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Cathy v2.33

billon on 30 Jul 2019
  • 152KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Jul 2019
  • Suggested by Perwhis

Cathy indexes files stored on removable media (CD's, DVD's or even diskettes), hard disks or net drives, to create searchable catalogs that can be used without having access to original media. The program is small, fast and easy-to-use with search capabilities based on file name, date and size. Additional features include filtering options, search duplicates or singles, customisable date format etc.

If files are available (external/network drive connected, DVD inserted) they can be opened (executed) or deleted directly. Other features include drag and drop support available, printing of both directory trees and MP3 album/song lists, and disk space usage analysis.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder. Follow these instructions.
Dependencies: Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)
Stealth: ? Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Cathy.exe -ini cathy.reg.
What's new?
  • Bug in Max hits setting corrected, listbox now shows all files in folder.
Latest comments
SteveJ on 2011-04-03 00:06

Simple little program, but unfortunate doesn't support unicode, so if you have any files w/ foreign language or other special characters, they'll get cataloged as "?" for any unicode character.

Midas on 2013-02-22 19:32

FYI, I posted a couple of problems I found trying to make Cathy portable @ http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=62490#p62490

warmwhisky on 2022-10-04 10:39

This program is great. I can't believe Windows is now so convoluted that the basic out of the box search works so poorly.

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Bittorrent Sync v1.3.109 Private

webfork on 19 Sep 2014
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Marc

BitTorrent Sync is a synchronization tool for transferring files securely between two or more devices using BitTorrent technology. Unlike regular file sharing tools, individual connections must be enabled between specific users. It includes bandwidth controls and no set limit on file size, folders, devices, or other users you sync with.

Intended as a more reliable and secure alternative to cloud-based services like Dropbox, SkyDrive, Google Drive, etc. the program does not rely on any specific server or service. No data is saved on machines outside of those you specify. Negatively, there is no way to share a web-accessible link (e.g. "share via web").

Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, and BSD.

Note: Bittorrent Sync is no longer portable. Linking to the last available portable version (1.3.109).

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Writes to settings.dat in the application folder
Path portability: No
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Save BTSync.exe to a folder of your choice
  2. Inside the same folder create a new empty "Text Document" file and rename it from "New Text document.txt" to "settings.dat"
  3. Launch BTSync.exe
Setting up a sync: Choose a sync folder and then "standard setup" if you are setting it up on the initial machine or "I have a secret" if this is the second instance/device. Then copy the presented code and paste on the other machine's "I have a secret" prompt.
Latest comments
Midas on 2014-09-19 23:01

Or you could try Syncthing, see http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=21630.

For further reasons to abandon newer versions of BTSync, see also the post at http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=71273#p71273.

MarkyMark on 2015-02-22 03:56

I've been using BitTorrent sync for a while now & I've written this simple setup guide & key sharing script. It's intended to get newbies up & running and sharing files - more veteran users won't need it.

http://www.marktaw.com/a/btsync/

Midas on 2015-02-23 16:20

@MarkyMark: thanks for sharing. :)

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