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CrystalDiskInfo v8.7.0 Updated
billon on 10 Jul 2020 Change history
- 8MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 10 Jul 2020
- Suggested by guinness
CrystalDiskInfo monitors disk health status and temperature, monitoring/graphing of S.M.A.R.T. diagnostic information. The program also tells you how many times the hard disk has been turned on and how many hours.
Functional with magnetic and solid state disks.
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| System requirements: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: |
Administrator rights Internet Explorer 8+ Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0+/4.0+ (only for Alert Mail) |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | MIT License |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | PassMark DiskCheckup, HDDScan |
| What's new? |
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| Latest comments |
rodger123
on 2012-09-22 17:41
Woked fine on my USB storage drive-Hallers version at portable apps better,cleans up itself,slick program.
SYSTEM
on 2012-09-26 14:31
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@rodger123: This "worse" version only leaves files in Internet Explorer's cache. IMHO, the overhead caused by PortableApps.com Launcher is not worth it. |
Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition v78.0.2 Updated
billon on 9 Jul 2020 Change history
- 345MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 9 Jul 2020
- Suggested by Eu Gene Lim
Firefox Browser is a fast, powerful and secure web browser that supports open standards and many of the latest web technologies. The program includes smart search, easy bookmark management, web development tools and built-in download manager. Smart content blocking for ads and trackers is available in both standard and private browsing modes.
Versions available for Mac, Android, iOS, Linux, with synchronisation of passwords and browser state across devices. Additional features and customisations are available via the add-on system, which allows for thousands of specialized functions.
Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition is a special build licensed by Mozilla. It includes both the 32-bit and 64-bit builds and selects the appropriate one for each PC. Beta, Developer and Extended Release versions are also available. Alternatively, X-Firefox is also available.
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| System requirements: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
| License: | Launcher: GPL, Program: MPL v. 2.0 |
| How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FirefoxPortable.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | Pale Moon Portable, SeaMonkey Portable |
| What's new? |
See: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/notes/ |
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webfork
on 2019-07-14 17:39
@Emka: Can you post in forums about what you're seeing? Sometimes if you have an add-on it will write to appdata.
Emka
on 2019-07-16 07:43
Hm, now I can't reproduce it... I'll post in the forums if I encounter it again. I already did so for Thunderbird Portable.
PAFuser
on 2020-06-11 12:24
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64 bit system: save 181 MB by deleting firefox folder, and renaming firefox64 to firefox. Beta, standard, and ESR work fine. |
fre:ac v1.1.2b Updated
billon on 9 Jul 2020 Change history
- 14MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 9 Jul 2020
- Suggested by Andrew Healey
fre:ac (pronounced "freak") is a feature-rich audio tool set featuring audio encoding and conversion, CD ripper, playlist and metadata editor. The program supports most popular audio formats such as MP3, M4A, WMA, OGG and FLAC, as well as support for a long list of additional converters such as Quicktime and Shorten. For CDs, the program supports reliable conversion (CD Paranoia), online databases (CDDB/freedb) and CDText, automatically writing song information metadata. The program is optimized for multi-core systems, making conversions as fast as possible.
Cross-platform (Mac, Linux, FreeBSD). Available in many world languages. Alternatively, fre:ac Portable automatically adjusts paths.
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| System requirements: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | GNU GPLv2 |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Delete translator.exe, unnecessary language and manual files. Launch freac.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | CUETools, LameXP |
| What's new? |
See: https://github.com/enzo1982/freac/releases |
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smaragdus
on 2016-12-05 14:51
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I prefer freac snapshots to freac stable because the snapshots support more encoders (including the best one- OptimFROG, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, etc). |
Blender v2.83.2 Updated
billon on 9 Jul 2020 Change history
- 230MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 9 Jul 2020
- Suggested by Danilo
Blender is a powerful, integrated 3D creation software suite with character/solids modeling, animation, rendering, rigging, shading, motion tracking and post-processing tools. It lets users create high quality 3D graphics, movies and replay real-time, interactive 3D content. Its features can be extended with a variety of plug-ins, scripts, templates and more.
Cross platform (Mac, Linux). The program has been used for a wide variety of functions, including VFX, video edition, modeling etc.
Alternatively:
- X-Blender from WinPenPack
- Blender Portable from PortableApps (25% smaller and segregates user scripts)
Note: Latest version for 32-bit systems is 2.80.
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| System requirements: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | No |
| Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
| License: | GNU GPLv3 |
| How to extract: |
See this thread for more information. |
| What's new? |
See: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes https://www.blender.org/features/2-83/ |
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webfork
on 2012-04-28 23:06
Added a note about films because I watched that Sintel short film created with Blender, which was in some areas even better than the work Pixar and Dreamworks are putting out commercially.
Checker
on 2012-10-03 18:17
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Watch Blender's fourth Open Movie "Tears of Steel" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6MlUcmOul8 |
GPU-Z v2.33.0 Updated
billon on 3 Jul 2020 Change history
- 8MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 3 Jul 2020
- Suggested by JohnW
GPU-Z is a lightweight system utility designed to provide vital information about your video card and graphics processor. It supports AMD, ATI, Intel and NVIDIA graphics devices.
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| System requirements: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: |
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| What's new? |
See: https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-gpu-z/ |
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abc
on 2012-07-21 18:57
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It's not mentioned but it requires admin rights to install a driver. Does it remove the driver on system reboot? I don't know, I couldn't find out very much information besides "there's no installation required". The developer proclaims "It's so simple to use, you don't need documentation." LOL. So much for that. |
