calibre is a feature-rich e-book library management application with a variety of useful functions including viewer, addendums, editor, online book and news search/download. The software can perform detailed searches, convert e-books to device-specific formats, batch metadata tools, and a content server for online access to your collection.
The program syncs automatically with many different physical devices. It supports a variety of ebook and document formats.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. Alternatively, Calibre Portable and X-calibre, as well as a WinXP-compatible version are also available.
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| Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | Requires 64-bit Windows |
| Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Trolltech |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | GNU GPLv3 |
| How to extract: | Download the "portable installer" and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch calibre-portable.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | TEBookConverter |
| What's new? |
See: https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new For details on the major changes in calibre between 7.0 and 6.0, see https://calibre-ebook.com/new-in/sixteen |
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CudaText is a code editor with a clean, tabbed interface and side-panels. Includes split view, code folding, hotkeys, theme support, color picker and much more. The program supports 300+ syntaxes and add-ons written in Python, as well as some IDE features if plugins are used.
The program is cross-platform, with clients available for Mac and Linux. Settings are modified either via options dialogs, or alternatively, by manually editing text config files (JSON format).
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| Runs on: | WinXP / 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: | MPL 2.0 |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch cudatext.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | SynWrite, Atom Portable |
| What's new? | See: https://cudatext.github.io/history.txt |
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Midas
on 2023-02-13 09:33
@FileHandler: It would be helpful -- at least for me -- if you could document your findings and settings in CudaText's forum topic... TiA
Sybe
on 2023-06-06 19:38
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For more languages : https://sourceforge.net/projects/cudatext/files/addons/translations/ |
RSS Guard is a customizable, skinnable feed reader with a tabbed interface. It can fetch the most known feed formats, including RSS/RDF and ATOM and store them in a nested list, keyboard shortcuts, notification settings, gesture support and more.
Only available for 64-bit Windows. Cross-platform, supporting a wide array of operating systems (Linux, OS X, *BSD, and more).
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| Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | All custom dependencies are packed in the archive. If user wants to use MySQL backend, then he/she has to have MySQL server running. |
| Stealth: ? | No |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
| License: | GNU GPLv3 |
| How to extract: |
Download the 7z package and extract (using a program like PeaExtractor) to a folder of your choice. Launch rssguard.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary translations to save space. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | QuiteRSS, GreatNews, FeedReader, NFReader |
| What's new? | See: https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard/releases |
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rbon
on 2019-08-19 16:52
I suggest specifying that the file to download to get the portable version is:
kowcop
on 2023-01-13 17:06
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Has anyone found a way to auto mark feeds or articles as read? In most other readers, there is an option to mark as read when you navigate away from the feed |
Carbon CD is an feature-rich utility for CD burning to duplicate, erase, and create/write media image files, master audio and data discs. The program can rip audio tracks, ignore read errors, function without ASPI driver, and more.
Based on the Japanese-only CD Manipulator by Y. Kanechika, Carbon CD's UI has been revamped and the code cleaned and updated to VS 2010. Disk image formats supported include ISO, IMG, CUE, CCD, CDM.
Note: Carbon CD doesn't support DVD burning.
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| Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| License: | GPL |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CarbonCD.exe. |
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juverax
on 2023-12-13 09:04
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Actually, AFAIK https://www.rizonesoft.com/downloads/carbon-cd/ is the main website .... |
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.
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| Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
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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 |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | Otter Browser, Opera, Google Chrome, Slimjet, SRWare Iron |
| What's new? |
See: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-improves-tabs-and-media-playback-adds-sharing-of-urls-with-qr-codes/ |
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Midas
on 2020-06-15 15:49
@zorro: do you mean 'update_notifier.exe'? I haven't erased it but never found it in memory in my brief testing of Vivaldi... and I couldn't make the previous instructions work in a straightforward way, hence my last comment.
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
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...well, there's more - I launch Vivaldi with my own batch file: |
VeraCrypt is volume encryption software that functions like an attached drive, making it possible to actively work with data like any other drive until the volume is dismounted. The program supports favorites, hot keys, hardware acceleration, and auto-mount options. Includes a variety of available tools for added security including keyfiles, security tokens, hidden volumes, auto-dismount, cascaded encryption and cached password management.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. Alternatively, VeraCrypt Portable is also available.
VeraCrypt is based on the inactive TrueCrypt, attempting to solve some of the program's documented weaknesses. The program can open and convert TrueCrypt volumes.
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| Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
| Stealth: ? | No. Writes "LEGACY_VERACRYPT" driver settings to the registry. |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware/Open Source |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | TrueCrypt |
| What's new? | See: https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Release Notes.html |
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Ennovy
on 2021-12-02 06:27
Version 1.25: Drop support of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 because of new requirement for driver code signing.
AndTheWolf
on 2022-01-16 18:01
From the release notes for VeraCrypt v1.25.7:
AndTheWolf
on 2023-10-08 14:51
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Now at VeraCrypt 1.26.7 |
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 |
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).
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| 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 |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | XMind |
| What's new? | See: https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets/releases |
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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/
Ennovy
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Version Apr 4 2023 download ZIP file instead of installer: https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets/releases/download/4612737023/windows_treesheets_no_installer.zip |
NOTE: Recent press about CCleaner indicates it may represent a privacy concern.
CCleaner is a feature-rich system optimization and privacy tool. The program cleans unused, temporary and log files from your system, as well as traces of online activities such as Internet history and flash cookies. The program contains startup controls for Windows, major internet browsers and context menu entries. Includes a separate registry cleaner, duplicate search, system restore tool and can wipe both deleted files and drive free space for security.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder). Monitoring functions are only available in the pro version.
Additional cleaner rules can be using an unofficial set of community-developed set. It should be noted that many of these rules are alpha and the developers will not provide support for these rules, a thread in the users forum is dedicated to supporting the add-on rules.
Alternatively, ccPortable is also available.
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| Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Free for personal use |
| How to extract: |
If the "Portable" ZIP package is not yet available:
Don't forget to disable usage data sharing in 'Options' - 'Privacy'. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | BleachBit, PrivaZer |
| What's new? | See: https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/version-history |
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ripu
on 2021-09-27 03:55
Not stealth, creates
Ennovy
on 2022-08-27 15:06
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I confirm writing to the registry (Windows 11): |
CurrPorts displays the list of all currently opened networking ports on your local computer. For each TCP/IP and UDP port in the list, information about the process that opened the port is displayed, including the process name, full path of the process, version information of the process (product name, file description and so on), the time that the process was created and the user that created it.
In addition, CurrPorts allows you to close unwanted TCP connections, kill the process that opened the ports and save the TCP/UDP ports information to HTML file, XML file, or to tab-delimited text file. The program will automatically mark with pink suspicious ports owned by unidentified applications (applications without version information and icons).
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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 cports.exe. Optionally:
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| Similar/alternative apps: | LiveTcpUdpWatch, NetworkTrafficView |
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PortaFreeUser
on 2011-05-26 13:54
I like this program. I recently used it to notice some suspicious looking port activities. I was able to close the ports down and then turn them to stealth using my firewall program. Then I used this program again and everything has looked normal ever since then. So I think this program may have helped me to stop some hackers or malware. All of my own internet activities and programs work normally so I really do think this program helped me stop something bad from happening.
__philippe
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CurrPorts v2.50 rel 12-MAR-2018 |