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Metapad v3.6

Midas on 26 Jan 2016
  • 190KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 May 2011
  • Suggested by mjbdiver

Metapad is a small and fast text editor designed to replace Notepad with features including persistent window placement, dirty file notification, intelligent Find and Replace, external viewer support, usable accelerator keys, dual customizable font support, auto-indent mode, seamless UNIX text file support, no file size limit under Win9x, hyperlink support, etc.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinNT / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Windows registry
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Create an empty text file within the same folder
  3. Rename this file metapad.ini
  4. Launch metapad.exe
Similar/alternative apps: EditPad Lite
What's new?
  • portability mode: store/load all settings from metapad.ini
  • new high resolution app icon
  • now remembers last open/save folder with option to disable
  • minor UI/usability updates
  • better defaults for general settings
  • UTF-8 file support (provided by David Millis)
  • fixed shift+enter bug (provided by Curtis Bright)
  • fixed convert to title case bug with apostrophes
Latest comments
Wolfghost on 2011-06-15 17:13

This one rocks !! Thanks :) Works with Win7 64bit too !

bawldiggle on 2019-10-16 21:29

Have been using Metapad and then Metapad360 for 15+ years
The range of text formatting tools are amazing.
My fav is "quote" Alt+Q, which inserts your custom string at col.1 of all selected lines/paragraphs/pages. Notepad++ does a similar thing BUT not all in col.1 ... Metapad makes it much easier to spot the "quoted" lines.
I am using "'o" , without the quotes, as my quote string.

bawldiggle on 2019-10-16 22:18

Forget to mention the "stickies" feature ...
10 shortcuts (Quick buffers) to paste your custom single line strings onto Metapad docs ...
** Settings (dlg) Buffers & Languages (tab/page)
hot keys Alt+<num> ... where <num> is (querty) 0 to 9
=OR=
selected text on saved file Metapad (config) -> Alt+Shift+<num> (ie qwerty-num)

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ExeInfo v1.01

Checker on 17 May 2015
  • 22KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 27 Jul 2004
  • Suggested by Checker

ExeInfo shows general information about executable files (*.exe), dynamic-link libraries (*.dll), ocx files, and drivers files. It can recognize all major types of executables, including MS-DOS files, New Executable files (16-bit) and Portable Executable files (32-bit).

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch exeinfo.exe.

BlueLife Hosts Editor v1.3

webfork on 25 Jul 2021
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 23 Jun 2020
  • Suggested by klon

BlueLife Hosts Editor is a lightweight utility aimed to easily manage your Hosts file, allowing you to add, delete, block and update domain names. The program can also flush the DNS cache, rebuild the default Windows hosts, and backup/restore the Hosts file.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Administrator rights
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch hEdit.exe or hEdit_x64.exe.
What's new? Added:
  • x64 version.
  • Block YouTube, Twitter, Facebook examples.
  • Replace Custom IP besides 127.0.0.1 and 0.0.0.0.
  • Additional Command-Line parameters.
Fixed:
  • Buttons are too small.
  • BlueLife Hosts Editor add itself to the “Windows Defender” exclusions list automatically and this causes false positive.
  • Some minor bugs and code weaknesses (code improvements).
Latest comments
Midas on 2012-11-16 12:09

Last time I tried it, I was unable to redirect domains to 0.0.0.0 (an invalid IP, I know, but enabling much snappier redirection). Apart from that, it works well -- but there are other similar options.

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SynWrite v6.41.2780

Ennovy on 30 Mar 2021
  • 30MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 29 Mar 2021
  • Suggested by Mat030

SynWrite is a powerful tabbed source code and web development editor. This feature-rich program includes syntax highlighting for many languages, code folding, tree structure, project management, FTP/SFTP client, keyboard macros, spell checking, customizable hotkeys etc.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Mozilla Public License
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Syn.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: AkelPad, Notepad++, RJ TextEd, PSPad
What's new? See: http://www.uvviewsoft.com/synwrite/History.txt
Latest comments
hamasaki on 2017-08-29 21:34

Download link triggers none portable version.

webfork on 2017-08-31 22:24

@hamasaki: Seems like it's working okay on this side

hamasaki on 2017-09-03 09:48

@webfork: Yes, fine now. Strange, before I got the exe.

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ATPad v2.0.100

webfork on 20 Feb 2017
  • 381KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 11 Dec 2010
  • Suggested by lautrepay

ATPad is a tabbed editor with the ease and simplicity of Windows' own Notepad program, but with a list of recently open documents, bookmarks, snippets system, unlimited find/replace and undo/redo, menu accelerators (hotkeys), auto URL detection, and much more. The program can also monitor outer changes or reload documents "on-demand" and in specified interval, great for collaboration or the monitoring of log files.

Written in pure C and Windows API.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ATPad.exe.
What's new?
  • Fixed some minor bugs
Latest comments
webfork on 2011-09-10 19:20

Very nice -- the closest I've seen to a Notepad replacement.

TP109 on 2012-02-12 20:48

Good tabbed notepad replacement. Very fast launching and small size!

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WinSize2 v2.38.04

donald on 12 Jan 2017
  • 6MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by I am Baas

WinSize2 provides several window management tools in one. The program automatically re-sizes windows according to predefined sizes, saves and restores icon positions on the desktop that get moved during resolution changes, and even renames window titles or and can send an application predefined characters (e.g. some Tab characters to set the focus in the window to a special field).

The program stores individual window positions for unique resolution settings (e.g. larger screens settings may want larger sizes to fit the screen precisely).

Written in AutoHotkey.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. In application folder, create a new folder named Data
  3. In application folder create the file WinSize2_Root.INI in a text editor add following text:
    [Settings]
    INIWithScreenSize=0
    INIFile_Path=.\Data
    Process_ID=876
    LogFile_Size_kB=100
  4. Rename WinSize2_Update.exe to WinSize2.exe and launch

ChordEase v1.0.14.000

billon on 23 Sep 2018

ChordEase makes it easier to play music with complicated chords. No matter what the chords are, you can play as if they were all in the key of C. You don't need to play sharps or flats, because ChordEase automatically adds them for you. Although ChordEase is primarily intended for jazz, it could be useful for any type of music that modulates frequently. ChordEase alters your notes in real time in order to make them harmonically correct, while preserving their rhythm and dynamics. By delegating rapid music theory calculations to ChordEase, you gain freedom to concentrate on other aspects of musical performance, such as feel and aesthetics.

The program is a translator that takes MIDI notes as input, and produces MIDI notes as output. The input notes are translated to the current chord scale, so that the output notes fit the chord progression of a song. Supports various mapping functions which determine how the translating is done, can handle multiple translations at once for multiple performers to play through a single instance using any number of MIDI instruments. Parameters can be remotely controlled via MIDI for additional effects and can also record its own output as MIDI data.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract: Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ChordEase.exe.
What's new? See:
http://chordease.sourceforge.net/relnotes.html
Latest comments
Taf on 2014-09-03 07:32

Nice proggie! For Music lovers is a "must have"

Taf on 2014-09-03 07:42

Why this program is signed as "NO STEALTH"?

victimofleisure on 2014-09-03 13:14

Hi Taf,

That "NO STEALTH" setting is because I created the database entry myself. I tried pretty hard to get it right but apparently not quite. What should it be?

Chris

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TableTextCompare v1.20

Checker on 26 May 2015
  • 120KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 26 May 2015
  • Suggested by Checker

TableTextCompare allows you to easily compare 2 tab-delimited or comma-delimited (csv) files, and find out the difference between the 2 files. TableTextCompare can make the comparison even if the records of the 2 files are not sorted in the same order, or if the fields are not positioned in the same order.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TableTextCompare.exe.
What's new?
  • Fixed bug: On some files, TableTextCompare detected added lines as modified lines.
  • Added /FastMode parameter to specify whether to use fast mode (1 = yes, 0 = no).
  • Fixed TableTextCompare to save the Fast Mode settings to the config file.
Latest comments
webfork on 2015-07-03 22:02

Having recently spent some time looking for table comparison tools out there (including in Excel), I'm really glad to see something like this.

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Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition v125.0.3 Updated

SYSTEM on 4 May 2024
  • 454MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 29 Apr 2024
  • 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, 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 and 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 and includes both the 32-bit and 64-bit builds and selects the appropriate one for each PC. Beta, Developer, Extended Release, and Win 7/8/8.1 and XP/Vista versions are also available.

Category:
Runs on:Win10 / Win11 / 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/en-US/firefox/releasenotes/
Latest comments
PAFuser on 2020-06-11 12:24

64 bit system: save 181 MB by deleting firefox folder, and renaming firefox64 to firefox. Beta, standard, and ESR work fine.

AndTheWolf on 2022-09-22 14:45

Now at version 105

AndTheWolf on 2024-03-21 14:28

Now at version 124.0

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AlwaysMouseWheel v6.26 Updated

Andrew Lee on 11 Apr 2024
  • 153KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 8 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by lautrepay

AlwaysMouseWheel allows you to scroll (via mouse wheel) any window under the mouse, even if that window is not in the foreground. This is especially useful when referencing multiple windows without losing focus on the primary window (e.g. taking notes).

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" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AlwaysMouseWheel_p.exe or AlwaysMouseWheel_x64_p.exe (for 64-bit OS).
Similar/alternative apps: WizMouse, DesktopOK
What's new? See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/AlwaysMouseWheel/History
Latest comments
Midas on 2017-10-27 10:17

It should be noted that DesktopOK (see https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1692) also includes similar functionality...

webfork on 2017-10-29 22:11

@Midas: agreed, added to the "similar" apps

AndTheWolf on 2023-05-06 15:25

Now at version 6.11

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ExtMan v0.1.5.145

webfork on 29 Jan 2022
  • 524KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 2 Mar 2009
  • Suggested by guinness

ExtMan (extension manager) manages the behavior of your computer when you launch or double-click on a file. This lets you open a text file in Notepad or you program of choice

The software can view, edit, create, and remove actions, as well as change the associated icons. You can also control if the file extension will be hidden/shown by default and whether a confirmation will be required to open it after download.

You can also choose the default action when multiple options available, the others appearing when you right-click and choose "Open With".

Backups of the registry entries to create these changes are available for one or multiple file extensions.

NOTE: Website is offline, linking to a user-provided mirror.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: None
Dependencies: Administrator rights
Stealth: ? Yes. Writes deutsch.dat / English.dat files to \AppData\Local\Temp, but this is still considered stealth.
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ExtMan.exe.

Note: Program starts in German. Click on the U.S.A. flag to change the language to English.
Similar/alternative apps: Types, FileTypeMan
Latest comments
donald on 2012-09-03 21:44

lautrepay said "In fact, since the program does not save settings, it does always start in German."

This seems to be confirmation of my exact statement previous regarding starting in German and having NO SETTINGS.

Re: The trick, YES I noticed how to change to English MY POINT was it ALWAYS STARTS in German. (Just in case you missed that.)

So unless someone can show me that it will save the English setting I will assume that as I surmised it is standard behavior and I am still right.

fang-face on 2015-07-28 18:29

website and downloadlink seem down or wrong: "not found".

I am Baas on 2015-08-02 05:49

@fang-face Updated & Thanks

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FileMenu Tools v7.0.5

webfork on 8 Dec 2016
  • 14MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 27 Feb 2016
  • Suggested by pajenn

FileMenu Tools customizes the context menu of Explorer, adding built-in utilities for file and folder operations. Users can add customized commands that run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder or delete specific file types; customize the "Send to..." submenu; and enable/disable the commands which are added by other applications to the context menu.

The built-in utilities allow the user to run a given program with arguments, copy/move to a folder, copy path, UNC path, Internet path, name or content to clipboard, view or change attributes, split/join a file, register/unregister a DLL, find and replace, advanced rename, synchronize two folders, delete locked files, create symbolic link, calculate and verify SHA/MD5 checksums, shred files, change folders icon, and many more.

Supports 32 or 64-bit automatically. Note that this program has gone shareware so we are linking to the last freeware version (thanks billon) and Userfriendly).

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Administrator rights (to register and unregister the shell extension)
Stealth: ? No. Windows settings are saved to the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LopeSoft.
Unicode support: Partial. The configuration tool handles Unicode text properly, but this text is displayed only partially correct in the context menu.
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware (Donations accepted)
How to extract: Warning: The installer version is adware. Make sure you are using FileMenuTools-portable.exe with the following process:
  1. Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice
  2. To use the program, launch Register FileMenuTools.exe to register the shell extension
  3. Right-click on an item in the Explorer to see the menu
Other functions:

  • Close/remove: launch Unregister FileMenuTools.exe
  • Configuration: launch FileMenuTools.exe to or choose Configure FileMenu Tools from the menu.
What's new? Fixed bugs:
  • Sometimes the separators was not enabled.
  • In Calculate and verify checksums: the calculated checksum field was not updated when calculating a new checksum.
  • In Advanced renamer: the preview was not updated when changing the selected item of combo boxes with mouse or keyboard.
  • Other minor.
Latest comments
billon on 2016-12-04 22:49

Updated to v7.1 and became shareware.
See more in forum topic.

PAFuser on 2016-12-08 18:58

Above Softpedia link downloads version 7.1

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Nemp v5.1.0

Andrew Lee on 30 May 2023
  • 19MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 10 May 2023
  • Suggested by I am Baas

Nemp (Noch Ein Mp3-Player) is an intuitive and easy-to-use audio player that plays most common audio formats. The program features a media library with support for drag-and-drop and tag-cloud organization, as well as audio effects, EQ, coverflow, webradio, a Web server for remote control and much more.

Supports streaming of multiple formats and recording and automatic management of MP3 streams.

Based on the BASS audio library.

Category:
Runs on: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. Launch nemp.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Winyl
What's new? See: https://github.com/DanielGausi/Nemp/releases
Latest comments
kowcop on 2011-10-18 22:46

I like this player a lot. I love that it can be setup to use relative paths for the music folder (I had to edit the config file for this). My only gripe so far is that it will not read the coverart from the ID3 tags... it only looks at the art in the folders.

hamasaki on 2023-01-02 03:09

Now at version 5.0.1

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FeedReader v3.14

Checker on 5 Aug 2014
  • 10MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Fluffy

Feedreader is a feed aggregator that supports RSS and ATOM formats. Its "Intelliupdate" feature automatically learns the update frequency of each feed. In addition, it supports automatic download of enclosures/podcasts, categorization by tagging, nested folders etc.
64-bit compatible

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Create a blank file called feedreader.ini in the same folder
  3. Launch feedreader.exe
Latest comments
david on 2010-05-23 17:04

yeahreader - http://www.yeahreader.com - also good rss feeds reader

Napiophelios on 2010-09-27 04:03

@Dot and Midas: BIG Thanks to both of you!! Version 2.9 is perfect.
I have been testing so many of these rss apps its ridiculous,
they all seem to require IE in some manner or other.
Version 2.9 is exactly what I have been lookin for.
I have found a couple of good ones mind you but this one is superb :)

Roel Janssens on 2011-05-16 10:18

Many thanks for Feereader 2.90, SUPERB!

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LameXP v4.21

Andrew Lee on 30 Dec 2023
  • 33MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 29 Dec 2023
  • Suggested by lautrepay

LameXP is an audio encoding and conversion program with a skinnable, drag-and-drop interface. The program can edit metadata, create an automatic playlist file, and modify audio with multi-threaded batch processing tools for normalization and tone adjustment.

The program supports a wide variety of formats and quality settings. Although named for one of its popular encoders (the LAME MP3 encoder), the program can also export to OGG, Opus, FLAC, AC3, APE, WAV and DCA.

It can also convert from a wide variety of formats, including MP3, OGG, FLAC, MP4/AAC, AC3,, DTS, WavPack, Musepack, TTA, Speex, Monkey's Audio, Shorten, WMA, Opus and more. MP4/AAC encoding is available via an external download (Nero AAC/QAAC).

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Rename the LameXP.exe to LameXP-Portable.exe
  3. Launch LameXP-Portable.exe
Similar/alternative apps: fre:ac
What's new? See: https://lamexp.sourceforge.net/doc/Changelog.html
Latest comments
Napiophelios on 2016-05-19 15:47

Is LameXP the only audio encoder that can convert opus files?

webfork on 2016-05-20 02:07

I converted something to Opus yesterday with LameXP but TEncoder and TAudioConverter will also do the trick.

neykhax on 2023-06-04 20:10

Lightweight audio encoder, with support for a large number of audio formats and a neat interface. I have been able to optimize hundreds of audio files with a good output quality and without having bugs or complications in the renaming of output file names that other encoders have in the batch convertion of multiple folders.

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Fast Explorer 2008 v3.1.11.430

webfork on 19 Jun 2016
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Barrette

FastExplorer allows you to customize and 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.

Note: Website offline, linking to Softpedia

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FastExplorer.exe.
Latest comments
abc on 2011-08-05 17:37

No longer being developed. What a shame.

Emka on 2013-12-18 06:20

website down

webfork on 2014-01-05 02:26

Emka: updated, thanks

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RealWorld Cursor Editor v2013.1

Checker on 11 Jul 2013
  • 23MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by lautrepay

RealWorld Cursor Editor can create and edit cursors, both static and animated. You can draw your cursors pixel by pixel or make them from images using a simple wizard. Images in cursors can be modified by drawing tools such as Lines, Curves, Rectangles, or Ellipses. A drag-and-drop based interface allows users to easily reorder, duplicate, or append frames to animated cursors.

The program contains several predefined filters covering color corrections, softening, sharpening, motion blur and other effects. Selected filters (for example drop shadow) can be applied on multiple images at once.

Can import cursors from Linux XCursor format.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch RWCursorEditor.exe.
What's new?
  • This version of RWCE contains some changes introduced in RealWorld Paint 2013.1, including redesigned color picker, drawing tools and effect windows.
  • There are also changes directly related to cursors:
    - When selecting cursor sizes in various places of the application, a text field with one or more sizes in pixels and a dropdown menu with standard options is used.
    - Improved support for Linux XCursor files. When opening a xcursor file, all resolutions are imported and the cursor can also be saved. The code was moved to a plug-in that can be installed from the online page.
    - Function that uploads cursor to the cursor library is now more user friendly. Users must log in before uploading a cursor. After a successful upload, a link to a web page with the cursor is displayed. Obviously flawed cursors can not be uploaded anymore.

CCleaner Free v6.23.11010 Updated Adware

Ennovy on 18 Apr 2024
  • 111MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 17 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by Ennovy

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.

Category:
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:
  1. Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Delete License.txt and unnecessary language files
  3. Launch CCleaner.exe or CCleaner64.exe (for 64-bit OS)

If the "Portable" ZIP package is not yet available:
  1. Download the installer and extract CCleaner.exe or CCleaner64.exe and necessary language files using 7-Zip to a folder of your choice
  2. Create a file named ccleaner.ini in the same folder
  3. Launch CCleaner.exe or CCleaner64.exe (for 64-bit OS)

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
Latest comments
Ennovy on 2022-08-27 15:06

I confirm writing to the registry (Windows 11):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Piriform
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Piriform

shiny on 2024-03-13 10:21

not allowed to run in my region. Goodbye=)

Midas on 2024-03-13 10:27

@shiny: knowing which region that is could help others...

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Argente Registry Cleaner v3.1.2.0

billon on 27 Feb 2018

Argente Registry Cleaner is an utility that uses a high-performance detection algorithm to quickly identify missing and invalid references in the registry (problems related with shortcuts, ActiveX, system applications, Windows Firewall, file extensions, fonts, start menu, applications paths, services etc.) in both 32-bit and 64-bit systems.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: .NET Framework 4.0, Administrator rights
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch ArgenteRC.exe
  3. When prompted, uncheck Perform automatic maintenance at system startup (hidden mode)
What's new?
  • Compatible with Windows 10.
  • Improved internal code.
  • Fixed some internal mistakes.
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smaragdus on 2015-02-23 14:30

Argente - Registry Cleaner version 3.1.1.0 has been released.

Checker on 2015-02-23 16:44

@ smaragdus: Thanks ... and updated ;)

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Spews v1.1.3

billon on 22 Jan 2019
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 22 Jan 2019
  • Suggested by Checker

Spews (Simple Process Excluding Wallpaper Switcher) is designed to automatically switch your wallpapers on a configurable schedule. You can add image folders, choose wallpaper options and check/uncheck the images paths as needed; only checked paths will be scanned for images.

The program will automatically suspend wallpaper switching if it detects any process names you configure in the Exclusions section. This can be beneficial, for instance, when running games that will be disrupted if the wallpaper is changed.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / 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 Spews.exe.
What's new? See:
https://www.dcmembers.com/skwire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/apps/spews/changelog.txt
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Ganamyde on 2014-01-17 15:41

@Skwire,
You can easily clean up your temp left over, here is what I use...
run, CMD /C CD /D "%a_temp%" & PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 2000 & RMDIR /S /Q "%script_tempFolder%",,hide useErrorLevel

MIKLO on 2015-01-26 19:24

The word "Stealth" came into use recently in reference to the "stealth" airplanes the United States government started to use back in the 80's. As for these "stealth" airplanes they are in fact not invisible, what they show is a very small imprint in hopes to fool a radar operator into thinking that what they see is nothing to worry about. I suppose the fact of the matter is that there is no magic way to keep anything totally invisible on a computer. I for one can live with this free software calling itself "stealth" cuz that's what it looks like to me... Just sayin :) Thank you to the person for their hard work in bring me this free "stealth" software that does what it says.
MIKLO

misan on 2016-04-11 12:39

:-)

There are portable apps that are "stealth". I use lot of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth

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Simple x264/x265 Launcher v3.02

Andrew Lee on 16 Jun 2022
  • 80MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 16 Jun 2022
  • Suggested by deathcubek

Simple x264/x265 Launcher is a video encoder with a variety of configurations and preset templates. Includes full batch encoding support, as well as running several encoding jobs in parallel.

The program is a lightweight front-end for the x264 H.264/AVC as well as the x265 H.265/HEVC encoder, based on the Qt toolkit. The program also uses the 64-Bit version of x264 with the 32-Bit version of Avisynth, which lets you use 32-Bit Avisynth plug-ins (e.g. DGDecodeNV) and still benefit from the speed improvements of 64-Bit x264.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies:
  • Avisynth input only available with Avisynth 2.5+ installed
  • YV16/YV24 color spaces require Avisynth 2.6
  • VapourSynth input only available with VapourSynth R19+ installed
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Rename x264_launcher.exe into x264_launcher_portable.exe
  3. Launch x264_launcher_portable.exe
What's new? See: https://github.com/lordmulder/Simple-x264-Launcher/releases
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jenss on 2022-06-18 15:43

website hacked

Midas on 2022-06-19 08:21

@jenss: don't think so, it's still available if you click "enter website" link in the bottom right corner -- the landing page is a form of war protest by the web owner.

neykhax on 2023-06-04 20:13

Lightweight launcher with cool advanced optimization options

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Vacuum-IM v1.2.5

webfork on 9 Dec 2016
  • 40MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Mar 2016
  • Suggested by lautrepay

Vacuum-IM is a full-featured, tabbed instant messenger for Jabber/XMPP networks supporting profiles, multiple accounts, conferences, nested groups in roster, chat history, encryption, file transfer and status messages. It can use notifications, emoticons, customizable message styles, status icons and shortcuts, avatars and more.

The program is cross-platform, written in Qt. The core program is just a plugin loader, all functionality is made available via plugins.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No. It writes several Qt-related Trolltech keys to the registry.
Unicode support: Yes
License: GPLv3
How to extract:
  1. Scroll down to Release and download one of the ZIP package or (the "full" version includes contains additional plug-ins including a spellchecker)
  2. Extract to a folder of your choice
  3. Create an empty folder VacuumIM in this folder
  4. Launch vacuum.exe
Similar/alternative apps: Instantbird, Miranda IM, Miranda NG, Pidgin,
Latest comments
smaragdus on 2016-05-23 01:45

Some notes about Vacuum-IM:
Since Vacuum-IM website is in Russian, I added its GitHb project page as official website.
The latest portable version of Vacuum-IM (1.2.5) comes in two packages- "normal" and "full".
The "normal" package is about 40 MB uncompressed while the "full" package is about 70 MB uncompressed.

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Open++ v1.5.1

freakazoid on 12 Oct 2020
  • 178KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by freakazoid

Open++ is a context-menu shell extension that allows you to quickly open selected files or folders with customizable commands.

Note: Main site offline -- linking to archive.org.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Ability to write to the registry to register the shell extension.
Stealth: ? Yes. Use the "Uninstall" option to deregister the shell extension when finished using Open++.
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch OpenXX.exe
  3. Select the "Install / Uninstall" tab and click on "Install" to register the shell extension
Optionally, for path portability: use the "%OpenXXDir%" argument in the "Program" field. For example, if Open++ is located in x:\apps\open ++ and you want to add a program from the Opera folder, enter %OpenXXDir%\..\opera\opera.exe in the "Program" field.
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freakazoid on 2013-11-28 22:46

@the_watcher - I'm on Win 8.1 and don't use Windows Explorer that often so I can't really verify. I use CubicExplorer.

webfork on 2014-11-09 02:15

billon: updated, thanks

stisev on 2017-04-20 16:04

Does anyone know of a way I could use this as a replacement "Sendto" menu. There's no software I've found that can do it. I would love to make my Sendto menu more portable when reinstalling Windows.

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RClipStep v6.07.008

Checker on 27 Nov 2015
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 27 Nov 2015
  • Suggested by I am Baas

RClipStep is a clipboard manager emphasizing ease of use with a simple approach to cycling through stored clipboard items: when you paste Ctrl-V to paste, you can hold Ctrl and press V / C repeatedly to browse backward / forward through the clipboard entries.

The program also features multiple queues and can store clips to disk, convert clips to plain text, convert to upper/lower case, and paste clips into programs that don't use clipboard like window console (cmd.exe).

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

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Partial
License: GPL v2
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch RClipStep.exe (for 32-bit OS) or RClipStep_64.exe (for 64-bit OS).
What's new?
  • Small enhancement about finding clips.
Latest comments
Midas on 2014-05-05 20:20

Except Clipjump 64 bit version went AWOL, contrary to RClipStep -- and, BTW, RClipStep appearance preceded Clipjump, at least here at TPFC...

avi-aryan on 2014-05-07 13:34

@Midas Here is a test release of Clipjump x64 exe. http://sourceforge.net/projects/clipjump/files/beta_versions/Clipjump_11.2.3_x64_test.zip/download
It was not complicated adding 64-bit exe but I want to know that it works.

Midas on 2014-05-07 21:15

@avi-aryan: see my answer at http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2523#comment25949

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ArcThemALL! v5.1

webfork on 13 May 2016
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Lupo73

ArcThemALL! is a multi-compressor of files and folders for both normal and advanced users. It supports compression with UPX, ZIP and 7Z formats, includes an intelligent UPX compression mode, supports self-extracting archive creation, archives encryption/decryption, three external freeware compressors, the extraction of a long list of formats (7Z, APM, ARJ, BZIP2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, FAT, GZIP, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, LZMA2, MBR, MSI, MSLZ, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SFX, TAR, UDF, UPX, VHD, WIM, XAR, XZ, Z, ZIP) and much more.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ArcThemALL!.exe.
What's new? Version 5.1 [26-10-2013]
- added support to generate a Log file
- updated UPX v3.91
- fixed integration in Context menu and SendTo menu
- fixed some minor bugs
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Lupo73 on 2011-11-13 21:05

It is available on main webpage.. if instead you open the sourceforge page, click "ArcThemALL! Web Page..." link in Description to move to main webpage..

jrgermann on 2011-11-14 17:53

Thanks, Lupo73, for that info. Looks like the download link should point to the Sourceforge link that comes from the website page.

__philippe on 2017-03-26 23:45

ArcThemALL sorely lacks a critical "List" option to examine an archive contents BEFORE launching
any decompression operation.

Voted Down.

Brickbats accepted/Vote reverted in case this option were demonstrated to be available after all...;-)

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