Audacity is a multi-track sound recorder and editor with support for most audio formats and sophisticated effects such as noise removal and studio reverb. Users can record live audio, compress or convert file types, as well as cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
Cross platform with clients available for Mac and Linux.
Alternatively, Audacity Portable and an outdated X-Audacity are also available.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Wavosaur |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases |
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anon2219
on 2021-12-29 23:12
My understanding is that data collection concerns can be disabled: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1213#issuecomment-892556317
Ultra7ven
on 2021-12-31 13:06
After years of not being able to just drop-in a recent version of ffmpeg in Audacity's application folder, you can finally just do that.
freakazoid
on 2021-12-31 16:28
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@Ultra7ven - I have a forum post written up about how to set ffmpeg as a portable relative path: https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=101359#p101359 |
Firefox Browser is a fast, powerful and secure web browser that supports open standards and many of the latest web technologies. The program includes smart search, bookmark management, web development tools and built-in download manager. Smart content blocking for ads and trackers is available in both standard and private browsing modes.
Versions available for Mac, Android, iOS and Linux with synchronisation of passwords and browser state across devices. Additional features and customisations are available via the add-on system, which allows for thousands of specialized functions.
Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition is a special build licensed by Mozilla and includes both the 32-bit and 64-bit builds and selects the appropriate one for each PC. Beta, Developer, Extended Release, and Win 7/8/8.1 and XP/Vista versions are also available.
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Launcher: GPL, Program: MPL v. 2.0 |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FirefoxPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Pale Moon Portable, SeaMonkey Portable |
What's new? | See: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releasenotes/ |
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PAFuser
on 2020-06-11 12:24
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64 bit system: save 181 MB by deleting firefox folder, and renaming firefox64 to firefox. Beta, standard, and ESR work fine. |
AutoRun LWMenu is a control menu that can launch applications, URLs, system commands, etc.
It's not only portable itself, but acts as a portabilizer so the launched apps will become portable too. In fact, it can back up and restore whole registry values/folders/files of the programs it launches (or just use symlinks to run folders/files portably), including a simulator to test everything.
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Runs on: | Win2K / 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: | GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | PortableApps.com Platform |
What's new? | See here |
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-ElCoyot-
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If you understand the program well, you can create portable software that leaves no traces in the system. |
calibre is a feature-rich e-book library management application with a variety of useful functions including viewer, addendums, editor, online book and news search/download. The software can perform detailed searches, convert e-books to device-specific formats, batch metadata tools, and a content server for online access to your collection.
The program syncs automatically with many different physical devices. It supports a variety of ebook and document formats.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. Alternatively, Calibre Portable and an outdated X-calibre, as well as a WinXP-compatible version are also available.
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Requires 64-bit Windows |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Trolltech |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable installer" and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch calibre-portable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | TEBookConverter |
What's new? |
See: https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new For details on the major changes in calibre between 7.0 and 6.0, see https://calibre-ebook.com/new-in/sixteen |
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CudaText is a code editor with a clean, tabbed interface and side-panels. Includes split view, code folding, hotkeys, theme support, color picker and much more. The program supports 300+ syntaxes and add-ons written in Python, as well as some IDE features if plugins are used.
The program is cross-platform, with clients available for Mac and Linux. Settings are modified either via options dialogs, or alternatively, by manually editing text config files (JSON format).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | MPL 2.0 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch cudatext.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SynWrite, Atom Portable |
What's new? | See: https://cudatext.github.io/history.txt |
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Midas
on 2023-02-13 09:33
@FileHandler: It would be helpful -- at least for me -- if you could document your findings and settings in CudaText's forum topic... TiA
Sybe
on 2023-06-06 19:38
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For more languages : https://sourceforge.net/projects/cudatext/files/addons/translations/ |
DropUpLoad is a small and robust utility that uploads files to your FTP server. It will deal with connection errors automatically and make sure the files are uploaded. Simply select an FTP server and drag-and-drop files to be upload, and DropUpLoad will do the rest for you.
Note: download link offline; linking to archive.org.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DropUpLoad.exe. |
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Webfork
on 2008-04-13 18:31
An excellent program for quickly and simply uploading data with a built-in zip feature. When working on mission critical work, you simply drag-and-drop to quickly save a zipped copy. The only option for Windows similar to the OS X "Transmit" dashboard apps.
polki
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Downloaded and extracted: ok. But there is a GPL open source license but no source, neither on the website... |
Bitvise SSH Client (formerly Tunnelier) is a fast, secure FTP and terminal client with a variety of "tunnel" options to create secure connections, similar to a VPN. The program can forward Windows file shares over SSH, an FTP-to-SFTP protocol bridge, port forwarding and more. See forum discussion for adding secure FTP to existing portable software.
Includes support for single-click remote desktop forwarding for graphical server access, vt100, strong auto-reconnect and a scriptable console-mode SFTP client. Integrated SOCKS and HTTP proxy are available for dynamic forwarding. Security measures include wide encryption protocol support including public key exchange and optional integrated compression. Supports profiles and optional encryption of local passwords.
Functional in 64-bit.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder (see more here) |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
Note: The uninstall process creates entries in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Bitvise and HKCU\Software\Bitvise but these can be deleted manually. |
What's new? |
See: https://bitvise.com/ssh-client-version-history |
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Midas
on 2014-07-15 09:34
FYI, Tunnelier has been renamed Bitvise SSH Client and the current third party PAF repack is v4.60 Rev 2.0 (see http://tp.vbap.com.au/download). The current upstream Bitvise SSH Client is v6.03 (changelog at http://www.bitvise.com/ssh-client-version-history). Both still freeware...
hamasaki
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Doesn't seem to be portable with the command line? Creates AppData\Local\Bitvise\Updates\* |
WinSCP is a feature-rich tabbed file transfer client with a variety of views including single-window, dual-pane and tree view interfaces. The program supports standard FTP as well as secure connections using WebDav, S3, SSH, SSL/TLS and legacy SCP. The program can search, perform directory synchronization between local and remote, change properties, and edit text/binary files.
Includes support for scripting, task automation, various authentication tools, proxy, SSH tunnels and IPv6.
Alternatively, WinSCP Portable is multilingual and supports PuTTY Portable.
An outdated X-WinSCP, packaged in winPenPack's format, is also available.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Bitvise SSH Client, FileZilla |
What's new? | See: https://winscp.net/eng/docs/history |
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dmiranda
on 2024-02-22 07:25
This latest version doesn't seem to work in XP. Last version working is 6.1.2.13797
dmiranda
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WinSCP v6.3.3 continues to work with XP. I think it's fair to think support has been effectively restored. |
FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client, including secure options SFTP and TLS. The program interface includes an easy-to-use tabbed window, drag-and-drop capability, bookmarks, remote and recursive file search, remote file editing and a managable upload/download queue. Internally, it supports connection throttling, keepalive, timeout detection, IPv6, SOCKS 4/5 and HTTP 1.1 proxy etc.
Alternatively, Filezilla Portable is pre-configured as portable and automatically adjusts paths, as well as an outdated X-Filezilla.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. For Windows XP, an older and unsupported version is available. A portable Filezilla server is available as part of XAMPP.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | WinSCP, Bitvise SSH Client |
What's new? | See changelog: https://filezilla-project.org/versions.php |
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smaragdus
on 2017-05-27 06:44
@giulia
rb161
on 2020-07-27 22:17
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Having used it for many years, Filezilla has lost its way now in my opinion. The irritating pop up balloon on every successful upload is just one of the annoyances. The latest update seemed to corrupt something on my Windows and I was reduced to about one fifteenth of the normal upload speed. Going back to an ancient version hasn't fixed the issue and the portable versions are the same. However WinSCP works fine so it's that for me from now on. |
foobar2000 is an audio player with low memory footprint and native support for most popular audio formats. It includes CD ripping, format conversion, replay gain, audio normalization, equalization and more. Playlist display and keyboard shortcuts are both very customisable. Additional functionality available via a wide variety of plugins.
The program can edit song tags (album and song name, number, year etc.) based on the FreeDB Internet database and even rename the original songs based on these tags. A file format conversion tool is available, but must be enabled with external downloads. Can even fix some MP3s with corrupted file headers.
Windows 2000 users can download the last compatible version: 0.9.4.
Windows XP and Vista users, download last version from 1.5 series.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | 1by1, Boom, Winyl |
What's new? | See: https://foobar2000.org/changelog. |
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PAFuser
on 2023-04-26 15:52
64bit available on download page, see https://foobar.hyv.fi/2.0/?sort=modified&dir=r for 64bit components. 32bit will not work.
freakazoid
on 2023-06-10 00:59
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PSA: For older users, use the 32-bit version of v2.0 for now. |
Advanced Renamer can rename multiple files or folders using several different methods for calculating the new name, including metadata tools for sound and picture files (e.g. GPS data or ID3 tags) or other sources. Supports unicode, regular expressions, custom javascript and more.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
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 ARen.exe. Optionally, disable automatic updates in settings and delete unnecessary language files. |
What's new? | See: https://www.advancedrenamer.com/versionlog |
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DesktopOK contains a host of beneficial Windows interface tweaks. The program can save the current icon view by resolution and make it easy to swap between views, showing all saved view formats in a list. Other tools include basic screenshots, the ability to force-close programs, color tool, volume and more:
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. In this folder, create an empty text file and name it DesktopOK.ini. Launch DesktopOK.exe or DesktopOK_x64.exe. Possible issues:
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Similar/alternative apps: | AltDrag, ICU |
What's new? | See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK/History |
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SearchMyFiles is a powerful alternative to the standard Windows search. It allows you to easily find files by wildcard, last modified/created/last accessed time, file attributes, content (text or binary search) and file size. File types available for search includes Microsoft Office and PDF files. The program also be detect duplicate files via the "Search Mode" drop-down box.
Note that the program is non-indexing, meaning it searches the drive directly, which is often slower but more accurate.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SearchMyFiles.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SwiftSearch |
What's new? |
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MIKLO
on 2018-04-06 14:57
I have tried and used several search apps before and was not very impressed but as soon as I saw that this product was from NirSoft I knew I had to try it. NirSoft makes so many great apps that I use a lot, its difficult to say something new about them due to the fact that just about everything they make works great and is pretty awesome overall. One thing is 4sure the native Micro$oft search engine is close to worthless, so just about anything will be an improvement.
freakazoid
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The latest version is such a welcome addition as it allows you to set the font and size used in the search results. |
GPU-Z is a lightweight system utility designed to provide vital information about your video card and graphics processor. It supports AMD, ATI, Intel and NVIDIA graphics devices.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | CPU-Z |
What's new? | See: https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-gpu-z/#history |
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abc
on 2012-07-21 18:57
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It's not mentioned but it requires admin rights to install a driver. Does it remove the driver on system reboot? I don't know, I couldn't find out very much information besides "there's no installation required". The developer proclaims "It's so simple to use, you don't need documentation." LOL. So much for that. |
MKVcleaver extracts various data from MKV video files. It can be used in a batch mode (loading and extracting data from many files) as well as single file mode. It has a simple interface, but a lot of functionality.
The program is an outdated alternate graphical user interface for MKVToolNix (which is newer and has its own GUI including a 64-bit version).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | The portable version of MKVCleaver is now a part of the installer. You must run the installer to get the Portable version. Follow the instruction included in the installation wizard. |
Similar/alternative apps: | MKVToolnix |
What's new? | See: https://blogs.sapib.ca/apps/v-0-8-0-0-released/ |
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juverax
on 2024-04-04 09:58
https://blogs.sapib.ca/apps/mkvcleaver/mkvcleaver-downloads/
juverax
on 2024-04-04 10:16
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V.0.8.0.0 ( https://blogs.sapib.ca/apps/new-inno-installer/ ) : |
QuickTextPaste is a very customizable tool to insert (paste) pre-defined text in any applications via keyboard shortcut. It can also run commands and programs via keyboard shortcuts to save time and avoid errors.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | TyperTask |
What's new? | See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/QuickTextPaste/History |
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hamasaki
on 2019-09-19 19:29
It`s not stealth. Creates 'AppData\Roaming\QuickTextPaste\QuickTextPaste.ini' file.
hamasaki
on 2019-09-19 19:30
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Oops, sorry. Just saw the message about creating the ini file. Too early for me. :( |
Sigil is a tabbed editor for the EPUB format commonly used in eBooks. The program includes basic formatting, customizable fonts and styles, hotkeys and spellcheck. You can generate a table of contents, embed files (audio, video, or other), edit/add metadata, rearrange or split pages, add vector (SVG) images and available "clips" for frequently entered text.
As the format is based on simple HTML, the program includes a WYSIWYG-style book vs. code view, the ability to modify cascading style sheets and additional functionality via plugins. The program can even shrink some eBooks by discarding unused media elements.
Cross-platform with clients for Linux, Mac and supports many languages. Sigil Portable is a wrapper version of the program and an outdated X-Sigil is also available.
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch SigilPortable.exe. Optionally, the user guide is available as a separate download. |
Similar/alternative apps: | KompoZer |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases |
FileOptimizer is a broad format file compression tool used to reduce file size without changing the quality, known as "lossless." This is done via wide variety of optimization and recompression tools and techniques. Original files are sent to the recycle bin for restoration in the event the uncompressed version is preferred. A list of the 400+ supported formats include audio/video (MP3, OGG, M4A), image (GIF, JPEG, PNG), office formats (DOCX, XLSX, ODT, PDF) and system files (DLL, EXE).
Supports drag-and-drop of files into the window or onto the program icon. Note that by default the program removes metadata for many file types. This information reduces overall file size and protects privacy but is important to some users (e.g. photographers) and file search tools.
A 64-bit version is available within the folder, the author reports the program is functional in WINE, and can be used on the command line. Many images here on TPFC including our logo have been compressed using FileOptimizer.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU AGPL |
How to extract: |
Download the self-extracting 7z.exe package and launch. When prompted, select a folder of your choice. Launch FileOptimizer32.exe or FileOptimizer64.exe (for 64-bit OS). At startup, the program will optionally show ads to support program development. These can be disabled at any time. Optionally, to save space:
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Similar/alternative apps: | ArcThemALL!, PngOptimizer, RIOT |
What's new? |
- Updated Leanify to 0.4.3.280. - Updated pingo to 1.19.3 x64 version. - Updated ECT x64 binaries to 0.9.5. - Updated gifsicle to 1.95. - Updated Ghostscript to 10.03.0. - Updated ImageMagick to 7.1.1.29 with HDRI support. - Updated ffmpeg to 6.1.1 x64. - Updated FLAC to 1.4.3. - Updated cpdf to 2.7.0. - Updated to Minify 2.20.19 x64. - Updated to OptiVorbis 0.2.0 x64. - Updated to mutool 1.23.0. - HTML Tidy for Windows 5.9.14 - Updated UPX to 4.2.3. - Some minor optimizations and code cleanup. - Updated to NSIS 3.10. - Updated to C++ Builder 12.1 Santorini. |
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kilouiski
on 2019-09-20 12:09
I just tried to reduce the size of a video and it has left me exactly the same and with either option: fast and the best.
webfork
on 2019-10-06 22:40
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@kilouiski: FileOptimizer exists because so few programs take the time and energy to fully compress your files with available tools. It sounds like the program used to generate your video was an exception. |
Notepad++ is a tabbed source code editor and Notepad replacement with a customizable interface. Includes source code "folding", allowing users to quickly reduce and expand sections of code to see the overall document. In addition, it features multi-language syntax highlighting, auto-completion, Perl-compatible regular expression search/replace, macro recording and playback, document map etc.
A host of additional functionality is available via the plugins admin view, including tools for file analysis, programming languages, viewers, calculations, user interface and many more.
Alternatively, Notepad++ Portable and the outdated X-Notepad++ clean the local folder.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | AkelPad, PSPad, EditPad Lite |
What's new? | Changelog at: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/. |
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PAFuser
on 2022-01-19 09:26
8.2 does not seem to have sessions check box under general tab, and session does not seem to load or save. Any comments?
Mike.S.G.
on 2022-01-20 09:43
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@PAFuser |
ScreenToGif is a feature-rich recording program for screen, webcam and whiteboard. The program is customizable, includes hotkeys and recordings can be edited and saved to animated GIF, APNG or video formats. You can control frame-rate, snap the recorder to a window, add text/objects, and denote mouse-clicks and key-presses. The editor can also modify existing GIFs and includes resize, crop, flip/rotate, captions, progress bars, borders, watermarks, transitions and more.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET 6.0 Runtime (if installing the Light version) |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | MS-PL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | GifCam, Instagiffer |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/releases |
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__philippe
on 2017-08-15 19:05
ScreenToGif would be even better, if it was not for its unwieldy Net Framework 4.6.1 addiction
webfork
on 2017-09-08 03:15
The editor for this program just gets better and better. I've really enjoyed seeing it's progress over time.
portablefree
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Some interesting news: |
Mp3tag views, edits and filters metadata for common audio formats. Information can be manually added, removed, imported and exported to a variety of formats. The program supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather proper tag information for select files or CDs. It can also rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words from tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists and more.
The program can even generate playlists from provided audio files. Supports ID3, Vorbis Comments, APE, MP4 and TAK Lossless.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | TagScanner, Kid3 |
What's new? | See: https://www.mp3tag.de/en/changelog.html. |
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JudyGarland
on 2021-03-25 17:50
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[2021-02-05] CHG: minimum system requirements are now Windows 7 and a processor with SSE2 instruction set. |
Imagine is a lightweight, fast and easy to use image viewer with basic graphics and animation edit features. Also includes screen capture, thumbnail browser, slideshow and metadata disclosure. Conversion tools include batch format change to dozens of formats and lossless JPEG changes (rotate and flip).
Additional formats support available through plugins.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | IrfanView |
What's new? | See: https://www.nyam.pe.kr/dev/imagine/whatsnew/ |
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filobus
on 2023-09-25 12:32
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On site download link doesn't work (anyway, as it is on github, I found that link: https://github.com/nyam1003/imagine) |
WifiInfoView scans the wireless networks in your area and displays extensive information about them. This includes Network Name (SSID), MAC Address, PHY Type (802.11g or 802.11n), RSSI, Signal Quality, Frequency, Channel Number, Maximum Speed, Company Name, Router Model and Router Name (only for routers that provides this information) and more.
When you select a wireless network in the upper pane of this tool, the lower pane displays the Wi-Fi information elements received from this device in hexadecimal format. A summary mode is also available that displays a summary of all detected wireless networks, grouped by channel number, company that manufactured the router, PHY type, or the maximum speed.
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Runs on: | 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 WifiInfoView.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | WirelessNetView |
What's new? |
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LibreOffice is a complete productivity suite including word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, database, drawing tool and more. Includes strong compatibility for 100s of file formats including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio etc.). The program is similar to OpenOffice, a program that it was derived from, but has added many new features and improvements.
LibreOffice Portable is a special build developed in conjunction with the publisher. On systems without Java installed, some functions such as document creation wizards and the Base database application etc. can be enabled by adding jPortable, though this is optional and can be skipped if those functions are not needed. Alternatively, X-LibreOffice (64-bit version) is also available.
Other available portable versions:
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices |
License: | GPL/LGPL |
How to extract: | Download the portable installer and install to a folder of your choice. Launch LibreOfficePortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | OpenOffice, FreeOffice |
What's new? | See: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/ |
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CornHolio the Gringo
on 2020-08-28 22:29
LibreOffice 6.4.7 is last ever version for 6 series?
NunoEFSilva
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The most capable Portable Freeware Office. |
OpenCloseDriveEject lets you easily explore and eject storage devices by their drive letters, presenting everything under one roof in a simple user interface. This includes USB, CD, DVD, Blue-Ray drives, external HDD and SSD, SD cards, etc.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/OpenCloseDriveEject/History |
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Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio is a powerful and flexible screen recording and screencasting tool. The program includes real-time recording, broadcasting, and audio mixing and layouts. The "scene" system allows building custom input settings with numerous audio and video sources (multiple microphones, webcam, applications, screens etc.). Available filters allow for automatic, live filtering including crop, color correction, sharpen, chroma key, audio gain and more.
Cross-platform with versions available for Mac and Linux. Alternatively, PortableApps' OBS Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch obs32.exe --portable or obs64.exe --portable (for 64-bit OS). |
Similar/alternative apps: | ShareX, Easy Screencast Recorder |
What's new? | See: https://obsproject.com/blog/obs-studio-30-1-release-notes-copy |
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Specular
on 2019-03-05 08:39
@vmars316 - I checked and OBS Studio is QT-based rather than Electron-based (though a different project called Streamlabs OBS is). I've updated the entry.
Yucca
on 2019-06-12 11:35
As of June 12, OBS version 23.2.0 is a release candidate and not the current stable version. The current stable version is 23.1.0. If you post a release candidate, that should be stated in the description so users can know what they are downloading.
rb161
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My recently purchased webcam only works with one version of OBS so I'm unable to upgrade to use new features. I have always had problems playing any video except uncompressed and despite being able to play and edit just about any anything in other software on my PC. Other people have complained about the same issue (videos showing as a black screen) for years but the problem is never addressed by the developers. If you can work around issues such as these or are lucky enough not to be plagued by them, then OBS is nice, light software and recording and streaming work well. |
ShareX is a feature-rich screenshot utility that can grab a selected area with a single key and then edit, save to clipboard, drive and/or instantly upload them to 25+ different hosting services (posts to Imgur by default). ShareX can capture screenshots with variety of shapes including rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, triangle, diamond, polygon and freehand. Supports screenshots with transparency and shadow, as well as those that require scrolling. In addition to images, the program can upload other file types, supporting uploads from the clipboard, a watched folder, as well as drag-and-drop.
Additional tools include a powerful screen audio+video recorder (MP4/WEBM or animated GIF format), color picker, ruler, FTP client, monitor test, file hash checker, QR code generator+reader, image effects and much more.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2+ |
Stealth: ? | No. Log file saved to AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ShareX.exe. Optionally,
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Similar/alternative apps: | PicPick, Greenshot |
What's new? | See: https://getsharex.com/changelog |
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smaragdus
on 2017-03-22 14:26
ShareX is not stealth, it creates "ShareX.exe.log" in AppData (C:\Users\UserNAme\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs).
__philippe
on 2018-11-09 09:11
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ShareX v12.3.0 notable enhancement: |
FastCopy is a file copy and synchronization tool with a variety of available extras. It uses different strategies (multi-threading, buffering) to help ensure maximum device throughput, as well as optional verification to make sure data is transferred correctly. It does not use the system cache, so other processes do not get bogged down during the copy process and a speed setting is also available, including pause. It supports Unix-style include/exclude wildcards filters.
Alternatively, PortableApps.com packages the last open source version as FastCopy Portable.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://fastcopy.jp/help/fastcopy_eng.htm#history |
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Ennovy
on 2023-04-12 04:11
Version 5 license change: "It is only available for free use by individuals (non-profit) within the household."
olliebean
on 2023-05-06 05:47
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Re: the license change, it looks like no previously free features have been removed from the free version, and there are some improvements - so still worth updating if only for private use. |
EssentialPIM includes a calendar/scheduler, todo list, contact manager, basic e-mail client, and tree-like multi-level notes tool that supports rich text, formatting and images.
While many advanced functions such as synchronization and encryption are exclusive in the Pro version, the program is capable of manually importing from variety of formats including Outlook, TreePad, Google calendar etc. Additionally, it can export to many formats including HTML, vCard, iCal, RTF, CSV, iPod, text etc.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Liteware |
How to extract: | Download the installer, run and choose "Portable version". Launch EssentialPIM.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://www.essentialpim.com/blog-and-news/version-history |
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gjsmith1949
on 2020-10-24 15:09
I have used this PIM for many years however since Yahoo inflicted their new security measures I have been unable to download messages from my Yahoo account, I have followed all the instructions provided by Yahoo to add Essential PIM to the list of message services but to no avail.
DzejPy
on 2020-10-26 09:34
EssentialPIM free since version 9 can not add e-mail account Google (Gmail) or Microsoft (Outlook) - fails 2-step verification (OAuth).
FireRabbit
on 2021-12-14 00:27
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PSA: I've tested both Outlook and Yahoo in version 10 and they both work fine for me. |
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a powerful photo and image editor for composition and authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, a high quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter and much more.
The program is cross-platform with versions available for Mac and Linux. GIMP Portable is the PortableApps version of the program.
Notes:
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch GIMPPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | TwistedBrush Open Studio, PhotoFiltre, PhotoDemon, PixBuilder Studio, paint.net |
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JohnTHaller
on 2013-07-10 13:27
There was a typo in the download URL on launch day that was fixed within an hour or so.
freakazoid
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1GB for this app. Yikes! If you do not need advanced editing, try PixBuilder Studio at a fraction of the size. |
DiskInternals Linux Reader provides several disk management tools in an easy-to-use interface. Most notably it includes a tool for reading disks formatted to to a variety of file systems for Mac and Linux, as well as virtual disks from VMware, VirtualBox, VirtualPC and Parallels (VMDK, VHD, VDI, HDS). The program can also create disk images. The interface includes a disk usage window, basic file search, and a preview option for pictures and text.
Can create disk images (.img and .dsk), including boot sector. Filesystems supported include: Ext2/3/4; ReiserFS, Reiser4; HFS, HFS+ (Mac OS); FAT, exFAT; NTFS, ReFS (next-gen Windows filesystem); UFS2; and in preview-only mode: ZFS, XFS, Hikvision NAS and DVR.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No. HKLM\SOFTWARE\DiskInternals, HKCU\Software\DiskInternals |
License: | Liteware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Explore2fs Portable Edition |
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webfork
on 2017-03-01 19:13
Tested with Mac-formatted HFS+ drive today and this worked beautifully. Very easy and fast.
pfw70
on 2019-04-22 23:50
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Tip: aside of Universal Extractor the .exe (Linux_Reader-v3.4.exe) can also be extracted with 7Zip, a portable version being availabe on this site, 7-ZipPortable.exe. |
Shotcut is a non-linear video editor with wide format support, a customizable interface, and support for a variety of connections and devices. It is codec-independent so it does not rely on system codecs. It encodes/transcodes to a wide variety of formats via FFmpeg. It also supports streaming from any video file or capture source.
Shotcut is cross-platform, with clients available for Mac and Linux.
Shotcut is natively portable with some additional command line parameters, but if that is not your thing, check out Shotcut Portable.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Leaves traces in: c:\Documents and Settings\<useraccount>\AppData\Local\Meltytech\ c:\Documents and Settings\<useraccount>\AppData\Local\Meltytech\Shotcut\ c:\Documents and Settings\<useraccount>\AppData\Local\Meltytech\Shotcut\cache\ c:\Documents and Settings\<useraccount>\AppData\Local\Meltytech\Shotcut\cache\qmlcache\ |
License: | GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the portable ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch using shotcut.exe --appdata .\Profile so all settings are written to the local Profile folder. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Handbrake |
What's new? | See: https://www.shotcut.org/blog/new-release-240229/ |
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.
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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/ |
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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 2020-05-30 22:26
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Also found this key in the registry: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thunderbird\Crash Reporter |
paint.net is an image and photo editing software with support for layers, unlimited undo, image effects and a tabbed thumbnail interface. The program includes a variety of paint bushes and selection tools as well as image filters such as sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise etc.
The program supports plugins and will automatically start in 64-bit within an operating system that supports it.
Use 4.3.12 for: Windows 7 (32/64-bit) [with Platform Update], 8.1 (32/64-bit), or 10 (32-bit). It can be downloaded from here or here.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes to C:\Users\~\AppData\Local\paint.net |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package (go with x86 if you're not sure which one to choose) and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch paintdotnet.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | GIMP, PhotoFiltre, PhotoDemon, PixBuilder Studio |
What's new? | See: https://blog.getpaint.net/category/update-news/ |
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Ennovy
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The website reports: NOTE for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and 32-bit/x86 users: Paint.NET v4.3.x will be the last release(s) that work on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or on any 32-bit/x86 version of Windows(........)Starting with Paint.NET v4.4, only Windows 10 and 11+ will be supported, and only on 64-bit (x64 and ARM64). Updates for 4.3.x will be released on an as-needed basis until v4.4 is completed. |
PicPick is a versatile all-in-one tool for images on the desktop. Includes a powerful screen capture tool, editor, color picker and palette, pixel ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and more. Can upload images automatically to FTP, Facebook, Twitter, default e-mail program, or send to installed Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, or PowerPoint).
Alternatively, PicPick Portable is stealth and automatically adjusts paths.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Leaves picpick in APPDATA, Cloud Explorer in LOCALAPPDATA, and picpick in ALLUSERSAPPDATA. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use. Note that without a blank picpick.ini file, the program will offer optional installation of the Bing toolbar. |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Create a blank file called picpick.ini in the same folder. Launch picpick.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ShareX |
What's new? | See full changelog at: https://picpick.app/en/changelog |
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kiwichick888
on 2022-10-24 04:49
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I just downloaded using the link here and got the previous version 6.3.1. Downloaded again from the website and got the right one. The link on the website Download page (Portable Version) is different to the one here. |
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. |
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emmanuel d
on 2023-03-21 12:21
Just downloaded the latest portable version, and it asks for admin permission. That is a no no for me.
olliebean
on 2023-08-26 11:46
I don't know if this is the case in Windows 11, but in Windows 10 the new "Windows 11 style" UI seems noticeably laggier.
Special
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Noticed the same thing here, I reverted back personally, and frankly this "change" is enough to keep me from updating to future versions. The dev is very good about these things though, so maybe he'll revert these changes back if he knew there were issues, he's somewhat active (I think) on these here forums. |
Tablacus Explorer is a quad-pane file manager that supports tabs, mouse gestures, favorites, filters and different view styles. Its functionality can be extended via plug-ins which can be installed and updated from within the program.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | MIT License |
How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TE32.exe or TE64.exe depending on your OS. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Q-Dir |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/tablacus/TablacusExplorer/releases |
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aazard
on 2020-11-26 00:54
Tablacus Explorer is very powerful >>> in the way of plugins (see for yourself)
aazard
on 2020-11-26 00:56
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Missing Plugins Link, because that's this apps "thing": |
WinDefThreatsView displays the list of all threats detected by Windows Defender Antivirus and allows you to easily set the default action (Allow, Quarantine, Clean, Remove, Block or No Action) for multiple threats at once. You can use this tool on your local computer and also on remote computer, as long as you have permission to access WMI on the remote machine.
For every threat, the following information is displayed: Filename, Threat Name, Severity, Process Name, Initial Detect Time, Status Change Time, Remediation Time, Threat ID, Threat Status, Default Threat Action and more.
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Runs on: | 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 WinDefThreatsView.exe. |
What's new? |
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TestDisk is a powerful drive and data recovery software that is designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again. This can be caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses, or of course human error (such as accidentally deleting your partition table).
The program is cross-platform with recovery tools for a long list file systems and includes the also-portable recovery software PhotoRec.
Note: Use with caution; it's recommended that you read the documentation and take your time. The software can easily made dramatic and difficult-to-reverse system modifications.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | No |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch testdisk_win.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_7.2_Release |
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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.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Liteware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | DocFetcher, SearchMyFiles |
What's new? | See: https://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/information/#version-history |
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PapaiMark
on 2022-07-10 21:58
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125MB for a simple search file!!! Well, "FindIt" from 2005 does the same with only 800KB. |
Homedale lets you search for Wi-Fi / WLAN Access Points and monitor their signal. See an overview of all available access points with their strength, encryption type [WEP/WPA/WPA2], speed, and channel. You can also monitor selected access points in a graph over the time.
Supports logging to a text file or connect/disconnect from a Wi-Fi / WLAN access point.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
1. Download and unzip to a folder of your choice 2. In the same folder, create an empty text file and rename it portable.dat 3. Launch Homedale.exe |
Similar/alternative apps: | WirelessNetworkWatcher |
What's new? | See: https://www.the-sz.com/products/homedale/history.txt |
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__philippe
on 2021-03-25 06:08
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Homedale v1.95 also runs like a charm under good ole XP...;-) |
CrystalDiskMark is benchmarks disk performance, measuring sequential and random 4KB/512KB reads/writes for any storage device. The target device does not need to be formatted.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
Alternatively, CrystalDiskMark Portable is also available, which auto-switches between x86 and x64.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | MIT License |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DiskMark32.exe or DiskMark64.exe (for 64-bit OS). |
Similar/alternative apps: | HD Tune, IsMyHdOK |
What's new? | See: https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskmark/crystaldiskmark-history/ |
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Checker
on 2015-08-01 18:52
@ smaragdus: First mentioned by malikorx69 [07 Feb 2008], so this is the forum topic.
AndTheWolf
on 2016-11-07 21:09
CrystalDiskinfo should not be listed under Similar/alternative apps for CrystalDiskMark. CrystalLDiskMark benchmarks, whereas CrystalDiskinfo supplies a lot of disk information, but does NOT benchmark.
webfork
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A remarkable number of commercial disks are benchmarked using this tool. It's a must-have for comparing hardware performance. |
EmEditor is a tabbed text editor with themes, syntax highlighting, stay-on-top and customizable keyboard mapping. The program supports batch find-and-replace, regular expressions and more.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Internet Explorer v11 |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Liteware |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch EmEditor.exe. Skip the 30-day evaluation of the full version by selecting the Help menu and click Downgrade. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Notepad++ |
What's new? | See: https://www.emeditor.com/text-editor-features/history/ |
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smaragdus
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@hamasaki |
FocusOn Image Viewer lets you view, organize, and make changes to images without modifying the original. The program includes edition tools like color, brightness, rotation, frames, and various filters. Thumbnail views, broad image format support, easy sharing, and metadata tools are also available. Batch operations are available for modifying or renaming any number of files, as well as automatic archiving and image management.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Imagine, FastStone Image Viewer, IrfanView, XnView |
What's new? | https://pintosoft.com/en/post/foni1.31_en |
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Andrew Lee
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Regarding the previous few comments about v1.29, I have responded in the forum: https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=105408#p105408 |
Password Tech is a suite of security tools, including a strong random password and data file generator, text encryption tool, and master password generator.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the "PwTech-xxx-32bit.zip" or "PwTech-xxx-64bit.zip" package depending on your operating system, and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PwTech.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | gpg4usb, Secure Password Generator |
What's new? | See: https://pwgen-win.sourceforge.io/news/ |
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joby_toss
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Check the forum topic: http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1496 |
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.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | IrfanView, Imagine, FastStone Image Viewer |
What's new? | See: https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewforum.php?f=35 |
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PapaiMark
on 2020-05-18 22:38
I use it since W98. Very easy copy/paste/crop/resize/scan/print/sharpness and many other things.
JudyGarland
on 2020-10-22 05:38
XnView is not Windows XP compatible anymore. In order to make it work with XP, replace libwebp.dll (plugin folder) with with webp.dll (xnview.com/download/plugins/webp.zip).
PAFuser
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XNView MP 1.01 32 + 64 bit available on Portable Apps (NEW on 8/16/22 - https://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/xnview-mp-portable). |
PeaZip is a feature-rich file archiver with broad support for 200+ file types. The file manager interface includes a hash tool, file wipe, file associations, file splitter, themes, estimated compression level, system benchmark, image crop/rename and much more.
Formats supported include most mainstream archive formats, including ZIP, 7Z, ACE, BZIP2, CAB, GZIP, TAR, UPX, ZIPX, as well as it's own PEA format. Can extact but not create MSI and RAR files.
Note that tools setup through the Task Scheduler are not portable.
Cross platform with clients for Mac, Linux, and BSD, as well as a 64-bit version is available. Alternatively, PeaZip Portable portablizes bookmarks and includes both 32 and 64-bit versions, automatically using the proper one on each PC.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU LGPL |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch peazip.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | 7-Zip, IZArc, Bandizip |
What's new? | See: https://peazip.github.io/changelog.html |
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AndTheWolf
on 2014-11-16 17:37
Download link (http://www.peazip.org/peazip-portable.html) raises a 404 "not found" error. Link instead just to http://www.peazip.org/ or to http://peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-portable.html.
Happy.Camper2
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My experience with PeaZip is to go to: |
ZoomIt provides three useful tools for almost any presentation including a screen zoom, annotation tool, and break timer. The zoom option helps focus on a specific point or part of the screen while the annotation tool can help emphasize or edit what's shown (press Ctrl+S to save a screenshot).
The program includes customisable hotkeys, zoom levels, two different kinds of zoom (a "live" zoom as well as a passive read-only view), and a variety of different annotation features.
ZoomIt Portable is a version of Zoomit that saves settings to the local folder.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch ZoomItPortable.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/#whats-new-rss-icon |
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webfork
on 2014-03-29 17:23
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Been using this a lot in screen sharing meetings and demonstrations. Works well, but often get a "didn't shut down properly" message and have to restart on Win7x64. Very lucky to have it. |
RapidCRC Unicode is a hashing program capable of checking and verifying the integrity of files, folders, or whole drives. The program includes process priority, ability to pause/resume analysis, job queuing, easily copy hashes to the clipboard and multi-threaded checks. If using checksum files (e.g. .sfv or .md5) for future verification, options include the ability to generate for every analyzed file, directory, or a single checksum with all hash data.
Includes direct support for CRC hashing in the filename (common for anime releases) for example: "MyFile [45DEF3A0].avi") Other algorithms range from fast to secure, including SFV(CRC32), MD5, ED2K, SHA-1/256/512 and Blake2sp.
Based on the original RapidCRC but updated with extended Unicode support.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | FileVerifier++ |
What's new? |
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webfork
on 2014-08-02 02:05
This is currently my go-to program. I tend to add it to the "send to" menu on machines I'm currently using and it works beautifully to check one or more files. Also, the ability to insert the hash directly into the file name makes so much sense. Just drag-and-drop it into the window and instantly know if there's a problem. Great solution to the multi-step check.
shoover
on 2016-02-21 09:17
I think there is something wrong with the "CRC into Filename" function. This occurs with files that lack a file extension.
webfork
on 2016-02-22 21:20
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shoover: The dev has been pretty responsive if you want to reach out: https://github.com/OV2/RapidCRC-Unicode/issues |
FreeCommander XE is a powerful, dual-pane file manager with hundreds of features including folder size calculation, folder comparison/synchronization, file/duplicate search, filtering, MD5 calc / verfiy, folder compare, sync and a customizable interface. Includes a file viewer to view files in hex, binary, text or image format; an archive handling ability for standard compressed formats including ZIP (read, write), CAB (read, write) and RAR (read); built-in copy/move/delete handlers; and much more. Additional features are available via plugins.
A 64-bit version is available for donors, while a PortableApps version is also available from the author's website.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FreeCommander.exe. Note: It is not recommended to overwrite the file fcStart.ini when the application is being updated. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Multi Commander, Q-Dir, CubicExplorer |
What's new? | See: https://freecommander.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=775&sid=f1809a9ef15797c7cdf58de4820b5f99&start=345#p42540 |
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qj3328
on 2019-10-31 00:35
I have been using FreeCommander for many years and it is, simply, outstanding. To not have a real file manager is a misfortune; to be without FreeCommander is to be handicapped. Over time I have introduced many new users to FreeCommander and the results are always the same after several weeks of use - fascination that they ever managed to function with that Windows File Explorer thing. I had moved to FreeCommander when the old Xtree/XtreeGold file manager was no longer functional in Windows, and other file managers were not handling the complex file management work regularly encountered. At first, the two default panes in FreeCommander seemed odd. Though one pane can be disabled or hidden, dual panes grow quickly on the user until one realizes - wait, how can anyone function with a file manager that has just one pane?
PAFuser
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FreeCommanderPortable_2022_Build_860.paf.exe available on author's website. |
ReNamer is a small and flexible file renaming tool that offers all the standard renaming procedures, including prefixes, suffixes, replacements, case changes. It can also remove brackets, add number sequences, remove digits or symbols, change file extensions and much more. Multiple renaming actions can be combined into a rule set.
The program supports meta tags such as ID3v1, ID3v2, EXIF, OLE etc. to rename files based on available metadata.
Note: The "Lite" version is limited to 5 presets and 5 rules.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use/Liteware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ReNamer.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Advanced Renamer, Rename Master |
What's new? | See: https://www.den4b.com/changelogs/renamer |
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den4b
on 2020-03-31 10:53
An address to the concerned users...
Special
on 2020-04-05 16:03
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What a weird random drive-by necro comment... Anyways, I still use v5.71 of this program, it works better/faster/and with less DPI issues then the newer ones surprisingly, and contains much less bloated, like mp3 meta data now... really? |
Tree Notes is a note-taking application designed to help organize and manage your information. You can sort files into a hierarchical structure with rich text editing capabilities. All notes are stored in a single file with an option to import/export RTF files.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the portable ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch treenotes.exe |
Similar/alternative apps: | Flashnote |
What's new? | See: https://vovsoft.com/version-history/tree-notes/ |
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RIOT (Radical Image Optimization Tool) presents a before-and-after image compression view that allows you to reduce file size of an image into JPG, PNG, or GIF format. Includes optional metadata removal, batch operations, compression to a target file size, transparency options, and other common editing functions (flip, rotate, zoom, pan). Notable versus similar software in the ability to gradually reduce the available colors one-by-one (7, 8, 9, 10...), not just milestones of 16, 32, 64 etc.
The program is also available as a plugin for XnView, GIMP, or Irfanview (see website).
Functional in Linux using Wine. Many of the official entries here on PortableFreeware have used RIOT for compression. Note that the installer version of this program is considered adware.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | FileOptimizer |
What's new? | See: https://riot-optimizer.com/changelog/ |
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Ennovy
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The 32-bit version is still at v1.0.1, but the latest 64-bit version is 2023.12.0 |
NetworkUsageView extracts and displays network usage information, which includes name and description of the service or application, name and SID of the user, network adapter and total number of bytes sent/received by the specified service/application.
Draws from the SRUDB.dat database collected hourly in Windows 8 and 10.
Category: | |
Runs on: | 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 NetworkUsageView.exe. |
What's new? |
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qBittorrent is a configurable and feature-rich file sharing client modeled as an open alternative to µTorrent. The program includes a web interface, RSS, scheduler, IP Filtering (eMule and PeerGuardian compatible), IPv6 compliance, support for all extensions (DHT, Peer Exchange, crypto, Magnet/BitComet etc.), and more. Uniquely, it includes a program lock to password-protect the interface.
The program includes torrent creation and even tracker capabilities for serving content. Note that the torrent search feature (if enabled) is not portable.
Clients are also available for other platforms (Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2) and in ~25 world languages. Alternatively, a PortableApps version is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
Optionally, you may delete the file qbittorrent.pdb, which can take up a great deal of space and is only used for crash reports (thanks freakazoid). |
Similar/alternative apps: | µTorrent, Free Download Manager |
What's new? | See: https://www.qbittorrent.org/news.php |
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appsuser
on 2019-05-06 20:41
@thepiney: Same here. I've used magnet links no problem. The only time I've had errors is when the program loses access to the downloaded torrent files while it's still trying to share them (if you deleted or moved the downloaded files without deleting the torrent file). I moved from uTorrent because they started adding advertising, but there are settings tweaks to remove it.
JudyGarland
on 2019-12-05 06:31
Qbittorrent does not support Windows XP and Vista anymore from v.4.2.0, though 'portableapps' seems not aware of that.
liamZ
on 2019-12-19 05:46
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Hi, from the changelog of qbittorrent 4.2.1: (not the portableapps.com version) |
MiTeC XML Viewer include simple XML Editor with xml validation, very fast SAX parser, support hierarchical and text preview, text searching, Base64 decoding, SVG preview, attribute listing, image interpretation, Web and Content preview and large files up to available memory.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Registry, if "Persistent settings" option is enabled (they'll be saved to 'HKCU\Software\MiTeC\XMLViewer'). |
Stealth: ? | Yes. But only if no settings saved; otherwise see "Writes settings to" above. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch XMLView.exe or XMLView64.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://mitec.cz/xmlv.html#VersionHistory |
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agam
on 2016-12-19 12:24
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sorry, it is not portable - wrotes settings to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MiTeC |
FocusWriter is a full-screen word processor that aims for a distraction-free, immersive way to write and edit. The minimalist interface puts options and tools on the edge of the screen and auto-saves progress. Upon relaunch, the program reloads your last file to make make it easy to jump back into your work.
Alternatively, FocusWriter Portable is stealth and automatically adjusts paths.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Leaves multiple Qt-related registry keys. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download "Windows (Portable)" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FocusWriter.exe. |
What's new? |
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JohnTHaller
on 2013-06-30 17:03
AndTheWolf - It's fixed. Some editors keep pointing to static URLs instead of the download page for some reason. So, when it's updated, the download winds up wrong.
__philippe
on 2018-03-31 15:31
Belatedly noticed FocusWriter's hefty 138MB footprint,
webfork
on 2018-04-11 22:29
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philippe: true. I'll add a note that the minimalism refers to the interface. |
PDFArranger is an editor program to merge, split, rotate, crop, rearrange, duplicate and interleave pages. The program supports drag-and-drop insert of other PDF files, auto-crop whitespace, rotation of individual or any combination of pages, scale size (e.g. tabloid to letter size), and more.
The program can print "restricted" PDFs, split pages, export components of the PDF to separate files, or import standard images into a PDF document.
Cross-platform with clients available for Linux.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch pdfarranger.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PDF XChange Editor, PDFtkbuilder |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger/releases/, |
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Cornflower
on 2023-07-11 08:26
A few operational changes in v1.10.0 I've noticed:
Cornflower
on 2024-01-11 05:11
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This note on the download page: |
FreeCAD is an parametric 3D modeler that lets you sketch geometry-constrained 2D shapes and use them as a base to build 3D objects. The program also allows you to easily modify your design by going back into your model history and changing its parameters.
FreeCAD reads and writes to many open file formats such as STEP, IGES, STL, SVG, DXF, OBJ, IFC, DAE.
Cross platform (Mac, Linux). Many user-contributed addons/macros are also available, for example to let you easily create screws and bolts, instantly construct lego bricks, etc.
Win 7 users may encounter an error starting FreeCAD, due to a missing 64-bit .dll file.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | Release notes |
simplewall is a program to manage network network activity on your computer. Includes the ability to create and edit your own rules and an internal blocklist, including Windows own spy/telemetry connections. The program can also prompt you for each new connection by a program to allow either full or limited connections.
Works with the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) on your computer.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No. When you uninstall simplewall, all previously installed filters remain active. To remove all filters created by simplewall, start simplewall and press "Disable filters" button. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall/releases |
HandBrake is a video encoder that supports a variety of formats, device profiles and filters. The program includes tools for both basic and advanced users, with multi-threaded compression, subtitles, chapters, and quality settings. The program can also process most file types, including DVD/BluRay sources without copy protection, and supports live static and video preview.
Only available for 64-bit machines. Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 6.0+ |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | XMedia Recode, Free Audio Video Pack |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/releases |
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Midas
on 2022-01-16 10:11
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As the latest HandBrake version (v1.5.1) is only fully compatible with Windows 10 and newer, be aware old releases are archived and available at https://handbrake.fr/old.php. |
SMPlayer is a feature-rich, skinnable player that views most media without any dependency on installed codecs, as well as streaming media, Youtube and DVD video. Audio, video and subtitle settings for individual files are all remembered between sessions so you can start again exactly where and how you left off. Supports subtitle downloading, youtube support, audio and subtitles delay adjustment, equalizer, filters, playlist support and much more.
The program is a frontend for MPlayer and mpv that also works on Linux. Alternatively, SMPlayer Portable (stealth and adjusts paths) and the outdated X-SMPlayer and are also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes. Under Options, Preferences, select Advanced, Advanced, and make sure Pass short filenames (8+3) to MPlayer is selected. |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" 7Z package (32- or 64-bit) and extract using a 7-Zip-compatible program to a folder of your choice. Launch smplayer.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | MPC-HC, VLC, PotPlayer |
What's new? | See: https://www.smplayer.info/en/changes |
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dmiranda
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It doesn't work on XP anymore. https://msfn.org/board/topic/176299-latest-version-of-software-running-on-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1203550 |
LameXP is an audio encoding and conversion program with a skinnable, drag-and-drop interface. The program can edit metadata, create an automatic playlist file, and modify audio with multi-threaded batch processing tools for normalization and tone adjustment.
The program supports a wide variety of formats and quality settings. Although named for one of its popular encoders (the LAME MP3 encoder), the program can also export to OGG, Opus, FLAC, AC3, APE, WAV and DCA.
It can also convert from a wide variety of formats, including MP3, OGG, FLAC, MP4/AAC, AC3,, DTS, WavPack, Musepack, TTA, Speex, Monkey's Audio, Shorten, WMA, Opus and more. MP4/AAC encoding is available via an external download (Nero AAC/QAAC).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | fre:ac |
What's new? | See: https://lamexp.sourceforge.net/doc/Changelog.html |
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webfork
on 2016-05-20 02:07
I converted something to Opus yesterday with LameXP but TEncoder and TAudioConverter will also do the trick.
neykhax
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Lightweight audio encoder, with support for a large number of audio formats and a neat interface. I have been able to optimize hundreds of audio files with a good output quality and without having bugs or complications in the renaming of output file names that other encoders have in the batch convertion of multiple folders. |
Money Manager Ex is a personal finance software that helps you to organize your finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes. It is also a great tool to get a bird's eye view of your financial worth. Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux, and Android.
Alternatively, Money Manager Ex Portable is stealth, portablizes the recently used files list and allows the last used file to automatically open. A winPenPack version is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes MRU directories as well as file type association etc. to the registry. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch mmex.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/moneymanagerex/moneymanagerex/releases |
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LucW
on 2011-12-15 09:20
I like this program a lot. Unfortunately it has stopped working on my W7 32bit computer. This has happened befor but then I could get it to work again by running it under XP SP3 compatibility mode, but now nothing helps to get it to work again. This is precisely the kind of software ons does NOT want to stop working. All my data are in the database and I cannot reach it anymore.
Emka
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One could add that there is a version by PortableApps that AFAIK handles the registry entries. |
O&O ShutUp10 modifies system settings to disable distractions and enhance user privacy. The program makes recommendations on available changes that are useful or rarely interfere with standard operations. You can disable tracking, personalization, advertisements, and a variety of system data sharing.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win10 |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights required for some functions |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes minor settings like window position and button color to "%APPDATA%\OO Software". |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Save the OOSU10.exe file to a folder of your choice and launch. |
Similar/alternative apps: | WPD |
What's new? |
See: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10/changelog 1.9.1436 – released October 24, 2023 NEW: “Copilot” category added NEW: “Taskbar” category added NEW: “Search” category added NEW: Disable the search highlights in the taskbar NEW: Disable the Windows Copilot NEW: Disable the Copilot button from the taskbar NEW: Disable search with AI in search box FIX: Reset to factory settings adapted FIX: Disable recordings of user activity FIX: Disable storing users’ activity history on this device FIX: Disable the submission of user activities to Microsoft FIX: Disable storage of clipboard history for whole machine FIX: Disable the transfer of the clipboard to other devices via the cloud FIX: Disable storage of clipboard history for current user FIX: Disable the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program FIX: Disable backup of text messages into the cloud FIX: Disable suggestions in Start FIX: Various bug fixes Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified) |
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FireRabbit
on 2021-03-25 16:50
The very first thing I do on a windows 10 computer is run this, than WPD, and then finally WinAero Tweaker.
webfork
on 2023-08-03 23:04
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Rapidly becoming a must have on any Windows system. I used to be able to get by with a few settings tweaks, but system advertisements are getting out of hand. |
XAMPP is an integrated server package with mail, Web, FTP, and WebDAV. Named for Apache + MariaDB + Filezilla + PHP + Perl (AMPP) plus Mercury and Tomcat, the program includes a open software packages combined to power the various services, including JSP Java, OpenSSL, and more.
Also available for OSX and Linux.
Notes:
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Uniform Server, Abyss Webserver X1 |
What's new? | See: https://www.apachefriends.org/blog.html |
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freakazoid
on 2012-06-02 20:22
webfork: Because it's their preferred portable build. Not everyone will need the full package. The lite / portable build should be sufficient for people building a website for testing locally and on the go.
olliebean
on 2018-10-19 14:51
Just for clarification, is the full version portable? Because the only version labelled "portable" at the download link appears to be the lite version, without FTP or Mail.
Pax
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Note: The description should replace Oracle's MySQL with the community-based fork: MariaDB. |
Youtube Downloader HD saves videos to your computer for playing outside a browser or offline viewing. The videos can be downloaded in Flash video format (FLV) or, where available, MP4 formats (playable by iPhone, iPod etc.). The program can also convert files to Xvid format, compatible with most video players.
Functionality is limited to YouTube. Although there is no batch download, multiple instances can be opened concurrently in order to simultaneously download multiple videos.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch YouTubeDownloaderHD.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | 3D Youtube Downloader, YouTubePal |
What's new? |
See: https://www.youtubedownloaderhd.com/features.html#whatsnew [November 16, 2023] v.5.4.3
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gbrao
on 2023-05-06 09:06
[March 25, 2023] v.5.1 High Speed Edition
gbrao
on 2023-05-06 09:14
the zip also has a file YouTubeDownloaderHD.ini. so if you blindly unzip, you will lose your 'settings'.
gbrao
on 2023-05-09 21:50
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Hi, |
ImBatch is a powerful image processing tool with a long list of available tools for modifying one or more files. Available options include resize, rotate, modify colors, metdata, blur, shadow, crop and many more. Tasks can be chained (e.g. adjust contrast + sharpen) and reordered to just preview not just one change but multiple edits. Any process can be saved for quickly assembling future edits.
The program can also optimize images, create or add to an existing PDF, create animations (GIF), and upload the results to a remote server. The program can also passively watch a given folder for images to process and longer operations can put the computer in standby to save power once they conclude.
Smart functions include autocrop, auto-enhance, auto-stitch (for panorama-type images). The program supports a wide range of formats, command-line operations and batch task settings for easy load/unload of operations.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the installer and launch. When prompted for version, select "portable", and then choose a folder of your choice. Launch ImBatch.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | XnConvert |
What's new? | See: https://www.highmotionsoftware.com/download-center/imbatch |
VeraCrypt is volume encryption software that functions like an attached drive, making it possible to actively work with data like any other drive until the volume is dismounted. The program supports favorites, hot keys, hardware acceleration, and auto-mount options. Includes a variety of available tools for added security including keyfiles, security tokens, hidden volumes, auto-dismount, cascaded encryption and cached password management.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. Alternatively, VeraCrypt Portable is also available.
VeraCrypt is based on the inactive TrueCrypt, attempting to solve some of the program's documented weaknesses. The program can open and convert TrueCrypt volumes.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes "LEGACY_VERACRYPT" driver settings to the registry. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | TrueCrypt |
What's new? | See: https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Release Notes.html |
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Ennovy
on 2021-12-02 06:27
Version 1.25: Drop support of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 because of new requirement for driver code signing.
AndTheWolf
on 2022-01-16 18:01
From the release notes for VeraCrypt v1.25.7:
AndTheWolf
on 2023-10-08 14:51
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Now at VeraCrypt 1.26.7 |
NetworkConnectLog repeatedly scans your local area network using ARP and Netbios protocols, adding a new log line every time a new computer or device connects to or disconnects from your network. This helps keep track of both machines that should be on your network (servers) and those that should not (unauthorized users).
Log files are easily exported to a variety of formats including basic spreadsheets or HTML/XML file.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch NetworkConnectLog.exe. |
What's new? |
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Transmission is a simple and easy-to-use BitTorrent client supporting bandwidth controls, a web interface, peer exchange, magnet support and the ability to watch directories. Advanced tools include blocklist support, required encryption, webseed support, tracker editing. Includes DHT, µTP, UPnP and NAT-PMP port forwarding.
Transmission Portable is PortableApps.com version of the program.
Functional in 64-bit.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | GNU GPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch TransmissionPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | qBitTorrent Portable, Tixati, uTorrent, Halite |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/transmission/transmission/releases |
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Midas
on 2016-01-01 16:32
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Please check the forum topic (from http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=75793#p75793) for v2.84.4 re-release notice, 2 later 'unofficial' versions and info about the 64-bit release... |
cStatus is an advanced network scanning and monitoring tool for one or more addresses, and supports a data visualization, filtering and notifications. Monitoring supports ICPM and TCP ping with notifications, while IP address tools include port scanner, calculator, info and more.
Both live and historical activity reports are available for connection analysis.
Notably, the program includes a Traceroute function with the ability to return AS# (Autonomous System) number and network name for each hop traversed.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch cStatus.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Angry IP Scanner, SoftPerfect Network Scanner |
What's new? |
See: https://www.hnsoft.pt/Downloads_cstatus https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=24313 |
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tgeri
on 2018-09-28 02:36
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The screenshot is of the "IP Scanner" part of the program not of the main windows. The IP Scanner is only a "tool" in the app! |
WirelessKeyView recovers all wireless network keys (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer by the "Wireless Zero Configuration" service. The program lets you quickly connect other devices via a QR code generator.
You can search connections for keywords and easily save all keys to text/HTML/XML file, or copy a single key to the clipboard.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrative rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract a folder of your choice. Launch WirelessKeyView.exe. NOTE: The program may require a zip password to extract. Visit the webpage for the "Zip File Password". |
Similar/alternative apps: | WebBrowserPassView |
What's new? |
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allclownsareevil
on 2012-07-30 20:05
I suspect the reason people are claiming this doesn't work is because they are using the proprietary software that came bundled with their wifi card. This only works if you allow Windows to control your wireless network profiles.
Burn-IT
on 2016-11-11 13:28
Also you need to be doubly aware that most Anti Virus products will see this utility as a threat.
webfork
on 2021-12-24 12:19
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Works great. A few times a year I try to hand out my site wireless login and password, and this makes that SO much easier. |
WinMerge is a tabbed, visual file differencing and merging tool. It's primary use is determining changes between two text files, but includes tools for folder, image, and 3-way comparison. It comes with a built-in editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, word-wrap, synchronized scrolling, and handles a variety of file formats.
An unofficial plugin (xdocdiff) is available to enable comparison functions for the text of Word, Excel, PDF, LibreOffice, RTF, and other file formats.
WinMerge Portable is a portable version of WinMerge from PortableApps. Alternatively, an outdated X-WinMerge is also available.
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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 WinMerge.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Diffinity, Text Compare |
What's new? | See: https://winmerge.org/docs/releasenotes.php |
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PAFuser
on 2018-08-12 16:23
64bit version from https://sourceforge.net/projects/winmerge/files/alpha/2.15.2/ can be used to replace 32 bit folder in PortableApps.com version. So far no problems with it. Renamed original file, just in case.
JohnTHaller
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PAFUser: For a better experience, use WinMerge 2011 Portable. WinMerge 2011 is a continuation fork of WinMerge that is regularly updated. Our portable package includes the 32-bit and 64-bit versions and switches between them. |
ChromeHistoryView reads the history data file of Chromium-based Web browsers and displays the list of all visited Web pages in the last days. For each visited Web page, the following information is displayed: URL, Title, Visit Date/Time, Number of visits, number of times that the user typed this address (Typed Count), Referrer and Visit ID.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ChromeHistoryView.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | BrowsingHistoryView |
What's new? |
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__philippe
on 2017-03-15 12:28
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ChromeHistoryView v1.30 realeased 14-MAR-2017 |
AlephNote is extensible, lightweight desktop note manager. Features include search, interactive checkbox lists highlighting, clickable highlighted links, notes backup, drag-and-drop capability for files and text, and sorting notes into folders. The program supports tags, in-editor markdown rendering, customizable shortcuts, stay-on-top capability, tray control, themes, and more.
Notes can be saved locally or synchronized with cloud services including Simplenote, Standard Note, Nextcloud/ownCloud.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6+ |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | MIT |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AlephNote.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ResophNotes |
What's new? |
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shnbwmn
on 2018-05-14 04:33
@Sinchu
PAFuser
on 2021-01-09 09:43
Looks like a great program, but I have tried for almost a year to get it to load without success. Followed every instruction, only error messages. Never loads.
webfork
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@PAFuser: This program is in active development and the dev is fairly responsible if you want to drop him a note about your experiences. I've stepped away from using this program due to what I hope are some sync issues with the SimpleNote service. |
Textadept is a minimalist programmer’s text editor featuring split views, themes, auto-complete. Also features syntax highlighting, advanced search, and bookmarks.
Cross-platform with versions available for Mac OSX, Linux, and BSD.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | MIT License |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch textadept.exe -u .\data |
What's new? | See: https://orbitalquark.github.io/textadept/changelog.html |
BleachBit quickly frees disk space, removes hidden junk and safeguards your privacy. You can erase cache, Internet history, cookies (including the much-maligned "evercookie"), DOM storage, unused localizations and temporary files of 70 applications including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Flash, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Adobe Reader, APT and more. Additional applications can be added with the community authored winapp2.ini cleaner list in the Preferences - General tab (requires restart).
Includes wipe function to protect privacy, support for many languages, and available for Linux and Mac OS X.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch bleachbit.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | CCleaner |
What's new? |
See: https://www.bleachbit.org/news |
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zorro
on 2020-03-15 15:13
BleachBit seems to leave traces in the last version (3.2) - after first run I found the folder ".dbus-keyrings" in the root of C:\USERS\user\
DzejPy
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Bleachbit portable downloaded using the link (from the home page) does not contain the msvcr100.dll file - without it the program cannot be run. |
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.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Optionally, delete the inst/banners subfolder and the files SoftMakerUpdaterTool.exe and usbstick.exe |
Similar/alternative apps: | LibreOffice |
What's new? | See:https://www.freeoffice.com/en/download/servicepacks |
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freakazoid
on 2021-12-31 16:34
@webfork - The software name is FreeOffice. I think it's obvious that there is a Pro version judging by the name of the program. When using FreeOffice, some upsell will be shown within the interface of the program, so if the user is interested in their enhanced features, they can do so at their own perusal.
Antolion
on 2022-02-05 03:39
This is possibly a greatest (portable) prog-suite. I' using only the portable version. There is a serious problem/bug I1 experienced. After want to save my presentatuons in presentations-maker its failed, and the prog said: it's not possible because it's an illegal (pirate) version of a progam.. The non-portable waersion works flawlessly!(I think, the root of the the problem, that the portable-version put the samples/sablons etc. in different way. And, misfortunately, the portabilizing-process is not work for hunspell dictionaries, but its a minor problem. Thanks!
NunoSilva
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There is also (with the same architecure) Ashampoo Free Office: |
VLC is a skinnable, feature-rich media player that supports a wide variety of multimedia file and streaming formats. It can play files while they download, from inside RAR files, online radio stations, convert video formats and much more.
The software can also behave as a streaming server for delivering video in unicast or multicast mode.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. If following "How to extract". |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
Optionally, delete unnecessary locales, and avoid optional traces by running (see this) VLC with a custom config like vlc --config=zero-cache containing: [qt] qt-recentplay=0 qt-privacy-ask=0 [core] plugins-cache=0 |
Similar/alternative apps: | MPC-HC, SMPlayer, PotPlayer |
What's new? | See: |
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lwc
on 2021-11-05 04:05
Per the last comment (or rather comments), it's true VLC is infamous for never including the 64 bit in the regular download page.
PAFuser
on 2022-03-07 20:48
Also available from PortableApps.com (32 bit). (64 bit can replace PortableApps 32 bit files.)
MoisheP
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It might be easier for some to download the Windows installer, e.g., vlc-3.0.19-win64.exe directly from videolan.org and unpack using 7-Zip to the VLC folder. |
AquaSnap is a resource-friendly window organization tool. Windows can quickly and easily resize to 1/2 (vertically or horizontally) and 1/4 of the screen by just dragging them to an edge or corner. Other available effects include window-stretching capabilities, making a window transparent when moving it across the screen and ability to manually "shake" a window, enabling transparency or minimizing other windows. Various color and design skins are available for window resize feature.
AquaSnap Personal Edition has all the features of the Professional Edition with the exception of mouse shortcuts, window tiling, "move windows together" and multi-monitor support. Package includes a 32-bit and a 64-bit version and a PortableApps format version is also available.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AquaSnap.Daemon.exe |
Similar/alternative apps: | WinSplit Revolution |
What's new? | See: https://www.nurgo-software.com/company/news/13-aquasnap |
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Ennovy
on 2016-09-26 09:54
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The latest version for Windows XP and Vista: http://www.nurgo-software.com/download/AquaSnap_1.17.1/AquaSnap.zip |
3D Youtube Downloader searches and downloads a variety of media from YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, LiveLeak and many other sites for playing outside the browser or offline viewing. The program even downloads subtitles and 3D video from YouTube and Dailymotion. High speed download is available with multipart downloads and HTTP compression, as well as proxy support to help circumvent network restrictions.
The search tool includes a variety of criteria including size, detail, ratings and many more. The interface provides options for different types of users including advanced for detailed view of available formats and quality levels, as well as a conversion mode for moving files to a different format altogether. The program supports a variety of media file quality and formats including WebM, MP4, FLV (video) and M4A, OGG, MP3 (audio), as well as conversion to AAC, WMA, SPX and many more.
The program can view YouTube RSS aggregators so you can see and download the latest in a series. A separate, non-free version is available for batch operations, but it is possible to run multiple instances of program for concurrent downloads.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | YouTube Downloader HD, YouTubePal |
What's new? | See: https://yd.3dyd.com/changelog/details/ |
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rowleys
on 2019-06-12 12:05
Is anybody else getting what looks like Arabic language when launching the installer? I don't want to click on any buttons because I have no idea what they mean.
webfork
on 2022-01-28 13:42
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Several other audio extraction tools I used to rely upon failed on me, but this one worked great. I got exactly the format I was hoping for (Opus) and it downloaded very fast. Wonderfully simple and easy. |
MusicBee is a feature-rich and highly configurable audio toolset, including player, tag and library manager, converter. The overall look and feel can be rearranged, switched to one of two minimal player views, and skinned for a variety of different color schemes.
The program supports a host of different audio functions including Internet radio, podcast search/download/manage, playlists, CD ripping, Last.FM, Soundcloud, device sync and much more. Audio functions include gapless playback, high-end and surround sound audio, volume and EQ controls.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1+ |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | foobar2000 |
What's new? | See: https://getmusicbee.com/help/release-note/ |
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risk
on 2019-12-13 22:36
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MusicBee has been my music player for well over a decade - ever since the other one stopped whipping the llama’s ass! |
Artweaver is an image editor that tries to simulate natural brush tools eg. chalk, charcoal, pencils. It supports common image formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, TGA, TIFF, PNG and PSD, in addition to its own format (AWD). Image editing functions includes selection, gradient, crop, fill, transparency, layers, effects (sharpen, blur, emboss, mosaic etc.).
A pro version is also available with additional features.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://www.artweaver.de/en/changelog |
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dany
on 2011-12-08 00:06
@foxcole: click the link in 'how to extract.', you need to replace bin/innounp.exe with the latest version, yours only supports versions up to 5.1.1. Innounp version 0.36 supports unpacking version 5.4.2 Inno Setup installers.
Happy.Camper2
on 2017-03-10 19:34
Sadly, The Artweaver Team will shutdown on
PapaiMark
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After trying for 20 minutes the most basic operation, copy a part of the image and paste it elsewhere in the same image, |
Tor Browser enables secure, anonymous web access to help bypass various forms of censorship, region-blocking, and tracking. The program uses a modified version of the Firefox ESR browser with additional privacy and security features, including always-on access to an anonymous network and no usage history.
Components include the Vidalia Tor client and the NoScript and HTTPS Everywhere add-ons to enhance privacy. The program is the official browser bundle from the makers of Tor.
Functional in 64-bit. Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Advanced Onion Router |
What's new? | See: https://blog.torproject.org/category/releases/ |
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smaragdus
on 2015-09-05 03:36
I needed to connect to an onion site and downloaded the latest version (5.0.2) but Australis makes Tor Browser absolutely terrible and unusable- I do not want to install heaps of add-ons just to restore features the Mozilla idiots removed. I had an earlier version of Tor Browser (3.6.0- before the advent of the abominable Australis) but the perpetual blinking of the Tor button urging for update is unbearable and cannot be disabled. It can be removed from the tool-bar but this way one cannot acquire new identities.
rbon
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Starting from version 8.0 Tor project builds both version of TorBrowser: 32 bit and 64 bit. |
Krita is a painting program made by artists to make concept art, texture and matte painters, illustrations, and comics. It uses a wide variety of customizable brushes as well as drawing aids for shapes, straight lines, as well as layers, masks, and more. The interface is also customizable and can be modified to both light and dark themes.
The program also supports animations, textures and more.
Krita Portable is a portable wrapper for the program.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch KritaPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | MyPaint |
What's new? | See: https://krita.org/en/about/krita-releases-overview/ |
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Stephen Leibowitz
on 2019-12-13 10:17
KritaPortable_4.2.8.paf.exe from PortableApps automatically installs both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Krita:
Stephen Leibowitz
on 2021-12-28 08:56
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The Krita Portable package at PortableApps.com includes the last 32-bit version (4.4.3) and the current 64-bit version (5.0.0). Not surprisingly, it can be placed on portable storage. When it is run, the wrapper chooses the Krita version that matches the bit size of the Windows OS. Users should be aware of file compatibility issues between the two Krita versions. |
JPEGView is a minimalistic viewer/editor designed to view images from digital cameras full screen and with highest quality possible. Basic image editing functionality is provided, allowing correction for typical problems as color cast, high/low contrast, orientation and under- or overexposure very quickly and interactively during review of the images. The program can view and save JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF, or WEBP. Includes batch rename and copy features.
While JPEGView is not intended as a replacement for a full-blown image editor, the included tool set of commonly-used modifications means such editors should be needed less often.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
Alternatively, JPEGView Portable is also available from PortableApps.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | FreeVimager |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/sylikc/jpegview/releases/tag/v1.3.46 |
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GerryB
on 2020-09-06 13:42
Re my previous comment: This was with the 32-bit version. I have no way of knowing how the 64-bit version deals with transparencies, as I can't run it on my machine. At any rate, viewing them is OK; just don't save them from JPEGView.
nineascii
on 2023-03-25 11:01
I've been using this program for many years. I also have set this as my default Jpg viewer. It is super fast, preloads the next image before you view it so there is no white screen flash between images.
FileHandler
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I fully agree with everything nineascii said about it. I've also been using it for many years, so glad that development continues. It now supports AVIF and WEBP etc. |
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.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 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 |
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g3ose
on 2019-04-17 18:14
it is version 7.0 right now, is portable and free
gcb43
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I fully agree with Miklo, having used FastStone for several years, I really like it: does everything I want almost intuitively.I still use version 6.4 . Tried to use the last version 7.6 but reversed to the previous one because in the last release there is a bug in the Multi-Page File Builder to created an Animated GIF (Alt+M):. the resulting GIF file shows only the first 2 loaded images then stops. |
FullEventLogView displays in a table the details of all events from the event logs of Windows, including the event description. It allows you to view the events of your local computer, events of a remote computer on your network, and events stored in .evtx files. It also allows you to export the events list to text/csv/tab-delimited/html/xml/json file.
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Runs on: | 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 FullEventLogView.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | MyEventViewer |
What's new? |
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Complete Internet Repair attempts to repair Internet and network-related issues.
Note: The program should only be run when there are problems as it provides no speed improvements and the program may actually cause problems on a normal, working connection.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ComIntRep.exe or ComIntRep_X64.exe (for 64-bit OS). Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
What's new? |
See: https://www.rizonesoft.com/downloads/complete-internet-repair/ |
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Happy.Camper2
on 2017-11-23 02:31
The last version I found that supports XP/Vista is:
Happy.Camper2
on 2017-11-28 01:03
Hi PortableFreewarers,
MIKLO
on 2017-12-04 12:50
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I've been using on Windoze 10 home for some time with no issues.I think it does a great job and is a helpful App to fix problems. |
Telegram is an easy-to-use, secure messaging and VoIP service. The program can be installed on multiple locations and devices, and will synchronize with all connected tools. It supports video calls, broadcast messages, huge chat rooms and can transfer any file type, up to 1.5 gigs each.
Note the program requires a working phone number in order to log in (via SMS or automated phone call).
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux, iOS, Android and as a web app. A PortableApps version is also available.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder, Windows registry |
Dependencies: | Requires entry of a working phone number. |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\TelegramDesktop By default, the program downloads media and documents into its own folder. To remove extra files and improve privacy, enter Settings > Advanced > Data and Storage > Download path > Default folder to "Temp Folder, cleared on logout". |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch telegram.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | RetroShare, IsoToxin |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases. |
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FireRabbit
on 2018-06-26 13:03
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v1.3.8 - the BIG new feature here is that you can now export/backup your data. |
Honeyview is a fast image viewer supporting compressed image files often used for comics/manga/photos. Enables slideshow views with repeat, randomize, transitions, filters, interpolation, rotation and zoom options.
Unlike many graphics programs, Honeyview can show all images from an entire directory tree and not just one folder.
Functional on 64-bit and supports most common image types including BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, PSD, DDS, JXR, WebP, J2K, JP2, TGA, TIFF, PCX, PGM, PNM, PPM, and BPG. Animated GIF, PNG, WebP, BGP. Raw images: DNG, CR2, CRW, NEF, NRW, ORF, RW2, PEF, SR2, and RAF. Archives (without extraction): ZIP, RAR, 7Z, LZH, TAR, CBR, and CBZ.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Honeyview32.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | CDisplayEx |
What's new? | See: https://www.bandisoft.com/honeyview/history/ |
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ripu
on 2015-07-25 10:43
It's the best image viewer I've ever used. Awesome UI and hotkeys, fast; everything I wanted in an image viewer. Near perfect.
juverax
on 2021-03-14 14:17
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I tested Honeyview with a "very large" graphic file" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights#/media/File:The_Garden_of_earthly_delights.jpg ), 175Mb. |
Bandizip is an archive tool that supports a customisable interface, the searching of archives by file name, file splitting, password protection, self-extracting archives and varying levels of compression. It supports the creation and extraction of most common compression formats, as well as modern formats ZIPX and 7Z.
The program's "High Speed Archiving" function will allow you to compress or bypass the files its own algorithm on multimedia files (AVI, WMV, MP3...) or archive files (ZIP, RAR, 7Z...) that won't benefit from additional compression. This can increase archiving speed dramatically. Extract formats supported include 7Z, ZIPX, RAR, ALZ, EGG, TAR, BH, LZH, BZ2, ISO, CAB, WIM, XZ, ARJ, ZIP, Z and more.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Liteware |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Bandizip32.exe or Bandizip64.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | 7-Zip, PeaZip, IZArc |
What's new? | See: https://www.bandisoft.com/bandizip/history/ |
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FireRabbit
on 2021-10-08 14:51
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I didn't realize Bandizip was here or I'd have commented sooner. I LOVE Bandizip it's the only archive program that handles Zpaq files well. When you have a big zpaq update you can Ctrl+F in the archive and filter and search the entire backup history of the Zpaq. |
CintaNotes is a tag-based, text-only personal notes manager for collecting bits and pieces of information such as thoughts and ideas, article excerpts, quotes, research etc. A global hot key (by default Ctrl-F12) clips pieces of text from other applications such as web browsers or any local program. The window title becomes title/subject of the note and the highlighted text selected becomes the body.
The program is useful to quickly take down and tag any piece of useful text that you come across and quickly organize by date, keywords, title, link and note size. A search tool searches the entire database with search keyword highlighting.
Note: Some features limited to a "pro" version include tabbed sections, pasting notes into other apps, hierarchical tags and multiple notebooks.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Liteware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CintaNotes.exe. |
What's new? | See: http://cintanotes.com/release-notes/ |
Latest comments |
Ennovy
on 2016-12-22 15:04
Version 3.5 released, Simplenote synchronization is now also available without a PRO license.
PAFuser
on 2017-06-09 02:17
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Also available from Portable Apps: https://portableapps.com/apps/office/cintanotes-portable |
MultiPar helps protect backups and transfers with error detection and recovery. The program looks at information from any number of files and folders to function as insurance against data loss. The program generates companion "PAR" files that are built from a percentage of the originals, using more space for greater protection (e.g. 10% of the original for already safe methods, 50% for frequent failures).
The program has a wide variety of customizations including format, processor usage, and various other tools available to the standard PAR format. For backups, it can also choose PAR size by available free space (e.g. saving a 3 gig file to a 4.7 gig DVD will mean generating a 1.7 gig PAR file).
Functional in Linux/Mac via WINE. The program supports multi-threading, multiple processors, can recurse subfolders, and functions with standard formats including PAR, PAR2, and (experimental) PAR3 formats.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder; however shell integration and filetype associations will write to the registry. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GUI: Freeware (accepts donations). Console applications: GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | ICE ECC, RapidCRC Unicode |
What's new? |
See: https://github.com/Yutaka-Sawada/MultiPar/releases |
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webfork
on 2017-01-02 01:22
@shnbwmn: the .EU site's relationship to the .JP address is discussed at length in forums.
Multiparuser
on 2017-09-03 08:58
From the author of Multipar:
webfork
on 2017-09-04 22:21
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@Multiparuser: if you go to the page we link to when you click "website" you can see what the author has posted about the .EU mirror, which is encouraging caution. He does not call it a malicious spam site. |
OpenMPT (Open ModPlug Tracker) lets you to create and play back music on your computer. The program supports up to 127 tracks/channels, VST plugins/instruments, and has ASIO support.
Functional on Linux via WINE.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch mptrack.ini. |
What's new? | See: https://openmpt.org/release_notes/ |
Latest comments |
dmiranda
on 2021-05-17 20:03
The current version supports windows7+. The last version supporting XP is 1.28.10 legacy, at https://download.openmpt.org/archive/openmpt/1.28/OpenMPT-1.28.10.00-legacy.zip
juverax
on 2023-09-01 17:03
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The latest stable release is OpenMPT 1.31.04.00, released on 27 August 2023 |
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.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
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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
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Textify rel. 1.10.1 released at May 30, 2022. |
Clavier allows you to create global keyboard shortcuts for launching programs/websites, opening folders, inserting text strings etc. Shortcuts can be set using almost any key combination, including the Windows key. Useful for frequently used sites/programs as well as unique foreign-language characters (e.g. Æ, Ç etc.).
Clavier supports relative paths for maximum portability.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Clavier.exe. |
What's new? | See https://gryder.org/software/clavier-plus/#relnotes |
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MoisheP
on 2020-05-25 21:01
v. 11.0 implements directly opening a Windows app (previously, "metro" app). Still a simple, efficient tool.
PAFuser
on 2022-05-10 21:53
Version 11.2.1 Apr 10, 2022 https://github.com/guilryder/clavier-plus/releases/tag/release11.2.1
PAFuser
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11.3.1 available, "Download 64-bit" release page link is unchanged. Great program. |
Quick Any2Ico can take high quality icon or image files from a binary executable or resource file (.exe or .dll). Icons can be exported to a variety of formats with available sizing options. The program can also be used to add or remove image formats from icon files.
Command-line capabilities included (see homepage).
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download Quick_Any2Ico.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ToYcon, Imagicon |
What's new? | See: https://www.carifred.com/quick_any2ico/#whats_new |
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ProcessTCPSummary is a network analysis tool, displaying a summary of all process that have TCP connections or listening UDP ports. For each process, this tool displays the total number of TCP connections, connections for each status (established, listening, syn-sent, syn-received...), number of IPv4/IPv6 TCP connections, common port numbers and more.
If run as Administrator, you can also watch the number of TCP/UDP bytes sent and received by every process, as well as the current send/receive speed.
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 ProcessTCPSummary.exe. |
What's new? |
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