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Cathy v2.33

billon on 30 Jul 2019
  • 152KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Jul 2019
  • Suggested by Perwhis

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.

Category:
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.
What's new?
  • Bug in Max hits setting corrected, listbox now shows all files in folder.
Latest comments
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 on 2022-10-04 10:39

This program is great. I can't believe Windows is now so convoluted that the basic out of the box search works so poorly.

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Directory Lister v0.9.1 Updated

Midas on 6 Apr 2024
  • 418KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 18 Jan 2006
  • Suggested by NewKreation

Directory Lister lets you list all or selected files you have in selected folders on your storage units into text, csv or html file. You can choose: which items to list (subdirs, size, date, time, attribs, directory names, directory size, full path, crc32 value); which directories to be included; sort options; selection mask (e.g.: *.mp3). It is possible to generate lists for each processed folders, to load and save personalized settings, and to list files from command line (for FTP owners).

Note: Main site only offers a commercial version so we are linking to a mirror of the last available freeware version (thanks Lupo).

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: No
License: Free for non-commercial use
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice and extract it. Launch DirLister.exe.
What's new? Available changelog at https://www.krksoft.com/news_older.php.
Latest comments
Midas on 2018-03-02 07:47

DirHTML (https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=308) is yet another choice...

vmars316 on 2024-04-06 14:06

There is no longer a Free version , $9 or $29 , versions.

Midas on 2024-04-06 16:24

@vmars: that is true... but also old news. If read the Note at the entry's end, you'll notice TPFC is linking an old v0.9.1 from LupoPensuite.

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LS - File List Generator v1.53

webfork on 25 Jan 2016
  • 119KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by AlephX

LS - File List Generator collects information about all files and subfolders located under your specified path and generates a listing in various file formats, including text, HTML and CSV.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch LS.exe.
Latest comments
Dawie Fourie on 2010-01-29 11:10

The software is out of this world, very easy to use, saved me hours of work!!

CWeinhofer on 2010-11-08 14:58

May work well for 9X and XP, but crashes on Win 7.

dmg on 2010-11-09 01:15

I do not have access to Win7 to test this but you might try deleting LS.exe.manifest located in the program folder. Its only purpose is to change the GUI to match the XP Luna theme. I found that deleting it greatly improved stability on XP. If you try it please post back with results.

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Snap2HTML v2.14

billon on 9 Aug 2020
  • 408KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Aug 2020
  • Suggested by mmx64

Snap2HTML takes a "snapshot" of folder structures on your harddrive and saves to an HTML file. The output is a modern, application-like view that feels like a real application, similar to Explorer. The program uses a treeview with folders that you can click to view the contained files. Includes a built-in file search with wildcards and breadcrumb-style path all within a single, easily distributed file.

Directory data can also be saved as text, CSV (spreadsheet), or JSON.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv3
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Snap2HTML.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: LS - File List Generator, Directory Lister, MiTeC DirList
What's new?
  • UNC paths work again (including linking).
  • Searches returning lots of items should be a bit faster now.
  • And a few smaller fixes as usual.
Latest comments
Pax on 2019-04-27 15:53

Update: I installed the latest version (2.0) a few days ago: had previously been working with v1.94 (on Linux and previously on Win7). Was able to test both versions on Windows 10 only (Oct/2018 update) - my Linux laptop is being replaced.

Turns out both versions need .NET Framework. When running v2.0, it didn't notify me that .NET was missing. When I tried to access a drive, it stalled - I 'forced closed' the app.

Running v1.94 will notify you of missing .NET Framework and correctly download and install it. After I did this, v2.0 ran without problems.

On the same directory, v2.0 created a 54mb html file and was noticeably slower generating it. My browsers (Firefox and Brave) took a long while to parse and display. Built-in search was also very slow.

v1.94 (on the same directory), created a 1mb file. Much smaller. Parsed instantly on FF and Brave. Search/Filter was snappy.

Maybe this is an isolated incident. I'm on Windows (temporarily) for the first time in a few years: went through updates, tried to secure for privacy, installed a few programs, etc...

Bottom line: If v2.0 isn't working well for you, v1.94 works great.

hamasaki on 2020-06-15 03:23

Should have commented on this software before. Fantastic.

Pax on 2022-03-23 03:29

Update on my comment of 2019-04-27 regarding Snap2HTML on Linux/WINE.

Found a great Linux solution named: LinuxDir2HTML (github/homeisfar)

It's a command-line only python (3.6+) script that's only 11kb in size. It uses the same HTML template as Snap2HTML. I've been testing it on large directories with all manner of fileNaming. It's been great so far.

Honestly, Snap2HTML was the only program I needed WINE for. It was that valuable to me. Finding this python script reduces any overhead (plus all the .NET components) and gives me some future-proofing.

Version 1.92 of Snap2HTML was the only thing that worked for me on Linux and (last time I checked) wasn't available online anymore. I had it archived in multiple places. LinuxDir2HTML (homeisfar) answered the call.

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Drop Zone v1.0.3

Checker on 24 May 2015
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 7 Nov 2011
  • Suggested by Checker

Drop Zone creates simple windows to quickly manage files. After dropping files or folders onto the program window, a menu of paths you've configured will pop up, allowing you to quickly copy or move files to those destinations. This organization tool is useful for users who deal with many small files or have a short list of frequent folder destinations.

To create multiple drop zones, simply make copies of DropZone.exe, rename them to something unique (e.g. DropZone1.exe, DropZone2.exe, etc.), and launch all. Since the program supports multiple instances, each drop zone can be configured independently.

Category:
Runs on: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 DropZone.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: DropIt
What's new?
  • If there is only one configured destination, the destination menu will no longer pop up (saving you a click).
Latest comments
awoodby on 2012-01-19 17:32

Can't you do this with right-click dragging a folder to the desktop and "create shortcut"?

Erkhyan on 2012-01-20 08:21

Awoodby> …and by manually reconfiguring every single one of your shortcuts every time you switch computers?

awoodby on 2012-01-25 19:46

Ah, right, very good point, that IS handy, to make quick links to your storage folders. You can make a folder on the thumb drive "sort_folder", then make shortcuts to folders within that, then put a shortcut to "sort_folder", but not as easy as this app. Good job in finding an app to make that's somewhat original these days.

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