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Autoruns v14.11 Updated
Special on 9 Feb 2024 Change history
- 2MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 6 Feb 2024
- Suggested by Andrew Lee
Autoruns shows programs that run during system bootup or login, as well as entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
Alternatively, Autoruns Portable is stealth and will only show the EULA once.
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| Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
| Stealth: ? | No |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | Startup Control Panel |
| What's new? | See: https://docs.microsoft.com/sysinternals/#whats-new-rss |
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MoisheP
on 2018-12-10 21:35
Though v. 13.93 is available here, at Portable Freeware, the MS site only has v. 13.91 . Is this version again being recalled by MS?
Ander22
on 2021-08-22 21:48
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schemer > Stick with the older (pre-Microsoft) versions if you have them. The file-sizes on these newer ones are substancially larger... |
WhatInStartup v1.35
webfork on 19 Jun 2016 Change history
- 79KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 25 Jun 2013
- Suggested by freakazoid
WhatInStartup displays the list of all applications that are loaded automatically when Windows starts up. It allows you to easily disable or delete unwanted programs that runs in your Windows startup. You can use it on your currently running instance of Windows, as well as you can use it on external instance of Windows in another drive. Additionally, the program will "ban" programs from re-adding themselves to startup.
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| Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
| 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 WhatInStartup.exe. |
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webfork
on 2010-03-31 17:42
I really didn't think there was anything else a startup program should do but Nirsoft continues to surprise.
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on 2010-06-14 20:15
how does this compare to autorun? been using that for a while and just wanted to know, I'll try this one too later if I need it before using autorun
xor
on 2016-01-23 23:13
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DevManView v1.80
Andrew Lee on 11 Sep 2023 Change history
- 150KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 7 Sep 2023
- Suggested by guinness
DevManView is an alternative to the standard Windows Device Manager. It displays all devices and their properties in a flat table, instead of a hierarchical treeview. In addition to displaying the devices of your local computer, DevManView also lets you view the device list of another computer on your network, as long as you have administrator access rights to that computer.
DevManView can also load the devices list from external instance of Windows and disable unwanted devices. This feature can be useful if you have trouble starting Windows on a particular machine and you need to disable a problematic device.
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| 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 DevManView.exe. |
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Types 2.6.5
webfork on 17 Dec 2020 Change history
- 112KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 2 Jan 2018
- Suggested by Ameri-CAIN
Types allows you to customize how Windows handles different file types. Includes changing program associations, icons, context menus and other settings.
Supports many world languages.
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| Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | None |
| Dependencies: | .NET Framework 3.5 or higher |
| Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Types |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | GNU GPLv3 |
| How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Types.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | FileTypesMan, ExtMan |
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Peter202
on 2014-03-17 16:33
Where can i find list of the command parameters that can be used when creating association? I am talking about parameter like this "%1" which is used with the Open action.
lautrepay
on 2014-03-17 20:44
@Peter202: You will have to take a look at each program documentation (help files, wiki pages, even forums).
Midas
on 2014-05-23 14:01
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According to Softpedia, which rates it with 4 stars, current Types version is v2.1.6.10711, but I couldn't find a changelog anywhere, or any program info for that matter (see http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/Types.shtml). |
HiBit Uninstaller v3.2.10 New
Ennovy on 10 Apr 2024 Change history
- 11MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 8 Apr 2024
- Suggested by Midas
HiBit Uninstaller is a free software to uninstall any Programs & Microsoft Store apps on your Windows PC. It also offers others like an advanced browser extension manager, junk cleaner, registry cleaner, process and startup manager, context menu manager, etc.
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| Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
| 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 HiBitUninstaller-Portable.exe and when prompted choose: Save the app settings and data in a folder next to the app executable file |
| Similar/alternative apps: | Bulk Crap Uninstaller |
| What's new? | See: https://www.hibitsoft.ir/HiBitUninstaller/Changelog.txt |
Starter v5.6.2.9
webfork on 25 Mar 2021 Change history
- 1MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 17 May 2009
- Suggested by Enrico Galli
Starter allows you to view and manage all the programs that are started automatically at system startup. You can temporarily disable selected entries, edit them, create new, or delete them permanently. It also lists all running processes with the ability to view extended process information such as used DLLs, memory usage, thread count, priorities etc. You can terminate selected processes or services.
Languages: Supports 22 including French, German, Italiano, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian,
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| Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder. |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | No |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: |
Alternatively, after running the application, select Configuration, Options, General. Then under "Location to store settings", select "Program directory". |
| What's new? |
Further changelog at http://codestuff.obninsk.ru/news.html. |
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portafreeuser
on 2011-01-10 03:46
Still loving this program. It worked well on Vista, and it still works great on my upgrade (yes upgrade) to XP SP3. I just recently used it to disable some unneeded stuff launching with my partition backup program. thanks.
webfork
on 2013-12-29 02:31
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Emka: entry updated. This is one of my favorite system programs so I was very happy to get this back online. Although it doesn't list support for it, I had no trouble using it successfully in Windows 7. |
Double Driver v4.1
webfork on 18 Jun 2016 Change history
- 5MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 3 Aug 2010
- Suggested by xephyr69
Double Driver lets you view all the drivers installed on your system and backup, restore, save, or print all chosen drivers. It analyzes your system and lists the most important driver details such as version, date, provider, etc and offers you the chance to update to the latest version.
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| Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | None |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch dd.exe. |
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Specular
on 2016-06-17 16:41
Just heard about this program from Security Now podcast #564. Since both download links were dead the co-host mirrored the version [1] from Snapfiles.com on his own site for people to download.
Midas
on 2016-06-17 17:59
@Specular: the problem here might be the sudden popularity -- here's the message I get when trying to download from the homepage: "Error (429) This account's links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled!"...
Specular
on 2016-06-19 15:06
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@Midas: the host found and tested the program prior to mentioning on the show and noted the download links had been broken for a while, in addition to several users here for the past several years, so I think the site is just outdated. |
ShellExView v2.01
billon on 10 Jun 2019 Change history
- 105KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 9 Jun 2019
- Suggested by Andrew Lee
ShellExView displays the details of shell extensions installed on your machine and allows you to easily enable/disable each shell extension. ShellExView comes in handy for solving problems caused by third party shell extensions.
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| 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 ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch shexview.exe. |
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| Latest comments |
roger
on 2010-05-04 08:05
@Tad: link to website
portaFreeUser
on 2011-02-14 19:53
I really like this simple program. I used it first to hide/disable a corrupted Magic ISO contextual menu in mere seconds. Then later on I learned about some features of Explorer that could be turned off using this program, so I did that. It worked both times without any problems. I like that you can undo the changes too if you like. Good program. Thanks for updating this.
rogerthedodger
on 2013-06-01 00:37
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Love this program, recently had the dreaded explorer crash and this program allowed me to easily identify the culprit, and a uninstall/reinstall of the offending (acronis) software fixed my issue. Would have spent an eternity without this software. Should be part of Windoze. |
FileTypesMan v2.00 Updated
Andrew Lee on 22 Feb 2024 Change history
- 159KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 14 Feb 2024
- Suggested by eprimetime
FileTypesMan is an alternative to the 'File Types' tab in the 'Folder Options' of Windows. It displays the list of all file extensions and types registered on your computer. For each file type, the following information is displayed: Type Name, Description, MIME Type, Perceived Type, Flags, Browser Flags and more. FileTypesMan also allows you to easily edit the properties and flags of each file type, as well as it allows you to add, edit and remove actions in a file type.
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| 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 ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FileTypesMan.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | Types |
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| Latest comments |
Midas
on 2009-04-22 07:25
Although it is extra useful, be extra careful with it or you might screw your system -- check, check, check, & recheck whatever you do.
Magibon
on 2011-12-07 21:21
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I stumbled upon this app. accidentally when trying to replace my system icon for .reg files. I used to use IconPhile, but it's process is hidden. Sometimes it's hard to undo. |
SpyMe Tools v1.5.0
webfork on 18 Jun 2016 Change history
- 2MB (uncompressed)
- Released on
- Suggested by JohnW
SpyMe Tools help detect changes to the filesystem and registry by taking "before" and "after" snapshots of the system. The content of these snapshots can be visually displayed or two of them can be compared for differences to determine changes. SpyMe Tools also includes a real-time registry monitor that you can use to determine the registry access characteristics of any application.
Note: Website down, linking to Softpedia.
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| Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | No. Writes to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\LC IBros Solutions (thanks wolfghost) |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | Regshot2 Unicode |
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Pmiddy
on 2014-06-19 04:09
Site is for sale, not sure I want to try/use software that no longer has a website/support site. Just my 2¢. Not sure if webmaster wants to delete this program from the list of programs in their database.
Midas
on 2014-06-19 07:50
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SpyMe Tools is still available from http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/System/System-Enhancements/Windows-Portable-Applications-Portable-SpyMe-Tools.shtml ... |
