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Notepad2 v4.2.25

webfork on 20 Sep 2020
  • 677KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 Oct 2012
  • Suggested by justin

Notepad2 is a small and fast text editor with syntax highlighting for HTML and other common languages. It supports modeless find and replace dialogs, multi-line find and replace operations (using backslash expressions), optional file change notification, etc.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: BSD
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Notepad2.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: EditPad Lite
What's new?
  • - "Align Lines" with several options (Alt+J)
  • - "Modify Lines" supports several variables to insert numbers (Alt+M)
  • - "Sort Lines" (Alt+O) handles column sort (rectangular selection)
  • - "Sort Lines" also handles shuffle, remove duplicates and uniques
  • - "Merge Blank Lines" block command (Alt+Y)
  • - Use built-in Windows functionality for "Title Case" on Windows 7
  • - Convert between characters and hex codes (Ctrl+Alt+X, Ctrl+Alt+C)
  • - "Recode file as default encoding" (Ctrl+Shift+F)
  • - UTF-16 and UTF-16 BE formats are valid recoding options
  • - Enable case-insensitive searching for non-ASCII text
  • - Regex quantifier ? to match 0 or 1 times
  • - Regex quantifiers * and + available as non-greedy forms *? and +?
  • - Regex syntax for tagged regions simplified from \(...\) to (...)
  • - Updated HTML5 and CSS3 schemes according to current working drafts
  • - Updated Assembly scheme with x64 and SSE4 instructions
  • - Several minor updates to syntax schemes and keywords
  • - Merged caret styles into a single item and added "noblink" option
  • - /l and /l- cmd switches to control auto-reloading of modified files
  • - Ini-option to specify auto-reload timeout (see FAQ on my website)
  • - Support combination of /g and /m command line switches
  • - /o and /o- cmd switches to control "Always on top" option
  • - Copy window position to clipboard as cmd line switch (Ctrl+Shift+K)
  • - Move window to default position on current screen (Ctrl+Shift+P)
  • - Fixed Notepad .LOG feature (broken since 4.1.24)
  • - Launch command uses current file directory as working directory
  • - Don't lock any directories except the one containing Notepad2.exe
  • - Forward system MRU, taskbar and jump list behaviour to new windows
  • - Always show file name extensions (ignore Windows Explorer setting)
  • - Check availability of "Consolas" when set as default font
  • - Support a few more file variables (see FAQ on my website)
  • - Configure whether backspace should reformat indenting whitespace
  • - Transform backslashes function understands \u#### hex codes
  • - Several F2, F3 and F4 hotkeys work in find and replace dialogs
  • - Removed "Select Up" and "Select Down" buttons from find dialog
  • - Ini-options to block suppression of notification messages
  • - Simplified appearance of word wrap settings dialog
  • - Remapped "Unescape C Special Chars" to Ctrl+Alt+R (fix duplicate)
  • - Reloading keeps scrolling position more unerringly with word wrap
  • - Jumps with /g switch locate position more accurately with word wrap
  • - Various internal optimizations and fixes
  • - Improved look of disabled toolbar buttons on Windows XP and above
  • - Improved overall look of toolbar buttons on Windows 2k
  • - Lower frequency of NFS access delays by caching file display names
  • - Improved compatibility with Windows 7
  • - Released x64 build of Notepad2.exe
  • - Updated Scintilla library to 2.24

Full changelog is at http://www.flos-freeware.ch/doc/Notepad2.txt.
Latest comments
outskirter on 2011-12-08 04:07

I dropped Notepad++ in favor of this one. Notepad++ is rapidly turning into bloatware. Notepad2 does not need plugins for its features, and so it is faster and much more compact, while still full of useful features.

Someone mentioned AkelPad. Some of its plugins don't work too well, and the syntax highlighting of HTML files isn't nearly as good as that of Notepad2.

Midas on 2012-07-01 01:24

There's now a x64 build of Notepad2. But can someone please explain to me how to get the "Open shell links" feature, so strings like www.someurl.com or adress@server.net will launch when clicked in Notepad2?

domestique on 2013-10-25 00:27

I've tried them all over the years, including the modded version, but keep coming back to Flo's original. Small; fast; no distractions. Other notepad replacements often have too many options. The only thing I would add is a tabbed interface, but it's not a deal-breaker. Using the built-in Favourites and coupled with Flo's own metapath (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1701), it's almost perfect for the way I work.

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WinSplit Revolution v11.04

webfork on 25 Jun 2017
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Jun 2014
  • Suggested by Xaviou

WinSplit Revolution allows you to easily organize windows by tiling, resizing and positioning them to make the best use of your desktop real estate. The program is especially useful for larger resolution screens by helping you efficiently manage multiple active windows. The program allows users to move windows and have them snap into pre-defined areas such as 1/2 or 1/4 of the screen using simple keyboard hotkeys.

Functional on 64-bit.

Note that the program is no longer in development -- linking to archive.org and softpedia mirrors.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and run it
  2. Make sure you choose the portable mode during the process
  3. Launch WinSplit.exe
Similar/alternative apps: Aquasnap
What's new? 12/04/2011 v11.04
  • Bug Fix : The settings (including the VirtualNumpad position and style) were not saved when WinSplit was closed by the end of the user's session.
  • Improvement : The installer and uninstaller language will now be set automatically, regarding the system's language. The registry keys created by the previous installers has been removed, so the "portable mode" won't touch anything in the registry.
  • Bug Fix : The update and/or uninstall process fails because of a dll file that can't be replaced. People will probably still encounter problems to update to this release. If so, there is now a "Cleanup Tool" available in the download page.
  • Bug Fix : The message "Impossible to install hooks" was often shown at WinSplit startup, and the checkbox saying "Do not display this message anymore" wasn't working as expected


03/14/2011 v 11.03


  • Bug Fix : The VirtualNumpad position was not correctly saved in some cases.
  • Bug Fix : A message was shown (Problem to enumerate all screens) and the "Send to left/right screen" action cancelled if some "invisible mirrored monitors" are installed. Now, only real monitors are taken into account.
  • Bug Fix : When launched at Windows startup, messages for communication between the hook system and the main application could not be delivered "in time", so WinSplit thought that there was a problem and was displaying an error message.
  • New translations : russian
  • Bug Fix : The screenshots folder could not be created under Windows 7 (and probably under windows Vista)
  • New : the errors messages saying that hooks were impossible to install can now be desactivated
  • Bug fix : the automatic update process could not be launched because of UAC : you'll still have to do the next update manually on some system (Windows Vista and 7)
  • Bug fix : the Drag'n'Go functionnality was started even if the corresponding option was unchecked
Latest comments
matt on 2011-03-30 16:41

this tiny program rocks!
this is one of those little programs that you just 'install' them and start using them without being aware they are there,
I'm constantly moving my windows to left or right just as often as I do min and max them,
and its just ctl-alt-left, ctl-alt-right, so easy

@Scott, you are comparing apples and pencils

Kranor on 2011-04-14 08:14

Although the method of creating a predefined area is very good, I prefer the usability of Gridmove (mainly the mouse control with trigger locations) I think that either the author of winsplit needs to try adding mouse control, like gridmove, or the author of gridmove needs to make the creation of grids simpler, like winsplit.

webfork on 2012-02-29 02:36

After using the various tools in Win 7 that handle window position, I got very homesick for this great tool. Even better, it works right alongside Win 7's tool set. Awesome.

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Vector Clock v2.40

webfork on 22 Dec 2017
  • 11MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 2 Apr 2010
  • Suggested by dmg

Vector Clock provides a fully scalable desktop clock and alarm that can be placed anywhere on your screen, rotated with total freedom, resized to any scale and set in 3D perspective view without losing any quality. The program offers a variety of beautiful faces and colors, from classic to modern.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder. A third file, clock-name.config will be created when you run the exe.
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the single clock of your choice or one of the installer packages. If an installer, you will need to extract it to a temporary folder, then move the contents of {app} to a folder of your choice.
  2. Select one of the exe files to run and create a blank file using the name of the selected exe and .portable as the file extension. For example, if VectorClock-Roman-Gears.exe is the clock you choose to run, create an empty file named VectorClock-Roman-Gears.portable.
  3. Launch the chosen .exe file.
Similar/alternative apps: Digital Clock
What's new?
  • Added time formatting options (eg. h:mm:ss am/pm)
  • Show day of week option and hide digits seconds option
  • Added Calendar view
  • Fixed behaviour on multiple screens - when clock finds itself on non-existing screen (eg. after notebook undocking) - it moves itself to the main visible screen.
  • Fixed issue, when clock was creating empty subfolder in AppData.
  • Various minor improvements and fixes.
Latest comments
I am Baas on 2010-11-30 16:06

@Jimmy Neutron
Uniextracting the installer works fine. Otherwise, just run the installer, agree the license, choose portable mode and be sure to uncheck all the junk (toolbars etc.) it wants you to install. I will update the entry later.

webfork on 2010-11-30 17:24

Installation instructions updated. Note that I didn't test the "install as portable" option, which might work fine.

dmg on 2011-04-02 23:43

I just tried one and it no longer appears to be stealth. The individual clocks used to store settings in the application folder as hidden files, but that no longer appears to be the case.

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RadioSure v2.1.969

billon on 28 Jan 2019
  • 6MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 21 Jun 2010
  • Suggested by Napiophelios

RadioSure provides access to more than 12,000 radio stations via the Internet. It supports most internet radio formats, including MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC+ etc. Features include skins, a quick search for radio stations, smooth switching between stations via a cross-fade effect, recording what you are listening to packaged into separately named song files, simultaneous recording of multiple stations etc.

Note: Recent versions have decided to include a limited functionality and paid version. We are linking to the last fully freeware version. To update the radio stations, see this forum post (thanks Baas).

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download and run the installer
  2. When prompted for "regular" installation, choose the portable mode instead
  3. Select a folder of your choice and extract
  4. Delete unnecessary language files
  5. Launch RadioSure.exe
Similar/alternative apps: streamWriter, Screamer Radio, Pocket Radio Player
What's new? See:
http://www.radiosure.com/mantis/changelog_page.php
Latest comments
Philiweb on 2022-06-03 07:11

FYI, RadioSure can continue to operate using the Radio-Browser database (~30000 radios) 😃 :
- The latest updates from Francois-neosurf's server : http://82.66.77.189:8080/
- Script to automate the update of RadioSure's radio station database : https://github.com/GHbasicuser/RB2RS-Database-Updater
- More informations in these topics :
https://www.reddit.com/r/RADIOSURE/
https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25797

Philiweb on 2022-09-15 06:29

RadioSure powered by Radio-Browser.info (Free) database, you will now find all the information on this website : https://www.radiosure.fr/ 🙂

h3kt0r on 2022-12-09 17:02

Works great, also runs under Linux through "Wine"...

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Minime v2.2

webfork on 15 Feb 2015
  • 553KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Ennovy

Minime is a tool that allows you to minimize applications to the system tray using a customizable hotkey (by default CTRL+ALT+Z). What makes this tool somewhat unique is that it keeps your system tray clean by minimizing all applications into a single tray icon. Minime-ized applications do not appear in the Alt+Tab menu.

Functional in 64-bit. Written using AutoIt.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: MIT
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch minime.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: ClickyGone
What's new?
  • Fixed a bug where closing Minime did not restore minimized windows.
Latest comments
webfork on 2013-03-30 18:02

If the icon disappears (this *occasionally* happens when Explorer acts up in Win7x64) don't run Task Manager and End Task. Your hidden windows will not return. The trick is to RE-RUN Minime and, when prompted, click "OK".

Emka on 2013-12-16 14:40

link seems broken

nickaa827 on 2014-02-06 00:32

I see that many people use this to declutter their desktop, but I like to use on my work computer when I'm plying my game and I don't want my boss to see it ;-)

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FileVerifier++ v0.6.3.5830

billon on 14 Jul 2016
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 22 May 2010
  • Suggested by I am Baas

FileVerifier++ checks and compares files to see if they have been modified. Supports drag-and-drop, recursive directory processing, patterns, color coding, export to a variety of hashing formats (.sfv, .md5, .csv, etc.) and more. Can use any of 21 different hashing algorithms such as CRC16 for speed and SHA-512 for security (uses the standard MD5 by default).

The program (ZIP version) will automatically ask to create verification files with relative pathways, which is much more portable.

Win2K users should use an earlier version. A beta 64-bit version is available.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GPL v2
How to extract: Download the ZIP package (fv-X.X.XXXX.zip) and extract to a folder of your choice. Delete files fvshell.dll, winfvc.exe; fvc.exe, fvc-batch.cmd, fvc-batch.js. Launch fv.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: MultiHasher
What's new? Applied:
  • A workaround for a condition causing a brief delay in the program exit on certain systems.
Fixed:
  • A situation where the program would crash upon recalculating or verifying a list where a significant number of files are skipped initially.
  • A situation where the program will crash upon writing lists with entries with dates prior to 1/1/1970. Any dates prior to this will be set to 1/1/1970. This restriction will be lifted in future versions.
Latest comments
webfork on 2011-04-27 20:41

A little intimidating at first, but so far looks like the best file verification tool I've tried yet. Fast, recursive directory verify, open source, relative pathways, and multiple different verification methods? Dream come true for making sure your data hasn't changed or corrupted. Recommend MD5 for general file verification and SHA 256 for security verifications.

FV++ Author on 2011-04-28 21:10

There is a version of FV++ that works with Windows 2000. The version is v0.6.4.6010 (it is under fileverifier-testing). While several of the icons do not render properly under Win2K, it is functional.

Also, there is no functional difference between the installed version and the ZIP version, at least in terms of the program itself. The executables are identical. What makes a FV++ installation portable is the presence of the fv.cfg file in the installation directory. There are no differences besides this and the lack of an installer.

webfork on 2011-04-29 00:33

Thanks for the better info -- entry updated.

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Spider Player Pro v2.5.3

lautrepay on 28 Jan 2015
  • 7MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 10 Dec 2010
  • Suggested by alphasurfer

Spider Player Pro is a skinnable audio player that plays all the major audio formats, as well as playing/recording of internet radio stations. Includes equalizer, song lyrics, sound effects, and customizable visualizations, audio converter, CD ripper, hotkeys, and much more.

Compatible with 64-bit systems.

Note: The program is no longer developed and the home page is offline. It's "pro" features have been made available for free and we are linking to archive.org and Softpedia to download (thanks smaragdus).

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: To check for latest version, requires Internet Explorer
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch spider.exe
  3. Click the top-left blue circle and select Options from the menu
  4. Select Spider Player Pro at the top of the list on the left
  5. Click Enter Registration Key
  6. Enter any character for the Name blank
  7. Enter the following code in the Registration key blank: 27U3Z909I95-KK147A893S4K6Y1M0F-780363812


Optionally, delete non-English INI files in the \LANG folder to save space.
Similar/alternative apps: Songbird
What's new?
  • Spider Player PRO is completely free now, never mind the EULA.
Latest comments
Midas on 2019-11-09 18:08

@cdj59: check your settings and/or your browser. I just downloaded 'Spider_Player_2.5.3.zip' from Softpedia without any request to install any "download manager" (which I would never do, BTW).

cdj59 on 2019-11-10 16:53

My mistake midas
tho that pop up to download can be misleading
as, the mirror sites do look as if theyre blanked out
and the trouble downloading part where it says try idm
is kinda highlighted so perhaps you can see where i got
it wrong; full respect to you btw, but like i said, ive
used that site b4 granted not recently, till i used said
link and that; advert for the download mng isnt what im
used to seeing but my mistake, so apologies to you but
granted in error i merely offered an alternative + some
advice on dlls which even if downloaded from the archived site
gave me problems recieving some radio streams so just trying
to be helpful not critical by any means. respect to you

juverax on 2023-04-06 21:17

I could not download the app from the wayback machine. However Softpedia has en entry for the Portable Spider Player v.2.5.3
https://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Multimedia/Audio/Portable-Spider-Player.shtml

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AppAdmin v1.1.0

lwc on 30 Dec 2022
  • 342KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 2 Oct 2010
  • Suggested by klon

AppAdmin is a manager for Windows applications restrictions to prevent access to casual users or small children. Merely renaming or moving the file cannot circumvent the block. Although some applications will be immediately disabled once added, clicking "restart explorer" is necessary to enable some software restrictions.

Supports drag-and-drop of applications and, as the program modifies Windows settings, it does not need to be running to function.

Note: Later versions have become shareware.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No. The program edits the Windows registry to create program restrictions.
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Appadmin.exe.
What's new?
  1. Password option added
  2. Block speed improved (you don’t have to restart explorer)
  3. A small code error fixed
  4. German language added
Latest comments
DarkShadow on 2013-11-02 13:55

@ I am Baas
Shareware, that maybe the reason. Didn't see that.
Thank you for quick reply.

DzejPy on 2017-03-28 19:27

Cnet.com download link is broken :(
Sordum (home Page) download link is broken - long ago :(
You can try this link: https://www.slunecnice.cz/sw/appadmin/stahnout/31763/

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Imagicon v4.4

webfork on 30 Jan 2021
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 Aug 2010
  • Suggested by Mark Bewick

Imagicon converts images to icons or smaller images. When set to save to ICO format, users can drag-and-drop regular images to create square icons in 16 x 16, 32 x 32, 48 x 48, 64 x 64 or 128 x 128 with transparency support. For images, BMP, JPG or PNG image files can be saved to smaller, higher-compression versions with basic transformation effects (flip vertical or horrizontal, conversion to black and white), useful for creating thumbnails.

NOTE: Site offline, linking to archive.org.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and install to the default folder
  2. Copy all files (except Uninstall.exe) to a folder of your choice
  3. Finally, uninstall the program
  4. Launch Imagicon.exe
What's new?
  • Fixed Anti-Virus 'false positive' detection issue.
Latest comments
b on 2006-12-17 11:01

I tried this program on two XP computers. The window appears and quickly disappears. The program doesn't even work when you just try to install it to the hard drive.

Euler German on 2007-03-13 13:53

Working greatly here on my XP Pro SP2, since first install. No quirks of any kind.

Chester Kight on 2010-02-11 02:26

I have used this program lots of times on several computers with no problem. I am on this site because I could not find the program on this computer, so I re-installed from from a previously downloaded file. My AVG antivirus program flagged the executable as dangerous, and removed it. It is a great program, and I have no idea why it was flagged, as it never had been before. I am going to delete my old download, and download it again. I am using XP on all present computers, and I do not remember if I was using it with Win98, which I continued to use until a couple of years ago.

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Photoscape v3.4

webfork on 19 Aug 2016

Photoscape is an all-in-one photo software that lets you fix, arrange, and enhance your photos. It includes a wide range of tools, including a viewer/editor, batch renamer, RAW format converter, animated GIF maker, collage generator, paper print, splitter, contact sheet, and more. Includes a meta-data viewer for camera model, software version, DPI, etc. and file renamer that lets you for example change file names to the date the camera gave them. A "Paper Print" feature even lets you print out customizable lined, graph, or various different calendar/planning documents.

Note:

  • v3.4 is the last portable version. Later versions are adware and write settings to the AppData folder, but a method is available to make it portable.
  • The program has an update check nag screen. If you know how to disable this, please post in forums.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract to a temporary folder
  2. Copy contents of $INSTDIR to a folder of your choice
  3. Launch PhotoScape.exe
Similar/alternative apps: RW Paint
What's new?
    v3.4 (2009-08-28)
  • Added paper print function:
  • Located at the 11 o'clock position of the start menu.
  • New feature that supports printing of lined, graph, music and calendar paper.
  • Supports netbook resolution: All features except ‘Batch Editor’, ‘Combine’ and ‘Print’ support 1024 x 600.
  • Retouched image screen: Smaller main menu icons, new tool bar at the bottom and icons that link to the web.
  • Upgraded DPI function:
  • Enables DPI assignment when saving photos via Editor or Bath Editor.
  • Shows DPI items at EXIF information.
  • Covers more DPI when printing.
  • 'Colored Pencil' filter added.
  • 'Watercolor Pencil' filter added.
  • 5 new frames added.
  • 50 new face icons and 29 new logos added.
  • New link for searching faces on the Internet.
  • Minor bugs fixed.
  • Supports 27 languages...

Full changelog at http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/history.php
Latest comments
Maatje on 2013-03-15 15:32

quote @tc: You can stop the intro photo by editing photoscape.cfg, and turning intro.photoOn from on to off. You could also edit the url, to point to a local image

I installed on USB with 7zip.
In addition to tc's message: if you make photoscape.cfg read-only, it will keep it's settings in the cfg file.

I also deleted the plugins dir (unwanted toolbar in there), and renamed the file PSMsgHook.dll in the main folder to PSMsgHook.dllold.

webfork on 2013-08-19 19:33

Although I've moved over to freeware options for most things I do, I've maintained use of Microsoft Photo Manager for years when working on my own photo collection. Today however, I was on a machine without it so I got PhotoScape up and found I actually prefer it.

webfork on 2015-02-26 23:23

Every few months I discover something new and cool with this program.  Animated GIF tricks, photo edit functions, framing tricks, and photo collages. Today it was dragging and dropping an image onto the program icon and seeing the wealth of edition, annotation, and symbol tools available.

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