http://www.portablefreeware.com/ The Portable Freeware Collection en-us hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.portablefreeware.com/graphics/logo_sm.gif http://www.portablefreeware.com/ 144 29 The Portable Freeware Collection http://www.portablefreeware.com/news.php?date=20051018 http://www.portablefreeware.com/news.php?date=20051018 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:24:45 -0700 After hearing so many good things about FeedBurner, I have decided to give the service a try. The new feed address is http://feeds.feedburner.com/pfc. The old RSS feed will no longer be updated. Please point your feed reader to the new feed address please. Thanks! http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=299 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=299 Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:32:27 -0700 xpy attempts to secure your Windows system and protects your privacy. In addition to anti-spyware features, it disables common security threats (RPC/DCOM, LMHash) and increases your Windows performance. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=483 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=483 Sun, 16 Oct 2005 19:26:09 -0700 µTorrent is a small BitTorrent client that uses little system resources. It supports multiple simultaneous downloads, smart bandwidth usage, file level priorities, configurable bandwidth scheduling, global/per-torrent upload/download rate limiting etc. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=106 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=106 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:57:25 -0700 SilentNight Micro CD Burner is a tiny CD burner that lets you select the folder you want to burn to CD, with optional wildcard-based filtering. It also supports the creation of audio CDs from MP3/WAV files. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=497 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=497 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 03:49:22 -0700 TweakUI gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings and more. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=217 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=217 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 03:16:10 -0700 AutoHotkey enables you to assign various actions to hot keys via simple scripts. For example, you could assign the hot key Ctrl-Alt-F to launch Firefox. Abbreviations could also be defined so that they are expanded to their full definition as you type them. The scripting language used is mostly backward compatible with AutoIt2 scripts. A macro record is included, as well as a script compiler that converts a script to an EXE. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=36 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=36 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 03:12:06 -0700 TreeSize shows you instantly which files or folders are taking up the most space on your harddisk. It is another example of a utility that does only one thing and does it well. I have used shell-integrated versions of similar utilities before, but it literally kills Windows Explorer while collecting statistics on large folders. It is far better to run something like TreeSize that does not impact system stability. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=10 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=10 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:18:30 -0700 LC ISO Creator creates ISO files from CD/DVD-ROM, which is a great way to backup or archive your CD/DVD-ROM discs. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=87 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=87 Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:00:22 -0700 Autoruns shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the 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 bundled with Windows Me and XP. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=496 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=496 Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:48:00 -0700 DriveImage XML allows you to backup any logical drive or partition to an image file, even if the drive/partition is currently in use. You can browse an image file, view/extract files from it, or restore the image to the same or different drive. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=301 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=301 Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:12:42 -0700 Maxthon is a tabbed browser based on the Internet Explorer rendering engine. It supports mouse gestures, ad-blocking, skinning and a built-in RSS reader sidebar. It also has privacy protection features. For example, you can erase browsing history, cookies, cache etc. with a single click, or configure the browser to clear them automatically when it closes. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=495 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=495 Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:08:42 -0700 PDF Version Converter converts PDF file between different versions for compatibility reasons. It supports PDF version 1.0 to 1.6. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=494 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=494 Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:05:24 -0700 Free PDF Compressor removes duplicate PDF objects and employs new compression features in recent PDF specifications to reduce the size of PDF files to the smallest possible. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=493 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=493 Fri, 7 Oct 2005 02:21:15 -0700 AbiWord is a cross-platform word processor with support for tables, images, equations etc. Portable AbiWord is a special package of AbiWord optimized for use on a USB key drive. It has some specially-selected optimizations to make it perform faster and extend the life of your USB key as well as a specialized launcher that will allow you to launch it from the directory of your choice. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=492 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=492 Fri, 7 Oct 2005 02:04:19 -0700 Splitter Light helps you split files or whole directories (including subdirectories) into parts of 1.44 MB or other sizes. It optionally creates a batch file for rejoining the files, and the timestamps of the original files will be restored. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=484 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=484 Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:22:50 -0700 ABC (Another BitTorrent Client) is a BitTorrent client that supports multiple downloads in a single window, queuing system with priority, upload and download rate limiting etc. It can also be controlled via a web interface. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=90 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=90 Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:02:04 -0700 1by1 is a small and fast music player that plays files by directories, with optional playlist/favorites support. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=491 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=491 Mon, 3 Oct 2005 18:39:58 -0700 DeKnop (dutch for "The Button") lets you create custom 3D buttons for your web site. It provides an easy-to-use, step-by-step interface that lets you select the text, font style, color, 3D bevel, size, gradients etc. with instant preview. Button images can be saved in PNG, JPG, BMP or GIF format. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=490 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=490 Mon, 3 Oct 2005 18:27:52 -0700 FastExplorer allows you to manage context menus of file objects displayed in Windows Explorer. You can create new menu items, submenus, dividers etc. as well as specify menu bitmaps and hint text. You can also manage existing menu items added by other programs, or detect/fix orphaned entries in the Windows registry. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=489 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=489 Mon, 3 Oct 2005 18:10:18 -0700 CopyWriter is a basic text editor. It is capable of opening text, RTF, DOC and binary files. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=19 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=19 Sun, 2 Oct 2005 20:20:52 -0700 VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility. It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is great for video capture and transcoding via third-party video codecs. It can also read MPEG-1 video files. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=488 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=488 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 04:03:25 -0700 PicoCrypt is a small and fast encryption utility that uses Blowfish encryption algorithm in CBC mode. It is easy to use and supports multiple files drag-and-drop for encryption/decryption. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=98 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=98 Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:37:13 -0700 EssentialPIM functions as a scheduler, contact manager, and outliner. Data can be imported from MS Outlook/Outlook Express, and exported to HTML, RTF, CSV, and TXT. All data can be password-protected and the database file encrypted using 128-bit Rijndael. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=337 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=337 Wed, 28 Sep 2005 02:49:15 -0700 DiskView shows you a graphical map of your disk. It allows you to determine where a file is located or, by clicking on a cluster, see which file occupies it. You can double-click to get more information about a file to which a cluster is allocated. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=487 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=487 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:55:53 -0700 PicoCurrency is a currency converter. It downloads the latest conversion rates from Yahoo Finance as needed and can be used offline after that. You can set a custom domestic currency, and also save frequently used currency pairs. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=26 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=26 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:29:10 -0700 Pixia is a powerful graphics editor with a unique user interface. When learning Pixia, it's easier to discard everything you know about Photoshop or Paintshop, and start from scratch with the tutorials and help files. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=291 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=291 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:41:41 -0700 freeCommander is a dual-pane file manager which is more powerful than Windows Explorer. It has a built-in file viewer to view files in hex, binary, text or image format. It has built-in archive handling ability for ZIP (read, write), CAB (read, write) and RAR (read). It supports calculation of folder size, folder comparison/synchronization, file search and filtering etc. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=374 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=374 Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:35:11 -0700 PStart is a small program launcher that sits in the system tray. You can define a hierarchical list of menus for launching applications and documents, much like the Windows "Start" menu. Unlike other program launchers, PStart automatically uses relative paths when adding applications and documents, so portability is automatically preserved when changing drive letters as long as the applications and documents are located in the same drive as PStart. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=344 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=344 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:43:15 -0700 GreatNews is a RSS feed reader with a special "full page" mode for easier browsing. In full page mode, news articles are assembled into a single page that displays both headlines and excerpts. You can change the number of articles per page, as well as the display style. Other features include New Watches (list all articles with matching keywords), Labels (list all articles with matching labels) and Search Channels (from Yahoo Company News, Feedster, MSN and Flickr). In addition, this application provides full Unicode support. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=486 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=486 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 07:02:34 -0700 Hamster is a local server for news (NNTP) and mail (POP3/IMAP4). It allows you to combine multiple external news and mail servers for local use. It supports scorefile for both news and mail, and contains a built-in script language. http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=485 http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=485 Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:45:40 -0700 Fluid Studios Color Picker is a small color picking app that outputs the selected color to the clipboard in a variety of formats, including RGB, BGR and HTML.