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calibre v7.9 Updated

Ennovy on 19 Apr 2024
  • 403MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 19 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by I am Baas

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 Alternatively, Calibre Portable and an outdated X-calibre, as well as a WinXP-compatible version are also available.

Category:
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
Latest comments
IndioBB on 2022-07-19 21:00

Calibre 6.x not runs on Vista / Win7 and Win8

Ennovy on 2022-07-21 03:41

Thanks IndioBB. I changed the entry accordingly

hamasaki on 2024-01-31 11:30

Also writes entries to "HKCU\Software\calibre".

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CudaText 1.213.0 Updated

Ennovy on 18 Apr 2024
  • 31MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 18 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by billon

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).

Category:
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
Latest comments
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

FileHandler on 2023-02-25 16:32

@Midas: Will happily do it, just give me a few days...

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CCleaner Free v6.23.11010 Updated Adware

Ennovy on 18 Apr 2024
  • 111MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 17 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by Ennovy

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.

Category:
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:
  1. Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Delete License.txt and unnecessary language files
  3. Launch CCleaner.exe or CCleaner64.exe (for 64-bit OS)

If the "Portable" ZIP package is not yet available:
  1. Download the installer and extract CCleaner.exe or CCleaner64.exe and necessary language files using 7-Zip to a folder of your choice
  2. Create a file named ccleaner.ini in the same folder
  3. Launch CCleaner.exe or CCleaner64.exe (for 64-bit OS)

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
Latest comments
Ennovy on 2022-08-27 15:06

I confirm writing to the registry (Windows 11):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Piriform
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Piriform

shiny on 2024-03-13 10:21

not allowed to run in my region. Goodbye=)

Midas on 2024-03-13 10:27

@shiny: knowing which region that is could help others...

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SyMenu v 8.01.8833 Updated

Ennovy on 17 Apr 2024
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 8 Mar 2023
  • Suggested by SymoPd

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.

Category:
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
Latest comments
smaragdus on 2016-08-01 14:15

As of 2016.08.01 Windows 10 is not officially supported:
http://www.ugmfree.it/SyMenuDownload.aspx

mimik on 2020-07-17 08:37

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!

hamasaki on 2024-04-16 22:15

Now at 8.01.8833

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Opal v1.3.1 Updated

Andrew Lee on 15 Apr 2024
  • 82MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by webfork

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.

Category:
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
Latest comments
FileHandler on 2023-03-29 02:52

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.

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Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition v124.0.2 Updated

SYSTEM on 13 Apr 2024
  • 451MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 3 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by Eu Gene Lim

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.

Category:
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/
Latest comments
PAFuser on 2020-06-11 12:24

64 bit system: save 181 MB by deleting firefox folder, and renaming firefox64 to firefox. Beta, standard, and ESR work fine.

AndTheWolf on 2022-09-22 14:45

Now at version 105

AndTheWolf on 2024-03-21 14:28

Now at version 124.0

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foobar2000 v2.1.4 Updated

Ennovy on 13 Apr 2024
  • 9MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 13 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by Barrette

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.

Category:
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:
  1. Download the installer and launch
  2. Select "Portable installation" and choose the destination folder
  3. Launch foobar2000.exe
Similar/alternative apps: 1by1, Boom, Winyl
What's new? See: https://foobar2000.org/changelog.
Latest comments
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.

Ennovy on 2023-04-26 16:12

@PAFuser: added the 64bit downloadlink, thanks.

freakazoid on 2023-06-10 00:59

PSA: For older users, use the 32-bit version of v2.0 for now.

v1.6 was 32-bit only and v2.0 has a 64-bit version. I upgraded to the 64-bit version of v2.0 and found that most of my custom components stopped working because the component does not have a 64-bit version yet.

Easiest way to get everything working again is to use the 32-bit version of v2.0 until all your favorite components have a 64-bit version.

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Google Chrome Portable v124.0.6367.61 Updated

Ennovy on 17 Apr 2024
  • 289MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 16 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by JohnTHaller

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.

Category:
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:
  • Some settings are tied to individual computers and are not portable, including certificates and passwords. See this thread for more information.
  • Optionally, to run in a more stealthy mode (that is not anonymous), start with --incognito to dismiss local history and cookies after program close.
Similar/alternative apps: X-Chromium, Slimjet
What's new? See: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Stable updates
Latest comments
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.

bitcoin on 2019-03-28 17:43

google sucks

Stephen Leibowitz on 2023-07-31 09:28

“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:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/12929150?hl=en#zippy=%2Cturn-memory-saver-on-or-off%2Ckeep-specific-sites-active

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MKVToolNix v83.0 New

lwc on 12 Apr 2024
  • 153MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 10 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by agam

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.

Category:
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 v3.2.10 New

Ennovy on 10 Apr 2024
  • 11MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 8 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by Midas

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.

Category:
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 v29.4 Updated

Ennovy on 10 Apr 2024
  • 11MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 10 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by gp_hbk

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.

Category:
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:
  1. Download and run the portable installer
  2. Options are provided to extract to the local PC, connected portable drives, cloud drives, and custom directories
  3. Launch Start.exe

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
Latest comments
ihateyou on 2013-03-15 21:39

The PortableApps Platform has been updated (a few times) since this was last updated.
I believe the current version is 11.2 (also there is a version 12 beta, I think its Beta 2)

Please update this listing!

webfork on 2013-03-16 15:13

ihateu: checker got it

shnbwmn on 2018-05-10 03:26

Latest version (v15.0) now supports .NET programs, the first of which appears to be KeePass Professional (or 2.x).

https://portableapps.com/news/2018-05-09--keepass-professional-portable-2.39-released

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RegCool v2.000 Updated

Ennovy on 8 Apr 2024
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 8 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by JohnW

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:

  • Multiple undo and redo
  • Search and replace
  • Compare registries
  • Cut, copy and paste
  • Drag and drop
  • Easy and flexible Favorites management
  • Editing .reg and .hive-Files in Offline Mode
  • Registry Snapshot
  • Backup and restore
  • Defragment.
RegCool runs on all Windows versions from Windows Vista onwards and is available in multiple languages.

Category:
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?
  • Added Light, Dark and use Windows display mode
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Minor GUI improvements

DesktopOK v11.19 Updated

Andrew Lee on 8 Apr 2024
  • 674KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 3 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by JohnW

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:

  • Interface tools include reducing clutter with a minimize-to-tray by right clicking on a window close button, mouse hiding and ability to hide desktop icons after a period of inactivity (click on the desktop to make them re-appear). You can even modify default icon spacing.

  • Window management tools include scrolling any window that your mouse hovers over (not just what's in focus) and alt+drag (for moving windows without having to hold your cursor over the top bar).

Category:
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:
  • The program is in German: If not automatically set to the English, click the by clicking the flag in the lower left corner of the window for any of 24 world languages.
  • It saves to AppData: If you don't create an empty text file, it writes to %APPDATA%/DesktopOK/DesktopOK.ini. If you accidentally skipped this step, you can simply move this file over to the application folder.
Similar/alternative apps: AltDrag, ICU
What's new? See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK/History
Latest comments
AndTheWolf on 2021-06-20 20:41

Now at version 8.98

AndTheWolf on 2022-02-04 18:47

Now at version 9.61

Pendrive on 2023-09-22 06:45

v11.11

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IrfanView v4.67 Updated

gbrao on 5 Apr 2024
  • 6MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 5 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

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.

Category:
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:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Optionally, delete iv_uninstall.exe
  3. Launch i_view32.exe or i_view64.exe (for 64-bit OS)
Note: Optionally, for more advanced support download the plugins ZIP package and extract the contents to the Plugins sub-folder. Plugins add more than 20 megs to the size and support for more graphics, audio, video and more. Plugins for OCR and PDF tools are available as a separate download -- see the thread in forums on how to enable them with portable installations.
Similar/alternative apps: XnView, Imagine, FastStone Image Viewer
What's new? See: https://www.irfanview.com/main_history.htm
Latest comments
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 on 2024-04-05 13:40

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).

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KeyNote NF v1.9.2.01 Updated

Ennovy on 2 Apr 2024
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 1 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by joby_toss

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.

Category:
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
Latest comments
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 on 2024-01-28 15:52

Been using it for over a decade. Elaborate export feature that turns tree branches into headings, customizable key shortcuts, BG-colors, fonts, icons...
And with recent improvements, it got better than ever. Lots of hidden features, if you take the time to dig deeper.

Alternative margins, for instance, to name just one example. You set them up in keynote.ini, then toggle them on via View > Alternative Margins. Allows to set up a distraction-free writing area with plenty of white space left and right, when coupled with hidden sidebars.

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TreeSheets Apr 5 2024 Updated

Ennovy on 5 Apr 2024
  • 11MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 5 Apr 2024
  • Suggested by I am Baas

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).

Category:
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:
  1. Download and extract windows_treesheets_no_installer.zip to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch TreeSheets.exe -p
Similar/alternative apps: XMind
What's new? See: https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets/releases
Latest comments
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/

Thanks to the author and portablefreeware.com

Ennovy on 2023-04-05 06:35

Version Apr 4 2023 download ZIP file instead of installer: https://github.com/aardappel/treesheets/releases/download/4612737023/windows_treesheets_no_installer.zip

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Notepad++ v8.6.5 Updated

SYSTEM on 30 Mar 2024
  • 21MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 30 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

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.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract:
  1. Download the "Portable" ZIP or 7z package according to your OS and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Delete unnecessary localization files
  3. Launch notepad++.exe
Similar/alternative apps: AkelPad, PSPad, EditPad Lite
What's new? Changelog at: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/.
Latest comments
Pendrive on 2021-12-08 16:48

Where is this "v8.1.9.3"?

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

@PAFuser

Things have changed a bit, can you make something happen by tweaking settings in Backup & Multi Instance... looking at the changelog some settings have been tweaked regarding Sessions???

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Mp3tag v3.25 Updated

Ennovy on 28 Mar 2024
  • 9MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by tedpoe

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.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and launch
  2. When prompted, select "Portable Installation" and "install" to a folder of your choice
  3. Delete Mp3tagSetup.ini, unnecessary language files and flag icons
  4. Launch Mp3tag.exe
Similar/alternative apps: TagScanner, Kid3
What's new? See: https://www.mp3tag.de/en/changelog.html.
Latest comments
JudyGarland on 2021-03-25 17:50

[2021-02-05] CHG: minimum system requirements are now Windows 7 and a processor with SSE2 instruction set.
Too sad.

jenss on 2022-10-05 03:51

Download 64-bit
https://www.mp3tag.de/en/dodownload64.html

Andrew Lee on 2022-10-05 19:56

@jenss: 64-bit download link updated

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HWiNFO v8.00 Updated

gbrao on 27 Mar 2024
  • 12MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 27 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by Baas

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).

Category:
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/
Latest comments
DarkShadow on 2016-02-09 12:39

v5.20 (2016-02-09) released !

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.
MIKLO

DzejPy on 2023-10-15 06:13

From version 7 (2021-03-09) there are more licenses:
HWINFO 32 and DOS is freeware
HWINFO64 is freeware for personal and non-commercial use - for other uses there is the HWINFO64Pro version
see: https://www.hwinfo.com/download/ or https://www.hwinfo.com/version-history/

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WinScan2PDF v8.72 Updated

Andrew Lee on 26 Mar 2024
  • 206KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 12 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by Emka

WinScan2PDF is a very small program for scanning documents and saving them on your computer as a PDF by using any installed scanner.

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 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.
Latest comments
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.

MIKLO on 2017-08-26 14:06

@__philippe thanks for the help I appreciate very much.
MIKLO

Emka on 2019-07-30 01:11

@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.

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LibreOffice Portable v24.2.1 Updated

Andrew Lee on 24 Mar 2024
  • 776MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 20 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by JohnTHaller

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:

  • Still - more tested and stable but with fewer features/capabilities
  • Legacy - for WinXP/Vista users (unsupported)

The program is cross platform with versions available for Mac, Linux/BSD (comes default with most distros) and supports a variety of extensions.

Category:
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/
Latest comments
CornHolio the Gringo on 2018-09-01 13:58

LibreOffice 5.4.7 is last ever version for WinXP

CornHolio the Gringo on 2020-08-28 22:29

LibreOffice 6.4.7 is last ever version for 6 series?
I guess soo

NunoEFSilva on 2021-05-01 12:41

The most capable Portable Freeware Office.
Pity it takes sooo long to load in old machines ... oh, well ... that's the price.
With very capable Word processor, spreadsheet (Calc), presentations (Impress), expression builder (Math, physics, chemistry, etc.), Drawing (vector) editor and dataBase, one only misses specialized apps like diagram (like Dia) and raster image editors (The GIMP, MyPaint, LazPaint) to build an office to rival (and maybe even best) M$ Office.

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AutoHotkey v2.0.12 Updated

Ennovy on 23 Mar 2024
  • 7MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 22 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by Jon Pajela

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.

Category:
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:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice.
  2. Launch AutoHotkeyU32.exe or AutoHotkeyU64.exe (for 64-bit OS).
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 on 2023-01-01 08:04

Latest download version 1: https://www.autohotkey.com/download/ahk.zip

Ennovy on 2023-02-12 08:41

v2 will be actively developed and v1 will be considered deprecated: https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=112989

Pendrive on 2023-06-19 07:22

I am not a fan but AutoHotkey 2.0.3 is here.

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EMDB v5.28 Updated

Andrew Lee on 24 Mar 2024
  • 8MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 19 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by MarkCo

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:
  1. Download and decompress the ZIP file.
  2. Extract setup.exe with nightly build of Universal Extractor to a folder of your choice. Delete Additional files.
  3. In that folder create a text file called emdb.cfg with the following content:
    [Paths]
    Backups = \Backups
  4. Run EMDB.exe
Similar/alternative apps: Ant Movie Catalog
What's new? See: https://emdb.eu/whats-new.html
Latest comments
hamasaki on 2017-10-12 02:47

It is not stealth, it adds an uninstall entry and a pile of registry keys.

Loreto on 2020-03-09 05:03

Viru detectedon 64bit file. I cannot download it.

Midas on 2020-03-10 10:11

@Loreto: EMDB has been in our database since 2016 and there have been no other such reports.

I'd advise you to try to download from the homepage and check any executables through virustotal.com/ before posting any scant reports...

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ArsClip v5.40 Updated

Ennovy on 19 Mar 2024
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 19 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by plastique

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

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.

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Xelitan Video Player v1.5 Updated

Ennovy on 16 Mar 2024
  • 29MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 16 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by Tomxe

Xelitan Video Player is a straightforward video player with lots of built-in video, audio and image decoders.

List of features:

  • comes with built-in decoders
  • supported video formats: MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, 3GP, WEBM and more
  • supported audio formats: MP3, OGG, M4A, WAV, MID and more
  • supported image formats: JPEG, PNG, PSD, TIF, BMP, GIF, WEBP, TGA and more
  • supported subtitle formats: SubRipper, TmPlayer, SubStation Alpha and more
  • configurable plaback speed (25% - 400%)
  • video filters
  • saving screenshots
  • supports playlists
  • can play videos directly from the web
  • no ads
  • full version

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?
  • better handling of playlists
  • bug fixes
Latest comments
Tomxe on 2024-02-10 11:20

New options in 1.4:
1) Video -> Movie thumbnails
2) Info -> Movie info

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RSS Guard v4.6.6 Updated

Ennovy on 15 Mar 2024
  • 232MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 15 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by smaragdus

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:
-> rssguard-3.5.9-565b07a-nowebengine-win64.7z
direct link: https://github.com/martinrotter/rssguard/releases/download/3.5.9/rssguard-3.5.9-565b07a-nowebengine-win64.7z

B.T.W.
program is working on Windows 32/64 bit.

Prompt24 on 2022-04-29 17:03

The best of many others. I recommend for sure. Thanks a lot.

kowcop on 2023-01-13 17:06

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

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1by1 v2.08 Updated

Ennovy on 10 Mar 2024
  • 224KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

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 2020-08-30 19:58

v1.97 just happens to be a download size of 197kb :)

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

version 2 is out, 199kb setup file, unzip & enjoy a great portable minimal player <3

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PhraseExpress v16.2.30 Updated

Ennovy on 9 Mar 2024
  • 171MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by JohnW

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
Latest comments
AndTheWolf on 2017-01-10 18:00

Most recent version is 12.0.124

Ennovy on 2017-01-10 18:30

@AndTheWolf: Thanks. The version history however is not updated

bartelsmedia on 2020-08-17 04:38

You can find the version history here:
Windows version:
https://www.phraseexpress.com/download/changelog/

Mac version:
https://www.phraseexpress.com/mac/download/changelog/

Enjoy!

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Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition v115.8.1 Updated

Ennovy on 6 Mar 2024
  • 449MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 5 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by Eu Gene Lim

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 on 2020-05-26 21:32

Another folder: /AppData/Local/Thunderbird/updates/31986B0A98BCC43C

i_messed_up on 2020-05-30 22:26

Also found this key in the registry: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thunderbird\Crash Reporter

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WizTree v4.19 Updated

Special on 5 Mar 2024
  • 13MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 5 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by I am Baas

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.
Looking at the manifest it says: AsInvoker, so i'm not sure why it would ask.

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 on 2023-08-26 14:44

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.

If it ain't broke...

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RisohEditor v5.8.1 Updated

Ennovy on 4 Mar 2024
  • 8MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 4 Mar 2024
  • Suggested by rbon

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
Latest comments
juverax on 2022-03-31 15:34

Softpedia download link (portable version): 404 Not found
But it is available at : https://github.com/katahiromz/RisohEditor/releases/download/5.7.1/RisohEditor-5.7.1-portable.zip

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Vivaldi v6.6 Updated

Ennovy on 29 Feb 2024
  • 204MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 29 Feb 2024
  • Suggested by Nh

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:
  1. Download and launch the installer
  2. Select "Advanced" and set "Installation Type" to "Install Standalone"
  3. Set "Destination Folder" to a folder of your choice and click "Accept and Install"
  4. Delete update_notifier.exe
  5. Launch vivaldi.exe
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.

BTW, Vivaldi Standalone still saves loads of settings to 'HKCU\Software\Vivaldi'.

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

...well, there's more - I launch Vivaldi with my own batch file:
@echo off
REG IMPORT vivaldi.reg
start /wait "" "Application/vivaldi.exe"
REG EXPORT HKCU\Software\Vivaldi vivaldi.reg /y
REG DELETE "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Vivaldi" /f
REG DELETE "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google" /f
RD %LocalAppData%\Vivaldi /s /q
DEL %USERPROFILE%\.vivaldi_reporting_data /f /q
exit
You see, there's also HKCU\Software\Google and - came with version 2.9 - the ".vivaldi_reporting_data" directly in the userprofile.
It's a pity, but nothing that can't be handled with a batch file. Of course the biggest drawback remains the hardware binding of extensions and some settings...

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Agent Ransack Lite v2022 Build 3425 Updated

Ennovy on 26 Feb 2024
  • 156MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 26 Feb 2024
  • Suggested by portackager

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:
  1. Download the "Portable" installer (either 32 or 64-bit) from the homepage under "Other Downloads"
  2. Extract to a folder of your choice
  3. Launch AgentRansack.exe
  4. When prompted, choose "Lite" (free)
Similar/alternative apps: DocFetcher, SearchMyFiles
What's new? See: https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/information/#version-history
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PapaiMark on 2022-07-10 21:58

125MB for a simple search file!!! Well, "FindIt" from 2005 does the same with only 800KB.

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TreeSize Free v4.7.2 Updated

gbrao on 23 Feb 2024
  • 46MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 23 Feb 2024
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

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:

  • Select "Help" and run "Check for Update...", wait for the popup message Uncheck the "Check for updates regularly" box
OR:

  1. Close the program
  2. Open GlobalOptions.xml in Notepad and look for the element CheckForUpdatesAutomatically
  3. Change True to False and save
  4. Launch TreeSizeFree.exe
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):
- The previous touch interface in Metro look has been removed. Instead, TreeSize Free uses the classic UI now and resizes the icons and fonts.
- The support for Windows Vista and Windows 7, as well as Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 has been discontinued with this release.
...

Ennovy on 2022-08-22 11:29

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.

gbrao on 2022-08-23 07:36

TreeSizeFree.exe
v4.5.3 = 7.5MB
v4.6.0 = 41MB !

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XnView v2.51.6 Updated

Ennovy on 20 Feb 2024
  • 21MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 20 Feb 2024
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

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:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Create a text file in the same folder called xnview.ini and paste in the following content:

    [Cache]
    SavingMode=1

    [Start]
    ParamsSavingMode=1
    SavingMode=1

  3. Launch xnview.exe

    Optionally, English speakers can delete the \Languages folder to save space.
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.
Dont have a pen/filler. Not a full img editor but very easy and has many options.
Fully work is done with xnview, mspaint(for pen) and PaintDotNet for layers.(except for the layers that xnview does not have, everything is easier with xnview)

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).
cheers

PAFuser on 2022-08-17 12:21

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).

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AM-DeadLink v6.0 Updated

Ennovy on 14 Feb 2024
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 14 Feb 2024
  • Suggested by xephyr69

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:
  1. Download the installer and launch
  2. Choose to install as a portable application in a folder of your choice
  3. Launch deadlink.exe
Similar/alternative apps: Xenu Link Sleuth
What's new?
  • Improved checking engine (will also handle Cloudflare protected pages correctly)
  • Bookmarks can be opened directly in the bookmark manager of the selected browser (this makes it simple to edit or delete bookmarks in the browser)
  • Changed shortcuts: Enter = Open URL, Ctrl+Enter = Open URL in bookmark manager
  • Exclusion list to exclude URLs from checking
  • New option: "Always on Top"
  • Sort bookmarks by error improved
  • New system requirement: Windows 10 (64bit) or higher
  • Many smaller improvements and fixes
Latest comments
smaragdus on 2015-04-08 17:26

@Ennovy
A bad piece of news. Even more- the AM-DeadLink history page has been removed and cannot be viewed only in Archive.Org- https://web.archive.org/web/20150316124157/http://aignes.com/deadlink_history.htm

Ennovy on 2015-04-08 18:01

@smaragdus
No idea what other changes have been made in version 4.7. The help file also doesn't include a what's new section.

smaragdus on 2016-05-28 15:09

@Checker
Please see my comment:
http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=81363#p81363

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File Attribute Changer v1.2.0.147 Updated

Ennovy on 14 Feb 2024
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 15 Jun 2022
  • Suggested by smaragdus

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
Latest comments
jenss on 2024-02-14 06:37

Release 11.30a - 28 January 2024 / Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 and 11 ARM
https://www.petges.lu/pubfiles/ac-11_30a-portable.exe

jenss on 2024-02-14 06:41

note that attribute changer support 32/64 bit

Ennovy on 2024-02-14 08:52

@jenss: Thanks, i added the downloadlink to the 64bit version

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Autoruns v14.11 Updated

Special on 9 Feb 2024
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Feb 2024
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

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:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Delete Autoruns64.dll, Autoruns64a.dll, Autoruns64a.exe, autorunsc.exe, autorunsc64.exe, autorunsc64a.exe and Eula.txt
  3. Launch Autoruns.exe or Autoruns64.exe
Similar/alternative apps: Startup Control Panel
What's new? See: https://docs.microsoft.com/sysinternals/#whats-new-rss
Latest comments
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?

dmiranda on 2021-04-24 23:08

It doesn't work on XP anymore

Ander22 on 2021-08-22 21:48

schemer > Stick with the older (pre-Microsoft) versions if you have them. The file-sizes on these newer ones are substancially larger...

Oh, come on—2.8 MB is "large"? Is this the '90s again? :?)

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FreeCommander XE 2024 Build 901 Updated

Ennovy on 6 Feb 2024

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
Latest comments
peter48 on 2019-07-12 04:25

I like this software but it has some bugs.

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 on 2022-01-11 13:04

FreeCommanderPortable_2022_Build_860.paf.exe available on author's website.

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Portable Start Menu v3.8 Updated

Ennovy on 6 Feb 2024
  • 6MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 5 Feb 2024
  • Suggested by USB_Kx

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:
  1. Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. The application is in the {app} folder
  3. Launch psmenu.exe
Similar/alternative apps: ASuite, PStart, SyMenu
What's new?
  • Automatic closing of programs improved
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Latest comments
starshakur on 2017-04-06 16:56

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.

hamasaki on 2020-10-21 21:18

Download links go to the wrong page.

hamasaki on 2020-10-21 21:31

Also, on extraction, there is no {app} folder. Files are in the root.

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AM-Notebook v7.0 Updated

Ennovy on 5 Feb 2024
  • 16MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 5 Feb 2024
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

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
Latest comments
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 on 2024-02-05 10:42

AM-Notebook version 7 released and now Freeware: https://www.aignes.com/note_history.htm
Run installer and install as a portable application onto your USB-Stick

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KeePass Professional v2.56 Updated

Special on 4 Feb 2024
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 4 Feb 2024
  • Suggested by Orca

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

The dependency is Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher:
https://keepass.info/help/base/faq_tech.html#sysreq2x

For TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 support, .NET 4.5 or higher is required:
https://keepass.info/news/n160309_2.32.html

For TLS 1.3 support, .NET 4.8 or higher is required:
https://keepass.info/news/n200910_2.46.html

AndTheWolf on 2023-02-11 15:16

Version 2.53.1, which closes a security hole, is now available.

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KeePass Classic v1.42 Updated

lwc on 3 Feb 2024

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 on 2016-10-19 11:43

@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.

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RIOT (Radical Image Optimization Tool) v2024.1 Updated

Andrew Lee on 26 Jan 2024
  • 12MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 23 Jan 2024
  • Suggested by ashghost

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:
  1. Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Create two empty text files: Riot.ini and Riot-external-tools.ini in that folder
  3. Launch Riot.exe
Similar/alternative apps: FileOptimizer
What's new? See: https://riot-optimizer.com/changelog/
Latest comments
Checker on 2013-08-20 17:22

@ Ruby: I changed to v0.5.0 again, but added a note.

juvera on 2013-10-11 23:40

Fortiguard running on their web server blocks all downloads.

Ennovy on 2023-12-25 12:44

The 32-bit version is still at v1.0.1, but the latest 64-bit version is 2023.12.0
See: https://riot-optimizer.com/download/
and changelog: https://riot-optimizer.com/changelog/

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PDF-XChange Editor v10.2.1.385 Updated

Special on 23 Jan 2024
  • 150MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 22 Jan 2024
  • Suggested by Midas

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.

Category:
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:
  • Disable most available "Pro" features via the File menu, select Preferences and choose Registration. Check the box "Hide all licensed features from toolbars and menus".
  • Additional language packs are available from the OCR language page. Extract these files to a temporary folder, launch the setup process and, when prompted, select the application folder (the same folder location as the PDFXEdit.exe).
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
Latest comments
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 on 2024-01-13 17:02

Microsoft Defender gives a false positive for PDF-XChange Editor:
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/company/news-press-events/view/312

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MiTeC XML Viewer v6.5.0

Ennovy on 18 Jan 2024
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 18 Jan 2024
  • Suggested by 4sydney

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
Latest comments
agam on 2016-12-19 12:24

sorry, it is not portable - wrotes settings to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MiTeC

billon on 2016-12-19 12:51

@agam:

DO NOT select "Persistent settings"

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Crow Translate v2.11.1

Ennovy on 4 Jan 2024
  • 54MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 4 Jan 2024
  • Suggested by Midas

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
vmars316 on 2021-10-25 18:11

Hmm...
It is missing a bunch of ".dll"s .

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 on 2022-05-12 02:42

There were no changes for a long time, and three more appeared in a short time. There is already version 2.9.5

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Everyone Piano v2.5.9.4

joby_toss on 24 Dec 2023
  • 13MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 14 Aug 2023
  • Suggested by joby_toss

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.

Category:
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:
  1. Download the ZIP package and unzip the installer to a folder of your choice.
  2. Extract the installer.
  3. Launch EveryonePiano.exe.
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 v2.3

Ennovy on 20 Dec 2023
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Nov 2023
  • Suggested by guinness

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
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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.
MIKLO

apometron on 2017-01-07 17:12

What a great application. I did loved it so much. And folks here at portablefreeware.com are so helpful. Thanks !!!! =DDD
Your friend,
Rodrigo Cesar Bagnara

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TeraCopy v3.17

Ennovy on 3 Dec 2023
  • 13MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 3 Dec 2023
  • Suggested by AntBond

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:
  • Download the installer and run teracopy.exe /extract from the command prompt to extract the files from the installer.
  • Copy all files to a folder of your choice.
  • Optionally delete TeraCopyService.exe.
  • Make sure an empty file called Portable is present (without the .txt extension; this should have been automatically created by the /extract command).
  • Note that the default EXE/DLL is the 64-bit version. If you are after the 32-bit version, they can be found in the 32-bit subfolder.
  • Launch TeraCopy.exe.
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 on 2022-07-14 10:34

You can run "teracopy.exe /extract" to get the contents of the installer without installing.

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ChromeHistoryView v1.53

Andrew Lee on 20 Nov 2023
  • 205KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 19 Oct 2022
  • Suggested by guinness

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.

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 ChromeHistoryView.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: BrowsingHistoryView
What's new?
  • Updated to read the history file of the latest Opera versions.
Latest comments
__philippe on 2017-03-15 12:28

ChromeHistoryView v1.30 realeased 14-MAR-2017

Changelog: Version 1.30
   "Added new columns: 'Transition Type' and 'Transition Qualifiers'."
   "You can read about the meaning of these fields here and here."

Since the Readme.txt file "here and here" pointers lead to...never-never land,
(and the equivalent *.chm help file entry generates some obscure error message)
the following real pointers might perhaps be more helpful in clarifying the added fields gist :

Transition Types explained:
https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/history

Transition Qualifiers explained:
https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/webNavigation

(Thanks @billon who obligingly provided alternative pointers in the What's new entry...;-)

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Resource Hacker v5.2.7

Ennovy on 19 Nov 2023

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?
  • In 5.2.7
  • fixed minor bugs in commandline scripts
  • In 5.2.6
  • fixed a bug incorrectly detecting text encoding
  • fixed several other minor bugs
Latest comments
MIKLO on 2016-10-09 14:10

Have been using for quite some time and really like this program. Thanks for a good program.
MIKLO

rbon on 2016-10-15 12:20

Resource Hacker new Beta in 'Portable' zip format.
Changes in 4.5.28
- Update: Numerous changes and improvements to command line support.
- Update: Filenames in resource scripts are no longer required to be enclosed within double quotes unless they contain
spaces.
- 'Portable' zip file: http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/resource_hacker_beta.zip

Ennovy on 2020-11-14 14:03

Changes in 5.1.8:
Added: Zooming/scrolling views of image resources
Update: Enabled scrolling for very tall dialogs
Bugfix: Very large binary resources (>>100Mb) could crash the hex editor
Bugfix: Occasional bug decompiling dialogs styles (WS_TABSTOP)
Bugfix: RC file missing when extracting a binary resource type from commandline

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BrowsingHistoryView v2.57

Ennovy on 13 Nov 2023
  • 592KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 13 Nov 2023
  • Suggested by Checker

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.

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 BrowsingHistoryView.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: MZHistoryView, IEHistoryView, ChromeHistoryView
What's new?
  • Updated to read the history file of the latest Opera versions.
Latest comments
pacofdez on 2019-01-20 08:26

Is it possible to see the history of applications that use the IWebBrowser2 interface of IE/Edge?
For example µIE: http://pacofdez.cf/mie

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CSVed v2.5.7

Ennovy on 7 Nov 2023
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 23 Jun 2023
  • Suggested by NewKreation

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:
  1. Download the "without installer" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch CSVed.exe
  3. Select Tools, Portable to enable portable mode
Similar/alternative apps: CSVpad, CSV Buddy, CSVFileView
What's new?
  • e-mail and web address modified.
Latest comments
__philippe on 2020-07-17 15:24

CSVed v2.5.5 (released 17-JUL-20)

Yet another mismatch between developer-stated version and internal PE id-tags:

C:\>sigcheck -a -q csved.exe

Verified: Unsigned
Link date: 00:22 20/06/1992
Publisher: n/a
Company: OostWestThuisBest (OWTB)
Description: CSV file editor
Product: CSVeditor
Prod version: 2.5.4
File version: 2.5.4.0
MachineType: 32-bit
Binary Version: 2.5.4.0
Original Name: CSVed
Internal Name: n/a
Copyright: SJ Francke
Comments: geen
Entropy: 7.907

Plus ça change, et plus c'est la même chose...:-(

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 on 2023-11-09 17:23

@user2100
Give a try instead to Nirsoft's CSVFileView https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2156
Fair warning: This might drive you to prove unfaithful to cranky old CSVed...;-)

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SoftMaker FreeOffice v2021 Rev 1068

rbon on 6 Nov 2023
  • 232MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Nov 2023
  • Suggested by Stone Tablet

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:
  1. Download and install
  2. Copy the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Softmaker Office 2021\ to a destination of your choice
  3. Uninstall the program
  4. In the destination folder, create two empty text files:

    portable.txt
    updater.ini

  5. Launch TextMaker.exe, PlanMaker.exe, or Presentations.exe

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 on 2022-11-17 08:31

There is also (with the same architecure) Ashampoo Free Office:
https://www.ashampoo.com/en-us/office-free
a related, a bit older (2012), but rather compact, full-fledged compatible office suite.
One might need to supply an e-mail (may be temp) to get a product key.
To make it portable one just needs to have a file called "portable.txt" in its folder.

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VLC v3.0.20

lwc on 11 Nov 2023
  • 121MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 31 Oct 2023
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

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:
  1. Download the latest (64 or 32 bit) ZIP or 7Z package
  2. Extract to a folder of your choice.
  3. Create subfolder called portable
  4. Launch vlc.exe.

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:
  1. https://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/
Latest comments
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.
I've therefore edited the entry to link to an official archive (more techy page) that always contains both the latest 64 and 32 bit versions (in both 7Z and regular ZIP).

PAFuser on 2022-03-07 20:48

Also available from PortableApps.com (32 bit). (64 bit can replace PortableApps 32 bit files.)

MoisheP on 2023-10-13 14:18

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.

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AquaSnap Personal Edition v1.24.0

Ennovy on 31 Oct 2023
  • 10MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 31 Oct 2023
  • Suggested by treis

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
Latest comments
webfork on 2016-06-05 00:03

Cool, thanks shnbwmn

Ennovy on 2016-09-26 09:50

With version 1.18 Windows XP and Vista are no longer supported

Ennovy on 2016-09-26 09:54

The latest version for Windows XP and Vista: http://www.nurgo-software.com/download/AquaSnap_1.17.1/AquaSnap.zip

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3D Youtube Downloader v1.20.1

rbon on 25 Oct 2023
  • 40MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 25 Oct 2023
  • Suggested by Napiophelios

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.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and launch
  2. Select Portable Installation and choose the destination folder
  3. Launch 3dyd.exe
Similar/alternative apps: YouTube Downloader HD, YouTubePal
What's new? See: https://yd.3dyd.com/changelog/details/
Latest comments
MIKLO on 2017-08-21 13:05

If it ain't free it ain't 4me..... jus sayin :)

MIKLO

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

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.

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Magnifixer v14.0

Andrew Lee on 24 Oct 2023
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 22 Oct 2023
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

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.

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 "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?
  • - (changed) Enable/Disable hotkey became systemwide
  • - (changed) Follow Caret functionality improved
  • - (changed) Show/Hide titlebar setting saved
Latest comments
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

Currently in my Win10 installation ctrl-G for showing/hiding Magnifixer is not globally available. Any idea on how to fix this?

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SumatraPDF v3.5.2

Ennovy on 25 Oct 2023
  • 12MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 25 Oct 2023
  • Suggested by Darkbee

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.

Category:
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
Latest comments
jenss on 2022-06-03 05:15

sumatra cannot read certain edited pdf documents
instead use sumatra prerelease :
https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/prerelease
or use another reader : ex adobe reader

jenss on 2022-06-03 05:19

older sumatra as 3.4.1 also with read problem
note : prerelease is not recommended as default reader !

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StrokesPlus v0.5.7.8

Andrew Lee on 21 Oct 2023
  • 61MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 20 Oct 2023
  • Suggested by I am Baas

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.)

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies:
  • Administrator rights are necessary for full functionality.
  • .NET Framework v4.8
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

Checker on 2014-01-22 18:47

@ AndTheWolf: Thanks for the info ... and sorry for the typo.

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TidyTabs Personal Edition v1.22.1

Ennovy on 18 Oct 2023
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 18 Oct 2023
  • Suggested by Ennovy

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.

Category:
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 v2.58

Ennovy on 8 Oct 2023
  • 13MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 8 Oct 2023
  • Suggested by Midas

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:

  • Cut/Copy/Paste keys and/or values.
  • Undo and redo registry modifications (except changing permissions).
  • Multiple local and remote registry windows.
  • Fast, non blocking search.
  • Whole search results are displayed in a list.
  • Multiple search results window.
  • Ability to search within previous search results narrowing down your search scope.
  • Ability to search for hidden keys.
All found items are displayed in a separate window as a list. You can jump to any found item in the Registry window or edit/delete items right in the Find Results window. Items in the Find Results window can be saved to file in .reg or .txt format.

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 2015-01-16 18:06

Hmmmm maybe a Russian dating site? lol
MIKLO

MIKLO on 2016-12-16 18:05

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 :)

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FastStone Image Viewer v7.8

Ennovy on 29 Sep 2023
  • 20MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 Sep 2023
  • Suggested by Widya Santoso

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
Midas on 2018-07-30 07:29

FYI, older versions still available, check forum topic.

g3ose on 2019-04-17 18:14

it is version 7.0 right now, is portable and free
great viewer, fast and lite. some good lossless transformations
use it as is, support is dead.
take care, thumbnail database is not big enough, optimisation of thumbnail database will clear most thumbs. resizing thumbnails will clear all database so using Tag section is completly useless. (tags are saved on thumbnail database)
Still one of top 3 in my image viewers.
it use SageThumbs https://sourceforge.net/projects/sagethumbs/
to manage .eps files

gcb43 on 2022-04-04 12:55

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.

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RegistryChangesView v1.30

Andrew Lee on 27 Sep 2023
  • 161KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 25 Sep 2023
  • Suggested by billon

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.

Category:
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?
  • Added option to change the sorting column from the menu (View -> Sort By). Like the column header click sorting, if you click again the same sorting menu item, it'll switch between ascending and descending order. Also, if you hold down the shift key while choosing the sort menu item, you'll get a secondary sorting.
  • Added 'Sort By' toolbar button.

CintaNotes v3.14

Ennovy on 11 Sep 2023
  • 8MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 11 Sep 2023
  • Suggested by AlexJenter

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.

Category:
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
Checker on 2013-09-18 14:48

@ wkm: Thanks ... and done.

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

Also available from Portable Apps: https://portableapps.com/apps/office/cintanotes-portable

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Xelitan PDF Reader v1.9

Ennovy on 8 Sep 2023
  • 8MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 8 Sep 2023
  • Suggested by tomxe

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.

Category:
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
__philippe on 2023-06-21 12:48

Thanks for including a changelog in pdf_reader_v16.zip !

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

Thanks for updating the listing!

Biggest changes:
- can read: PDF, CBZ, CBT, JPEG, TXT
- everything it can read it can save to: PDF, TXT, PNG, HTML

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QuickSetDNS v1.35

Andrew Lee on 8 Sep 2023
  • 124KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 5 Sep 2023
  • Suggested by Checker

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?
  • Updated to work properly in high DPI mode.
  • Added toolbar button for the 'Set Active DNS (IPv4+IPv6)' option.
  • Added 'Double-Click Action' (Under the Options menu), which allows you to choose what to do when you double-click an item: None, Edit DNS Server, Set Active DNS (IPv4), Set Active DNS (IPv4+IPv6), Open Adapter In RegEdit, Properties.
  • Added 'Enter Key Action' (Under the Options menu), which allows you to choose what to do when you press the Enter key: None, Edit DNS Server, Set Active DNS (IPv4), Set Active DNS (IPv4+IPv6), Open Adapter In RegEdit, Properties.
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

Nirsoft's DNS setting tool V1.20 release is perfectly timed to match
Steve Gibson's new v1.3.6668.0 DNS_Benchmark sidekick
https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1568

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OpenedFilesView v1.91

Andrew Lee on 3 Sep 2023
  • 105KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 1 Sep 2023
  • Suggested by milentechie

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?
  • Updated to work properly in high DPI mode.
  • Added 'Black Background' option (Under the View menu). When it's turned on, the main table is displayed in black background and white text, instead of default system colors.
Latest comments
Mark on 2011-02-20 09:13

There is a 64-bit version available:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ofview-x64.zip

MIKLO on 2016-05-12 14:49

A very helpful program thanks for the hard work to develop this.
MIKLO

misan on 2016-05-13 16:45

It's a ~ GUI for openfiles.exe.
Nir Sofer gives us so many (to many?!)~ GUIs.
TU.

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Textify v1.10.4

Ennovy on 1 Sep 2023
  • 763KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 1 Sep 2023
  • Suggested by I am Baas

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:
  1. Download the installer and launch
  2. From the Select type of the install drop-down menu, select Portable and click Next
  3. Select a folder and click Install
  4. Launch Textify.exe

OR

  1. Download the installer and extract everything except $PLUGINSDIR and uninstall.exe to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch Textify.exe
Similar/alternative apps: SysExporter
What's new? See: https://ramensoftware.com/downloads/textify_setup.exe?changelog.
Latest comments
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

Textify rel. 1.10.1 released at May 30, 2022.
Direct download setup (launch and choose Portable): https://ramensoftware.com/downloads/textify_setup.exe

AndTheWolf on 2022-06-27 19:44

Now at v1.10.2

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Process Explorer v17.05

Ennovy on 26 Jul 2023
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 26 Jul 2023
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

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:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Delete Eula.txt and procexp64a.exe
  3. Launch procexp.exe or procexp64.exe
Similar/alternative apps: Process Hacker
What's new? See: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/#whats-new-rss-icon
Latest comments
Mike.S.G. on 2022-10-30 13:53

Bummer, the new dark theme doesn't work with Windows 8.1 :(

bawldiggle on 2023-02-25 23:02

Requires Chrome/Chromium browsers to access home page

Mench59 on 2024-02-13 11:10

Hello, could someone tell me what the differences are with Process Hacker?
Thank you !

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Lintalist v1.9.22

lintalist on 22 Jul 2023
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 22 Jul 2023
  • Suggested by lintalist

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
Latest comments
hamasaki on 2020-04-11 21:41

Doesn't work unless I'm missing something. Change any setting, restart and it crashes.

hamasaki on 2020-04-12 11:12

As a follow up, I contacted the developer and this has been fixed.

hamasaki on 2021-08-08 12:37

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.

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EditPad Lite v8.4.2

Ennovy on 21 Jul 2023

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:
  1. Download and run the installer
  2. Select the 'Create Portable Installation' option
  3. Check 'treat all drives as removable drives' and save to a drive of your choice. The program will save to the root of that drive.
  4. Optionally, move EditPadLite from the drive root to a folder of your choice
  5. Launch EditPadLite8.exe
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."
You can however manually enter the path where to extract the program, so that you don't have to move the folder later

AndTheWolf on 2023-07-21 14:48

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.

Ennovy on 2023-07-21 15:39

@AndTheWolf: thanks for reporting this, I changed the downloadlink

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True Launch Bar v8.0

webfork on 17 Jul 2023
  • 17MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 1 Dec 2022
  • Suggested by Ennovy

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:

  • Grouping links into popup menus
  • Full support of Windows XP Visual Styles
  • Virtual Folders
  • Separators
  • The Recently accessed button
  • Thumbnails View
  • Hot keys
  • Running shortcuts without a click
  • Skins and plug-in support
  • Fast switching of toolbars
  • Related Links
  • Changing appearance of buttons, including support for Windows XP-style icons

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 v5.0.0.2843

Andrew Lee on 7 Jul 2023
  • 8MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 14 Oct 2018
  • Suggested by Jacob125

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?
  • Improved: Better compatibility with recent Windows 10 updates.
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

PortableApps.com released version 6.2.0.42: https://portableapps.com/news/2024-03-14--listary-portable-6.2.0.42-released

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7-Zip Portable v23.01

Ennovy on 28 Jun 2023
  • 6MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 27 Jun 2023
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

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
Latest comments
AndTheWolf on 2019-02-01 14:58

PortableApps.com came out with v18.06 yesterday.

hamasaki on 2024-02-01 12:21

Not stealth, stores data at HKCU\Software\7Zip

freakazoid on 2024-02-02 21:52

@hamasaki - It's stealth to me. I don't see anything written to HKCU\Software\7Zip.

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WordWeb Free v10.33

Andrew Lee on 28 Jun 2023
  • 41MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 8 May 2023
  • Suggested by motormaroon

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:
  1. Download the installer and launch
  2. Enter a destination folder of your choice
  3. Click on the Advanced options... button, and ensure the Install as portable app check box is selected
  4. The program will automatically launch but in the future, run wweb32.exe

Optionally, delete uninst.exe and launch
Similar/alternative apps: TheSage
What's new? See: https://wordweb.info/users.html
Latest comments
PAFuser on 2022-11-13 18:42

It appears 10.21 is current Free version, 10.23 is Pro version update.

Ennovy on 2022-11-14 00:40

@PAFuser: Thanks, I changed it back to 10.21 until the new free version is released

Pendrive on 2023-06-27 13:45

It is now at v10.33.

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POP Peeper v5.4.6

lwc on 7 Jul 2023
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 14 Jun 2023
  • Suggested by falrob

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:
  1. Download the ZIP package.
  2. Extract to a folder of your choice.
  3. Delete the folders Pro and Themes and the files PPconvert.exe and PpHelper.exe
  4. Launch POPPeeper.exe
  5. When prompted to "Store Data in my Application Data folder", select Store Data for Portability and then uncheck Run POP Peeper at Windows Startup
What's new? See: https://www.esumsoft.com/pop-peeper/versionhistory/
Latest comments
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].
anyone else facing the same ?

gbrao on 2021-02-26 00:02

Yahoo/AOL login errors (Oauth2 is required) - Feb 16, 2021

https://www.esumsoft.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=7597

"Yahoo and AOL accounts no longer support a normal password login. There are 2 alternatives you can use:
1) Oauth2
2) App passwords ..."

PAFuser on 2022-06-30 22:46

Version 5.4.1 is out.

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Revo Uninstaller Free v2.4.5

Ennovy on 7 Jun 2023
  • 33MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Jun 2023
  • Suggested by Island Boy

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

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 :)

MIKLO

Pendrive on 2023-06-06 17:46

Version is now at 2.4.5.

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Everything v1.4.1.1024

Ennovy on 26 May 2023
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 26 May 2023
  • Suggested by Drutt

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:

sort=Type
always_keep_sort=1

__philippe on 2019-01-26 04:54

Everything v1.4.1.932

Cumulative detailed changelog: https://www.voidtools.com/Changes.txt

Bruce on 2020-07-30 21:07

This is a great program. I've found very helpful tracking down misplaced or seemingly lost files.

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Wavosaur v1.8.0.0

Ennovy on 21 May 2023
  • 770KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 20 May 2023
  • Suggested by NewKreation

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

Great software! The real time effects support is what sets it apart from Audacity. I wish it was open source though...

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CSVFileView v2.64

Andrew Lee on 15 May 2023
  • 250KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 13 May 2023
  • Suggested by Checker

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?
  • Fixed issue: When copying data to the clipboard or exporting to tab-delimited file, every line contained an empty field in the end of the line.
Latest comments
__philippe on 2017-04-17 12:04

CSVfileView v2.31 released 16-APR-2017

Changelog :
• Added 'Align Numeric Columns To Right' option (under the Options menu).

Thanks Nir ...;-)

https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=86296#p86296

__philippe on 2017-11-25 14:03

CSVFileView 2.37 released 23-NOV-2017

Changelog:
- Fixed bug: CSVFileView failed to display properly csv lines with very long field.

hamasaki on 2020-10-01 01:26

Great little program, which I've used for ages. Nice and fast. Great for viewing CSV files quickly.

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Extra Keys v3.0.0

Andrew Lee on 24 Jun 2023
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 10 May 2023
  • Suggested by I am Baas

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.
See https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=104736

AndTheWolf on 2023-06-24 16:04

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

Andrew Lee on 2023-06-24 19:45

@AndTheWolf: Updated download links. Thanks!

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Greenfish Icon Editor Pro v4.2

SYSTEM on 23 Apr 2023
  • 65MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 21 Apr 2023
  • Suggested by risk

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?
  • New: Windows Explorer integration: metadata and thumbnail providers for all known image file formats
  • New: Customize keyboard shortcuts
  • New: Allow pasting a dropped image file for Explorer and Firefox clipboard interoperability
  • Improved: Show UI in appropriate colors if Windows is set to high-contrast mode
  • Improved: Different versions of GFIE can be installed and coexist on the same computer
  • Improved: Nicer thumbnails for small images
  • Improved: Faster random number generator
  • Fixed: Exif datetime was sometimes displayed incorrectly if time zone information was missing
  • Fixed: Program sometimes crashed when bucket tool was used on very large (>8000x8000) images
  • Fixed: Load/save failed for some NE/PE resources
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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 -
https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webp/index.html

Pendrive on 2022-10-08 10:28

Greenfish Icon Editor Pro 4.0

Oct 2, 2022

Greenfish Icon Editor Pro (GFIE Pro) is a powerful FREEWARE image editor, especially suitable for creating icons, cursors, animations and icon libraries.

Latest stable release (4.0):
Windows 64-bit (installer)
Requires Windows 7 or newer
Windows 64-bit (portable version)
Requires Windows 7 or newer

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Open Hardware Monitor v0.9.6 Beta

lwc on 7 Jul 2023
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 27 Dec 2020
  • Suggested by lwc

Open Hardware Monitor tracks the temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of your computer.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Dependencies: .NET Framework 4.5 or later
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package.
  2. Extract to a folder of your choice.
  3. Launch OpenHardwareMonitor.exe.

Stickies v10.1d

Ennovy on 4 Apr 2023

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:
  1. Download the installer and install to the default folder
  2. Copy folder Stickies to your preferred place
  3. Uninstall the program
  4. Create 2 empty files called stickies.ini and stickies.db in the application folder
  5. Launch stickies.exe
Similar/alternative apps: 7 Sticky Notes, Stickypaper
What's new? See: https://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/versions.html
Latest comments
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:
How to extract:
1 Download the installer and install to the default folder.
2 Copy folder Stickies to your preferred place.
3 Uninstall the program.
4 Create an empty file called stickies.ini in the application folder.
5 Launch stickies.exe.

I think 4 should be:
4 Create two empty files called stickies.ini and stickies.db in the application folder.

Andrew Lee on 2022-03-26 06:54

@Pendrive: Thanks! I have verified your correction and updated the database entry.

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FolderChangesView v2.35

Andrew Lee on 31 Mar 2023
  • 139KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 29 Mar 2023
  • Suggested by lautrepay

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?
  • Added 'Black Background' option (Under the View menu). When it's turned on, the main table is displayed in black background and white text, instead of default system colors.
  • Added option to change the sorting column from the menu (View -> Sort By). Like the column header click sorting, if you click again the same sorting menu item, it'll switch between ascending and descending order. Also, if you hold down the shift key while choosing the sort menu item, you'll get a secondary sorting.
  • Added 'Sort By' dropdown to the toolbar.
  • Updated to work properly in high DPI mode.
Latest comments
rodger123 on 2012-09-23 01:17

Crashes and locks up My PC in every version I have tried.

Sinchu on 2016-12-03 02:34

Just another great program from Nirsoft..very handy.

Specular on 2019-08-27 09:52

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.

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PopMan v1.3.18

Ennovy on 24 Mar 2023
  • 8MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 23 Mar 2023
  • Suggested by Darren Blake

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

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.

JudyGarland on 2018-11-04 15:31

- is not a valid win32 application

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MultiMonitorTool v2.10

Andrew Lee on 17 Mar 2023
  • 278KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 13 Mar 2023
  • Suggested by Checker

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?
  • Added 'Short Monitor ID' column. You can use the value displayed in this column in all command-line options.
  • Added 'Use Short Monitor ID as Name' to the 'Copy /SetMonitors Command Mode' option.
Latest comments
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

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!

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WizFile v3.09

Andrew Lee on 28 Feb 2023
  • 17MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 Feb 2023
  • Suggested by smaragdus

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:
  1. Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Delete unnecessary locales
  3. Launch WizFile.exe or WizFile64.exe
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.

Nh on 2021-01-08 03:25

There is still no simple thing - a type/extension column.

PAFuser on 2021-12-21 16:48

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.

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WeatherMate v4.20

rbon on 5 Feb 2023
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 7 Jan 2023
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

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.

Category:
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
What's new? Bug fixes:
  • The current conditions could not be displayed on some PCs running Windows 7.
Latest comments
__philippe on 2016-03-21 11:20

WeatherMate v4.4 released as of 20-MAR-2106

Changelog: http://ravib.com/wm/relnotes.htm

PAFuser on 2018-03-27 20:31

Version 4.9 available on site.

__philippe on 2018-04-01 15:39

WeatherMate v4.10 released 31-MAR-2018

Changelog: http://ravib.com/wm/relnotes.htm

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Notepad3 v6.23.203.2 Updated

juverax on 6 Feb 2024
  • 6MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 3 Feb 2023
  • Suggested by webfork

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.

Category:
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/
Latest comments
ripu on 2018-03-11 11:18

Is it stealth?

ripu on 2018-03-11 11:19

What are its advantages over Notepad2?

webfork on 2018-03-15 21:09

ripu: it has encryption+master password, more encoding options, more visual customizations, and lots of small updates/fixes. I haven't tested stealth status.

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SSuite CleverNote PIM v2.6.2.2

Ennovy on 29 Dec 2022
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 10 Dec 2017
  • Suggested by NunoSilva

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:

  • A To-Do list for everyday tasks, chores, and activities
  • An address book to keep all your contacts in one place
  • A very useful calendar diary to view all your appointments in
  • A personal finance manager to keep you economically viable
  • A travel expenses record keeper with custom reporting for people on the move
  • A briefcase container to keep all your personal documents with you at all times
  • A notebook editor for reminders, personal notes, and short articles clipped from the web.

Category:
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
Latest comments
FileHandler on 2022-12-29 01:56

Was unable to download it.
Apparently, a known problem with Cloudflare. The following instructions did not solve the error, but maybe it will help others:
https://appuals.com/cloudflare-error-1020-access-denied/

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AutoIt v3.3.16.1

lwc on 7 Jan 2024
  • 29MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 19 Sep 2022
  • Suggested by Klaatu

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).

Category:
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:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice.
  2. Launch AutoIt3.exe or AutoIt3_x64.exe (for 64 bit OS).
  3. Optionally download an enhanced version of the built-in editor.
Similar/alternative apps: AutoHotkey
What's new? See: https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/history.htm
Latest comments
Pendrive on 2022-03-08 18:20

v3.3.16.0

Pendrive on 2022-12-02 21:23

v3.3.16.1 released some time ago (19 September, 2022).

Mawg on 2023-10-17 09:26

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?

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OpenSaveFilesView v1.16

Andrew Lee on 15 Nov 2022
  • 109KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 14 Nov 2022
  • Suggested by Checker

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.

Category:
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.
What's new?
  • Added "Don't Load Icons" option. When it's turned on, OpenSaveFilesView doesn't load the icon of every filename.
  • Added command-line option to set the "Don't Load Icons" option:
  • OpenSaveFilesView.exe /DontLoadIcons 1
  • You should turn on the "Don't Load Icons" option if OpenSaveFilesView crashes with exception in combase.dll
Latest comments
DarkShadow on 2015-10-30 20:06

@billon: 32-bit download still gives you v1.07 !

Checker on 2015-10-30 20:09

@DarkShadow: That's why I presently didn't update to v1.08 ;)

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Crypto Notepad v1.7.3

Andrew Lee on 10 Sep 2022
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Sep 2022
  • Suggested by smaragdus

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.

Category:
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
Latest comments
Hawk on 2017-02-13 14:20

Don't have tabs?

webfork on 2017-02-13 22:52

@Hawk: no but feel free to request that feature on the github site. Author is fairly responsive.

vmars316 on 2018-12-20 14:40

Couldn't open zip file , had to use 7z .

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PhotoDemon v9.0

Special on 8 Sep 2022
  • 30MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 8 Sep 2022
  • Suggested by I am Baas

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.

Category:
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/
Latest comments
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!)

If the app was working for you in the past but it doesn't now, please get in touch so I can investigate. Contact info here: https://photodemon.org/about/contact/

No .NET libraries are required by PD or any of the 3rd-party libraries it uses, but like all Windows apps, it does require *some* system libraries to be present. This includes the VB runtimes built into Windows 8.1 and 10 (full list here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-basic-6/visual-basic-6-support-policy#runtime-definition). If a determined user manually removes those libraries, PD is unlikely to run. I'm afraid I don't have a way to prevent this. :(

Thank you in advance for any follow-up information you can provide. I no longer have a Windows 8.1 system available for testing, but if I've somehow broken PD on it, I'd love to fix it as quickly as I can.

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 on 2020-09-21 15:49

Thank you so much for the follow-up, Zorro! My favorite bugs are the ones that fix themselves. :D

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CSV Buddy v3.0

lwc on 22 Dec 2022
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 18 Jul 2022
  • Suggested by JnLlnd

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.

Category:
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
What's new?
  • User interface improved with configurable fonts, screen scaling support
  • Automate tasks with scripting commands
  • Merge existing fields in new fields at load time or with the user interface

LICEcap v1.32

Andrew Lee on 5 Jul 2022
  • 444KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 8 Jun 2022
  • Suggested by I am Baas

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.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract licecap.exe to a folder of your choice
  2. In this folder, create an empty text file and rename it to licecap.ini
  3. Launch licecap.exe
Similar/alternative apps: GifCam
What's new?
  • Windows: Prevent positioning window offscreen [issue 72]
  • Windows: sign installer/executable
Latest comments
Checker on 2015-08-27 19:22

@smaragdus: Thanks ... and updated ;)

Cornflower on 2018-01-18 11:41

This is excellent! I'm already creating demos with it.
Of the 2017 utilities, I use this one and Calculor the most.

Ennovy on 2022-07-05 11:04

The website announces the release of version 1.32 for Windows: https://www.cockos.com/licecap/licecap132-install.exe

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FastStone Photo Resizer v4.4

Ennovy on 16 Jun 2022
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 15 Jun 2022
  • Suggested by Widya Santoso

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.

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 FSResizer.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: ImBatch
What's new? See: https://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm#History
Latest comments
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.
MIKLO

Checker on 2013-08-03 16:17

@ MILKO: It was entered to the TPFC-database in January, 2007 ... so I won't call it a "new" program.
Maybe it's new to you ;)

Checker on 2014-09-01 10:25

@ pravin007techno: Use the given download link.

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