WinWorkBar, an excellent non-portable freeware PIM

[garbanzo]

i know this is an odd place to post this since it's not portable, but i just wanted to share this find. i've been looking for a nice, slim PIM for a while now, and have not been happy with anything so far. then i found this.

it's set up like a sidebar, and can be called up with a hotkey. it just has basic calendar, event, and todo support, nothing more. but it looks nice and it runs well.

writes settings to registry, stores xml files for notes/events in %appdata%

http://vetch.magot.pl/

[m^(2)]

i know this is an odd place to post this since it's not portable, but i just wanted to share this find. i've been looking for a nice, slim PIM for a while now, and have not been happy with anything so far. then i found this.

it's set up like a sidebar, and can be called up with a hotkey. it just has basic calendar, event, and todo support, nothing more. but it looks nice and it runs well.

writes settings to registry, stores xml files for notes/events in %appdata%

http://vetch.magot.pl/

Maybe Jauntize it?

[garbanzo]

well i've had a look at jauntpe, but it was a bit beyond my comprehension. so alas, i don't think i can

[joby_toss]

It is not freeware so i don't think it's worth the trouble (to Jauntize it).
http://vetch.magot.pl/pages/register_wwb_en.htm

Later edit: I'm confused! On the download page it says it is free software and has a BSD license...

[garbanzo]

yes, it says:

WinWorkBar from version 1.3 is available on BSD license

i think that it only became free with the latest version, and that the license page you found is old. i don't even see a link to it on the current site...

[joby_toss]

WinWorkBar JPE launcher (application's files go directly into the App folder):

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http://depositfiles.com/files/cptzszonx
http://w17.easy-share.com/1702749489.html
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c083eb/n/WinWorkBarPJ_launcher_only_7z
http://rapidshare.com/files/171473177/WinWorkBarPJ_launcher_only.7z.html
http://www.zshare.net/download/524368150d7937d7/
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XV8WQVDZ
http://www.mediafire.com/?dv32wzm2xmg

I'm posting this here and not in the dedicated subforum because it needs testing as it gives random errors from time to time, like this:

or this:

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WinWorkBar.exe Unhandled Error
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An unhandled error has occurred which may cause this application to exit.
The jauntePE runtime dll has trapped this error in case it was the cause.

The error's exception occurred from within the msvcrt.dll module.
The last jauntePE hooked api function calling module was shell32.dll.
The last jauntePE hooked api function was RegCloseKey.

To help diagnose the cause of this error and improve JauntePE, please pass this
information on to the JauntePE development team, along with a detailed
description of what you were doing when the error occurred.

Any information you have concerning WinWorkBar.exe and the shell32.dll
calling module would be helpful as well.

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0xC0000005:	error exception code
0x77C2A61D:	error exception address
0x77C10000:	error exception base address
0x0001A61D:	error exception offset address
0x4A5200A3:	last jauntePE hooked api function entry point
0x4A501000:	jauntePE entry point

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OK   
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I've tried many configurations, this last one seems more stable.
Maybe it works ok for others, maybe not.
Test it please!

[garbanzo]

wow, excellent! i'll definitely try this out, it's a good candidate to put in my dropbox directory to keep me updated between home and work.

i hope others like this app too, and find it useful.

thanks joby_toss