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xpy v1.3.8

webfork on 20 Nov 2020
  • 124KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 30 May 2014
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

xpy provides a variety of helpful tweaks to your system for security, speed, privacy, and more. In addition to various anti-spyware features, it can disable common security threats (RPC/DCOM, LMHash), increase performance, usability, and tweak Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.

Note: The program doesn't come with an explanation of each setting change so users not familiar with Windows should proceed with caution.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: User profile folder. A single setting is written to indicate whether you have accepted the license agreement.
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: No
License: BSD
How to extract: Download the "bin" ZIP file and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch xpy.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: xp-antispy
What's new? v1.3.8: May 31st, 2014
- added option to retrieve updates for Windows Embedded POSReady systems, even if using other
- compiled using latest NSIS 3.0 beta 0

v1.3.7: June 24th, 2013

- Ixquick (aka Startpage) is now default search engine
Latest comments
Gemini Apollo Gomez on 2013-04-03 07:00

The Website link to xpy.whyeye.org has the most current stable version as being up to xpy v1.3.4 but the download link at xpy.whyeye.org is bad.

Napiophelios on 2014-07-26 16:23

version 1.3.8 is available @ sourceforge
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xpy/files/xpy%20Redistributable/1.3.8/

(and @ PortableApps.com too)

webfork on 2014-07-27 19:50

Thanks Napiophelios. Updated entry and download site.

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X-DiffImg v2.1.0 [rev2]

Checker on 19 Jul 2014
  • 51MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Danix

DiffImg is a simple image comparison tool looking at changes between two images. Uses statistical analysis as well as displaying pixel changes as a color mask. Useful to see how images have been retouched or modified, especially when changes are very subtle or slight.

Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux.

X-DiffImg is a version of the software packaged in winPenPack format. Alternatively, a PortableApps.com version is also available.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch X-DiffImg.exe.
What's new? New features:
  • Add keys for zooming with keyboard (Ctrl+/Ctrl-).
  • Add YUV format.
Bug fixed:
  • Invalid restore of maximized window state.
Latest comments
webfork on 2014-01-12 23:23

It's surprising how much time and energy goes into a great Photoshop retouch, and this program can show you just how much has happened in the before and after.

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Disk2vhd v2.01

Checker on 20 Jan 2015
  • 7MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 21 Jan 2014
  • Suggested by guinness

Disk2vhd is a utility that can create live "snapshots" of Windows volumes, allowing you to duplicate/backup systems while running. The program creates Virtual Hard Disk files (.VHD, Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format) from physical disks and can be used in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs).

The program uses Windows' own Volume Snapshot capability added starting with WinXP to create consistent point-in-time snapshots of the volumes you want to include in a conversion. You can even have Disk2vhd create the VHDs on local volumes, even ones being converted (though performance is better when the VHD is saved to a different disk than ones being converted).

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder, and a single registry key as with all Sysinternal applications.
Dependencies: Administrator rights
Stealth: ? No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch disk2vhd.exe.
Latest comments
Checker on 2014-07-06 10:37

@ Midas: Thanks ... and updated ;)

Hawk on 2014-07-09 12:27

Wrong download link. This is the correct: http://download.sysinternals.com/files/Disk2vhd.zip

Midas on 2014-07-09 13:33

It was http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Disk2vhd.zip -- it's unusual for MS to have a case sensitive path. Changed.

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TimeComX Basic v1.3.2.7

webfork on 7 Sep 2020
  • 9MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Aug 2014
  • Suggested by wolssiloa

TimeComX is a small and resource-friendly automation program, that can execute various actions after specified time or by a lower deviation of network and processor usage activity. User can Restart, Shutdown, Log Off, Lock, Hibernate, Suspend and Wake, Play any type of audio-file (mp3, ogg, wma, wav...), as well as file execution (e.g. batch files).

Optionally, you can let TimeComX make a screenshot before the action starts.

NOTE: Site offline, linking to Softpedia and archive.org.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Copy the contents of $INSTDIR to a folder of your choice (Note: if using Universal Extractor 2, just delete the "Additional files" folder)
  3. In this folder, create a create an empty text file named portable.txt
  4. Launch TimeComX.exe
  5. Select language and then disable new version check
Similar/alternative apps: DShutdown
What's new?
  • Improved system activity detection (now using WMI).
  • Added disk usage trigger.
  • Added memory usage trigger.
  • Improved version checking.
  • Minor changes in user interface.
  • Minor fixes.
Latest comments
daren_rupert on 2010-10-05 11:40

@Midas did you enable hibernation via "powercfg -h on" as administrator? It worked perfectly for me and now TimeComX shows hibernation as well as sleep mode.

Onesimus Prime on 2020-04-22 01:42

In need of a timer program, I just tried to use this one portably. The previous instructions (i.e. just portable "out of the box" once extracted) didn't work, nor did creating an .ini (mentioned in comments here for a previous version) or manually moving its settings files to a profiles or config subfolder or the app folder itself.

Finally on the archived version of their webpage I found this explanation: "For TimeComX Basic 1.3.x you need to create a text file (can be empty) named "portable.txt" in the root folder of TimeComX."--see https://web.archive.org/web/20140327235607/http://www.bitdreamers.com/en/products/timecomx/faq

I have updated the instructions here to reflect this, but someone else may want to still clean it up a bit.

Midas on 2020-04-23 11:49

@Onesimus Prime: Thank you for the information and update. :)

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ResourcesExtract v1.18

webfork on 17 Dec 2015
  • 47KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Ennovy

ResourcesExtract is a small utility that extracts all resources from dll/ocx/exe files. These include bitmaps, icons, cursors, AVI movies, HTML files, and more. The program can search subfolders and export BMP files as PNG.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
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 ResourcesExtract.exe.
What's new?
  • Added x64 build.
Latest comments
Joe Gent on 2009-12-15 18:38

It worked very fast for me. It extracted it into organized folders. Good app to have.

ChemZ on 2011-01-10 00:29

A simple but very useful extraction program.
A "must have" in every portable collection!

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AbiWord Portable v2.8.6 Rev 3

Stephen Leibowitz on 29 Jan 2024
  • 16MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 12 Mar 2014
  • Suggested by Barrette

AbiWord is a fast, basic word processor with live collaboration capabilities and broad file support. Includes support for tables, images, equations, fonts, paragraph settings, print options, etc. Drawn from a cross-platform code base, the program can open and save to a wide variety of file types including Word (.doc and .docx files), OpenOffice, and many more. Includes writing collaboration with other AbiWord users over the internet using a direct IP connection. Online help documention can be found here.

AbiWord Portable is from PortableApps.com. X-AbiWord is also available. These two version 2.8.6 packages omitted grammar and other plugins. A package for AbiWord 2.9.2 has all the plugins and can be found here.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: No
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AbiWordPortable.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: LibreOffice (Writer)
What's new? Core:
  • Enable selections within table cells that span a whole page or more
  • Make sure g_thread_init is called before any other glib function, and remove a redundant gtk_init call
GUI:

Cross-platform:
  • Bug 9329: AbiWord uses the old auto save interval instead of the new one
  • Bug 11822: Auto save no longer works
  • Bug 11972: Table of Contents numbering style is not properly reset
  • Fix a memory leak in the Save As dialog
GTK+:
  • Bug 11764: Prevent an assert when using SCIM
  • Bug 11959: AbiWord crashes when opening the Select Revisions dialog
  • Bug 11974: Use a C++ callback to prevent uninitialized value errors in the Save As dialog
  • Bug 11974: Prevent invalid reads in the renderer by working around a bug in Pango
  • Bug 11975: File names are escaped when changing export type in the Save As dialog
  • Add the ability to render pages as images in the AbiWidget
  • Fix some memory leaks in the Pango renderer
  • Fix some memory leaks in the toolbar code
  • Update the Python bindings and examples to support the new render_page_to_image method
Import/Export:

Office OpenXML:
  • Bug 11987: OpenXML exporter saves invalid XML characters
OpenDocument:
  • Bug 11358: Default table cell properties are not exported
  • Bug 11863: Table formatting is lost during export
  • Bug 11938: Text box formatting is lost during import
  • Bug 11939: Framed images inside of text boxes are not imported
  • Bug 11941: Table cell border colors are not properly exported
RTF:
  • Bug 9643: Memory leak when importing lists
XHTML:
  • Bug 11971: Import inline style information from <pre> elements
  • Bug 11971: Import line-height values from XHTML files
Plug-Ins:

Charts:
  • Don't unref used scalar data
Latest comments
webfork on 2011-01-10 21:57

darkest: Abiword's image support isn't great. I recommend SoftMaker Office (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1463).

juvera on 2011-11-12 14:21

Version 2.9.1 is available at sourceforge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/AbiWord%20Portable/Additional%20Versions/AbiWordPortableTest_2.9.1.paf.exe/download?_test=crossmerch

Sorry for posting this here.
This website is not really easy to navigate.
I can't find page for submitting notifications of updates or new products. It could be useful to have a direct link for submissions in the home page.

JohnTHaller on 2011-11-13 17:17

juvera: 2.9.1 is a development test, not a stable release. That's why PortableApps.com has the 2.8.x version listed as primary and then 2.9.x as a test for users to try out. PortableFreeware.com doesn't list development tests.

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Sunbird Portable v1.0 Beta 1 Rev 2

webfork on 13 May 2022

Mozilla Sunbird is a calendar client that supports the creation of scheduled events and the ability to get an overview of events on a particular day, week or month. The calendar can be shared by publishing it to a WebDAV-capable server.

Sunbird Portable is a portablized build of Sunbird.

Note:

  • This project has been discontinued and is not recommended for a production or day-to-day environment, replaced by Thunderbird.
  • Win 95, 98, or ME users must download an earlier version: V0.2 Rev 5.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: MPL (Sunbird), GPL (launcher)
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SunbirdPortable.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: SeaMonkey
Latest comments
Luis on 2007-12-03 01:39

17MB for a calendar program is to much ...

jer on 2009-01-15 10:27

to big...

see EssentialPim on http://usbsoft.org/office/EssentialPim.zip

webfork on 2017-05-13 22:19

I recently used this program to parse out an ICS file with a bunch of duplicates and data that wouldn't show up properly in other viewers. The export to HTML and CSV was enormously helpful. Even though it hasn't been updated in over a decade, it still works great.

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Bombermaaan v1.4.0.627

webfork on 17 Feb 2014

Bombermaaan is a classic game allowing up to 5 players can play on the same computer with various levels of difficulty. Additional level packs (151 levels) are available.

Based on the Bomberman series. Linux version available.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: DirectX 7.0 or later.
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the Win32 ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Bombermaaan_32.exe.
Latest comments
allclownsareevil on 2014-02-15 17:55

Yes. Just, yes.

mik.y on 2014-02-20 15:54

it only "multiplayer":(

webfork on 2014-02-22 18:58

mik.y: Nah, they just don't have any documentation included. To enable playing the computer, launch program, choose "game". Tick the little hand down and press the "left" key on more than one figure to set it to a person or a COM for computer. You can do one or multiple opponents, human or computer.

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FloatLED v1.12

I am Baas on 6 Dec 2014

FloatLED is a simple application to display disk usage with LED-style displays on systems that don't have an indicator. The program is simple and unobtrusive, requiring little screen space or system resources.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application Folder
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch FloatLED_Portable.exe
Optionally, delete FloatLED[version number]_Setup.exe.
What's new? v1.12
14 November 2011 (Time to open the lid that was previously closed)

Fixed
A minor mishap caused the Window Snap flag to not be stored properly in memory during operation which would still pop the window into place (if placed on top of Taskbar area). If you have problems that FloatLED stills falls behind the taskbar area (when you click it), make sure you also check the “Make window persistant” flag as Windows7 seems to have a more aggressive “make-me-on-top-situation”.

Notice
Since I was happily and just recently married on 8 Oct 2011, we could finally relax and go back to normal days, which let me still do some minor tweaks on the best software LED drive activity around :-)

See the file http://www.stone-oakvalley-studios.com/software/readme_v1.12.pdf from page 9 on for older changelogs.
Latest comments
ikke on 2010-08-02 23:15

Yes confirmed. It is generating a constant stream of internet traffic over port 445. That one is related to the smb protocol.
I could be legit (I do have shared network drives) but it could be not so legit either since the documentation claims that it does not watch network drives.
My virusscanner does not detect suspicious activity so I guess it's safe altough I don't trust it completely so I've sandboxed it.

Emka on 2014-12-06 18:51

links broken

I am Baas on 2014-12-06 19:04

Fixed.

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Cobian Backup v9.5.0.201

Midas on 10 Feb 2021
  • 18MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by zacory

Cobian Backup allows backups with scheduling, compression, encryption, filters, file splitting, remote client, backup-to-FTP and more. The program can read and backup open or locked files from WinXP onward.

NOTE: Latest version not portable -- linking to Softpedia for the last available portable version.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / 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 Cobian.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Toucan, Back4Sure
Latest comments
Peter202 on 2016-09-21 13:43

There is a new version 11.2.0.556, but i think it is not portable any more.

webfork on 2016-10-26 00:47

@Peter202 That's true - we're intentionally linking to the old version. I'll add a note to the entry about that.

Midas on 2021-02-10 10:52

FYI, the installer download for this version is still available from the homepage:

https://files.cobiansoft.com/programs/cbSetup.9.5.1.212.exe

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