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Q-Jot v5.9.1

Midas on 13 Feb 2021
  • 614KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 14 Dec 2008
  • Suggested by Kenny

QJot is a rich text editor and WordPad replacement that can open various Word, Works, HTML, and even WordPerfect files. It also supports rich Unicode text and images and can 'Recover Text from Any File'. Saves to RTF, TXT, HTML formats, various DOC file formats, and WordPerfect.

Webpage offline; redirected to Softpedia.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice Launch QJot.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: AbiWord, Jarte
What's new?
  • Fixed line spacing bug.
Latest comments
donald on 2014-06-28 05:51

download link is broken

smaragdus on 2015-09-05 21:03

The actual QJot web page address- http://xtort.net/xtort-software/qjot/

webfork on 2015-09-06 01:51

smaragdus: thanks, updated

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Texter v0.6

lintalist on 13 Oct 2018

Texter is a text-substitution app thats sits in the system tray and replaces user-definable abbreviations with commonly-used phrases in any application. You can also set return-to markers for your cursor, insert clipboard contents into your replacement text, or create advanced keyboard macros.

Great for frequently used phrases, email signatures, or words with great length such as medical or biological terms.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: GPL
How to extract: Download texter.exe to a folder of your choice and launch.
Similar/alternative apps: Lintalist, PhraseExpress
What's new? See:
http://lifehacker.com/238306/lifehacker-code-texter-windows
Latest comments
webfork on 2018-04-14 14:26

@smaragdus: all fixed, thanks for that

Torb on 2018-10-12 19:01

The help links in Texter do not work and returns 404. No explanation of the features, and thus most of the features are useless since not documented.

lintalist on 2018-10-13 17:17

@Torb - well the program is over 10 years old and hasn't been updated and no doubt some webpages have changed - the source code is now at https://github.com/adampash/texter/ (where you can see it is no longer under development)

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XPredit v1.4.9b

webfork on 19 Jun 2016
  • 836KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Barrette

XPredit lets you easily tweak certain useful registry values such as disabling autorun and ballooon tips, speeding up the start menu, hiding recent documents display, minimizing startup and shutdown times etc.

Note: Links broken ... linking to Softpedia.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP
Writes settings to: Windows folder (xpredit.ini). But these are non-critical settings that does not affect its portability.
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch XPredit.exe.
Latest comments
donald on 2010-05-26 06:30

I just downloaded the newest version (XPredit 2.1.4 RC2) from http://xpredit.pcbox.gr/dload.php?action=license&license_id=1&file_id=7

I merely agreed to the license and downloaded it from the link. I did not join anything. It is an installer though.

I do not know if it is portable but it should be

Emka on 2014-12-06 07:15

Links broken

Checker on 2014-12-06 10:44

@ Emka: Linked to Softpedia.

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CoolPlayer v219

webfork on 30 Dec 2015
  • 496KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 1 Jun 2008
  • Suggested by Larme

CoolPlayer is an audio player with freeform skin support. It features a playlist editor, ID3 multi-tagger, file renamer, MP3-to-WAV converter, Ogg Vorbis support, 8-band equalizer, etc.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch coolplayer.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Foobar2000, MPC-HC
Latest comments
bowser17 on 2008-01-21 22:29

coolplayer is OK, but the first thing i notice is you cannot set the volume relative to everything else... its volume control sets the system vol. BAD.

aivansama on 2008-02-05 12:30

bowser17, you can change that in the options :)

tdwong on 2008-12-16 12:37

Tried CoolPlayer, but go back to XMPlayer as CoolPlayer does not support Unicode.

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JkDefrag v3.36

billon on 16 Jul 2018
  • 656KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 31 Aug 2008
  • Suggested by AlephX

JkDefrag is a low-overhead disk defragmentator with support for multiple optimization strategies. Besides your usual fixed disks, it is also able to defragment removable flash devices in a way that minimizes overall writes. A variety of command-line options for fine-tuned optimization are available. Started without these options, the program activates immediately and defrags all disks.

An interface that gives more control is also available: JkDefragGUI (by Emiel Wieldraaijer). Alternatively, JkDefrag Portable is also available with a custom open source GUI.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL/GNU LGPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Delete JkDefragScreenSaver.exe and JkDefragScreenSaver.scr or JkDefragScreenSaver64.exe and JkDefragScreenSaver64.scr
  3. Launch JkDefrag.exe or JkDefrag64.exe. This will automatically defragment all the mounted, writable and fixed volumes on your computer
What's new?
  • Fixed a problem with extremely long path names.
Latest comments
jamvaru on 2012-06-11 19:32

C:\Users\JamesVanRude\Downloads\JkDefrag64-3.36\JkDefrag64 h: -a 3 -f 0 -d 3 -l "h.log" -q

i forgot to test it before i posted it, lol

be sure you get the path right

jamvaru on 2012-06-15 17:33

tried it on my portable hd (2tb)
it is ok, but the optimization is lacking; it does some, but not alot
in order to put the portable software first, i put everything else in an 'x' folder and ran the defrag sorting by file/folder...
...then, when the portable apps are in the first position i switched to fill.. but jkdefrag doesnt fill smartly at all, so i switched to mydefrag
... using monthly data defrag and then switching to consolidate i achieved better results... you can do a defrag only alternating with consolidate to get better results
... finally, for a portable hard drive, i recommend defrag only option, as a regular maintenance... in fact, use it as the screen saver, on defrag only, all drives

olliebean on 2018-07-16 09:09

This appears to be defunct. The portable version is no longer available to download from the website, and the website for the newer non-portable version no longer exists. v3.36 is still available from https://filehippo.com/download_mydefrag/4595/.

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Audiobook Cutter v0.7.5

Midas on 7 Apr 2015
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by alois

Audiobook Cutter splits large MP3 audiobook files into smaller ones without re-encoding. The split points are determined automatically based on silence detection. The split files are easier to use on mobile MP3 players because of their smaller size, and their duration allows smoother navigation.

Note: As recent versions have turned into nagware, I have made a copy of the last freeware version for direct download. Please email me if you have more recent freeware versions of the software.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. There are two versions for download: Win95/98/ME/NT and Win2K/XP/Vista. Launch AudiobookCutterFE.exe.
Latest comments
TruthSeeker on 2009-04-15 15:24

Stick with version 0.75. It's really free. It ain't fancy, no bells and whistles, but it works. Version 1.4 demo is crippled and completely useless. BTW when you start up v0.75 answer "NO" when it asks you to upgrade!

za-wulon on 2009-04-26 17:20

yep, new demo version is useless for freeware users, but it rather works for first 10 min of any file.
Anyway appreciating your "free" job, I can give you a free clue.

My player mutes something like first second of any tune [book] it plays, if it would be more common I'd like to see prog [when buying] equipped with silence adder.....

John on 2009-05-02 12:33

Where is the windows 98SE compatible version?
The download link here points to a corrupt or multipart
zip file, the result is You download nothing!

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Mac-on-Stick v0.2 Private

lwc on 12 Mar 2019

Mac-on-Stick is a package that contains Mini vMac (a Macintosh Plus emulator) and various applications, including QuickPop, BBEdit Lite, Tex-Edit, MORE, Excalibur, Glider, Texris, Sokoban and Nisus Compact.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Mini vMac.exe.
Latest comments
gosa on 2007-10-18 05:07

The "download" link isn't working very well anymore.
-Sure - You can go to the place, download all the components and put it together yourself, but the "Prebuilt package" is no longer available.. at least not when I tried.

donald on 2010-08-07 04:27

The download is a torrent listed at the bottom of the page.

The torrent will work but you should remove three of the four trackers.

Specifically remove two different piratebay trackers and one with an invalid url.

Fire The Fox on 2019-10-13 14:16

The download link is totally missing.

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Yod'm 3D v1.4

webfork on 4 Feb 2017

Yod'm 3D is a virtual desktop manager that uses a 3D rotating cube to visualize the change-over of desktops. It can manage up to four desktops.

Note: This is the last freeware version of Yod'm 3D -- it has gone payware as "DeskSpace."

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: DirectX 9
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Yodm3D.exe.
Latest comments
Hevithan on 2011-04-06 01:46

I like YOD'm but deskspace is cool, in that... they fix things YOD'm was lacking (6 sides making a complete cube, faster rotation, a background BEHIND the cube, etc) But yod'm is good for free ... Unless you need more then 4 desktops :-P

Xonox on 2011-06-01 16:52

Hi, in my work, I run a lot of batch actions in Photoshop to process images for web. While the batch process ran, I wasn't able to do nothing with my computer because Photoshop kept jumping with images being resized.

Well not anymore, thanks to Yod'm 3D, I was able to switch desktops and leave Photshop doing its business while I did something else.

I hope this tip is helpful to someone who uses this kind of batch processing.

Cheers!

abc on 2012-01-15 19:44

This is very cool looking but the effects get pretty old fast and it's no longer free. Those who prefer efficiency should checkout other desktop managers listed on this site.

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PStart v2.11

webfork on 26 Dec 2022
  • 769KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 7 Jun 2007
  • Suggested by Tony Chard

PStart is an easy-to-use system tray program launcher with a hierarchical list of menus for launching applications and documents, much like the Windows "Start" menu. Includes support for drag-and-drop program management, customizable look and feel, program auto and scheduled start, search, and much more.

Unlike many other launchers, PStart automatically uses relative paths when adding applications and documents, so portability is automatically preserved when changing drive letters as long as the applications and documents are located in the same drive as PStart.

Note: 64-bit OS users may wish to use this in a compatibility mode.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and install using the "Portable setup" option to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch PStart.exe
Additional notes from the author (Jens Gruschel): "The installer has a combo box with all removable drives listed. But if you click the [Next] button, you can select any folder you want, so there is no need to copy the file afterwards (which you can do of course). I added this combo box, because I thought that most people would install it to a USB stick (in fact I wrote the program because I wanted such a tool for my USB stick). But since I also like programs located on my D: drive, I didn't want to limit it to removable drives."
Latest comments
_joepie_ on 2012-04-15 00:11

@webfork: problem solved;
This is what happened, I had a version of PStart from 4 years ago running on my PC at the D-drive.
When I installed the newest version of PStart on my E-drive I replaced the old version of PStart on the D-drive at the same time, however only the menu of the E-drive was working.
After your last comment that I should work, I completely removed PStart from the D-drive and reinstalled it again.
Now everything works fine, I think that some remains of the old Pstart menu was interfering..does not matter anymore, I got what I want..!!
Great, thanks a lot Webfork...
_joepie_ makes a deep bow for WF.. :)

webfork on 2012-09-22 19:54

The program does indeed have minor problems on Win7: I frequently have to restart in order to get to the "Panel" view. Based on developer activity to date, we are unlikely to see an update to fix this.

albert on 2017-04-12 22:18

The best launcher I've never used. It works very well in Windows 10, and only in 769KB.
I've love it very much.

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FastStone Capture v5.3

billon on 22 Aug 2020
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 12 Feb 2007
  • Suggested by Fluffy

FastStone Capture is a powerful, flexible and intuitive screen-capture utility. It allows you to capture anything on the screen including windows, objects, full screen, rectangle regions, freehand-selected regions and scrolling windows/web pages. It has innovative features such as a floating Capture Panel, hotkeys, resizing, cropping, text annotation, printing, e-mailing, screen magnifier and many more.

Reported to function in Windows 7 and in Linux under WINE.

Note: FastStone Capture went payware starting from v5.4 so I have made the last freeware version available (v5.3) for direct download as the license agreement does not prohibit redistribution.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of drive-less absolute path (eg. \docs\personal\work.doc without the drive letter)
License: Free for personal use
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FSCapture.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Greenshot, PicPick, ShareX
What's new?
  • Compatible with Windows Vista.
  • Improved quality of 256 color PNG/GIF output.
  • Added:
    • To Email to the Output list;
    • Reset to Primary Screen (only available in Multi-monitor system) to the tray icon's popup menu.
Latest comments
webfork on 2016-06-02 02:58

@jimdorey: I'm a little confused why we had a listing that this works with Win10 -- it really doesn't. When this version of the program stopped being developed, Win7 wasn't even out yet. Anyway, I recommend trying another software package for that OS. I've updated the entry.

joby_toss on 2016-06-02 11:49

@jimdorey: v5.3 works fine on my win 10 x64 using a 1080p screen resolution. Maybe you're using a high DPI screen/4k monitor, and only the last version (8.4, payware, but worth every penny) works fine in that case.

__philippe on 2016-10-14 15:57

Don't care for FSC freeware near inaudible screenshot audio cue ?

Never fear: Everything you always wanted to know about...
Grafting a neater camera-like snapshot sound to FastStone Capture v5.3...;-)

http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=83541#p83541

Cheers,

__philippe

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