calibre is a feature-rich e-book library management application with a variety of useful functions including viewer, addendums, editor, online book and news search/download. The software can perform detailed searches, convert e-books to device-specific formats, batch metadata tools, and a content server for online access to your collection.
The program syncs automatically with many different physical devices. It supports a variety of ebook and document formats.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. Alternatively, Calibre Portable and an outdated X-calibre, as well as a WinXP-compatible version are also available.
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Requires 64-bit Windows |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Trolltech |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable installer" and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch calibre-portable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | TEBookConverter |
What's new? |
See: https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new For details on the major changes in calibre between 7.0 and 6.0, see https://calibre-ebook.com/new-in/sixteen |
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CudaText is a code editor with a clean, tabbed interface and side-panels. Includes split view, code folding, hotkeys, theme support, color picker and much more. The program supports 300+ syntaxes and add-ons written in Python, as well as some IDE features if plugins are used.
The program is cross-platform, with clients available for Mac and Linux. Settings are modified either via options dialogs, or alternatively, by manually editing text config files (JSON format).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | MPL 2.0 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch cudatext.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SynWrite, Atom Portable |
What's new? | See: https://cudatext.github.io/history.txt |
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Midas
on 2023-02-13 09:33
@FileHandler: It would be helpful -- at least for me -- if you could document your findings and settings in CudaText's forum topic... TiA
Sybe
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For more languages : https://sourceforge.net/projects/cudatext/files/addons/translations/ |
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.
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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: |
If the "Portable" ZIP package is not yet available:
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 |
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Ennovy
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I confirm writing to the registry (Windows 11): |
SyMenu is a customizeable menu launcher that allows to organize and find your portable applications in a quick and easy way. Moreover, it can automatically link any application residing on host PC. Any linked item (SyItem) can be organized in a hierarchical structure with colorful folders and found with the internal search tool. The Standard for Portable Software (SPS) allows to install, update and remove the programs available in the SyMenu suites automatically, see more in Manual.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SyMenu.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Portable Start Menu, PortAL, Tray Launcher, PStart |
What's new? | See: https://www.ugmfree.it/SyMenuDownload.aspx |
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smaragdus
on 2016-08-01 14:15
As of 2016.08.01 Windows 10 is not officially supported:
mimik
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As the last comment is nearly four years old, I think it's needless to mention that SyMenu actually supports Windows 10. In my case the application even reached the "autostart-status", which is really a coronation for an app. Furthermore, since eight months I am contributing to the large Program Suite as SPS-Publisher. During this time I made the experience of a respectful athmosphere under the people behind SyMenu, which I could talk to so far. Except the developer of course, keep away from this crazy guy...btw hello Gian my friend and greetings to Italy ;-) So, all-in-all in my personal opinion this application is really worth a try and I'm sure it even get's better from day to day! |
Opal is a specialized audio player that lets you play one of 20+ built-in relaxing tracks for as long as you want, without interruption. The audio tracks include: rain, wind, thunder, river, fire, various office background noise such as typing, chatter etc. There's also a timer feature that helps stop the audio player after a preset interval.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the portable ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Opal.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/CodeDead/opal/releases/tag/v1.3.1 |
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FileHandler
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A nice alternative to running audio files or listening to online content. Settings are easy to adjust on the fly. And it offers to save them as presets. |
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.
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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/ |
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PAFuser
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64 bit system: save 181 MB by deleting firefox folder, and renaming firefox64 to firefox. Beta, standard, and ESR work fine. |
foobar2000 is an audio player with low memory footprint and native support for most popular audio formats. It includes CD ripping, format conversion, replay gain, audio normalization, equalization and more. Playlist display and keyboard shortcuts are both very customisable. Additional functionality available via a wide variety of plugins.
The program can edit song tags (album and song name, number, year etc.) based on the FreeDB Internet database and even rename the original songs based on these tags. A file format conversion tool is available, but must be enabled with external downloads. Can even fix some MP3s with corrupted file headers.
Windows 2000 users can download the last compatible version: 0.9.4.
Windows XP and Vista users, download last version from 1.5 series.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | 1by1, Boom, Winyl |
What's new? | See: https://foobar2000.org/changelog. |
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PAFuser
on 2023-04-26 15:52
64bit available on download page, see https://foobar.hyv.fi/2.0/?sort=modified&dir=r for 64bit components. 32bit will not work.
freakazoid
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PSA: For older users, use the 32-bit version of v2.0 for now. |
Google Chrome is a web browser designed for simplicity and speed. Its minimalistic appearance and capabilities can be extended with themes and extensions. The program integrates with Google's tools and services, and can sync across other signed-in devices.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.
Google Chrome Portable is the PortableApps version of the program. It includes automatic support for jPortable to enable web-based Java apps. For users interested in the cutting edge, Beta and Development are also available. For Windows versions from XP to 8, see past versions.
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Uses Windows' certificate manager, some Settings/Extensions Locked Per PC (see "App Notes" on website). |
Unicode support: | Partial |
Path portability: | Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the portable installer and install to a folder of your choice. Launch GoogleChromePortable.exe. NOTE:
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Similar/alternative apps: | X-Chromium, Slimjet |
What's new? | See: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Stable updates |
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Ennovy
on 2016-04-08 13:42
@JohnTHaller: Thank you for the new release. Regarding the registry entries that are left behind I will post in the forum.
Stephen Leibowitz
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“Over the years [Chrome] has gained a reputation for being something of a resource hog, gobbling up your PC’s memory like it’s going out of style.” Starting with version 108, the Chrome desktop browser has a feature called Memory Saver that deactivates tabs that aren’t currently being used. When a user accesses a deactivated tab, it automatically reloads. A user can turn Memory Saver on or off. A user can also exclude specific sites from Memory Saver, keeping tabs for those sites active. See: |
MKVToolnix is a freeware utility that allows you to create, alter, inspect, etc., video files with the MKV format.You can use MKVToolNix to create, split, edit, mux, demux, merge, extract, or inspect Matroska files.
MKVToolnix program will also work with other video formats including AVI, MPEG, MP4, MPEG, MPEG1/2, h264, and more, as well as some video codecs such as VP9, audio including AAC, FLAC, MP2, MP3, AC3, DTS/DTS-HD, Vorbis and most subtitle formats including SRT, PGS/SUP, VobSub, ASS, and SSA.
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. QtProject registry key |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the Portable 7z package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch mkvtoolnix-gui.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Avidemux, MKVcleaver |
What's new? | See https://mkvtoolnix.download/doc/NEWS.md (detailed) or https://www.bunkus.org/blog/ (summary but might not be limited to just what's new) |
HiBit Uninstaller is a free software to uninstall any Programs & Microsoft Store apps on your Windows PC. It also offers others like an advanced browser extension manager, junk cleaner, registry cleaner, process and startup manager, context menu manager, etc.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
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 HiBitUninstaller-Portable.exe and when prompted choose: Save the app settings and data in a folder next to the app executable file |
Similar/alternative apps: | Bulk Crap Uninstaller |
What's new? | See: https://www.hibitsoft.ir/HiBitUninstaller/Changelog.txt |
PortableApps.com Platform is an all-in-one tool for portable software download, management and updating. An included launcher shows nested folders organized automatically by function or favorite status, as well as a cascading app view on right-click of the tray icon. The program's appearance can be customized with transparency and several color, texture, and background options.
Other tools include a find-as-you-type search functionality, available cloud installation, drive error checker, backup/restore utility, portable fonts, automatic application closing on shutdown and more. The program can also work with portable software outside of the PortableApps format (see Extract instructions).
Functional in 64-bit and WINE, includes broad language support and proxy support.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: |
To add non-PortableApps applications place the program in its own subfolder under the \PortableApps subfolder and press F5 or restart. The new app will appear in the launcher menu under Other. |
Similar/alternative apps: | AutoRun LWMenu |
What's new? | See: https://portableapps.com/platform/changelog |
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ihateyou
on 2013-03-15 21:39
The PortableApps Platform has been updated (a few times) since this was last updated.
shnbwmn
on 2018-05-10 03:26
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Latest version (v15.0) now supports .NET programs, the first of which appears to be KeePass Professional (or 2.x). |
RegCool is an advanced registry editor. It provides the complete functionality of Windows' own Regedit and has many powerful features that allow you to work faster and more efficiently with registry related tasks:
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights, GDIPLUS.DLL, MSVCRT.DLL |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the portable ZIP package (x32 or x64 according to your OS) and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch RegCool.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Registry Commander |
What's new? |
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DesktopOK contains a host of beneficial Windows interface tweaks. The program can save the current icon view by resolution and make it easy to swap between views, showing all saved view formats in a list. Other tools include basic screenshots, the ability to force-close programs, color tool, volume and more:
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
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. In this folder, create an empty text file and name it DesktopOK.ini. Launch DesktopOK.exe or DesktopOK_x64.exe. Possible issues:
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Similar/alternative apps: | AltDrag, ICU |
What's new? | See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK/History |
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IrfanView is a viewer for a wide variety of image, audio and video formats. The program includes batch processing, creation of panoramic images, edition of multi-page TIFF files, lossless JPEG rotate/crop and effects such as sharpen and blur. Other tools such as screen capture, scanner, slideshow, plugin support and ability to capture icons from EXE or DLL.
Alternatively, IrfanView Portable is also available and updates drive letters and handles registry keys.
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use (the installer is adware) |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | XnView, Imagine, FastStone Image Viewer |
What's new? | See: https://www.irfanview.com/main_history.htm |
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Andrew Lee
on 2022-12-11 05:23
@Cornflower: Seems like the 32-bit ZIP is also available now. I have updated both download links.
Cornflower
on 2023-12-10 08:43
Also note that virtually every new release updates some plugins, and version 4.65 is no exception. Most users may want to go to https://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm and download the 32- or 64-bit package, and dump them into the Irfanview Plugins subdirectory.
Cornflower
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I notice in 4.67 that the OCR plugin is updated. It suggests using the Tesseract OCR, which I suspect is not portable. When I test it I will be looking to see if it can be made portable, and if it works with 32-bit Irfanview (there are a number of limitations with the 64-bit Irfanview so I am staying there). |
KeyNote NF is a tabbed notebook that is particularly suitable for writing and organizing free-form information, especially those that fit naturally within a tree-based structure, such as lists or outlines. It supports rich text and images, multi-level notes and strong encryption. A search function quickly locates information you are looking for. Notes can also be securely encrypted using IDEA or Blowfish.
KeyNote NF is a fork of the original early 2000s' open-source Keynote, which is no longer being developed. It adds many new features, including check boxes on children of selected nodes, hidden nodes, alarms on nodes, better treatment of tables, improved treatment of links, multi-language support, automatic compression, etc.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | MPL 2.0 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch keynote.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/dpradov/keynote-nf/releases |
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Midas
on 2018-07-11 08:01
@portfree: FYI, a comprehensive solution for creation of portable shortcuts that could be used for that was posted to the forums -- check https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=65410#p65410 ...
User2100
on 2024-01-28 07:03
I love this program. Glad someone picked it and started updating it again, if only so it remains running on future hardware and OSes.
FileHandler
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Been using it for over a decade. Elaborate export feature that turns tree branches into headings, customizable key shortcuts, BG-colors, fonts, icons... |
TreeSheets is a mashup of many different program types including spreadsheets, mind mappers, outliners, PIMs, text editors and small databases. It has a tabbed interface and is lightweight and fast, using few system resources even with large files.
It's like a spreadsheet, but much more suitable for complex data because it's hierarchical. It's like a mind mapper, but more organized and compact. It's like an outliner, but in more than one dimension. It's like a text editor, but with structure. It is capable of many kinds of data organization, including todo lists, calendars, project management, brainstorming, organizing ideas, planning, requirements gathering, presentation of information, etc.
Functional in 64-bit and cross platform (Linux and Mac).
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | zlib License |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | XMind |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets/releases |
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kanu
on 2021-08-17 11:32
For the life of me I can't find any links to download latest artifacts (as it's called) in github's action page of this project. Any help, please?
dilentec
on 2022-08-14 21:46
Super usefull, I really recommend following the tutorial to learn all it's great functions. As of today, binaries are available at: https://strlen.com/treesheets/
Ennovy
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Version Apr 4 2023 download ZIP file instead of installer: https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets/releases/download/4612737023/windows_treesheets_no_installer.zip |
Notepad++ is a tabbed source code editor and Notepad replacement with a customizable interface. Includes source code "folding", allowing users to quickly reduce and expand sections of code to see the overall document. In addition, it features multi-language syntax highlighting, auto-completion, Perl-compatible regular expression search/replace, macro recording and playback, document map etc.
A host of additional functionality is available via the plugins admin view, including tools for file analysis, programming languages, viewers, calculations, user interface and many more.
Alternatively, Notepad++ Portable and the outdated X-Notepad++ clean the local folder.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | AkelPad, PSPad, EditPad Lite |
What's new? | Changelog at: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/. |
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PAFuser
on 2022-01-19 09:26
8.2 does not seem to have sessions check box under general tab, and session does not seem to load or save. Any comments?
Mike.S.G.
on 2022-01-20 09:43
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Mp3tag views, edits and filters metadata for common audio formats. Information can be manually added, removed, imported and exported to a variety of formats. The program supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs. It can also rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists and more.
The program can even generate playlists from provided audio files. Supports ID3, Vorbis Comments, APE, MP4 and TAK Lossless.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | TagScanner, Kid3 |
What's new? | See: https://www.mp3tag.de/en/changelog.html. |
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JudyGarland
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[2021-02-05] CHG: minimum system requirements are now Windows 7 and a processor with SSE2 instruction set. |
HWiNFO is a professional hardware information and diagnostic tool supporting latest components, industry technologies and standards. Includes system health monitoring (Thermal, Voltage, Fan, Power), basic benchmarks and multiple report formats (text, CSV, XML, HTML, MHTML).
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch HWiNFO32.exe or HWiNFO64.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SIV |
What's new? | See: https://www.hwinfo.com/version-history/ |
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MIKLO
on 2018-03-10 10:27
Very nice, this software will give all the info you could ever want, at least 4me :)Thanks to the maker for all the hard work to bring us this FREE software to use.
DzejPy
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From version 7 (2021-03-09) there are more licenses: |
WinScan2PDF is a very small program for scanning documents and saving them on your computer as a PDF by using any installed scanner.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
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 WinScan2PDF_p.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Not Another PDF Scanner 2 |
What's new? | See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF/History. |
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opsimathic
on 2017-08-12 08:51
@Emka - The first item under OPTIONS look like you can set the utility to delete the jpgs when you exit the program. I have never been very sure the program actually does what it says, so I simply use the second item in OPTIONS to check and delete as necessary. Periodically I use the jpg instead the pdf so I actually find this useful. Bottom line is that I wish the author would clean all this up a bit more, but I find the utility so useful (use it every day almost) that I am prepared to work around the idiosyncrasies.
Emka
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@MIKLO & _philippe: It now seems possible to select a folder for temporary files, so you can change the default location in AppData to the app's folder for example. |
LibreOffice is a complete productivity suite including word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, database, drawing tool and more. Includes strong compatibility for 100s of file formats including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio etc.). The program is similar to OpenOffice, a program that it was derived from, but has added many new features and improvements.
LibreOffice Portable is a special build developed in conjunction with the publisher. On systems without Java installed, some functions such as document creation wizards and the Base database application etc. can be enabled by adding jPortable, though this is optional and can be skipped if those functions are not needed. Alternatively, X-LibreOffice (64-bit version) is also available.
Other available portable versions:
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices |
License: | GPL/LGPL |
How to extract: | Download the portable installer and install to a folder of your choice. Launch LibreOfficePortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | OpenOffice, FreeOffice |
What's new? | See: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/ |
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CornHolio the Gringo
on 2020-08-28 22:29
LibreOffice 6.4.7 is last ever version for 6 series?
NunoEFSilva
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The most capable Portable Freeware Office. |
AutoHotkey is a powerful automation and scripting tool with an option to export to a self-contained executable. Possible uses include assigning the hotkey "Ctrl-Alt-F" to launch Firefox, making abbreviations expand to their full definition as you type them, or saving time by setting the computer to auto-click a confirmation screen.
The program can create entire applications and has been used to create many hosted here on PortableFreeware including 7plus, WallPaper Randomizer, Gridy and many more.
Note: Though it's bit outdated (from 2021), Pulover's Macro Creator can be used as a macro recorder and includes an "Export to AHK" function.
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Runs on: | WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. By default, it places an ahk script file in user documents. However, if you place a ahk file with the same name alongside the executable (eg. autohotkey.exe => autohotkey.ahk), it becomes stealth. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | AutoIt |
What's new? |
See: https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/ChangeLog.htm. For major changes between v2.x and v1.x, see https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v2/v2-changes.htm. |
Latest comments |
Ennovy
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v2 will be actively developed and v1 will be considered deprecated: https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=112989 |
EMDB (Eric's Movie DataBase) helps you keep track of your movie and television series collections, supporting both physical discs and media files. The program includes an automatic import from IMDB, thumbnail cover preview, a loan tracker, text or HTML, export to CSV, advanced search and filter functions.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Ant Movie Catalog |
What's new? | See: https://emdb.eu/whats-new.html |
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hamasaki
on 2017-10-12 02:47
It is not stealth, it adds an uninstall entry and a pile of registry keys.
Midas
on 2020-03-10 10:11
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@Loreto: EMDB has been in our database since 2016 and there have been no other such reports. |
ArsClip remembers the most recent clipboard entries and allows you to quickly paste one or multiple items into a program by pressing a hotkey (by default Ctrl+Shift+Z). You can configure it to monitor both text and other data types and lets you create permanent items that are always visible. There are also multiple ways for entering items into a program, including a "form mode" for pasting to multiple fields in one step (e.g. name, date, address etc.).
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source (source usable for non-profit only) |
How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ArsClip.exe. Optionally, delete setup.exe and source.zip |
Similar/alternative apps: | Ditto |
What's new? | See: https://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/97/ |
Latest comments |
hamasaki
on 2013-04-24 07:33
Agree with Crid. Might have had some issues initially, but I use it regularly each day without issues. Its such a timesaver. And having the shortcut to pop up the menu is superb. Not seen any other clipboard utlities come close to this one.
hamasaki
on 2013-07-29 12:41
I think Arsclip makes all other clipboard utilities redundant, its that good. Could have a better name though.
xor
on 2017-03-23 20:29
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Testing, testing, testing... ArsClip is just so convenient, productive, agile, intuitive, effective... This long-rightClick way to show the PopUp is just so Killer, wow! This App rocks of course. |
Xelitan Video Player is a straightforward video player with lots of built-in video, audio and image decoders.
List of features:
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
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 XelitanPlayer.EXE. |
Similar/alternative apps: | VLC |
What's new? |
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RSS Guard is a customizable, skinnable feed reader with a tabbed interface. It can fetch the most known feed formats, including RSS/RDF and ATOM and store them in a nested list, keyboard shortcuts, notification settings, gesture support and more.
Only available for 64-bit Windows. Cross-platform, supporting a wide array of operating systems (Linux, OS X, *BSD, and more).
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | All custom dependencies are packed in the archive. If user wants to use MySQL backend, then he/she has to have MySQL server running. |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
Download the 7z package and extract (using a program like PeaExtractor) to a folder of your choice. Launch rssguard.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary translations to save space. |
Similar/alternative apps: | QuiteRSS, GreatNews, FeedReader, NFReader |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard/releases |
Latest comments |
rbon
on 2019-08-19 16:52
I suggest specifying that the file to download to get the portable version is:
kowcop
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Has anyone found a way to auto mark feeds or articles as read? In most other readers, there is an option to mark as read when you navigate away from the feed |
1by1 is a lightweight and low-resource usage audio player that plays directories or whole drives, with optional playlist/favorites support. The program remembers last track and position, supports gapless playback or crossfading between tracks, audio enhancer and Winamp 2.x input plugin support. Manage your collection from within the program including folder compare, delete, rename while playing, move and more.
Supports most popular formats including MP3, OGG, MP4, CDs and more.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 1by1.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | foobar2000 |
What's new? | See: https://mpesch3.de/1by1.html#dwn |
Latest comments |
freakazoid
on 2021-03-17 16:37
To reply to my previous comment, v1.98 just so happens to have a download size of 198kb :)
shuunen
on 2021-11-16 13:16
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version 2 is out, 199kb setup file, unzip & enjoy a great portable minimal player <3 |
PhraseExpress is a keyboard macro utility that manages all your frequently used text phrases from a taskbar icon and allows you to paste them into any application with a single mouse click, a keyboard shortcut, or a text macro command. The program is ideal for email reply templates, signatures, addresses and any other information that you find yourself typing repeatedly.
PhraseExpress also includes powerful macro functions to launch programs, files or email messages, offers support for dynamic macro commands and comes with a unique text-prediction feature.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable Edition" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch phraseexpress.exe -portable. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Texter |
What's new? | See: https://www.phraseexpress.com/download/changelog/#client |
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bartelsmedia
on 2020-08-17 04:38
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You can find the version history here: |
Mozilla Thunderbird is a skinnable, feature-rich email, calendar, task and instant messaging client with support for plugins and many protocols. It comes with advanced search tools, message filtering, Bayesian spam detector, built-in spell checker, mailbox compression and many more. Program features can be extended with add-ons, including a specialized version of email encryption tool GPG.
Email protocols include SMTP, POP3, IMAP (including uploads, albeit a date issue), NNTP and RSS and chat support for IRC, Twitter, XMPP, Google Talk, and Matrix. Also supports OAuth for use with accounts that require it instead of a password.
Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is a special build licensed by Mozilla. Alternatively, X-Thunderbird is also available. For XP/Vista, version 52.9.1 is available here.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. Note that available add-ons may or may not break stealth status, writing to AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Launcher: GPL, Thunderbird: MPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ThunderbirdPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | i.Scribe, Sylpheed |
What's new? | See: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/releases/ |
Latest comments |
i_messed_up
on 2020-05-22 15:13
I've noticed a folder in AppData/Roaming/Thunderbird/Crash Reports containing a file "InstallTime20191031083309" and an empty folder "events."
i_messed_up
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Also found this key in the registry: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thunderbird\Crash Reporter |
WizTree is a very fast disk space analyzer and search tool, scanning a single folder or your entire hard drive quickly and showing those files and folders using the most disk space. The program uses the NTFS Master File Table (MFT) feature in Windows to rapidly view files.
Note that this high-speed mode is limited to local, NTFS-formatted drives. The program must do a (much slower) scan of FAT-formatted or network drives for analysis.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use/Donationware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WizTree.exe or WizTree64.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SpaceSniffer, Xinorbis |
What's new? | Changelog at: https://wiztreefree.com/whats-new. |
Latest comments |
emmanuel d
on 2023-03-21 12:21
Just downloaded the latest portable version, and it asks for admin permission. That is a no no for me.
olliebean
on 2023-08-26 11:46
I don't know if this is the case in Windows 11, but in Windows 10 the new "Windows 11 style" UI seems noticeably laggier.
Special
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Noticed the same thing here, I reverted back personally, and frankly this "change" is enough to keep me from updating to future versions. The dev is very good about these things though, so maybe he'll revert these changes back if he knew there were issues, he's somewhat active (I think) on these here forums. |
RisohEditor is a resource editor for Win32 development. It supports adding, editing, extracting, cloning and removing resource data in EXE/DLL/RC/RES files. This includes resources such as dialogs, menus, icons, cursors, string tables, message tables etc.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
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 RisohEditorPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ResourceHacker, ResEdit |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/katahiromz/RisohEditor/releases |
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juverax
on 2022-03-31 15:34
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Softpedia download link (portable version): 404 Not found |
Vivaldi is a customizable, tabbed web browser based on the same engine as Google Chrome. Its appearance and capabilities can be extended with themes and extensions. It features a bookmark manager, speed dial, notes, custom search engines, sessions, tab stacks, web panels, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, user interface scaling, adaptive interface color and much more.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: |
In the User Data folder, which is created in the same root as "Application" folder. Note that the program resets some settings, including the list of installed extensions, when you move between PCs. |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Vivaldi |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Otter Browser, Opera, Google Chrome, Slimjet, SRWare Iron |
What's new? |
See: https://vivaldi.com/nl/changelog-vivaldi-browser-6-6/ Blog: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-6-6/ |
Latest comments |
Midas
on 2020-06-15 15:49
@zorro: do you mean 'update_notifier.exe'? I haven't erased it but never found it in memory in my brief testing of Vivaldi... and I couldn't make the previous instructions work in a straightforward way, hence my last comment.
Midas
on 2020-06-16 07:51
Zorro is absolutely right, even Vivaldi Standalone version registers 'update_notifier.exe' to auto-start with Windows -- something that somehow slipped by me in the previous test.
zorro
on 2020-06-18 14:46
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...well, there's more - I launch Vivaldi with my own batch file: |
Agent Ransack (aka File Locator) Lite looks for files and file contents on your PC or network drives, with filters for dates and size. Includes themes, tabbed search entries, preview window, and search priority. Search types supported include wildcard, boolean, and regex on both filenames and file internals. You can import/export search criteria and export detailed search results.
Finds details inside standard text files, as well as PDF and Office formats. Note that Win7 users will need the Filter Pack (not portable) to search Office files, as described on the website.
A pro version is available with additional features. Note that "FileLocator Pro" is just a rename of this program.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Liteware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | DocFetcher, SearchMyFiles |
What's new? | See: https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/information/#version-history |
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PapaiMark
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125MB for a simple search file!!! Well, "FindIt" from 2005 does the same with only 800KB. |
TreeSize Free shows you instantly which files or folders are taking up the most space on your harddisk without using heavy system resources or reading the drive extensively.
Alternatively, TreeSize Free Portable is pre-configured to be portable, automatically adjusts paths and is stealth.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Creates an empty JAM Software\TreeSize Free folder in %AppData%. If the context menu integration is enabled/disabled, settings will be written to that folder. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Liteware |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TreeSizeFree.exe. Optionally, to disable automatic update check on start-up:
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Similar/alternative apps: | GetFolderSize |
What's new? | See: https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/changes.shtml |
Latest comments |
gbrao
on 2021-07-02 08:05
v4.5 (02 July 2021):
Ennovy
on 2022-08-22 11:29
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Versie 4.6 is now provided as a 64-bit application. If you still have a 32-bit Windows operating system, continue to use V4.5. |
XnView is a feature-rich, customizable media viewer that supports more than 400 formats. Includes batch image converter/renamer as well as basic transformations (rotate, filters, effects, colors, multi-page etc.). Various viewing settings include tabbed interface, fullscreen, slideshow, web page, contact sheet, image compare and filmstrip layout. Includes scanner support, screen capture, Photoshop's 8bf plugins, image search, histogram, metadata viewer, automatic crop (deletes background), watermark, flash export and more. It can also store thumbnails to a temp folder rather than each image folder accessed, which is handy for portable use.
Alternatively, XnView Portable is pre-configured and automatically supports PDF interpreter/rendering engine Ghostscript Portable.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | IrfanView, Imagine, FastStone Image Viewer |
What's new? | See: https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewforum.php?f=35 |
Latest comments |
PapaiMark
on 2020-05-18 22:38
I use it since W98. Very easy copy/paste/crop/resize/scan/print/sharpness and many other things.
JudyGarland
on 2020-10-22 05:38
XnView is not Windows XP compatible anymore. In order to make it work with XP, replace libwebp.dll (plugin folder) with with webp.dll (xnview.com/download/plugins/webp.zip).
PAFuser
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XNView MP 1.01 32 + 64 bit available on Portable Apps (NEW on 8/16/22 - https://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/xnview-mp-portable). |
AM-DeadLink is a tool to detect dead links from URLs listed in a variety of files formats including HTML, tab and comma-separated files (CSV), and Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi bookmarks/favorites.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Xenu Link Sleuth |
What's new? |
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smaragdus
on 2015-04-08 17:26
@Ennovy
Ennovy
on 2015-04-08 18:01
@smaragdus
smaragdus
on 2016-05-28 15:09
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@Checker |
File Attribute Changer is a utility to easily rename multiple files and folders, change timestamps and system attributes. The program can use regular expression for an extremely flexible search-and-replace capability.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes to the registry. |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch File Attribute Changer.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: |
Attrib Win built-in CLI (16KB) Touch Timestamp modifier CLI http://stevemiller.net/apps/ |
What's new? | See: https://www.hoaitech.com/File-Attribute-Changer/download/changelog |
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jenss
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Release 11.30a - 28 January 2024 / Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 and 11 ARM |
Autoruns shows programs that run during system bootup or login, as well as entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
Alternatively, Autoruns Portable is stealth and will only show the EULA once.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Startup Control Panel |
What's new? | See: https://docs.microsoft.com/sysinternals/#whats-new-rss |
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MoisheP
on 2018-12-10 21:35
Though v. 13.93 is available here, at Portable Freeware, the MS site only has v. 13.91 . Is this version again being recalled by MS?
Ander22
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schemer > Stick with the older (pre-Microsoft) versions if you have them. The file-sizes on these newer ones are substancially larger... |
FreeCommander XE is a powerful, dual-pane file manager with hundreds of features including folder size calculation, folder comparison/synchronization, file/duplicate search, filtering, MD5 calc / verfiy, folder compare, sync and a customizable interface. Includes a file viewer to view files in hex, binary, text or image format; an archive handling ability for standard compressed formats including ZIP (read, write), CAB (read, write) and RAR (read); built-in copy/move/delete handlers; and much more. Additional features are available via plugins.
A 64-bit version is available for donors, while a PortableApps version is also available from the author's website.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FreeCommander.exe. Note: It is not recommended to overwrite the file fcStart.ini when the application is being updated. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Multi Commander, Q-Dir, CubicExplorer |
What's new? | See: https://freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=775&sid=f1809a9ef15797c7cdf58de4820b5f99&start=345#p42540 |
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qj3328
on 2019-10-31 00:35
I have been using FreeCommander for many years and it is, simply, outstanding. To not have a real file manager is a misfortune; to be without FreeCommander is to be handicapped. Over time I have introduced many new users to FreeCommander and the results are always the same after several weeks of use - fascination that they ever managed to function with that Windows File Explorer thing. I had moved to FreeCommander when the old Xtree/XtreeGold file manager was no longer functional in Windows, and other file managers were not handling the complex file management work regularly encountered. At first, the two default panes in FreeCommander seemed odd. Though one pane can be disabled or hidden, dual panes grow quickly on the user until one realizes - wait, how can anyone function with a file manager that has just one pane?
PAFuser
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FreeCommanderPortable_2022_Build_860.paf.exe available on author's website. |
Portable Start Menu is a program launcher that allows you to organize your programs via a simple menu system and launch them through a tray icon. If you are running from an USB memory stick, Portable Start Menu can be configured to automatically close all launched applications when it terminates.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | ASuite, PStart, SyMenu |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
starshakur
on 2017-04-06 16:56
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psmstart.exe may be essential to launch 64-bit applications (psmenu.exe doesn't start with either missing), but that doesn't change the fact that psmenu.exe is a 32-bit application. |
AM-Notebook provides a way to store notes (rich text), formula-supported spreadsheets, to do lists, tasks, address book, calendar with alarm. The program works via a simple system tray utility, includes spellcheck, encryption, global search and tabbed view.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Run the setup package and select "Install as portable application onto your USB-Stick" during the setup wizard. Install into a folder of your choice. Start notebook.exe Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
What's new? | See: https://www.aignes.com/note_history.htm |
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mikek
on 2008-04-09 15:53
I've been using version 4.13 for awhile. Love the program. It got even better w/ v5.01. Added Contacts, Calendar, and ToDo list to the notes. Don't need to Extract as it have an option to install portably on a thumbdrive (although no options to choose a folder).
Scooby
on 2008-04-10 16:36
AM is good, but others you might want to try are Keynote and Totaltext. Both have more features, are portable, and freeware.
Ennovy
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AM-Notebook version 7 released and now Freeware: https://www.aignes.com/note_history.htm |
KeePass is a password manager that helps you store and manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database locked with a single master key or a key file. The database is encrypted using the AES algorithm and the program includes a strong automatic password generator, expire dates, customized icons and categories and much more.
Note that available plug-ins may not be portable.
Note: KeePass Classic is also available with fewer features, but does not require DotNet. See edition comparison.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 |
Stealth: ? | Yes. Plugins use creates/writes to AppData\Local\KeePass\PluginCache\ |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch KeePass.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | KeePass Classic, Password Safe |
What's new? | See: https://keepass.info/news/news_all.html |
Latest comments |
Stephen Leibowitz
on 2021-09-10 16:01
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The dependency is Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher: |
KeePass is a password manager that helps you store and manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. You need only remember one single master password to unlock the whole database, which is encrypted using AES and Twofish algorithms. The program includes a strong automatic password generator, expire dates, customized icons and categories etc.
Note that available plug-ins may not be portable.
Alternatively:
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
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 KeePass.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | KeePass Professional, Password Safe |
What's new? | See: https://keepass.info/news/news_all.html |
Latest comments |
CornHolio the Gringo
on 2015-05-02 17:27
I recommend using KeePass v2 series, because of the flexibility it gives.
Mixture
on 2016-03-11 16:17
Since KeePass upgraded to 2.32 and finally has the encryption algorithm plugin, SERPENT, I switched from portable Password Safe 3.38.01 to portable KeePass 2.32 with TwoFish, Serpent, GOST, and Salsa20 encryption algorithm plugins.
Midas
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@Orca: TPFC is an entirely volunteer site; what you describe is the result of past policy that has since been changed. Feel free to submit a KeePass 2 entry. Or post in the forums calling attention from the moderator team. |
RIOT (Radical Image Optimization Tool) presents a before-and-after image compression view that allows you to reduce file size of an image into JPG, PNG, or GIF format. Includes optional metadata removal, batch operations, compression to a target file size, transparency options, and other common editing functions (flip, rotate, zoom, pan). Notable versus similar software in the ability to gradually reduce the available colors one-by-one (7, 8, 9, 10...), not just milestones of 16, 32, 64 etc.
The program is also available as a plugin for XnView, GIMP, or Irfanview (see website).
Functional in Linux using Wine. Many of the official entries here on PortableFreeware have used RIOT for compression. Note that the installer version of this program is considered adware.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | FileOptimizer |
What's new? | See: https://riot-optimizer.com/changelog/ |
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Ennovy
on 2023-12-25 12:44
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The 32-bit version is still at v1.0.1, but the latest 64-bit version is 2023.12.0 |
PDF-XChange Editor is a fast, feature-rich PDF viewer and editor with a tabbed interface. The program includes edition of text-based PDFs, OCR of images to fully text-searchable, full document spellchecking, rotate/crop, comments/annotations, QR codes and more. You can apply custom stamps from any image/PDF file/Windows clipboard, mark-up pages with text and objects and add/edit hyperlinks.
The program supports import and export to text or image (BMP/JPEG/TIFF/PNG etc.).
Note: The free PDF-XChange Editor lacks some features present in the registered version (payware). Some "Pro" features can be used, but will add a watermark upon saving.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PDFXEdit.exe. Optionally:
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Similar/alternative apps: |
Foxit Reader, PDF XChange Viewer Xelitan PDF Reader (8MB) |
What's new? | See: https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history |
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Cornflower
on 2022-04-17 16:26
To fill out forms, simply use the typewriter tool in the freeware portable version.
tomcat
on 2023-10-24 03:07
Alternatively, MS word versions from 2013 and above, can convert PDF into Word format, which you can edit as needed. You can then save the document as a Word file or as a PDF document again.
Stephen Leibowitz
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Microsoft Defender gives a false positive for PDF-XChange Editor: |
MiTeC XML Viewer include simple XML Editor with xml validation, very fast SAX parser, support hierarchical and text preview, text searching, Base64 decoding, SVG preview, attribute listing, image interpretation, Web and Content preview and large files up to available memory.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Registry, if "Persistent settings" option is enabled (they'll be saved to 'HKCU\Software\MiTeC\XMLViewer'). |
Stealth: ? | Yes. But only if no settings saved; otherwise see "Writes settings to" above. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch XMLView.exe or XMLView64.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://mitec.cz/xmlv.html#VersionHistory |
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agam
on 2016-12-19 12:24
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sorry, it is not portable - wrotes settings to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MiTeC |
Crow Translate is a simple and lightweight translator that allows to translate and speak text using Google, Yandex and Bing. Functions can be triggered via global shortcut keys. OCR and speech synthesis are also supported.
Note that only the 64-bit version is available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | At least msvcp140.dll and vcruntime140.dll (part of MS Visual C++ Redistributable) |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the 7Zip package and extract to a folder of your choice. Create an empty file called settings.ini. Launch crow.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | QTranslate |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/crow-translate/crow-translate/releases |
Latest comments |
Midas
on 2021-10-26 06:00
@vmars: as noted in the official forum topic (see https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=102023#p102023), Crow Translate requires the latest MSVC runtimes to work.
dmocha
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There were no changes for a long time, and three more appeared in a short time. There is already version 2.9.5 |
Everyone Piano is a computer keyboard simulating piano software; it can use the general computer keyboard to play the world famous piano music. With powerful timbre database, Everyone Piano's tone is lifelike and real-time. Even on onboard sound card, Everyone Piano can reach real-time musical performance, meantime it also simulates the pedal of the piano.
Everyone Piano can customize the keyboard, play the halftone, support record, playback, music score show, inflexion and octave. Besides all the features above, Everyone Piano also has the demo and teaching music. Everyone Piano saves everything for you, it is not only for free, but also supports a mass of music scores for studying.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | X-VisualMusic |
What's new? |
· Add Midi keyboard mapping; · Add custom key mapping, suitable for playing piano in all games; · Fix some small bugs. |
DNS Jumper helps you modify Internet connection settings to apply custom DNS servers for your computer. Although most Internet services have default server, they are not always ideal. This management program can easily define and apply customized DNS server profiles, drawn from 50+ free server profiles.
With the "Fastest DNS" option, DNS Jumper will ping all the DNS profiles and select the fastest one to use in your area. Although the program is speed-focused, it lets you select any DNS server, some helping improve privacy, block ads, and more.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder: writes settings to DnsJumper.ini |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No. If you use the DNS backup function, the backup data is stored in Windows registry |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DnsJumper.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | QuickSetDNS, Public DNS Server Tool |
What's new? | See: https://www.sordum.org/7952/dns-jumper-v2-3/4/#16 |
Latest comments |
shuunen
on 2015-07-18 13:44
Great app, portable for sure, but also quick and simple, allow to choose/change and detect fast DNS.
MIKLO
on 2017-01-06 16:36
My VPN app looks for the "best & fastest" DNS servers so I'm curious to try this software and make a comparison. It’s always good to have more than one source to have an efficient way to run your computer at least that's my opinion.
apometron
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What a great application. I did loved it so much. And folks here at portablefreeware.com are so helpful. Thanks !!!! =DDD |
TeraCopy lets you copy or move files at the maximum possible speed. It uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times, as well as asynchronous copy to speed up file transfers between two physical hard drives. When an error is encountered during copying/moving, TeraCopy will automatically retry and skip the files that cannot be transferred instead of aborting the entire operation. It also shows failed file transfers and lets you recopy only problem files.
Once the destination directory is selected, files can be dragged-and-dropped onto the window, even while a transfer is in progress. Once files are transferred, the Verify option uses a hash check to see if files are identical.
Note that a Pro version of the program is available with additional features.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder: Options.ini and main.db |
Stealth: ? | No. Creates some files in the user folder. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use/Liteware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | FastCopy |
What's new? | See: https://blog.codesector.com/category/teracopy/ |
Latest comments |
Werner
on 2022-01-02 16:28
Am I wrong or is there is no "Portable version" available anymore with Release v3.9?
Andrew Lee
on 2022-01-02 18:53
A ZIP version is available for v3.8.5, but not for v3.9. And Universal Extractor is unable to extract files from the installer. So I suspect the only way is to install, copy then uninstall for v3.9.
jaden
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You can run "teracopy.exe /extract" to get the contents of the installer without installing. |
ChromeHistoryView reads the history data file of Chromium-based Web browsers and displays the list of all visited Web pages in the last days. For each visited Web page, the following information is displayed: URL, Title, Visit Date/Time, Number of visits, number of times that the user typed this address (Typed Count), Referrer and Visit ID.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / 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 ChromeHistoryView.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | BrowsingHistoryView |
What's new? |
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__philippe
on 2017-03-15 12:28
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ChromeHistoryView v1.30 realeased 14-MAR-2017 |
Resource Hacker is an utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32-bit and 64-bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). The program can modify program icons as they appear in the taskbar, Start Menu and Desktop, among many other things.
It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler.
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 ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ResourceHacker.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ResEdit, RisohEditor |
What's new? |
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MIKLO
on 2016-10-09 14:10
Have been using for quite some time and really like this program. Thanks for a good program.
rbon
on 2016-10-15 12:20
Resource Hacker new Beta in 'Portable' zip format.
Ennovy
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Changes in 5.1.8: |
BrowsingHistoryView reads the history data of popular Web browsers and then displays the browsing history in one table. The program includes visited URL, title, visit time, count, browser and user profile. It supports Internet Explorer, Firefox-based and Chromium-based Web browsers.
The program allows you see the browsing history of all user profiles in a running system, as well as backed-up profiles and is useful for usability testing, administrators and parents.
Data can be exported into a spreadsheet, html, or xml file from the user interface. Includes command-line options.
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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 ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch BrowsingHistoryView.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | MZHistoryView, IEHistoryView, ChromeHistoryView |
What's new? |
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pacofdez
on 2019-01-20 08:26
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Is it possible to see the history of applications that use the IWebBrowser2 interface of IE/Edge? |
CSVed is a fast, basic spreadsheet file editor that supports the CSV file format. You can add/delete columns, rearrange column order, change separator, filter items, remove duplicates, split/join columns etc.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | CSVpad, CSV Buddy, CSVFileView |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
__philippe
on 2020-07-17 15:24
CSVed v2.5.5 (released 17-JUL-20)
User2100
on 2023-11-09 13:55
Looks like a nice program, but the first CSV I loaded failed at linefeeds within quotes and treated those as new records, even though the developer site links to a CSV definition article that starts by saying it should be able to. Both excel and libreoffice did load the file correctly. Ah well.
__philippe
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@user2100 |
FreeOffice is a fast and lightweight office suite with word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation tools. The interface supports themes, a dark mode, and classic or ribbon-style toolbars. All components include a wide variety of formatting, functions, and animation.
The program will import and export to standard Microsoft formats with reasonable fidelity. A forum post about the previous 2006 version can be found here.
NOTE: The program will eventually require email registration, but a workaround is available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Optionally, delete the inst/banners subfolder and the files SoftMakerUpdaterTool.exe and usbstick.exe |
Similar/alternative apps: | LibreOffice |
What's new? | See:https://www.freeoffice.com/en/download/servicepacks |
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freakazoid
on 2021-12-31 16:34
@webfork - The software name is FreeOffice. I think it's obvious that there is a Pro version judging by the name of the program. When using FreeOffice, some upsell will be shown within the interface of the program, so if the user is interested in their enhanced features, they can do so at their own perusal.
Antolion
on 2022-02-05 03:39
This is possibly a greatest (portable) prog-suite. I' using only the portable version. There is a serious problem/bug I1 experienced. After want to save my presentatuons in presentations-maker its failed, and the prog said: it's not possible because it's an illegal (pirate) version of a progam.. The non-portable waersion works flawlessly!(I think, the root of the the problem, that the portable-version put the samples/sablons etc. in different way. And, misfortunately, the portabilizing-process is not work for hunspell dictionaries, but its a minor problem. Thanks!
NunoSilva
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There is also (with the same architecure) Ashampoo Free Office: |
VLC is a skinnable, feature-rich media player that supports a wide variety of multimedia file and streaming formats. It can play files while they download, from inside RAR files, online radio stations, convert video formats and much more.
The software can also behave as a streaming server for delivering video in unicast or multicast mode.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. If following "How to extract". |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
Optionally, delete unnecessary locales, and avoid optional traces by running (see this) VLC with a custom config like vlc --config=zero-cache containing: [qt] qt-recentplay=0 qt-privacy-ask=0 [core] plugins-cache=0 |
Similar/alternative apps: | MPC-HC, SMPlayer, PotPlayer |
What's new? | See: |
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lwc
on 2021-11-05 04:05
Per the last comment (or rather comments), it's true VLC is infamous for never including the 64 bit in the regular download page.
PAFuser
on 2022-03-07 20:48
Also available from PortableApps.com (32 bit). (64 bit can replace PortableApps 32 bit files.)
MoisheP
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It might be easier for some to download the Windows installer, e.g., vlc-3.0.19-win64.exe directly from videolan.org and unpack using 7-Zip to the VLC folder. |
AquaSnap is a resource-friendly window organization tool. Windows can quickly and easily resize to 1/2 (vertically or horizontally) and 1/4 of the screen by just dragging them to an edge or corner. Other available effects include window-stretching capabilities, making a window transparent when moving it across the screen and ability to manually "shake" a window, enabling transparency or minimizing other windows. Various color and design skins are available for window resize feature.
AquaSnap Personal Edition has all the features of the Professional Edition with the exception of mouse shortcuts, window tiling, "move windows together" and multi-monitor support. Package includes a 32-bit and a 64-bit version and a PortableApps format version is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AquaSnap.Daemon.exe |
Similar/alternative apps: | WinSplit Revolution |
What's new? | See: https://www.nurgo-software.com/company/news/13-aquasnap |
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Ennovy
on 2016-09-26 09:54
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The latest version for Windows XP and Vista: http://www.nurgo-software.com/download/AquaSnap_1.17.1/AquaSnap.zip |
3D Youtube Downloader searches and downloads a variety of media from YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, LiveLeak and many other sites for playing outside the browser or offline viewing. The program even downloads subtitles and 3D video from YouTube and Dailymotion. High speed download is available with multipart downloads and HTTP compression, as well as proxy support to help circumvent network restrictions.
The search tool includes a variety of criteria including size, detail, ratings and many more. The interface provides options for different types of users including advanced for detailed view of available formats and quality levels, as well as a conversion mode for moving files to a different format altogether. The program supports a variety of media file quality and formats including WebM, MP4, FLV (video) and M4A, OGG, MP3 (audio), as well as conversion to AAC, WMA, SPX and many more.
The program can view YouTube RSS aggregators so you can see and download the latest in a series. A separate, non-free version is available for batch operations, but it is possible to run multiple instances of program for concurrent downloads.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | YouTube Downloader HD, YouTubePal |
What's new? | See: https://yd.3dyd.com/changelog/details/ |
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rowleys
on 2019-06-12 12:05
Is anybody else getting what looks like Arabic language when launching the installer? I don't want to click on any buttons because I have no idea what they mean.
webfork
on 2022-01-28 13:42
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Several other audio extraction tools I used to rely upon failed on me, but this one worked great. I got exactly the format I was hoping for (Opus) and it downloaded very fast. Wonderfully simple and easy. |
Magnifixer is a screen magnifier utility that lets you place the window anywhere on your screen, make it any size, and select a zoom level. The program will always show the area of your screen around your mouse cursor.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch MagnifixerPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | OneLoupe, Virtual Magnifying Glass |
What's new? |
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dot
on 2014-12-28 11:01
This one is great. Unlike the other magnifier in the database ("OneLoupe"), it can also magnify constantly changing values on the display (OneLoupe sticks to the first value when moved over a changing field). I use Magnifixer to magnify the constantly changing display of a stopwatch ("1Time", also in the database), so I can check the watch when I'm doing something several metres away from the screen.
DerGuteWolf
on 2022-11-29 09:58
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Currently in my Win10 installation ctrl-G for showing/hiding Magnifixer is not globally available. Any idea on how to fix this? |
SumatraPDF is a lightweight, tabbed document reader for a variety of formats. Includes a wide variety of views including table of contents, rotation, facing pages, book view (2 pages side-by-side), full screen and presentation mode. Includes support for bookmarks, command-line arguments, hotkeys, and more. Additionally, SumatraPDF can function as a portable browser plugin. Supported formats include PDF, eBooks (EPUB, MOBI, FB2/FB2Z, PDB, TCR), Comic Books (CBZ/CBR/CBT/CB7Z), DJVU, CHM, XPS, TXT, images (JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, J2K, WEBP, TGA) and PostScript documents (PS/EPS, AI, PRN - requires Ghostscript).
Alternatively, Sumatra Portable adjusts recently used and most used file paths.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SumatraPDF.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | STDU Viewer |
What's new? | See: https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/docs/Version-history |
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jenss
on 2022-06-03 05:15
sumatra cannot read certain edited pdf documents
jenss
on 2022-06-03 05:19
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older sumatra as 3.4.1 also with read problem |
StrokesPlus is a a mouse gesture recognition program that allows you to automate repetitive tasks by simply drawing a symbol with your mouse or performing mouse and/or keyboard modifiers to launch predefined action(s). Includes a powerful but lightweight embeddable scripting language (Lua), endless gesture and modifier combinations, granular control over program settings, and actions and the possibility to create global hotkeys for actions without using the mouse.
Non-Admin users: The application will not be able to control other programs running with admin privileges (e.g. maintenance, antivirus, etc.)
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: |
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Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Open Source (multiple, primarily MIT) |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch StrokesPlus.net.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://www.strokesplus.net/ChangeLog.txt |
Latest comments |
AndTheWolf
on 2014-01-22 18:30
There is a typo in the link, which is pointing to a non-existent strokesplus_2.7.8.1_x86.zippip, rather than to strokesplus_2.7.8.1_x86.zip
Ennovy
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Now at https://www.strokesplus.net/ |
TidyTabs enables you to add up to three tabs to any application window. You can group multiple programs into a single window and then switch between them using tabs. Tabs appear when you hover your mouse over the top left corner of the window. To group the application with another window, simply drag its tab onto the other windows tab bar and create a tabbed group. The program can exclude or allow specific programs.
A pro version includes multi-monitor support, the ability to reorder/rename tabs and is not restricted to three tabs per group.
Functional in 64-bit.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TidyTabs.Daemon.exe |
Similar/alternative apps: | TaskSpace |
What's new? | See: https://www.nurgo-software.com/company/news/20-tidytabs |
Registry Finder is an improved replacement for the built-in Windows registry editor. It has many features that makes working with registry more productive, comfortable and safe, including:
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Archive" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch RegistryFinder.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | RegScanner |
What's new? | See: https://registry-finder.com/version_history.html. |
Latest comments |
MIKLO
on 2016-12-16 18:05
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Well I was able to DL this time without getting the Russian dating site now that's progress...unless they are busy hacking the Democrats :) |
FastStone Image Viewer is an image browser, viewer and converter that supports resizing, renaming, cropping, color adjustments, watermarks, lossless JPEG transitions, drop shadow effects, image frames, scanner support, histogram and more. It also includes a built-in slideshow with 60+ transitional effects. It supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO, TGA and several Camera RAWs.
The program includes metadata (EXIF) tools including the ability to pull up a map of where a given picture was taken by looking at GPS data.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FSViewer.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language and help files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | IrfanView, XnView, Imagine |
What's new? | See: [https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm#History |
Latest comments |
g3ose
on 2019-04-17 18:14
it is version 7.0 right now, is portable and free
gcb43
on 2022-04-04 12:55
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I fully agree with Miklo, having used FastStone for several years, I really like it: does everything I want almost intuitively.I still use version 6.4 . Tried to use the last version 7.6 but reversed to the previous one because in the last release there is a bug in the Multi-Page File Builder to created an Animated GIF (Alt+M):. the resulting GIF file shows only the first 2 loaded images then stops. |
RegistryChangesView allows you to take a snapshot of Windows Registry and later compare it with the current Registry, Registry files stored in a shadow copy created by Windows, or other snapshots. When comparing two snapshots, exact changes are displayed, with optional export of the changes into a standard .reg file.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch RegistryChangesView.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Regshot, RegFromApp |
What's new? |
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CintaNotes is a tag-based, text-only personal notes manager for collecting bits and pieces of information such as thoughts and ideas, article excerpts, quotes, research etc. A global hot key (by default Ctrl-F12) clips pieces of text from other applications such as web browsers or any local program. The window title becomes title/subject of the note and the highlighted text selected becomes the body.
The program is useful to quickly take down and tag any piece of useful text that you come across and quickly organize by date, keywords, title, link and note size. A search tool searches the entire database with search keyword highlighting.
Note: Some features limited to a "pro" version include tabbed sections, pasting notes into other apps, hierarchical tags and multiple notebooks.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Liteware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CintaNotes.exe. |
What's new? | See: http://cintanotes.com/release-notes/ |
Latest comments |
Ennovy
on 2016-12-22 15:04
Version 3.5 released, Simplenote synchronization is now also available without a PRO license.
PAFuser
on 2017-06-09 02:17
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Also available from Portable Apps: https://portableapps.com/apps/office/cintanotes-portable |
Xelitan PDF Reader is a small and fast PDF viewer. It lets users export embedded images, extract pages to PDF, remove pages from PDF documents and convert to PNG images.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
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 XelitanPDF.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SumatraPDF |
What's new? | Full changelog at https://xelitan.com/help/xelitan-pdf-reader#history. |
Latest comments |
Ennovy
on 2023-06-28 14:57
The changelog is also available at the bottom of this site: http://xelitan.com/help/xelitan-pdf-reader
Tomxe
on 2023-09-09 05:42
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Thanks for updating the listing! |
QuickSetDNS allows you to easily change the DNS servers that are used for your Internet connection. You can set the desired DNS servers from the user interface, by choosing from a list of DNS servers that you defined, or from command-line, without displaying any user interface.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch QickSetDNS.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Public DNS Server Tool |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
Ennovy
on 2013-10-29 14:31
ghacks.net wrote an article about this software: http://www.ghacks.net/2013/10/29/use-quicksetdns-change-dns-configurations-heartbeat/
__philippe
on 2018-05-12 06:51
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Nirsoft's DNS setting tool V1.20 release is perfectly timed to match |
OpenedFilesView displays the list of all opened files on your system. For each opened file, the handle value, read/write/delete access, file position, the process that opened the file etc. are displayed. You can also close one or more opened files, or terminate the processes that opened these files. This is particularly handy when you are trying to delete/move/open a file and Windows complains that the file is "locked".
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No. HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_NIRSOFTOPENEDFILESDRIVER |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract a folder of your choice. Launch OpenedFilesView.exe. |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
Mark
on 2011-02-20 09:13
There is a 64-bit version available:
misan
on 2016-05-13 16:45
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It's a ~ GUI for openfiles.exe. |
Textify lets users copy text from such normally static dialog boxes, system messages, program tabs and more. Ideal for quickly taking down diagnostic/error messages in system testing, the program lets you grab part or all of the needed text. It also can launch web services such as Google Translate or external programs.
The program also grabs the "alt" text and URL of web images.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
OR
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Similar/alternative apps: | SysExporter |
What's new? | See: https://ramensoftware.com/downloads/textify_setup.exe?changelog. |
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Midas
on 2022-05-24 05:55
@stevenmonrad: as a suggestion, being a portable program, you could just fire Textify whenever needed and close it afterwards...
rbon
on 2022-05-30 13:23
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Textify rel. 1.10.1 released at May 30, 2022. |
Process Explorer is an advanced task manager. It is an indispensable tool for both beginners and power users. I use it all the time to kill tasks that refuse to be killed, or find what which processes are still holding on to a particular file or DLL so it refuses to be deleted.
Alternatively, Process Explorer Portable is also available, which is stealth.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Process Hacker |
What's new? | See: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/#whats-new-rss-icon |
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Mench59
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Hello, could someone tell me what the differences are with Process Hacker? |
Lintalist is a context-sensitive text expander with abbreviations, shortcuts, plugins, and scripts. It allows you to store and (incrementally) search and edit texts in bundles and paste a selected text in your active program. Entered text can be interactive, such as automatically inserting the current time and date, requesting (basic) user input, or making a selection from a list, as well as running a script.
The program supports keyboard shortcuts or abbreviations to paste the text (or run a script) without opening the search window, and allows images and formatted text, including HTML, markdown, and RTF.
A 64-bit version is also available. Written in AutoHotkey
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. The program can create shortcuts (lnk) on your desktop and/or startup folder for you. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Lintalist.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Beeftext Texter |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/lintalist/lintalist/blob/master/changelog.md |
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hamasaki
on 2020-04-11 21:41
Doesn't work unless I'm missing something. Change any setting, restart and it crashes.
hamasaki
on 2021-08-08 12:37
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Finally got around to taking a closer look at this software and I'm totally blown away with just how good it is. You need to spend a bit of time with it, but wow, such a timesaver. I can consolidate 3 or 4 other programs I use into just this one. Excellent. |
EditPad Lite is a fast and lightweight general-purpose text editor. It allows you to open many files simultaneously and switch between them using tabs. It also supports many functions for text manipulation and conversion.
A 64-bit version is available. EditPad's installer now automatically installs a 64-bit version of EditPad on 64-bit Windows.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Creates HKCU\Software\JGsoft on Windows 8.1. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | AkelPad, Notepad++ |
What's new? | See: https://www.editpadlite.com/releasenotes.html |
Latest comments |
Ennovy
on 2021-03-31 10:06
"How to extract: 3. The program will save to the root of that drive."
AndTheWolf
on 2023-07-21 14:48
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My first attempt to download EditPad Lite v8.42 resulted in a zero-length SetupEditPadLite.exe and a cryptic error message. After some research I discovered that your download points to http://download.jgsoft.com/editpad/SetupEditPadLite.exe, but my browser enforces the https protocol. Downloading from httpS://download.jgsoft.com/editpad/SetupEditPadLite.exe worked. |
True Launch Bar is an easy and fast program launcher alternative for the standard Quick Launch bar. True Launch Bar allows combining your shortcuts into groups, which appear as popup menus. It includes standard Quick Launch items to improve your shortcut management capabilities and save work space on your desktop.
Supports drag-and-drop and lets you create new menus by right-clicking and selecting "Create menu." Supports quick links to Control Panel, Printers, Network, etc. via Virtual Folders.
Other features include:
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch tlbHost.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SideSlide SyMenu RocketDock WinBar |
Listary is an enhancement that allows you to quickly search almost any listing in Windows by simply typing your search terms. The program will pop up a small, semi-transparent window in Explorer windows (including open/save dialogs), Task Manager, Registry Editor and even directly on your desktop. The program works with almost any application with a system-generated list.
Although some programs will automatically jump to the first letter you type (a find-as-you-type feature of Windows Explorer), you must type quickly for more than one letter and cannot see your output. Listary brings a long-time feature of Linux to Windows, letting you enter whole words and type slower with automatic changes. Additionally, it allows wildcards and has the ability to edit your input with immediate results.
Advanced features include hotkeys, autocomplete, blacklists, favorites, a customizable window. Note that the program contains many "pro"-only features, but the program is very functional in its basic version.
Note: The latest version is no longer portable. This entry has been updated to reflect the last known portable version of the program.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Listary.exe. |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
Ennovy
on 2023-07-02 04:36
Listary v6 is no longer portable. There is only an installer version wich indicates that settings are stored in the user profile folder. Latest portable version is v5.00.2843 for Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP SP3. Download: http://web.archive.org/web/20200505013426/https://www.listary.com/download/ListaryPortable.zip?version=5.00.2843
Andrew Lee
on 2023-07-07 01:27
@Ennovy: I have updated the entry to reflect this information. Thanks!
Ennovy
on 2024-03-15 01:30
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PortableApps.com released version 6.2.0.42: https://portableapps.com/news/2024-03-14--listary-portable-6.2.0.42-released |
7-Zip is an archive manager that can view and create a wide variety of formats. The program includes folder favorites, optional two-pane view, checksum calculator, file split/combine capability and more. Individual archives can be created with high speed or high compression settings, update options (including update, add/replace, synchronize), split volumes and more. Archives can be secured with standard zip or more secure AES encryption.
Although the official archiver for the open, high-compression "7z" format, the program also supports the creation of multiple formats including ZIP, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR and WIM. It will extract a long list of other formats, among them RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, RPM, VHD, VMDK etc. Even more formats are supported through third-party plugins. Supports many world languages.
Additionally, to use alternative toolbar and file icons, 7-Zip Theme Manager is available.
7-Zip Portable is a wrapper from PortableApps.com, auto-detecting 32 or 64-bit automatically. Alternatively, X-7zip is also available.
There is also a 7-Zip standalone console version.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 7-ZipPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PeaZip, IZArc, BandiZip |
What's new? | See: https://7-zip.org/history.txt |
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freakazoid
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@hamasaki - It's stealth to me. I don't see anything written to HKCU\Software\7Zip. |
WordWeb is a one-click English thesaurus and dictionary that can look up words in almost any program. It works off-line, but can also look up words in web references such as the Wikipedia. It includes full dictionary and thesaurus for the various English variants including American, British, Canadian, Australian, Indian and global.
A pro version available with additional features.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Greenware - free if you only take one return flight in any 12 month period |
How to extract: |
Optionally, delete uninst.exe and launch |
Similar/alternative apps: | TheSage |
What's new? | See: https://wordweb.info/users.html |
Latest comments |
Ennovy
on 2022-11-14 00:40
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@PAFuser: Thanks, I changed it back to 10.21 until the new free version is released |
POP Peeper is an email notifier that alerts you when you have new email on any of your accounts (IMAP [including uploads], POP3 and Webmail, but also RSS with a commercial plugin). You can also send emails using SMTP or through Webmail directly from POP Peeper. Having OAuth support, it can be used with accounts that require it instead of a password.
To enable secure connections, see forum instructions.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Liteware/Adware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://www.esumsoft.com/pop-peeper/versionhistory/ |
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gbrao
on 2021-02-18 23:27
for the past few days I cannot access my YAHOO mail via pop3 or imap. Server error [SYS/TEMP].
gbrao
on 2021-02-26 00:02
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Yahoo/AOL login errors (Oauth2 is required) - Feb 16, 2021 |
Revo Uninstaller Free helps you remove any unwanted application installed on your computer. Additional clean-up tools include an auto-start manager, Windows tools manager, junk files cleaner, browsers history cleaner, office history cleaner, Windows history cleaner, unrecoverable delete tool and evidence remover.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Liteware |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch RevoUPort.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Zsoft Uninstaller |
What's new? | See: https://www.revouninstaller.com/version-history/ |
Latest comments |
PAFuser
on 2016-12-14 22:23
Also available on Portable Apps com (http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/revo_uninstaller_portable), both 32 and 64 in one package
MIKLO
on 2018-03-26 14:31
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I've been using Revo for a very long time and it does everything I want and need it to do. I have not seen any other Un-installer anywhere near as good as Revo. Thanks to the makers for some great software, I appreciate your hard work, and it’s portable :) |
Everything is a powerful search tool that locates files and folders by file name instantly, and includes an FTP and Web server interface. It also can search files by their contents. Unlike Windows search, Everything initially displays all files and folders on your computer. You simply type in part of the desired file name to limit what files and folders are displayed instantly. The more you type, the more specific the list becomes.
Note that the instant-search capability only works on NTFS/ReFS-formatted drives and only uses file and folder names in a file index. The program can separately catalog non-NTFS/ReFS and network servers for searching on a schedule.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package depending on your OS and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Everything.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | HDDB, Ultra File Search Lite, UltraSearch |
What's new? |
See: https://www.voidtools.com/Changes.txt https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/whats_new/. |
Latest comments |
Nh
on 2017-04-29 18:41
In case it does not remembers sort order, you have to edit 2 lines in Everything.ini:
__philippe
on 2019-01-26 04:54
Everything v1.4.1.932
Bruce
on 2020-07-30 21:07
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This is a great program. I've found very helpful tracking down misplaced or seemingly lost files. |
Wavosaur is a fast and easy multi-audiowave file editor created for editing audio clips, sound design, mastering, managing and recording. The program is compatible with VSTs and capable of using them in real time to listen to effects-processed audio. It can also monitor audio ports and is MIDI-controllable.
Features include ASIO support, import (MP3, aiff, raw binary, au/snd, ADPCM and so on), MP3 export, statistic/analysis tools (2D/3D spectrum, real time oscilloscope), process tools (resample, bit-depth convert 8, 16, 24, 32 bits, pitch shift, vocal removal, etc.), batch processing and more.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
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 Wavosaur.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Audacity |
What's new? | See: https://www.wavosaur.com/history.php |
Latest comments |
zorro
on 2020-03-21 07:25
The update to 1.4.0.0 applies only for the x86-version - interestingly the x64-version remains at 1.3.0.0 (last update 06.12.2016!)
freakazoid
on 2020-03-21 18:15
@zorro - Looks like the Wavosaur team updated the x64 version after you mentioned it :)
fcomer
on 2022-07-16 20:39
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Great software! The real time effects support is what sets it apart from Audacity. I wish it was open source though... |
CSVFileView is a simple spreadsheet viewer/converter utility for comma-separated value (CSV) or tab-delimited file. You can sort the lines according to one of the fields, remove unwanted fields and change their order and then save the result back into CSV file, tab-delimited file, XML file, or HTML report.
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 ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CSVFileView.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | CSVed |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
__philippe
on 2017-04-17 12:04
CSVfileView v2.31 released 16-APR-2017
__philippe
on 2017-11-25 14:03
CSVFileView 2.37 released 23-NOV-2017
hamasaki
on 2020-10-01 01:26
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Great little program, which I've used for ages. Nice and fast. Great for viewing CSV files quickly. |
Extra Keys helps you to type many letters and symbols that may not appear on your keyboard, including accented characters for French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Scandinavian languages, as well as many other special symbols.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch extrakeys.exe (for 32-bit OS) or extrakeys-x64.exe (for 64-bit OS). |
Similar/alternative apps: | Free Virtual Keyboard |
What's new? | See: https://www.deeproot.co.uk/blog/tag/extra-keys/ |
Latest comments |
juverax
on 2023-05-16 10:06
Lexilogos (online service, but downloadable ) has currently 177 different keyboards.
AndTheWolf
on 2023-06-24 16:04
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Your link points to https://www.deeproot.co.uk/download.html, which does NOT contain a link to the the zip file. The link to the zip file, which "Includes all editions Extra Keys and Extra Keys Pro, both 32-bit and 64-bit", is located in https://www.deeproot.co.uk/extrakeys_downloads.html |
Greenfish Icon Editor Pro is a tool for creating icons, animated or static cursors and other small images. Can extract icons and cursors from executable files and icon libraries, batch convert image files to icons or other image formats and supports advanced selection handling (marquee, lasso and wand tools, saving/loading selections from files). Offers various gradient styles for filling shapes, and includes many filters such as remove matte, drop shadow, inner/outer glow and bevel etc.
The program opens and saves in ICO, CUR, ANI, PNG, XPM, BMP, JPEG, WebP and TGA formats and creates icons and cursors up to 256x256 @ 32-bit, which can also be PNG-compressed for use in Vista and above.
Include Greenfish Image Converter (for processing TIFF and SVG files), which requires .NET Framework 3.5.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder). Alternatively, a PortableApps version is also available: Greenfish Icon Editor Pro Portable.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch gfie.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
thepiney
on 2013-06-18 21:24
When you click the download link, a page opens with the download, just un-check the "Use our download manager and get recommended downloads" box. You'll get the zip file that you want. My Avast keeps blocking the site/file so I just disabled. After download I checked using VirusTotal and comes up clean.
billon
on 2017-04-06 10:17
If you want load/save WebP under XP, DL v.0.5.0 -
Pendrive
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Greenfish Icon Editor Pro 4.0 |
Open Hardware Monitor tracks the temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of your computer.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Dependencies: | .NET Framework 4.5 or later |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: |
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Stickies work like customizable post-it notes with available styles, fonts, colors and buttons. Notes can be resized or snapped to the edges of other notes to keep them lined up. They can also act as reminders when hidden for a period, until a specified date and time, even upon waking every day, week, or month.
Alternatively, Stickies Portable is available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | 7 Sticky Notes, Stickypaper |
What's new? | See: https://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/versions.html |
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pipperu
on 2019-12-26 19:00
In order to use old version notes with the new 10.0a version you hve to UPGRADE from old version to the new 10.0a. You can NOT restore the working folder from a backup because v10.0a uses SQLITE.
Pendrive
on 2022-03-25 15:30
I'm not convinced that the following instructions are sufficient:
Andrew Lee
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@Pendrive: Thanks! I have verified your correction and updated the database entry. |
FolderChangesView monitors the folder, disk drive, or even remote network share to see every file that is being modified, created, or deleted. Requires read permissions to the selected drive/folder.
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 ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FolderChangesView.exe. |
What's new? |
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Specular
on 2019-08-27 09:52
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Particularly useful since it keeps a log in the main window of files that get deleted immediately following creation, which allows one to see more of what is occurring than merely looking at files that have remained searchable on the disk. |
PopMan is an email management tool that notifies of new mail and previews received mail on your server. Unwanted mail can be deleted directly from the server without having download them.
The program includes rules and blacklists to manage email and supports both POP3 and IMAP4 protocols.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / 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 PopMan.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary languages and themes. |
Similar/alternative apps: | nPOP, nPOPuk, POP Peeper |
What's new? | See: http://ch-software.de/popman/changelog1.3.htm |
Latest comments |
Ennovy
on 2016-03-09 15:10
@Kea: added Win10 to system requirements. Tested in Windows 10 and works fine!
smaragdus
on 2016-03-09 21:31
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PopMan is great but unfortunately it seems to be abandoned. There is one thing I don't like about it- PopMan doesn't support Unicode. |
MultiMonitorTool allows a variety of monitor setting tweaks including disable/enable monitors, set primary monitor, save/load all monitors configs and move windows from one monitor to another. The program also provides a preview window, which allows you to view a preview of all attached monitors.
Command-line features are available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / 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 MultiMonitorTool.exe. |
What's new? |
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fpelletier
on 2012-07-18 15:32
As I use the rotate monitor multiple times a day, it would be great to control monitor rotation too.
fpelletier
on 2012-07-18 15:37
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Without playing with it, it seems to me that if I take the time to do the math, that the Left-Top and Right-Bottom field values will control rotation, however, it is currently a bit cumbersome. If there were a toolbar button for clockwise and another for counter-clockwise, that would be great. Oh, BTW, great tool! |
WizFile is a near-instant search utility for finding files and folders. Results can be sorted by name, size or date and file type (audio, video, image, compressed etc.). The program supports wildcards, AND/OR operations and much more.
The program rapidly searches NTFS-formatted drives using the Master File Table feature so it's ready for use very quickly after launch. The program also supports non-NTFS formatted drives and network shares (e.g. //servername/sharename), monitoring for file changes and making search results visible in real-time.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use/Donationware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Everything, UltraSearch, SwiftSearch |
What's new? | See: https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/whats-new |
Latest comments |
Special
on 2020-11-26 15:15
With v3.00, It now "phones home" even when check for updates are disabled, why? Previous versions did not "phone home" and my settings have not changed. So either this is a bug with the auto-update check or the dev have decided to start collecting user "telemetry" without user consent, nor any way to opt out of this. So stick with v2.06 if this bothers you.
PAFuser
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Now available under portableapps.com. But, had to change link to 3.07 from 4.07. Hopefully will be corrected soon. New listing is for 3.37 also an error. |
WeatherMate gives you instant access to current weather conditions and forecasts for tens of thousands of locations worldwide. The program includes a customizable interface, radar images, severe weather alerts, a variety of maps and can even speak the weather. Temperature can be displayed in Celsius or Fahrenheit and various weather forecast formats are available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WeatherMate4.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | sWeather |
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__philippe
on 2016-03-21 11:20
WeatherMate v4.4 released as of 20-MAR-2106
__philippe
on 2018-04-01 15:39
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WeatherMate v4.10 released 31-MAR-2018 |
Notepad3 is an feature-rich, accessible replacement for the original Windows Notepad with a variety of text modification tools for both complex text edition and programmers. The program enables code folding, bracket matching, automatic indentation, word auto-completion, character encoding conversion, column selection, multiple undo or redo, and bookmarks.
The program also includes a regular expression-based find and replace individual files and batch operations. It supports filename and content searches with reports and many file filters.
The program is the unofficial successor to the Notepad2 program, built from its source code as well as Scintilla and MiniPath on code from metapath.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP packages {inside the ZIP} and extract x86 or x64 (for 64-bit OS) to a folder of your choice. Launch Notepad3.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Notepad2, Ted Notepad |
What's new? | See: https://www.rizonesoft.com/downloads/notepad3/update/ |
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webfork
on 2018-03-15 21:09
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ripu: it has encryption+master password, more encoding options, more visual customizations, and lots of small updates/fixes. I haven't tested stealth status. |
SSuite CleverNote PIM is a comprehensive application that includes an intuitive working environment for managing notes, ideas, lists and events into one place.
Available Features:
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
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 CleverNote.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | EssentialPIM Free, MSD Organizer Freeware |
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FileHandler
on 2022-12-29 01:56
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Was unable to download it. |
AutoIt is a BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks or perform user interface testing.
Users new to the program are encouraged to read an introduction (thanks guinness.)
Note: the outdated (from 2012) AutoIt Portable allows you to create a portable environment of SciTE4AutoIt3 and AutoIt together, as well as cleaning AppData and opening the program editor with sample scripts (also thanks to guinness).
A 64 bit version is available (within the folder).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Every time one compiles a script (at least through SciTE=>Tools=>Build) it creates the folder "%LocalAppData%\AutoIt v3\" (specifically "%LocalAppData%\AutoIt v3\Aut2exe") for temp files. But since the files are temporary (only existing during compilation) the folder is at least usually empty. See bug report. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | AutoHotkey |
What's new? | See: https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/history.htm |
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Mawg
on 2023-10-17 09:26
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I downloaded this and the linked portable SciTE4AutoIt3. I put the latter into a subdirectory of this (named SciTE4AutoIt3), and when I run `AutoIt3.exe HelloWorld.au3` from the AutoIt directory, I get a pop-up "It Appears AutoIt Portable was unable to load the SciTEGlobal.properties". How do I configure things? |
OpenSaveFilesView displays the list of files that you previously opened with the standard Windows open/save dialog-box. The program shows a variety of details including filename, extension, order (the order that the files were opened for every file extension), open time (available only for the last opened file of every file type), file modified/created time, file size and file attributes.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
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 OpenSaveFilesView.exe. |
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Crypto Notepad is a simple, notepad-like text editor that encrypts saved files. Other features include font and color customization, word wrap, shortcut keys, and auto-lock on minimize. You can press the lock icon to hide information without closing the application (will switch to a password prompt).
Utilizes the AES encryption algorithm with available 128, 192, and 256 key sizes.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1+ |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | MIT License |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Crypto Notepad.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | fSekrit, Steganos LockNote |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/Crypto-Notepad/Crypto-Notepad/wiki/Release-Notes |
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webfork
on 2017-02-13 22:52
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@Hawk: no but feel free to request that feature on the github site. Author is fairly responsive. |
PhotoDemon is a fast, feature-rich photo editor with rotate, resize, crop, etc. and a variety of color, contrast, filters and other graphics tools. The program also allows adding text, a metadata viewer/editor, on-canvas paint tool, layers, screenshot too, and works with common graphics formats including BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIFF, PSD, JP2, JXR, PPM, TGA and WEBP.
The program also supports macro edition and batch processing.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | BSD license |
How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PhotoDemon.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | LazPaint, paint.net |
What's new? |
See: https://photodemon.org/news/ |
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PhotoDemon
on 2020-09-11 16:28
Hi Zorro. PhotoDemon developer here. PD shouldn't have any new dependencies between v7 and v8. (In fact, its system dependencies haven't really changed since the Windows XP era!)
zorro
on 2020-09-20 14:01
Hi PhotoDemon ;-) - just wanted to send you a screenshot of the message appearing when I try to start the program... but PhotoDemon updated itsself and now the problem is gone. Means version 8.2 is working like a charm (and like old version 7.0) on my machine. Thanks for so much backwards-compatibility!
PhotoDemon
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Thank you so much for the follow-up, Zorro! My favorite bugs are the ones that fix themselves. :D |
CSV Buddy adds additional functionality to the widely-supported basic spreadsheets known as Comma-Separated Value (CSV) files. The program allows the edition of a variety of formats, import/export, reorder, merge and more. Tasks can be automated with scripting commands.
Works with comma-delimited, tab-delimited and other CSV-type files. A 64-bit version is included. Written using AutoHotKey.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes. Unicode support in 64-bit version. |
License: | Apache License, Version 2.0 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CSVBuddy-x_x-32-bit.exe or CSVBuddy-x_x-64-bit.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | CSVFileView |
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LICEcap can capture an area of your desktop and save it directly to animated GIF files. Features include: move the screen capture frame while recording, pause and restart recording, with optional inserted text messages, global hotkey (Shift+Space) to toggle pausing while recording, adjustable maximum recording framerate, basic title frame, with or without text, record mouse button presses, display elapsed time in the recording.
You can run multiple LICEcap window simultaneously, even of another LICEcap.
Cross-platform with a version available for Mac OS.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | GifCam |
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Cornflower
on 2018-01-18 11:41
This is excellent! I'm already creating demos with it.
Ennovy
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The website announces the release of version 1.32 for Windows: https://www.cockos.com/licecap/licecap132-install.exe |
FastStone Photo Resizer is a batch image converter/resizer that enables users to convert, rename, resize, crop, rotate, change color depth, add text and watermarks to many images at one go. Supports file renaming and a conversion preview is available before processing.
Any set of conversion settings can be saved for future use.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FSResizer.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ImBatch |
What's new? | See: https://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm#History |
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MIKLO
on 2013-08-03 12:51
I've been using the FS Image viewer for some time and it is a very useful app that I use all the time, I hope to get the same usefulness from this new program.Thanks for the hard work.
Checker
on 2013-08-03 16:17
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@ MILKO: It was entered to the TPFC-database in January, 2007 ... so I won't call it a "new" program. |