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QiPress Lite v1.076.6

billon on 10 Jan 2021
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 8 Jan 2021
  • Suggested by billon

QiPress is a monitor for the system keyboard and mouse, describing activity in a small, semi-transparent black box in the corner of your screen. Ideal for presentations, screencasts and program how-tos, the program can also behave as a diagnosis tool for keyboard problems, describe unlabeled keys, or provide feedback show when an application is ignoring input.

Settings are available to ignore key-sets to exclude for example mouse or keypad activity, as well as window color, transparency, fade-out and more.

A pro version of the program is available for commercial use, and has the same feature-set.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Free for personal use
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch QiPress.exe.
What's new? See:
http://aalapshah.in/qipress
Latest comments
utilfreak on 2015-05-31 01:35

The program is stealth again.

I am Baas on 2015-06-02 02:52

@utilfreak

Thank you.

Also, QiPress triggers a User Account Control (UAC) prompt. What does it need it for?

utilfreak on 2015-06-03 16:09

@I am Baas
Thank you for your note, I wasn't aware of it as I have set UAC to the lowest level. QiPress 1.064 Build 6 will now trigger UAC only if it is running within:
a) C:\Program Files*\* OR
b) Root of a drive
This is generally required by programs that need to dynamically update their resources within those paths.

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TCP Optimizer v4.1.1

billon on 9 Jan 2021
  • 668KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Jan 2021
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

TCP Optimizer provides an easy way to optimize Windows' networking parameters. The developers tried to take into account all related RFCs, the Microsoft TCP/IP implementation oddities and verify that only the necessary Registry parameters were changed.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Windows registry. But given the nature of the application, I think it can be accepted as portable.
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download TCPOptimizer.exe to a folder of your choice and launch.
What's new? See:
https://www.speedguide.net/articles/tcp-optimizer-revision-history-5811
Latest comments
Oaken on 2010-09-18 10:07

Does this version support 64bit versions of Windows 7?

AndTheWolf on 2016-04-12 22:00

version 4.0.4 is the latest

MIKLO on 2016-10-01 18:32

Once upon a time this pgm. was great and very useful, but for the last few windoze OS it didn't seem to help at least when I used it. I don't wanna say anything bad about this pgm. cuz I have no doubt that for many, many OS systems it is a real game changer and will greatly improve system speed and performance.
MIKLO

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FreeVimager v9.9.14

webfork on 19 Feb 2022
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 4 Jan 2021
  • Suggested by I am Baas

FreeVimager is a fast media viewer and image editor with full screen and multi-monitor support. Includes various image modification tools (lossless rotate and crop, resize, brightness, contrast, sharpen) and analysis tools. Includes batch processing and CD/DVD slideshow creation, as well as a random setting. Touch screen gesture support for zoom in/out and for next/previous picture.

Includes EXIF date / time adjustment, view image location in Google Maps and can view/edit JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PNG, PCX, EMF, HEIC, WEBP, AVIF, and JXR as well as save to PDF.

Also includes basic screenshot and scanning tools.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Donationware/GNU GPLv3
How to extract: Download FreeVimager-X.X.XX-Portable.exe to a folder of your choice and launch.
What's new?
  • Shortcut files (.lnk files) are now correctly opened.
  • Possibility to paste an image copied in Windows File Explorer.
  • Added F1 key for "Online Help".
Latest comments
ripu on 2016-02-15 09:54

It again created that log file named log.txt. It contains some errors that occurred some days only. And when that happens, it does not remain stealth.

smaragdus on 2016-09-21 17:40

FreeVimager (version 5.1.0) creates "FreeVimagerShared" folder in Temp:
"C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\FreeVimagerShared"

__philippe on 2017-10-19 11:23

FreeVimager v7.5.0
Dropped Windows XP and Windows 2003 support...:-(

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Digital Clock v4.7.9

billon on 21 Dec 2020
  • 42MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 20 Dec 2020
  • Suggested by I am Baas

Digital Clock is a feature-rich yet easy to customize desktop clock. It supports skins, customizable clock color, texture instead of color, zoom, signals (alarms, hourly chimes), tray control, customizable time format, start-up with system, auto-update and more. Additional features can be enabled via plug-ins.

Digital Clock is a cross-platform program available for Linux, Mac OS and Windows.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv3
How to extract: Download the "win_portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch digital_clock.exe.

Optionally, delete unnecessary translation files.
Similar/alternative apps: TheAeroClock
What's new? See:
https://sourceforge.net/p/digitalclock4/code/ci/default/tree/changelog.txt
Latest comments
LonerD on 2018-12-05 05:46

Size 42MB, Win 6.x+ only... Terrible.
My choice - old DeskTopClock 1.81. Only 373 Kb. Less functional, but still cool.

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ColorMania v12.1

billon on 26 Nov 2020
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 25 Nov 2020
  • Suggested by I am Baas

ColorMania is an advanced color picker utility, especially created for web-designers, graphic artists and application developers. The program is able to pick colors from anywhere on your screen using a built-in screen magnifier for increased accuracy.

Includes variable zoom settings, a color palate, random and image inversion, hue, saturation, value, and brightness settings. A variety of color notation types (HTML Hex, RGB values, CMYK, Photoshop and more).

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ColorManiaPortable.exe.
What's new? See:
http://www.blacksunsoftware.com/colormania.html
Latest comments
gbrao on 2017-02-25 06:59

The dev responds to any e-mail. If any one has any suggestions contact the dev.

I made a request for showing the color code in two formats (at the same time) - sometimes I need the code in both Photoshop and RGB formats.

PAFuser on 2020-06-10 08:50

Stay with version 10.1 if you want 64 bit version. Currently 11.0 is only 32 bit.

vmars316 on 2022-01-29 19:26

It can't capture webpage background color .

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Wink Portable v3.0 Private

lwc on 7 Jul 2023
  • 10MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 27 Sep 2020
  • Suggested by TPFC Fan

Wink is a tutorial/presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc. and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.

The extract process below is a portable wrapper for Wink that writes settings to the application folder instead of the registry.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download WinkPortable-yaP.zip and extract to a folder of your choice (this is the portable launcher for the official program)
  2. Download Wink
  3. Extract the installer to a temporary folder
  4. Copy the contents of ýŠ€ folder into the App folder of the launcher
  5. Launch WinkPortable.exe
What's new? See:
https://github.com/satishsampath/wink-release/releases
Latest comments
Cornflower on 2020-09-29 09:28

New release (it says 2 days ago). It no longer creates/supports flash
https://github.com/satishsampath/wink-release/releases/tag/v3.0

Changelog:
Creates MPEG-4 videos
Removal of Adobe Flash support
Removal of preloader support
Timed capture & input-driven capture now preserve time between frames captured
Input-driven capture now works with 64-bit Windows applications
Support for large monitor/high DPI screens
Many smaller bug fixes

hamasaki on 2020-09-29 21:50

WinkPortable-yaP.zip is a 404.

webfork on 2020-09-30 00:15

@hamasaki: billon got it sorted, thanks

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USBFlashCopy v1.16

billon on 26 Sep 2020
  • 302KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 25 Sep 2020
  • Suggested by guinness

USBFlashCopy backs up/synchronizes from external storage on the fly. The program runs in the background and copies all or select files from inserted media to a destination of your choice. Includes available copy throttle speed, minimum free space check to avoid filling up your drive, file filters, and can even be set to only copy from selected drives (by serial number).

New drives plugged in are prompted for a new copy profile and transfers include a progress bar. Ideal for people who do much of their work on remote computers and need to automate the process of backing up their files.

Functional in 64-bit. Note that fully transparent operations (no user notification; runs entirely in background) are only available in the registered version.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: Yes
License: Free for personal use
How to extract: Download "(No installer)" usbflashcopy.exe to a folder of your choice and launch.
What's new? See:
https://usbflashcopy.com/download/download.html
Latest comments
Midas on 2012-06-08 08:38

For a more in-depth review, read *webfork* excellent post in the forum: http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=51049#p51049

webfork on 2012-06-09 17:11

:) thanks Midas

hamasaki on 2020-09-26 00:59

I can never get this to work. I have to two USB drives plugged in all the time, drives q and z, but the software says no removeable media found.

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Bulk Rename Utility v3.4.1.0

billon on 21 Sep 2020
  • 30MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 21 Sep 2020
  • Suggested by kwhipp

Bulk Rename Utility allows you to batch rename files and folders based on very flexible, configurable criteria. You can add date-stamps, replace numbers, insert strings, convert cases, add auto-numbers, process folders and subfolders etc.

A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder. Some window/column placement settings are written to the registry.
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: Yes
License: Free for personal use
How to extract: Download the "No-Installer" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Delete BRUHere.dll and BRUHere64.dll. Launch Bulk Rename Utility.exe.
What's new? See:
https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=1
Latest comments
Checker on 2014-07-29 22:36

@ smaragdus: Thanks ... and updated ;)

MIKLO on 2016-01-13 20:07

While this app does many things I find Advanced Renamer is more than enough for my needs and much easier to use and learn, I'm just sayin.
MIKLO

ripu on 2018-10-18 06:18

It's great except it does not support regular expression (regex) that contains lookbehind.

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MuseTips Text Filter 2.1.0.2275

webfork on 26 Nov 2021
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 20 Sep 2020
  • Suggested by I am Baas

MuseTips Text Filter is a lightweight text file viewer with easy search and filter tools. Text lines are instantly filtered as you type your search phrase, with all matched terms highlighted in a contrasting color. You can just view lines with results or see highlights across the entire file.

The program supports a variety of search methods, including auto-suggestions, regular expressions, "smart" query and more.

Category:
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 "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TextFilter.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: WildGem
Latest comments
webfork on 2011-05-25 17:53

Chris: As user "ale" pointed out, its more than just a number change. You're welcome to add to the forum topic if you disagree with the current policy on this. http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6134

Midas on 2014-06-04 08:53

@Baas: I stand corrected, misleading comment deleted. :)

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Falkon v3.1.0 Rev2

webfork on 1 Dec 2021
  • 213MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 1 Sep 2019
  • Suggested by I am Baas

Security note: development of this browser appears to have stalled and the software may be subject to security vulnerabilities.

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Falkon (formerly "QupZilla") is a modern web browser that implements all standard features, as well as extras like a SSL certificate manager, search engine manager, themes, speed dial, extensions, AdBlock, GreaseMonkey, mouse gestures, access keys navigation, a command-line interface and more.

Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux, the program is WebKit-based, similar to Safari and Chrome. Note that a natively portable version is available, but we are listing the due to issues in testing.

Falkon Portable is a version of the program from PortableApps.com. Windows 7 and 8 users may require an additional (see homepage).

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Functioning OpenGL drivers
Stealth: ? No. Writes a few QT-related keys to the registry.
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: GNU GPLv3
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch FalkonPortable.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Otter Browser, X-Chromium
Latest comments
freakazoid on 2015-10-22 19:05

Qupzilla is getting a little memory hungry. I have removed this from my favorites list.

If you want a barebones browser that uses little memory, I would recommend the latest version of K-Meleon.

smaragdus on 2017-02-04 16:56

@billon
At first look QupZilla version 2.1.0 seems to have improved significantly compared to version 2.0.2, but it uses far more resources compared to version 1.8.9. I did just a brief testing.

freakazoid on 2017-02-11 22:46

I can confirm what smaragdus said about v2.1.0.

Memory usage hovers around 120-140 MB RAM, but that is to be expected when the core engine is now updated to use QtWebEngine, which is powered by Chromium. To compare, I had an older version of Qupzilla v1.8.6 lying around and that used 210 MB RAM.

It's a good alternative to the existing Chromium-powered browsers, but if you're using a Chromium backend, you might as well use Chromium so you can gain access to the wealth of available extensions out there rather than some homebrewed versions that come with QupZilla.

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