set the increment to 1% and also override the default volume media keys to use Volume2's defaults as well. Bonus is you can also use your mouse's scrollwheel on the taskbar to control the volume.

All that and it only uses less than 2MB of RAM and less than 0.2% of CPU when active. Greatly recommended!

freakazoid on 2023-07-24 20:17

@Ennovy v1.1.8.464 appears to be a beta version. Perhaps we should change the version back to the last release version - v1.1.7.449?

Ennovy on 2023-07-25 01:25

@freakazoid: Thanks, you're right! My mistake.

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QOwnNotes v24.10.4 Updated

Ennovy on 29 Oct 2024
  • 64MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by pbek

QOwnNotes is a text editor / notepad replacement with markdown support and todo list manager. The program supports themes, keyboard shortcuts, syntax highlighting and encryption. Includes available nested file list, tags, search and more. Optionally works with the notes application ownCloud or Nextcloud.

Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. Windows XP users can find builds here.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder (if launched with QOwnNotesPortable.bat)
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch QOwnNotesPortable.bat or launch QOwnNotes.exe --portable.

Optionally, delete unnecessary language files.
What's new? See: https://www.qownnotes.org/changelog.html
Latest comments
hamasaki on 2019-08-09 20:08

Latest portable 64bit version throws a runtime error on Win 10.

hamasaki on 2019-08-11 22:01

Fixed in latest update.

hamasaki on 2023-01-28 02:27

Now at 23.1.3

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Tux Paint v0.9.34 Updated

Ennovy on 28 Oct 2024
  • 23MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 25 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Bill Kendrick

Tux Paint is a drawing program designed for young children (kids ages 3 and up). It has a simple, easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who helps guide children as they use the program. It provides a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to promote creativity.

Alternatively, X-TuxPaint is also available.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder, though an empty subfolder called TuxPaint is always created under the user profile folder.
Stealth: ? No
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch tuxpaint-config.exe
  3. Under the "Saving" tab, check "Use Alternative Saving Directory" and enter a single period (.) under "Alternative Saving Directory"
  4. Click "Apply" and then exit the program
  5. Move C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\TuxPaint\tuxpaint.cfg or C:\Users\[Username]\Application Data\TuxPaint\tuxpaint.cfg to the application folder
  6. Launch TuxPaint.exe
Optionally, you can also download the collection of rubber stamp images (and corresponding data and sound effects) for the "Stamp" tool and unzip them into the main folder.
What's new? see: https://tuxpaint.org/latest/tuxpaint-0.9.34-press-release.php
Latest comments
Hovic on 2008-03-06 06:30

Nice program, I am surprised! Recommended to kids and adults!

Dana on 2008-05-10 00:53

What is this for kids? You have to get the adults to stop playing with this programme! Heaps of fun!! The mum!!

Wolfghost on 2010-12-02 18:32

0.9.21.0 is out !!

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ImageCacheViewer v1.33 Updated

Ennovy on 27 Oct 2024
  • 103KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 27 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Checker

ImageCacheViewer scans the cache of your Web browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Pale Moon, SeaMonkey, Google Chrome, Chromium, Opera, Vivaldi and Yandex) and lists the images displayed in the recently visited Web sites. For every cached image file, program displays the URL of the image, browser used, image type, image and browsing date/time and file size. Selecting an image from this list shows the image in the lowe rpane and you can copy the image to the clipboard (Ctrl+M) for pasting elsewhere.

The program is useful for getting around some image protection schemes, web development testing and tracking down a specific image when you're not sure of its associated website.

Note: The author recommends closing all windows of your Web browser before using to ensure that all files are saved to the disk. Additionally, the program won't work if the browser is configured to clear its cache on closing (for privacy or space reasons).

Category:
Runs on: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 ImageCacheViewer.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: FBCacheView
What's new?
  • You can now use any variable inside the .cfg file as command-line option in order to change the configuration from command-line, for example: ImageCacheViewer.exe /Chrome.ScanMode 1
  • Added /cfg command-line option to start ImageCacheViewer with the specified config file.
Latest comments
tomcat on 2021-05-12 08:07

It doesn't seem to work in my case. It only shows some images from Internet Explorer that I don't even use, and nothing from Opera and Edge that I do use.
Furthermore, there's no picture in the bottom pane for the selected row.

__philippe on 2023-03-15 09:39

ImageCacheViewer v1.30 (webp image support)

After some gentle prodding,
Nir finally released a long overdue ImageCache viewer
supporting webp image formats...;-)

Sysadmin, pretty please ?

shiny on 2024-09-12 09:43

see no Opera browser

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CHK v5.50 Updated

gbrao on 27 Oct 2024
  • 7MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 27 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by encode

CHK is simple checksum program that can verify downloaded files from the Internet, hash your files to ensure integrity and help detect duplicates. Supports drag-and-drop and most popular hash protocols including CRC-16/32/64, ED2K, MD4/5, SHA-1/256/512/3, BLAKE2sp/b, BLAKE3 etc.

Category:
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 "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch chk.exe.
What's new? CHK v5.50 changes at https://encode.su/threads/1707-CHK-Hash-Tool?p=84214&viewfull=1#post84214.
Latest comments
gbrao on 2024-10-27 00:33

No change-log yet for v5.50

gbrao on 2024-10-27 00:55

32-bit version of v5.50 also available.

gbrao on 2024-10-27 07:40

updated change log link.
Note :
Sorry for changing the CFG file format once again, but now it has many future-proof features - including it keeps all - Font, Background, Band, Highlight and Clipboard colors - so in the future you can change them all (e.g. create dark theme)

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PeaZip v10.0.0 Updated

Ennovy on 26 Oct 2024
  • 37MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 26 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Yucca

PeaZip is a feature-rich file archiver with broad support for 200+ file types. The file manager interface includes a hash tool, file wipe, file associations, file splitter, themes, estimated compression level, system benchmark, image crop/rename and much more.

Formats supported include most mainstream archive formats, including ZIP, 7Z, ACE, BZIP2, CAB, GZIP, TAR, UPX, ZIPX, as well as it's own PEA format. Can extact but not create MSI and RAR files.

Note that tools setup through the Task Scheduler are not portable.

Cross platform with clients for Mac, Linux, and BSD, as well as a 64-bit version is available. Alternatively, PeaZip Portable portablizes bookmarks and includes both 32 and 64-bit versions, automatically using the proper one on each PC.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU LGPL
How to extract: Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch peazip.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: 7-Zip, IZArc, Bandizip
What's new? See: https://peazip.github.io/changelog.html
Latest comments
AndTheWolf on 2014-11-16 17:37

Download link (http://www.peazip.org/peazip-portable.html) raises a 404 "not found" error. Link instead just to http://www.peazip.org/ or to http://peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-portable.html.

webfork on 2014-11-16 18:56

AndTheWolf: Joby updated, thanks for the note

Happy.Camper2 on 2014-12-24 02:22

My experience with PeaZip is to go to:

HomePage: http://www.peazip.org/
Download Link: http://www.peazip.org/downloads/peazip-5.5.2.WINDOWS.exe

Happy Holidays to everyone :)

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Quick Access Popup v11.6.4 Updated

Ennovy on 25 Oct 2024
  • 16MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 25 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by shnbwmn

Quick Access Popup (QAP) lets you move like a breeze between your frequently used folders, documents, applications, webpages etc.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Apache License, Version 2.0
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch QuickAccessPopup-32-bit.exe or QuickAccessPopup-64-bit.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Folders Popup
What's new? See: https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/change-log/
Also:https://forum.quickaccesspopup.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=4
Latest comments
Saboo on 2020-03-18 08:06

I am completely lost on a computer without this app. One click emails, instant access to folders, apps, files.....priceless app!

mcodex on 2020-07-09 02:17

Great piece of software. Maybe the best of its kind and I tried a few. Other users here have very well pointed out its strengths and features in any environment, corporate included. Kudos to the developer!

Ennovy on 2021-09-07 01:01

Verion 11.5 released:
- QAP returns to freeware/donorware model
- remove license validation and various license related menu items or labels
- remove donation/get license incentives in main menu and tray menu (QAP icon menu in notification zone)
- add a "Make donation" menu item under "Help" menu (linking to Paypal only for the moment)
- fix bug with the Check for update link in "Options, General" tab

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12-Ants v6.61 Updated

Andrew Lee on 25 Oct 2024
  • 374KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 23 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by joby_toss

12-Ants or more for your desktop. Itching is not excluded. Watching the little rascals and have fun.

Category:
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: Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 12-Ants_p.exe or 12-Ants_x64_p.exe (for 64-bit OS).
What's new? See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/12-Ants/History
Latest comments
mrpink on 2011-12-11 20:21

I know. I thought you guys might have a trick to make it stealth

joby_toss on 2011-12-12 05:26

@mrpink: you could use JauntePE to take care of those registry keys; or some other wrapper.

mrpink on 2011-12-19 13:27

There's two more from the same site (didn't bother to look at the main page), cockroach and ladybug lol. David Pi has made a launcher for all 3 of them

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ESEDatabaseView v1.75 Updated

Andrew Lee on 25 Oct 2024
  • 137KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 21 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Checker

ESEDatabaseView reads and displays the data stored inside a database used by a variety of Microsoft programs known as Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) database (aka Jet Blue or a .edb file). It displays a list of all tables available in the opened database file, allows you to choose the desired table to view, and then when you choose a table, it displays all records found in the selected table.

The program also allows you to easily choose one or more records, and then export them into a variety of formats including CSV, HTML and XML, or copy and then paste them into a spreadsheet program.

Category:
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 ESEDatabaseView.exe.
What's new?
  • Fixed bug: ESEDatabaseView crashed when trying to read WebCacheV01.dat, SRUDB.dat, and other database files created by Windows 11 24H2.
Latest comments
Midas on 2013-01-15 12:17

In case (like me) you're left wondering what is this good for, here's a quote from the Wikipedia relevant article:

"ESE is notably a core of Microsoft Exchange Server and Active Directory. Its purpose is to allow applications to store and retrieve data via indexed and sequential access. Windows Mail and Desktop Search in the Windows Vista operating system also make use of ESE to store indexes and property information respectively."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Storage_Engine

MIKLO on 2017-01-04 16:36

Well that sure clears that up lol, but really like many apps a user has a need and finds a solution that works for them and then passes along their work for others to freely use. In my mind that's the way its supposed to be.
MIKLO

Spacegirl on 2020-07-23 18:41

I think this is a very useful application

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TreeSheets Oct 29 2024 Updated

Ennovy on 29 Oct 2024
  • 11MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 29 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by I am Baas

TreeSheets is a mashup of many different program types including spreadsheets, mind mappers, outliners, PIMs, text editors and small databases. It has a tabbed interface and is lightweight and fast, using few system resources even with large files.

It's like a spreadsheet, but much more suitable for complex data because it's hierarchical. It's like a mind mapper, but more organized and compact. It's like an outliner, but in more than one dimension. It's like a text editor, but with structure. It is capable of many kinds of data organization, including todo lists, calendars, project management, brainstorming, organizing ideas, planning, requirements gathering, presentation of information, etc.

Functional in 64-bit and cross platform (Linux and Mac).

Category:
Runs on: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: zlib License
How to extract:
  1. Download and extract windows_treesheets_no_installer.zip to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch TreeSheets.exe -p
Similar/alternative apps: XMind
What's new? See: https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets/releases
Latest comments
kanu on 2021-08-17 11:32

For the life of me I can't find any links to download latest artifacts (as it's called) in github's action page of this project. Any help, please?

dilentec on 2022-08-14 21:46

Super usefull, I really recommend following the tutorial to learn all it's great functions. As of today, binaries are available at: https://strlen.com/treesheets/

Thanks to the author and portablefreeware.com

Ennovy on 2023-04-05 06:35

Version Apr 4 2023 download ZIP file instead of installer: https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets/releases/download/4612737023/windows_treesheets_no_installer.zip

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Vivaldi v7.0 Updated

Ennovy on 24 Oct 2024
  • 204MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 24 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Nh

Vivaldi is a customizable, tabbed web browser based on the same engine as Google Chrome. Its appearance and capabilities can be extended with themes and extensions. It features a bookmark manager, speed dial, notes, custom search engines, sessions, tab stacks, web panels, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, user interface scaling, adaptive interface color and much more.

Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux.

Category:
Runs on:Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: In the User Data folder, which is created in the same root as "Application" folder.

Note that the program resets some settings, including the list of installed extensions, when you move between PCs.
Stealth: ? No. HKCU\Software\Vivaldi
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download and launch the installer
  2. Select "Advanced" and set "Installation Type" to "Install Standalone"
  3. Set "Destination Folder" to a folder of your choice and click "Accept and Install"
  4. Delete update_notifier.exe
  5. Launch vivaldi.exe
Similar/alternative apps: Otter Browser, Opera, Google Chrome, Slimjet, SRWare Iron
What's new? See: https://vivaldi.com/nl/changelog-vivaldi-browser-7-0/
Blog: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-0/
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Midas on 2020-06-16 07:51

Zorro is absolutely right, even Vivaldi Standalone version registers 'update_notifier.exe' to auto-start with Windows -- something that somehow slipped by me in the previous test.

zorro on 2020-06-18 14:46

...well, there's more - I launch Vivaldi with my own batch file:
@echo off
REG IMPORT vivaldi.reg
start /wait "" "Application/vivaldi.exe"
REG EXPORT HKCU\Software\Vivaldi vivaldi.reg /y
REG DELETE "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Vivaldi" /f
REG DELETE "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google" /f
RD %LocalAppData%\Vivaldi /s /q
DEL %USERPROFILE%\.vivaldi_reporting_data /f /q
exit
You see, there's also HKCU\Software\Google and - came with version 2.9 - the ".vivaldi_reporting_data" directly in the userprofile.
It's a pity, but nothing that can't be handled with a batch file. Of course the biggest drawback remains the hardware binding of extensions and some settings...

Nh on 2024-04-28 00:35

Disneyland is getting deeper and deeper.

It may be useful for you to check:
Settings... \ Appearance \ Compact Layout

And disable:
chrome://flags/#customize-chrome-side-panel

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JPEG Lossless Rotator v11.0 Updated

Andrew Lee on 24 Oct 2024
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 21 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

JPEG Lossless Rotator is an application for rotating JPEG files performs a special "lossless" algorythim using block transformation without a decoding and re-encoding process, which preserves the image quality. If the image can't be rotated without losing some pixels, the program will prompt you with the costs in pixels.

Features batch and automatic rotation, image flipping, renaming and deletion of files, and display of EXIF-data.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No. HKCU\Software\AnnyStudio\JPEGRotator
Unicode support: Yes
License: Free for personal use
How to extract:
  1. Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Create an empty text file within this folder and name it jpegr.ini
  3. Launch jpegr.exe

Optionally, delete unnecessary languages (.lng files) within lang folder
Similar/alternative apps: FastStone Photo Resizer, Tinuous
What's new?
  • Added multithreading, to make operations with images much faster. Minor bugfixes.
Latest comments
AndTheWolf on 2020-12-10 16:15

Now at version 10.0

freakazoid on 2020-12-11 02:16

I'd rather use Irfanview with their JPEG lossless plugins.

tomcat on 2024-10-25 03:35

JPEGCrops, also featured here, will not only losslessly rotate, but also crop images, either to pre-defined sizes or custom.

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MonitorInfoView v1.25 Updated

Andrew Lee on 24 Oct 2024

MonitorInfoView is a small utility that displays essential information about your monitor, including week/year of manufacture, manufacturer, model, supported display modes etc. This information is extracted from the EDID ("Extended Display Identification Data") records stored on your computer. You can also view the monitor information of multiple computers on your network if you login to these computers with administrator rights.

Category:
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 MonitorInfoView.exe.
What's new?
  • Added 'Add Header Line To CSV/Tab-Delimited File' option (Turned on by default).
  • Fixed issue: When copying data to the clipboard or exporting to tab-delimited file, every line contained an empty field in the end of the line.
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rodger123 on 2012-09-24 03:25

Works as advertised-good to use if you forget your monitor serial number,previous versions would not tell correct supported resolutions,this works fine.

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MKVToolNix v88.0 Updated

Andrew Lee on 24 Oct 2024
  • 153MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 19 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by agam

MKVToolnix is a freeware utility that allows you to create, alter, inspect, etc., video files with the MKV format.You can use MKVToolNix to create, split, edit, mux, demux, merge, extract, or inspect Matroska files.
MKVToolnix program will also work with other video formats including AVI, MPEG, MP4, MPEG, MPEG1/2, h264, and more, as well as some video codecs such as VP9, audio including AAC, FLAC, MP2, MP3, AC3, DTS/DTS-HD, Vorbis and most subtitle formats including SRT, PGS/SUP, VobSub, ASS, and SSA.

Category:
Runs on:Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No. QtProject registry key
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract: Download the Portable 7z package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch mkvtoolnix-gui.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Avidemux, MKVcleaver
What's new? See https://mkvtoolnix.download/doc/NEWS.md (detailed) or https://www.bunkus.org/blog/ (summary but might not be limited to just what's new)

ProcessKO v6.44 Updated

Andrew Lee on 24 Oct 2024

ProcessKO is a small useful tool designed to quickly kill any running or hanging process / program.

Category:
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:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Create a blank text file and name it ProcessKO.ini
  3. Launch ProcessKO_Win98.exe, ProcessKO_Unicode.exe or ProcessKO_x64.exe
What's new? See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/ProcessKO/History
Latest comments
__philippe on 2013-12-08 13:44

ProcessKO v 3.21 released.

fullbug on 2014-03-21 22:22

Thanx! Great little program....

MIKLO on 2016-10-01 18:27

Really like this pgm small and powerful, does exactly what I want when I want, what a concept.
MIKLO

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WizTree v4.22 Updated

Ennovy on 28 Oct 2024
  • 17MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by I am Baas

WizTree is a very fast disk space analyzer and search tool, scanning a single folder or your entire hard drive quickly and showing those files and folders using the most disk space. The program uses the NTFS Master File Table (MFT) feature in Windows to rapidly view files.

Note that this high-speed mode is limited to local, NTFS-formatted drives. The program must do a (much slower) scan of FAT-formatted or network drives for analysis.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Free for personal use/Donationware
How to extract: Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WizTree.exe or WizTree64.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: SpaceSniffer, Xinorbis
What's new? Changelog at: https://wiztreefree.com/whats-new.
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emmanuel d on 2023-03-21 12:21

Just downloaded the latest portable version, and it asks for admin permission. That is a no no for me.
Looking at the manifest it says: AsInvoker, so i'm not sure why it would ask.

olliebean on 2023-08-26 11:46

I don't know if this is the case in Windows 11, but in Windows 10 the new "Windows 11 style" UI seems noticeably laggier.

Special on 2023-08-26 14:44

Noticed the same thing here, I reverted back personally, and frankly this "change" is enough to keep me from updating to future versions. The dev is very good about these things though, so maybe he'll revert these changes back if he knew there were issues, he's somewhat active (I think) on these here forums.

If it ain't broke...

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Google Chrome Portable v130.0.6723.70 Updated

Stephen Leibowitz on 23 Oct 2024
  • 289MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 23 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by JohnTHaller

Google Chrome is a web browser designed for simplicity and speed. Its minimalistic appearance and capabilities can be extended with themes and extensions. The program integrates with Google's tools and services, and can sync across other signed-in devices.

Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.

Google Chrome Portable is the PortableApps version of the program. It includes automatic support for jPortable to enable web-based Java apps. For users interested in the cutting edge, Beta and Development are also available. For Windows versions from XP to 8, see past versions.

Note: Starting in v125, Chrome silently stopped supporting portable versions, which noticeably stopped supporting portable printing (including saving as PDF). Starting in v126, Chrome Portable bypasses it by hardcoding the command line parameter --disable-features=PrintCompositorLPAC (see the disable-features command line).

Category:
Runs on:Win10 / Win11 / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No. Uses Windows' certificate manager, some Settings/Extensions Locked Per PC (see "App Notes" on website).
Unicode support: Partial
Path portability: Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the portable installer and install to a folder of your choice. Launch GoogleChromePortable.exe.

NOTE:
  • Some settings are tied to individual computers and are not portable, including certificates and passwords. See this thread for more information.
  • Optionally, to run in a more stealthy mode (that is not anonymous), start with --incognito to dismiss local history and cookies after program close.
Similar/alternative apps: X-Chromium, Slimjet
What's new? See: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Stable updates
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bitcoin on 2019-03-28 17:43

google sucks

Stephen Leibowitz on 2023-07-31 09:28

“Over the years [Chrome] has gained a reputation for being something of a resource hog, gobbling up your PC’s memory like it’s going out of style.” Starting with version 108, the Chrome desktop browser has a feature called Memory Saver that deactivates tabs that aren’t currently being used. When a user accesses a deactivated tab, it automatically reloads. A user can turn Memory Saver on or off. A user can also exclude specific sites from Memory Saver, keeping tabs for those sites active. See:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/12929150?hl=en#zippy=%2Cturn-memory-saver-on-or-off%2Ckeep-specific-sites-active

lwc on 2024-06-15 07:15

I've added a note (with references) that portable versions of Chrome are no longer supported. They still work, but with bypasses and an uncertain future.

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cPicture v4.2 Updated

Stephen Leibowitz on 21 Oct 2024
  • 15MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 21 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Lesmo16

cPicture is an image viewer that supports both images (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, RAW) and other media files (AVI, QT, MOV, MPEG, MP3, WMV). You can also use it to remove red-eye from your photos, as well as create a HTML index for your collection.

Category:
Runs on:Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No. Some settings are written to the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\TheCloud\cPicture\Workspace
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. You may also want to download the plugins to support RAW and TIFF files, as well as additional color profiles
  3. Create an empty file called cpicture.config in the same folder so that settings will be written there
  4. Launch cPicture.exe
What's new? See: http://thecloudsite.net/cPicture/blog/index.php?controller=post&action=view&id_post=79
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Nh on 2008-01-13 20:01

This is the new address:
http://cpicture.net/en/index.html

juverax on 2021-12-13 13:30

Softpedia: https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Digital-Photo-Tools/cPicture.shtml
has an entry for an application named cPicture v.3.8.6 that is Freeware and Donationware

Web Site: http://cpicture.thecloudsite.net/

VirusTotal Score:
cPicture.exe 2-70
cpp_tiff_png.dll 1-68
All the other files are clean

Assuming that cPicture is not harmful
Unzip and run cPicture.exe (It seems that it is a no install app)
This application is very fast.
It leaves a couple of keys in the registry.

The cPicture v.3.8.6 and cPicture LE v1.6.x seem to be developed by the same developer(s).

Ennovy on 2024-01-20 14:47

cPicture now at version 3.8.8 and it is freeware/donationware.

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Free Shooter v2.2 Updated

Andrew Lee on 21 Oct 2024
  • 578KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 17 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by smaragdus

Free Shooter is lightweight, easy-to-use tool for taking screenshots. This simple program supports 3 capture modes: full screen, active window and selected region along with 5 output file formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG and TIFF. Other features include copying image to clipboard, capture sound, mouse cursor inclusion, clear window transparency, disable aero effect, customizable shortcut keys, always on top, tray control, multi-monitor support and more.

A 64-bit version is available (included in archive).

Category:
Runs on:Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: GNU GPLv3
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch freeshooter.exe from 32 or 64 folder (for 64-bit OS).
Similar/alternative apps: Lightscreen, WinSnap
What's new? See: https://github.com/henrypp/freeshooter/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
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Andrew Lee on 2023-12-14 22:56

Can't access the website at all. Getting HTTP 500 error. Tried a few different browsers as well. Anyone having the same issue?

joby_toss on 2023-12-14 23:48

@Andrew Lee: same here. However, Github project page works fine: https://github.com/henrypp/freeshooter .

PAFuser on 2023-12-17 14:09

freeshooter-1.exe contains virus per Defender. In addition, in 2.0.7 main window disappears for screenshot, does not do so in 2.1. Had copy of 2.0.7 to go back to. Previous version are excellent, have used for years.

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MultiMonitorTool v2.15 Updated

Andrew Lee on 21 Oct 2024
  • 278KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 16 Oct 2024
  • Suggested by Checker

MultiMonitorTool allows a variety of monitor setting tweaks including disable/enable monitors, set primary monitor, save/load all monitors configs and move windows from one monitor to another. The program also provides a preview window, which allows you to view a preview of all attached monitors.

Command-line features are available.

Category:
Runs on: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 MultiMonitorTool.exe.
What's new?
  • Added a workaround for the new problems appeared in Windows 11 24H2 update. The workaround is applied in the following features: Set as primary monitor, Load monitors configuration, /SetMonitors command, /SetPrimary command, /LoadConfig command.
  • Notice for Windows 11 24H2: If you are in situation that every action you try in MultiMonitorTool fails completely, you should go to the monitors settings of Windows and change something, or unplug and plug one of the monitors, and then go back to MultiMonitorTool and try again.
  • When loading a monitor configuration, MultiMonitorTool now applies the monitors configuration multiple times, because on complex monitors systems it's needed to set all monitors properly. Added MonitorsConfigNumOfCalls value to MultiMonitorTool.cfg to control the number of times that the monitors configuration is set. The default is 5 times.
  • The resolution and position information of disabled monitors is now taken directly from the Registry, which is more reliable data source. This information is also used to enable back the monitor.
  • Added /EnableAtPosition command, which allows you to enable a monitor in the specified position, for example: MultiMonitorTool.exe /EnableAtPosition "\\.\DISPLAY1" 1920 0
Latest comments
fpelletier on 2012-07-18 15:32

As I use the rotate monitor multiple times a day, it would be great to control monitor rotation too.

fpelletier on 2012-07-18 15:37

Without playing with it, it seems to me that if I take the time to do the math, that the Left-Top and Right-Bottom field values will control rotation, however, it is currently a bit cumbersome. If there were a toolbar button for clockwise and another for counter-clockwise, that would be great. Oh, BTW, great tool!

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