Process Hacker is a feature-packed tool for manipulating processes and services on your computer. Includes a simple, customized tree view, detailed performance graphs, list of network connections, comprehensive process list (including hidden), full control over processes, rootkit termination, and DLL controls.
Alternatively, Process Hacker Portable is stealth.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Settings location is specified by passing the -settings parameter to Process Hacker, together with the full path to the settings file. |
Stealth: ? | No. To make stealth:
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License: | GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Process Explorer |
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misan
on 2016-02-04 20:15
Thank you.
Midas
on 2021-03-02 09:39
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Process Hacker is still being updated through so-called nightly builds: see forum topic or https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/nightly.php. |
SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a feature-rich, multi-threaded network scanner to find and identify network resources. Includes IP, NetBIOS and SNMP, can ping computers, scans for listening TCP ports, and shows what types of resources are shared (including system and hidden). In addition, it allows you to mount shared resources as network drives, browse them using Windows Explorer, filter the results list and more.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
NOTE: latest versions of this program has gone commercial; hosting a mirror of the last freeware version (thanks UserFriendly). Backup mirror.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Angry IP Scanner |
What's new? |
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olliebean
on 2021-01-29 10:14
Further to my previous comment, it seems that the download links are still working; my problem was that Zippyshare is now blocked in the UK for some reason. (Seems to be blocked by Zippyshare itself rather than by my ISP.) I managed to download from the given links via a VPN.
webfork
on 2021-01-29 14:21
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@olliebean, took me a few days but I got the mirror worked out. Please try again. |
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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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. |
GifCam is a handy and reliable application designed to record the screen and to convert the recordings into GIF format. It supports to define the recording frame rate, to select the color quality, to add a text in frames, capture the cursor and much more.
Great for demonstrations, how-tos and bug testing.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder (if "Save Settings On GifCam Path" checked in "Customization") |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch GifCam.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ScreenToGif, LICEcap |
What's new? | See: http://blog.bahraniapps.com/gifcam-7-0/ |
Latest comments |
__philippe
on 2018-01-13 11:23
GifCam v5.5 ßeta 5-JAN-2018 is out (new version since v5.1 OCT2015)
portablefree
on 2022-07-06 17:03
Updated to version 7.0 (2022-06-02, 2022, June, 2nd)
__philippe
on 2022-07-07 10:04
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Belatedly discovered a Gifcam quirk in the Win XP version...:-( |
HWiNFO is a professional hardware information and diagnostic tool supporting latest components, industry technologies and standards. Includes system health monitoring (Thermal, Voltage, Fan, Power), basic benchmarks and multiple report formats (text, CSV, XML, HTML, MHTML).
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch HWiNFO32.exe or HWiNFO64.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | SIV |
What's new? | See: https://www.hwinfo.com/version-history/ |
Latest comments |
MIKLO
on 2018-03-10 10:27
Very nice, this software will give all the info you could ever want, at least 4me :)Thanks to the maker for all the hard work to bring us this FREE software to use.
DzejPy
on 2023-10-15 06:13
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From version 7 (2021-03-09) there are more licenses: |
The program provides an easy, graphical environment for DOSBox (which runs a wide variety of DOS-based games on and programs modern hardware), helping with the management of program details such as configuration and tweaking.
The program also includes helpful configuration files and pre-sets for a variety of popular DOS games.
DOSBox is included in the installation.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
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smaragdus
on 2014-04-02 22:37
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Great tool! Using it now I can play my favourite DOS game BlockOut by California Dreams on my Widnows 8 system. |
SigcheckGUI is a system and security analysis tool for understanding files and processes. The program shows a variety of file data including signing source, 32/64-bit status, version, publisher, and more. Security options include VirusTotal analysis and file hashing (MD5, SHA1, and SHA256). The program can even run on all active processes.
The program can export results to spreadsheet (CSV) or copied to the clipboard.
SigcheckGUI is a front-end for Sigcheck from Sysinternals.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Sysinternals\SigCheck: "EulaAccepted" |
License: | Freeware for non-commercial use (obtain commercial license) |
How to extract: |
Optionally:
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Similar/alternative apps: | RapidCRC Unicode |
What's new? |
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__philippe
on 2016-09-03 21:33
The underlying SysInternals's SIGCHECK utility (CLI) is updated to V2.54 (as of 29-AUG-2016) with the following change :
Midas
on 2024-01-12 07:31
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FYI, Sysinternals SigCheck dependency is currently v2.90 released 2022-07-19. |
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 |
Latest comments |
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. |
Ant Renamer provides many options for the batch renaming of files and folders. The program includes the ability to change file extension, replace/insert/move strings, change case, even give files random names. The program can even rename based on date and time (great for scanned files) or using exif/mp3 tag info (making metadata the file name), or regular expressions. File renaming can be previewed before execution and changes can be added to a batch file and saved for future use.
Alternatively, Ant Renamer Portable (PortableApps.com Format, adjust drive letters and paths as you move PCs).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Renamer.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Rename Master |
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Latest comments |
smaragdus
on 2015-07-13 14:15
New version of Ant Renamer has been released- 2.12.0, what is new in the latest version:
ripu
on 2015-11-02 10:31
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There is no way to rename using multiple methods/rules at the same time. You have to use one method at a time. Also, can't preview all the files and can't undo after closing the software. So, I prefer Advanced Renamer. |
NOTE: This program has mostly been replaced by PDF-XChange Editor (also portable), which is actively updated and contains additional features.
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PDF-XChange Viewer is a feature-rich program that displays multiple PDF documents within a tabbed interface. Edit features include the ability to rotate documents, add comments/annotations to any PDF file, apply custom stamps from any image/PDF file/Windows clipboard, mark-up pages with text and objects, and type directly on any PDF page in "Typewriter" mode.
The program supports exporting to BMP/JPEG/TIFF/PNG etc., or extracting text from a PDF page/file. Additional features include capturing the document with the snapshot tool (copies an area to clipboard), measuring tools for distance, area and perimeter, and more. A recommended picture-to-text OCR plugin is available (thanks Bruce) as is a PDF help file.
Reported as functional on Mac/Linux under WINE. Alternatively, PDF-XChange Viewer Portable adjusts paths, with an OCR plugin and help file available from the website as separate downloads.
For 64-bit, see forum post
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | SumatraPDF, PDF-XChange Editor, STDU Viewer |
What's new? |
See: https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer/history |
Latest comments |
Midas
on 2016-03-27 20:32
FYI, additional languages OCR downloads are available from http://www.tracker-software.com/pdf-xchange-viewer-ocr ...
Mixture
on 2017-02-07 16:30
@zorro:
PAFuser
on 2017-06-30 15:11
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Mixture is correct. Only need as viewer with able to add text comment (download utility bills and mark date paid, less paper stored). |
WhatIsHang tries to detect software that is currently frozen or hanging, displaying information that can help explain what caused the issue. The program displays a list of related strings and DLL files, useful for developers as well as non-programmers to help find workarounds by helping determine the cause.
More developer-specific information includes Call Stack, Stack Data, Processor Registers, and Memory Data.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WhatIsHang.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | BlueScreenView |
What's new? |
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Latest comments | Add comment 1› |
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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PhonerLite is an SIP softphone for making and receiving VoIP calls. It supports multiple SIP profiles, integrated phone book and call logging.
Note: PhonerLite is a stripped-down version of Phoner, with a different but more user-friendly GUI. They use the same DLL and configuration data (sipper.ini) and can co-exist in the same folder.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PhonerLite.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | MicroSIP |
What's new? |
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BGM
on 2017-02-08 03:04
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Haha - I'm still using this program! It's still the best you can get for free. |
HxD is a carefully designed and fast hex editor including raw disk editing, modifying foreign RAM and handling files of any size. The program includes search/replace (ASCII | Unicode), export, checksum/digests, insertion of byte patterns, file shredder, concatenation or splitting of files, statistics and more.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" installer inside the ZIP package, extract it and execute. Launch HxD32.exe or HxD64.exe. |
What's new? | Full changelog at https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/changelog.php |
Latest comments |
Special
on 2018-07-17 21:51
v2.0.0.0 is now out in stable, after almost 10 long years, and it's still the best Hex editor!
__philippe
on 2018-07-18 09:54
Seconding Special's praise for HxD 2.0
pacofdez
on 2019-01-17 17:14
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The solution to [Scrolling on Windows 10 tablet problem] is appreciated. |
LICEcap can capture an area of your desktop and save it directly to animated GIF files. Features include: move the screen capture frame while recording, pause and restart recording, with optional inserted text messages, global hotkey (Shift+Space) to toggle pausing while recording, adjustable maximum recording framerate, basic title frame, with or without text, record mouse button presses, display elapsed time in the recording.
You can run multiple LICEcap window simultaneously, even of another LICEcap.
Cross-platform with a version available for Mac OS.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | GifCam |
What's new? |
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Cornflower
on 2018-01-18 11:41
This is excellent! I'm already creating demos with it.
Ennovy
on 2022-07-05 11:04
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The website announces the release of version 1.32 for Windows: https://www.cockos.com/licecap/licecap132-install.exe |
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 |
Latest comments |
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: |
Awesome Duplicate Photo Finder is a powerful tool that helps you to find and remove duplicate photos or similar pictures on your PC. It is able to compare pictures that were resized or with corrected colors (e.g. contrast modified, black and white photos etc.).
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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 AwesomePhotoFinder.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Dup Detector |
What's new? | See: https://www.duplicate-finder.com/photo-features.html#whatsnew |
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webfork
on 2015-11-29 20:56
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Absolutely excellent program that saved a ton of room on my hard drive, clearing out duplicates as well as several multiple-size images from an earlier effort to compress some really big photos. The best part is how it automatically sees two photos that are already very similar and helps you pick the better one to archive. There were only one or two false-positives in a batch of hundreds (a concert picture somehow got paired with a painting of Mozart). |
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 |
DriveImage XML allows you to backup any logical drive or partition to an image file, even if the drive or partition is currently in use. You can browse an image file, view/extract files from it, or restore the image to the same or different drive. It also has a function to help you clone one hard disk to another.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None. (Don't check the logging option.) |
Dependencies: | Administrative rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Partial. The program itself doesn't support unicode, but it uses Windows Shadow Copy for backing-up. |
License: | Free for non-commercial use |
How to extract: |
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Midwest Dave
on 2011-01-22 19:11
I have my doubts regarding how "portable" this program is. I know it's popular...but portable...not so sure. I decided to try running it in a sandbox (Sandboxie). It wouldn't even install in the sandbox. Makes me think this program is trying to install a driver and sandboxie is stopping it. If so, then it's not portable in my sense of the word.
webfork
on 2011-01-23 18:21
Dave: Many programs that have access to system areas and require admin rights are difficult to effectively virtualize by Sandboxie or other programs.
abc
on 2012-01-13 01:28
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I really wanted to try this but it kept crashing on Vista.. I guess I'm stuck with Clonezilla (not such a bad thing, actually) |
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: |
Latest comments |
lwc
on 2021-11-05 04:05
Per the last comment (or rather comments), it's true VLC is infamous for never including the 64 bit in the regular download page.
PAFuser
on 2022-03-07 20:48
Also available from PortableApps.com (32 bit). (64 bit can replace PortableApps 32 bit files.)
MoisheP
on 2023-10-13 14:18
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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. |
MycView automatically displays a slide show of all the pictures of a given directory in full screen mode. Reads a variety of file formats including JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, DIB, RLE, PNM, EMF, WMF, ICO, CUR file formats, as well as list LST files, SLD (XnView).
Other features:
- Automatic closing at the end of the slideshow with the parameter "/c"
- Display in a window or full screen with the key "f"
- Opening a new file with the keystrokes "Ctrl-O"
- Opening a new directory with the keystrokes "Ctrl-D".
- Number of loops defined with the parameter "/l"
- Number of seconds per image defined with the parameter "/s".
- Open the context menu with the Middle-click or "Ctrl-M"
- Change the background color with the option "/b"
- Automatic rotation with the exif information.
- Browse images with thumbnails
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch mycview.exe. |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
AdrianK_IT
on 2012-07-20 19:25
Almost perfect! All it lacks is the ability to run a slideshow in random order.
AdrianK_IT
on 2015-03-17 15:30
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Been experimenting with this app again; was looking for a simple slideshow viewer that responded well to voice commands, for use with a Windows 8.1 tablet. Very good for that; still would like to see a random order option. |
Balabolka is a feature-rich program to read text aloud from a variety of file types including DOC, RTF, PDF, ODT, FB2 and HTML. The program uses built-in Windows speech tools, but lets you fine tune voices, including rate and pitch, and a substitution list can also be applied to improve the quality of the voice's articulation. The program supports customized font and background color, skins, control reading from the system tray or by the global hotkeys.
The program can save to a variety of audio formats and quality levels, and can include synchronized text to external LRC files or in MP3 tags inside the audio files. When the audio file is played with players on a computer or on modern digital audio players, the text will be displayed synchronously (in the same way as lyrics for songs).
The program includes batch conversion tools from of a wide variety of document formats to audio or plain text and a file compare tool, file splitter and screen magnification window. Command-line functions also supported.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft Speech API (SAPI). This is included by default in Win2K and above. |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch balabolka.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language and help files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | DSpeech |
What's new? | See: http://balabolka.site/changelog.txt |
Latest comments |
FireRabbit
on 2020-03-29 22:26
After years of using to use Balabolka I officaly gave up and bought textaloud a couple days ago.
FireRabbit
on 2021-10-07 15:38
Since it had been over a year since my last comment and the last time I used Balabolka, and since then I've seen several update notices for it, bought a brand new computer, and moved on to windows 10 I figured I'd give it another try since I really don't like being tied to preparatory software beyond my OS.
Midas
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@FireRabbit: As Balabolka is somewhat of a niche application, your input is highly appreciated. Thank you. |
YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) can be used to create a multi-boot USB flash drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools and more. Aside from a few distributions, all files are stored within the Multiboot folder, making for a nicely organized Multiboot Drive that can still be used for other storage purposes. YUMI uses syslinux to boot extracted distributions stored on the USB device and reverts to using grub to Boot Multiple ISO files from USB, if necessary.
YUMI works much like Universal USB Installer, except it can be used to install more than one distribution to run from your USB. Distributions can also be uninstalled.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | GNU GPL |
How to extract: | Download YUMI-X.X.X.X.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Universal USB Installer |
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Checker
on 2015-04-17 18:53
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I came ... I saw ... I updated ;) |
TrueCrypt creates and opens secure volumes that function like an attached drive, making it possible to move files to and from a secure place, as well as open and run. Additional security features include support for key files and hidden volumes inside regular ones (for plausible deniability) for higher security, as well as hardware acceleration and benchmark tools for speed.
Supports a range of encryption algorithms including AES, Serpent, and Twofish, as well as combinations (e.g. Serpent + Twofish) in the event that one of them is eventually cracked.
Note: This program may have unfixed security vulnerabilities. As version 7.2 only allows the opening of TrueCrypt volumes, not their creation, we are linking to a mirrror of Version 7.1a.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes "LEGACY_TRUECRYPT" driver settings to the registry. |
License: | Open Source: TrueCrypt License Version 3.0 (donate) |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | VeraCrypt, FreeOTFE |
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Mixture
on 2014-05-29 15:32
There are two TrueCrypt clones, VeraCrypt 1.0c and HaDES 1.1.
Mixture
on 2014-05-29 15:47
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Even the Wayback Machine (web.archive.org) has excluded the TrueCrypt/sourceforge and Truecrypt.org webpages. |
pestudio shows details about applications and other system files (.exe, .dll, .cpl, .ocx, .ax, .sys etc.) without starting them including:
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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 ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Delete AddToShell.reg and RemoveFromShell.reg. Launch pestudio.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PPEE, PE Anatomist |
What's new? | See: https://www.winitor.com/tools/pestudio/changes.log |
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__philippe
on 2017-11-26 21:39
All righty,... next time round,
Special
on 2019-09-14 18:16
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Looks like with 8.98 they've removed even more features from the previous 9.87 free version (detect well-known whitelisted libraries/blacklisted resources), funny they don't mention that in the changelog. |
XMedia Recode is an audio/video converter for most popular formats and includes handy profiles for popular mobile/tablet devices such as iPod, iPhone, Samsung, SonyEricsson, Zune, PSP, Blackberry, LG etc. These profiles include file format, screen size and other details chosen specifically for a given player.
Support many formats.
Note: Back when FFMPEG's hall of shame for licensing issues still existed, this program was a member there due to this issue.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
Default interface is German, to change to English:
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Similar/alternative apps: | Video to Video, QWinFF |
What's new? | See: https://xmedia-recode.de/en/version.php. |
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smaragdus
on 2016-07-02 14:44
@hamasaki
rbon
on 2021-06-03 17:06
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XMedia Recode ver. 3.5.3.7 (March 8, 2021): https://xmedia-recode.de/en/index.php |
Siren is a file renamer which allows for batch file renaming based on expressions (kind of an extended Regular Expression syntax). Also allows for insertion of file information (file Date, ID3 tags). Includes undo/redo functions, recursive edits (directory and sub-directories),
Functional in Linux (GTK2 required).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
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 Siren.exe. |
What's new? |
New features:
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I am Baas
on 2011-12-29 16:03
Siren V3.00 alpha is available ... details @ http://scarabee-software.net/forum/viewforum.php?id=13
Midas
on 2012-05-14 09:10
Upcoming multi-platform (Windows & Linux) Siren version 3 has reached the release candidates stage: v3.00 RC1 build 902 can be downloaded @ http://scarabee-software.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=339
Midas
on 2013-04-18 08:26
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Siren has somewhat of a learning curve, but is the workhorse of file renamers -- and now available also on Linux. Highly recommended. |
MPH (Media Player Hotkeys) allows you to control many popular media players from one set of global hotkeys. Since different players all have different shortcuts, MPH only requires you remember one set of controls. Includes support for lesser-used and "media" buttons on your keyboard and allows a variety of functions including Play, Pause, PlayPause, Stop, Next, Previous, Volume Up, Volume Down, Volume Mute and Show Popup Menu.
These applications are fully or partially supported: 1by1, AIMP, AIMP3, AIMP4, ALPlayer, ALSong, Billy, CoolPlayer, Foobar2000 WA, foobar2000, KMPlayer, Light Alloy, Media Player Classic, MPC-BE, MPC-HC, Pandora Desktop App, PotPlayer, Quintessential Media Player, Screamer Radio, STP, Spider Player, Spotify, Trout, VLC, Winamp and Windows Media Player.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch MPH.exe. |
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Ganamyde
on 2013-06-07 11:27
skwire, you are too quick releasing your apps, its better you thoroughly test them first.
Napiophelios
on 2013-06-07 21:58
Seems to work fine on WinXPSP2
webfork
on 2013-12-26 21:09
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Got a new keyboard for my system the other day and once again this program came through for me to make the pause/play button work with VLC and Foobar. Win. |
Dup Detector finds duplicate or near-duplicate images by comparing image pixel data. As large image collections can over time pull in duplicates with different file sizes and different names, this program helps track those down and save disk space.
Note: main website down, linking to archive.org
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Windows registry. It was a tough call, but I finally decided to accepted it as portable because it is probably not something that you will run that regularly. And when you run the program on a different machine, a few parameters will need to be adjusted anyway. |
Stealth: ? | No. A yaP configuration file to make Dup Detector portable and stealth is available at http://rolandtoth.hu/yaP/#examples |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Awesome Duplicate Photo Finder, ImgSearch |
What's new? |
V3.30 3/2/11
V3.301 4/17/11
V3.302 7/8/11
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Andrew Lee
on 2006-07-26 23:55
Since the license says it is freely distributable, I have added a direct download link for those of you who still want it.
AlephX
on 2007-02-04 23:45
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I had a DL error... anyway it´s possible to find it even at |
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.
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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) |
CLCL is a clipboard caching utility that supports all clipboard formats, including bitmaps. It comes with a built-in viewer for examining clipboard contents and additional features via plugins, a number of which can be downloaded from the website.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: |
When adding plugin DLLs, make sure you use relative paths (e.g. if you put tool_text.dll in a "Plugins" folder, use .\Plugins\tool_text.dll) to ensure maximum portability. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Ditto |
What's new? |
See Japanese changelog here |
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smaragdus
on 2015-09-26 23:24
After 10 years of inactivity, now the developer is releasing a version after version, nice ;)
lintalist
on 2015-10-05 22:48
I like(d) CLCL a lot, but on Windows 8/64bit it has a bug for me. I'd set it up to show 19 items in the menu so that the letter 't' is the shortcut for templates menu, unfortunately it doesn't properly register the hotkey of the CLCL program I think because when I press alt-t in any program it always pops up an empty template menu (from CLCL) which shouldn't happen because it not a global hotkey.
zorro
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Unfortunately the new version 2.10 is not stealth any more - it creates a folder "CLCL" with settings and history in AppData. I tried entering the program path for "WorkDir" in the "general.ini", but the folder is still created. Reverting to version 1.12... |
LaunchBox is a Box-Art-Based Games Database and Launcher for DOSBox, Emulators, and PC Games. It will automatically download metadata such as release date, publisher, descriptions and artwork from thegamesdb.net. Out of the box it supports DOSBox, ScummVM, Steam, and various console emulators that support launching the game from the command line such as Dolphin, Snes9x, Project64, etc.
DOSBox and ScummVM is included in the installation.
Note: The program is freeware with some features limited to the shareware version.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch LaunchBox.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | D-Fend Reloaded |
AllDup removes duplicate files from one or multiple directories and includes a preview function using Windows own tools (IE, MediaPlayer and WordPad). Can find duplicates by file name, file extension, file content, file dates, file attributes. The program can also help identify and remove music and or image files that are not only slightly different.
Multiple files, directories, and drives can all be scanned, as well as ZIP or RAR archives (with an optional file size limit), along with filters for file types and/or folders.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable Edition" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AllDupPortable.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | AntiDupl.net |
What's new? | See: http://alldup.de/alldup_help/alldup_version.php |
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MIKLO
on 2017-10-12 15:04
Working as "freeware" for me :) very nice software does all I want and more thanks for job well done.
Special
on 2018-12-23 20:30
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It seems that with v4.2.0 it now phone home no matter what on every startup, 4.1.8 didn't do this and yes, the option "Check for updates on startup" is disabled. |
Easy Duplicate File Finder helps you find and remove duplicate files on your PC. It finds true duplicates by content (instead of file name and size alone). You can scan multiple folders/drives at the same time, and the search can be restricted by using a scan mask and/or specifying a size condition. Lists of duplicates can be exported to HTML.
Note: linking to what appears to be the last free version (2.4).
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the portable ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch EasyDuplicate.exe. |
What's new? |
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alan7654
on 2012-07-06 19:57
I confirm that this link gives good portable version 2.4
lindadorsey
on 2013-07-29 23:50
This tool is no longer free.
__philippe
on 2013-07-30 10:10
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Alternative: also consider Nirsoft tiny (130k) file search classic : |
FreeFileSync is a folder comparison and synchronization tool. It supports filters, file sizes greater than 4GB, delete-before-copy for large sync operations, and creation of batch files for automated synchronization. After compare process (by date or content) operations can be customized on a file-by-file basis.
FreeFileSync Portable is in PortableApps.com Format, automatically adjusting paths.
Notes:
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPLv3. |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch FreeFileSyncPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | WinDataReflector, FolderSync, DirSync Pro, DSynchronize, Zback |
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wagner reatto
on 2017-01-25 12:36
I liked this utility very much, but it stopped being portable to non-donors (being a donor in Brazil is complicated for many reasons). I looked for other similar utilities. Here I found fastcopy, I found it interesting. I had the happiness of finding SyncFolders, which is also portable. You can find it here http://www.syncfolders.elementfx.com. I think portablefreeware.com could add it here.
Midas
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@wagner reatto: SyncFolders has been suggested at the Forum (see https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22039) where software garners more attention and testing. É só uma dica aqui do sítio... ;) |
Lynx is a text-based web browser with support for HTML4 (no CSS), HTTP 1.1, tables, frames, and more. Includes full keyboard shortcut support.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch LynxPortable.exe. |
What's new? |
See: https://lynx.invisible-island.net/release/breakout/CHANGES |
GameBox is a tool to play and organize flash games without a web browser. Putting .SWF files into the "games" folder will make the program recognize them. Comes with 5 games.
Main site is offline. Linking to archive.org mirror.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | Adobe Flash Player |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the RAR package and extract (using a program like PeaExtractor) to a folder of your choice. Launch gamebox.exe. |
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smaragdus
on 2015-02-14 00:59
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The official web-site has a new address: |
HerdProtect Anti-Malware Scanner is a fast and free Windows desktop program which detects malicious threats, spyware and adware by utilizing 68 industry anti-malware scanners. It has no impact on your system resources and uses the herdProtect cloud-based scanning engine. The scanner is a second line of defense and is designed to work perfectly with your existing anti-virus software.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Reason\HerdProtect |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch herdProtectScan.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Virus Total, Jotti Malware Scan |
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Pendrive
on 2023-01-02 05:06
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This rather looks like an abandoned project and I could see no way to download it. i think this entry should be deleted. |
Duplicate Music Files Finder helps you find duplicate music files duplicates and delete them. It offers various options and filters for searching embedded tag information, so it is able to detect duplicates even if the filenames or sizes are not the same. It also comes with a module that can be used to quickly rename corrupted music files.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DMFF.exe. |
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Bonfiglio111
on 2010-04-28 13:58
Take a look at this duplicate finder tool to remove duplicates, from ashisoft.
a
on 2010-12-20 03:00
I never tried AudioComparer (the website screams spam/trojan)
antony09
on 2011-11-04 10:04
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Duplicate Finder software will be useful for you. It will help you find duplicate mp3, tracks, music files. Search by mp3 title – you can use this method when you want to get more disk space removing duplicate mp3 files. Free download and try. |
Tftpd64 is a free, lightweight, opensource IPv6 ready application which includes DHCP, TFTP, DNS, SNTP and Syslog servers as well as a TFTP client.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download, extract the ZIP file, and launch tftpd64.exe or tftpd32.exe |