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ATPad v2.0.100
webfork on 20 Feb 2017 Change history
- 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.
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| 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. |
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Xenu's Link Sleuth v1.3.8
webfork on 24 Mar 2021 Change history
- 741KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 4 Sep 2010
- Suggested by Andrew Lee
Xenu's Link Sleuth checks websites for broken links. Verification is done on "normal" HREF links, as well as images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts, and java applets. It displays a continuously updated list of URLs which you can sort by various criteria. A report can be produced at any time.
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| Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | WININET.DLL (included with Internet Explorer) |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | AM-Deadlink |
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James Randal
on 2011-04-20 06:37
Comment above is in relation to its portability. The application functions perfect for its purpose...
webfork
on 2018-01-13 10:51
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@billon: awesome news, this program only comes up once in a while but it's a huge help. I was wondering if it worked with newer web linking methods. |
ProEject v1.0.0.0
Andrew Lee on 8 Jul 2023 Change history
- 875KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 1 Aug 2011
- Suggested by guinness
ProEject allows you to safely and reliably eject your removable drives. Without ejection, removing a drive can harm your data and the built-in "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" feature of Windows often fails if you have open files on the drive. In addition, ProEject cleans traces of the drive in the registry and local directories, flushes the contents of open files, and closes all drive applications running before ejecting.
ProEject lets you eject any removable drive and not just the drive hosting the program. Allows you to pick individual actions (like Clean or Close), open root directories in Windows Explorer, and view properties of each drive.
NOTE: Site is gone; download linking to Softpedia.
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| Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| License: | GPL |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ProEject.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | EjectUSB; USB Disk Ejector |
| What's new? | Initial release. |
Desktop Media v1.7
SYSTEM on 18 Mar 2014 Change history
- 160KB (uncompressed)
- Released on
- Suggested by Napiophelios
Desktop Media automatically adds drive icons to your desktop. It includes USB drives, fixed drives, CD/DVD drives (When disk is inserted), network drives, and even RAM disk drives.
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| Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | No. Writes to registry. |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download zip package and extract only mediadetect.exe to a folder of your choice. Launch mediadetect.EXE. |
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appsuser
on 2011-07-30 16:06
Maybe it's the new version (1.7), but this doesn't seem to save settings in the application folder. If not, it's not portable (settings aren't portable).
Midas
on 2014-01-14 10:07
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Settings aren't really portable, but in view of their number and the nature of the program, that's not really an issue, IMHO... |
Metapad v3.6
Midas on 26 Jan 2016 Change history
- 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.
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| Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinNT / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
| Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | GPL |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | EditPad Lite |
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bawldiggle
on 2019-10-16 21:29
Have been using Metapad and then Metapad360 for 15+ years
bawldiggle
on 2019-10-16 22:18
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Forget to mention the "stickies" feature ... |
WinSorter v1.6.0.8
smaragdus on 19 Jun 2017 Change history
- 209KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 15 Jan 2011
- Suggested by handsomejoe.boy
WinSorter is able to manipulate highlighted text by selecting text and clicking on the TrayMenu icon. Changes include converting text to upper case, lowercase, and many variations in between. Can sort text alphabetically, numberically, remove duplicates, word count, and even do basic math operations.
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| Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
| Writes settings to: | None |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | No |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Win Sorter -English.exe. |
| What's new? |
v1.6.0.8
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Enrico
on 2011-01-06 13:13
Amazing little masterpiece, will save me a lot of time consuming multitasking to get the job done ;-)
Yuli
on 2011-01-15 15:16
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Nice program but... it doesn't work with cyrillic text. Therefore the program is unusable for many people who write in cyrillic. |
No Autorun v1.1.2.25
Checker on 24 Jun 2012 Change history
- 86KB (uncompressed)
- Released on
- Suggested by I am Baas
No Autorun prevents a USB storage device from auto-running, preventing annoying or malicious programs from automatically starting on your machine. When a USB disk is inserted, the program not only locks the autorun.inf file, but also locks all the autorun-related program and other suspicious files.
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| Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| License: | GPL |
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1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. 2. Paste the following in an empty file called NoAutorun.ini [system] auto_start=0 start_as_task=0 auto_check_updates=0 3. Launch NoAutorun.exe. |
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frantisek
on 2010-11-05 09:47
it does what it is supposed to do. this tool is smart!
Magibon
on 2011-04-27 04:09
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i implemented this on my computer but did it through Windows itself. |
Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier v5.2
lwc on 24 Dec 2022 Change history
- 129KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 17 Sep 2010
- Suggested by Ram C. Dutta
Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier allows you to copy files from disks and CDs with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a file and put them back together. Using this method, most types of files can be made usable even if some parts were not recoverable in the end.
See the website for earlier versions that support Win9x through NT.
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| Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
| Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
| Stealth: ? | No. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Roadkil |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download UnstopCpy_XXX_Win2K_UP.exe (where XXX is the version number) to a folder of your choice and launch. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | Encopy |
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Fidvo
on 2010-10-21 15:25
I just discovered that despite what I said earlier, you can copy a single file. This is a must-have utility for rescuing DVD's with CRC errors, among other things.
jacko
on 2010-11-23 20:44
Way more informative than the standard copy. For a 20 GB file copied over a slow USB 1.0 - 12 mbps connection, a simple progress bar won't do. Microslop should take note.
jack
on 2010-11-23 20:58
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^ My external hd is 3 years old, dunno why WD would use USB 1.0/1.1 instead of 2.0 !! |
Universal Extractor v1.6.1
webfork on 8 Jul 2016 Change history
- 11MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 12 May 2010
- Suggested by DigeratiPrime
Universal Extractor allows you to extract files from a wide variety of archive files, including ZIP, ARJ, LZH, as well as MSI and EXE files created using various installer packages (such as Nullsoft, Wise, Inno Setup, etc). Useful for testing apps for portability because you can extract files directly from installer packages without having to go through the installation process. Note that the original developer no longer updates the program so some manual updates may be required.
Alternatively, an unofficial version with the latest-and-greatest internals is available (on Lupo's PenSuite site).
Commercial use note: license restrictions are present on included files UHARC02.EXE and UHARC04.EXE, but can be deleted without dramatic impact on the software. See website for more information.
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| Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | No. Included libraries may write to the registry. |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Main program: GPL, Included libraries: various, see note about commercial use |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | Universal Extractor 2 |
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Added support for environmental variables (eg., specify %temp% for debug dir) Added support for XZ compressed files and txz/tlz archives via 7-Zip Added support for Windows Installer merge modules (.msm) via MsiX Added support for NBH files via NBHextract Added translations for Armenian, Czeck, Persian (Farsi), Serbian, Swedish Changed 7-Zip unpacking behavior; now attempts brute force extraction only after External PEiD scan; change due to aggressive .exe resource extraction in new versions Changed Windows installer support (.msi, .msp) to use MsiX instead of msi2xml Changed LZMA support to use 7-Zip for extraction Changed FEAD support to use PEiD rather than TrID for detection Changed following formats to call 7z by name (also see 7-Zip debug comment): bz2, chm, gz, tar, Z this is mostly for code cleanup; functionality should be the same Fixed InstallShield 5.x regression in 1.6 preventing successful extraction Fixed bug in extraction of non-TAR LZW compressed files Fixed bug that prevented picking files after toggling history option Fixed bug in display of history combo boxes when no items listed Fixed cosmetic bug in Visual C++ SFX status dialog Fixed cosmetic bug in status dialogs due to extra padding by AutoIt Removed lzma helper binary Removed msi2xml helper binary and MSXML download link on MSI selection page Removed Windows NT 4.0 support from installer Removed debug output for 7-Zip, arj, hlp; buffers output, preventing proper user feedback and input prompts Updated success/fail detection to check output directory timestamp; can detect cases where files are overwritten, which old method missed; will still consider failed if user chooses not to overwrite files, or if all files are written to a subdirectory of the output directory Updated RPM and DEB support to extract interim CPIO and TAR files Updated FEAD support to workaround read-only permission issue Updated Zip support to log unzip output and permit minor reported unzip errors Updated PEiD detection of Microsoft SFX cab files for more reliable extraction Updated some UniExtract window sizes for better internationalization support Updated translations for Italian, Korean, Russian Updated 7-Zip to 9.13 beta Updated AutoIt to 3.3.6.1 and replaced deprecated _ArrayCreate UDF Updated InfoZip unzip to 6.0.0 Updated Inno Setup to 5.3.9 Updated innounp to 0.31 (supports Inno Setup 5.3.9) Updated InstallExplorer WCX to 0.9.2 Updated MSI WCX to 1.2.1 Updated PEiD to 0.95 Updated UnRAR to 3.93 |
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billon
on 2014-11-01 15:05
@so-called Numanoid - http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4719
betsaida
on 2022-08-28 07:09
@webfork Someone ought to change at portablefreeware.com/faq.php#extract the "Universal Extractor" Link to the updated fork UniExtract2
Andrew Lee
on 2022-08-30 07:22
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@betsaida: I have changed the link to point to the forum topic instead. |
SpeQ Mathematics v3.4
webfork on 22 Oct 2016 Change history
- 439KB (uncompressed)
- Released on 5 Apr 2010
- Suggested by technicolordreamcoat
SpeQ is a lightweight, extensive mathematics program with a simple interface. All calculations are entered in a sheet, where you can add, edit and execute all calculations. You can define variables and functions, as well as plot graphs of your functions.
Calculations can be saved for later use.
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| Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| License: | Freeware |
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SpeQ Mathematics 3.4 (Released 2010-04-07) (new) Function Run(filename) added, which evaluates the contents of a speq file. This way you can easily include a file with your own commonly used variables, functions, and units into all of your worksheets. (new) Function AddUnit(name {, relation}{,prefixtype}). You can now add your own custom units too. (new) Operator In for units, "x In unit". This operator is the same as function Convert(x, unit). The operator In supports lists, and the function Convert not. Example usage: "5.1 Inch In Meter", "10 °C In °F", etc. (new) Function fnSolve(f(x) {, x} {, xstart}), to find zero points of a function. (new) Binary SI units for calculations with bits and bytes. (new) Units fully support exponent suffixes now, fore example "mm2" is interpreted as square millimeter, and "m3" as cubic meter. (new) Added units: Angstrom, mil, sqmil. (changed) Implicit multiplications with units now have lower precedence than explicit multiplication and division. So for example "12V/6A" is now calculated as "(12*V)/(6*A) = 2 Ohm" instead of "((12*V)/6)*A = 2 W". (changed) Function factorial (x!) is now much faster for decimal values. (changed) Some changes in the arrangement of functions and units in the Functions window. (changed) The accuracy optimizer is improved. For example Cos(90 deg) now gives 0 instead of 7.273641325e-16. (changed) Adding and subtracting temperatures is now only allowed with the same temperature scale (for example 20 Celsius + 5 Celsius) or in Kelvin (for example 20 Celsius + 5 Kelvin), to prevent conversion issues. (changed) SpeQ uses a different degree (°) character now, which is supported by more different fonts and by the web. This character is not backwards compatible. (fixed) Bug with calculating Atan2 and Arg when Angles was set to Degrees or Gradians. (fixed) SpeQ crashed when you opened more than 9 functions in one graph. (fixed) Some problems with non-Western fonts. (fixed) Units: small rounding error in the unit foot and mile. (fixed) Units Litre and L now support prefixes. (fixed) Problem loading files with a dot in the name. (fixed) SpeQ checks now at startup whether the stored window position fits in the current screen dimensions. If not, the position is adjusted. (fixed) Various stability issues, and other small improvements. |
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Jarred
on 2008-11-20 06:25
This is a true gem in my collection. I don't quite like recent versions (feature creep), but I still use it for 95% of my day to day calculations/graphing.
Lyx
on 2010-04-08 08:52
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wanted to give it a try, but removed it 20secs after installation: makes the usual mistakes in setting colors and thus is unreadable on dark desktop colorschemes, and there is no way to manually set the colors. |
