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PrivaZer v3.0.55 Updated
billon on 14 Oct 2018 Change history
- 15MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 14 Oct 2018
- Suggested by lautrepay
PrivaZer is a cleaning tool that scans and cleans your computers and storage devices, including external disks, USB flash drives, iPods, SD cards or network drives. It safeguards your privacy by removing unwanted traces of internet activities, software usage, USB history, registry and files.
Includes an available secure delete function that overwrites files to prevent recovery.
WARNING: some users have reported problems that cause system stability issues. Recommend backing up data before use.
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| System Requirements: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the "portable version" PrivaZer.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | CCleaner, BleachBit |
| What's new? |
See: https://privazer.com/download.php#tab-changelog |
| Latest comments |
webfork
on 2017-11-21 03:45
@FileHandler As the disclaimer on the entry notes, you're not the first person to have problems with this. If we keep getting issues like this, I'll recommend we take it offline. I don't want to recommend something that doesn't work right.
hamasaki
on 2018-02-03 02:23
I had similar issues, so never used it again. I had to reinstall a backup to fix most things.
Midas
on 2018-02-03 22:01
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As with all registry cleaning utilities, user discretion is utterly advisable. I use it on occasion and have never had such issues. Until proven that the issues reported are particular to Privazer, I would like for it not to be taken offline. |
Q-Dir v7.24 Updated
billon on 14 Oct 2018 Change history
- 1MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 14 Oct 2018
- Suggested by Island Boy
Q-Dir is a quad-pane file explorer that supports favorites, file/color filtering, export to XLS/CSV/TXT/HTML, screen magnifier, quick preview etc.
Alternately, Q-Dir Portable at PortableApps.com automatically switches between 32/64-bit and is approved by the publisher.
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| System Requirements: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Q-Dir.exe or Q-Dir_x64.exe (for64-bit OS). |
| Similar/alternative apps: | CubicExplorer |
| What's new? |
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| Latest comments |
Mithril
on 2016-03-27 20:53
Well, i found the solution myself. Don't know if this option is new or not but its the first time i noticed. So, when dragging files into another window or tab in Q-dir, at the bottom it says "Start drop in new process"! (and recycle bin and email aswell) ha! and just drop it on this button.. nothing will freez! magic :) Thanks anyway folks.
penthe
on 2016-12-30 15:28
The Q-Dir 64 installer 6.47 is not installing, last time there was also a problem with the 64 installer. They should be checking first before releasing the installer.
starshakur
on 2018-05-05 15:17
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Can't recommend Q-Dir to anyone, freezes while copying, Q-Dir windows turns black, crashes. Windows 10 64-Bit, tried Q-Dir 32-Bit & 64-Bit, tried the PortableApps version, all of them buggy as hell. That*s probably the reason why the developer frequently updates it. 2 years back Mithril wrote about something that's still happening. |
DSpeech v1.71.28 Updated
billon on 14 Oct 2018 Change history
- 4MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 14 Oct 2018
- Suggested by AlephX
DSpeech is a text-to-speech program with the option of saving the output to a variety of formats, great for creating audio books from text sources. It also supports dynamically changing the features of the voices e.g. insert pauses, emphasize specific words, spell them out etc. using tags.
The program works out-of-the-box on WinXP and above, using the included Microsoft speech engine SAPI5. For WinNT/2K, you will need to install the speech engine separately. You will find links to plugins, speech engines and voice sets on the program website.
The program can import text from TXT, DOC, DOCX, RTF, HTML, XML and PDF and output to MP3, OGG, AAC, WMA, OPUS and AMR.
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| System Requirements: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | Microsoft speech engine SAPI5 |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DSpeech.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language and manual files. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | Balabolka |
| What's new? |
See: https://www.softpedia.com/progChangelog/DSpeech-Changelog-36935.html |
| Latest comments |
smaragdus
on 2015-04-01 21:46
I tried to test DSpeech but it failed to run on my system (Windows 8.1)- what are its requirements?
Happy.Camper2
on 2017-06-10 17:28
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DSpeech is now version 1.63.3 Released 2017 Mar 27 at Authors site. |
Shutter Lite v4.3 Updated
billon on 12 Oct 2018 Change history
- 7MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 12 Oct 2018
- Suggested by USB_Kx
Shutter is a customizable program that lets you perform a variety of actions when a user-specified event occurs. Events include timer countdown, a certain time trigger, low CPU usage, user inactivity, a low battery etc. The corresponding actions include shutdown, reboot, logoff, lock workstation, sleep, hibernate etc.
The program can play a custom sound and/or run a program of your choice, in addition to displaying a user-configurable message. A web interface is also available that permits remote execution of one of a list of actions.
Note: A pro version is available without the limitation of 5 presets, events and actions.
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| System Requirements: | Win2K / 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 Shutter.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
| What's new? |
See: https://www.den4b.com/news |
| Latest comments |
Nessly
on 2013-02-25 13:59
Works great. I find this very useful for uploading videos online. It can take hours for them to complete, so I usually do it overnight. However, I want the computer to shut off after they finish uploading. This program did the trick!
smaragdus
on 2013-09-05 17:50
Shutter version 3.3 is no longer FreeWare for non-commercial use, it is now CrippleWare- Shutter Lite.
freakazoid
on 2014-04-24 17:07
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Recently, I upgraded to Windows 8.1 Update 1 and had trouble waking up the computer from sleep. |
UltraDefrag v7.1.1 Updated
billon on 12 Oct 2018 Change history
- 4MB (uncompressed)
- Released on 12 Oct 2018
- Suggested by pagliaro
UltraDefrag manages file fragmentation on to improve file access time and overall system speed of magnetic (non-SSD) drives. The program includes quick and full defragmentation modes for frequent or occasional (usually monthly) optimization on NTFS, FAT and exFAT-formatted drives. The program is optimized for efficiency and speed versus other available tools and can be paused mid-defrag. See FAQ for usage suggestions.
Supports over 40 world languages and includes a command-line version.
Alternatively, UltraDefrag Portable switches automatically between the 32/64-bit versions and cleans up the fragmentation details left behind on drives.
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| System Requirements: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
| Stealth: ? | Yes. If reporting is disabled |
| 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: | Defraggler, WinContig |
| What's new? |
See: https://ultradefrag.net/HISTORY.TXT |
| Latest comments |
misan
on 2013-08-14 21:12
Because of the different strategies of most defrag apps you can do more false then right:
avi-aryan
on 2013-09-24 11:05
Ultra Defrag looks good and works fast . I downloaded it just after reading a review at http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-disk-de-fragmenter.htm . Just can't wait to see how it works when compared to all other defragmenters I have tried in the past.
webfork
on 2015-06-28 23:20
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Avi-aryan: on the Boot Time Defrag, it's unfortunately still only available for the installed version. |
