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IrfanView is a viewer for a wide variety of image, audio and video formats. The program includes batch processing, creation of panoramic images, edition of multi-page TIFF files, lossless JPEG rotate/crop and effects such as sharpen and blur. Other tools such as screen capture, scanner, slideshow, plugin support and ability to capture icons from EXE or DLL.
Alternatively, IrfanView Portable is also available and updates drive letters and handles registry keys.
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use (the installer is adware) |
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Similar/alternative apps: | XnView, Imagine, FastStone Image Viewer |
What's new? | See: https://www.irfanview.com/main_history.htm |
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Andrew Lee
on 2022-12-11 05:23
@Cornflower: Seems like the 32-bit ZIP is also available now. I have updated both download links.
Cornflower
on 2023-12-10 08:43
Also note that virtually every new release updates some plugins, and version 4.65 is no exception. Most users may want to go to https://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm and download the 32- or 64-bit package, and dump them into the Irfanview Plugins subdirectory.
Cornflower
on 2024-04-05 13:40
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I notice in 4.67 that the OCR plugin is updated. It suggests using the Tesseract OCR, which I suspect is not portable. When I test it I will be looking to see if it can be made portable, and if it works with 32-bit Irfanview (there are a number of limitations with the 64-bit Irfanview so I am staying there). |
Splat (Simple Program Launching and Termination) allows you to build profiles that can launch or close programs and services. Supports drag-and-drop, hotkeys, process priority, and includes the ability to open specific files, folders, URLs, and even other Splat profiles. The program can aggressively close (kill) applications that may not shut down normally or add delays of time, CPU usage, or whether the previous program has closed yet.
Great for a computer startup sequence that won't slow down your computer or for switching between different separate program groups (such switching from a view all your financial programs, data, and files to all your photo/video editing tools)
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Runs on: | Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Splat.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Lacuna Launcher |
What's new? |
Applause for "Best new portable freeware of 2015" ! |
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webfork
on 2015-01-18 22:43
I very quickly integrated this into the startup sequence on both of my main machines. Great to get multiple portable software up and running in a system-friendly way.
Midas
on 2015-01-19 13:16
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Thanks, webfork. Your comment made me realize that Splat can be used as a start-up manager... duh! |
Snapshoter is a small productivity tool that includes image and video capture program, clipboard manager, image composer, and a post-it note functions. The program can also make image edits with layers, scale, rotate, borders, contrast, add transparency, and use text or arrows. It can also add watermarks or create collages.
Supports skins, Dropbox, and saves to JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF or ILBM image formats.
Cross-platform with support for Mac, AmigaO/AROS, and MorphOS.
Note: Tooltips are visible at the bottom of the window when hovering over an item in the interface.
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the RAR package and extract (using a program like PeaExtractor) to a folder of your choice. Launch snapshoter.exe. |
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julius
on 2011-05-13 22:12
for me is great, but PNG or BMP support will be nice
magyar
on 2011-05-24 23:13
very easy intuitive fast and clear program, i autoboot it everytime
allclownsareevil
on 2011-08-16 16:12
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Really glad I tried this, usually I use fascapture, but this has some great features over it. Like others have said an ability to be able to save captures as pdf would be nice, but hardly essential. There are other programs on here to convert images to pdf. |
TAudioConverter is an advanced, multi-threaded audio converter and extractor. The program can convert between most popular audio formats as well as extract audio streams from video files. Effects to audio streams include trimming, volume change, normalization, guard against clipping, sampling and channels (mono, stereo, 5.1).
Supported formats - Audio: mp3, wav, m4a, flac, ogg, tta, mpc, aac, ac3, spx, opus, shn, wv, mpc, ape, wma, 3ga, amr, thd, aac, m4b, tak, dts, aiff, dtsma, mpa, mka; Video: rmvb, mp4, mkv, avi, mov, m4v, mpeg, flv, vob, divx, wmv, 3gp, m2ts, mts
Alternatively, TAudioConverter Portable automatically switches between 32-bit and 64-bit and adjusts paths.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | No |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting "portable" EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch TAudioConverter.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | fre:ac, LameXP, Pazera Free Audio Extractor |
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BGM
on 2014-08-22 14:50
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Hey, if you all use the installer, be careful! It has some very subtle "other" stuff bundled in there. Make sure you read every panel. "Other" stuff includes "Search Protect" and "Trovi Search" which changes your search pages and home pages. PUSH SKIP. There is another one that tries to install (but I can't get it to do it after cancelling the installation once) and you have to push "disagree" in order not to install it. |
GitHub user clsid' fork of Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) is a lightweight player with broad format support. It includes keyboard shortcuts, audio/video controls, a web interface for remote control and more. The program is derived from Media Player Classic (MPC), a media player that mimics the interface of Windows Media Player 6.4, and adds support for EVR rendering, H.264 and VC-1 video hardware acceleration, bugfixes, additional languages, decoders and more.
Note: this is a fork of the original version that ceased development in 2017.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
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Similar/alternative apps: | SMPlayer |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases |
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MIKLO
on 2017-08-26 13:58
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No matter what IMO Media Player Classic has always been, and will always be the best overall Media Player. I've been using for a very long time on many different OS's and it fulfilled my needs on all of them. I like the look and all the rest, maybe I'm being partial but so what it works 4me :) Great job by the makers so thanks for the hard work. |
MediaInfo displays a variety of technical and metadata/tag information from audio/video files. It features many different available layouts to display the information, as well as the ability to create custom layouts. The program can be used to find missing codecs or get more information about a given media file.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
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What's new? | See: https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfo/ChangeLog |
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PapaiMark
on 2022-06-27 19:50
MediaInfo change log:
kiwichick888
on 2022-10-21 02:19
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Is there any particular reason that there's no download link for 64-bit? |
Shutter Encoder is a portable, cross-platform software for converting videos, audio files and images. It's particularly useful for video editors as it offers a wide range of features including:
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Runs on: | Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Java Runtime (included) |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the portable ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Create a blank file called settings.xml in the same folder. Launch Shutter Encoder.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Handbrake |
File Blender is a simple drag-and-drop file media file conversion tool to quickly and simply change basic aspects of files including format, with basic quality and effects that average users will need for daily use. Can modify a long list of image, audio, and video formats, as well as split/combine PDF/TIFF files.
The program even includes optional encryption component and options to cleanup/obfuscate CSS, HTML, and JavaScript.
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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: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch File Blender.exe. |
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allclownsareevil
on 2011-06-23 02:37
This really is an awesome piece of kit, thank you to the author, Danny.
juverax
on 2019-09-12 09:12
The links to the website and to the download are broken.
webfork
on 2019-09-12 10:30
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@juverax: thanks for the mirror but I just retested the native link and I'm not having any issues. Maybe a brief downtime? |
qTox is an easy, secure instant messaging and VoIP client for the distributed Tox network. The program includes standard features like chat between users, group chats, file transfer with image preview, as well as high-quality audio and video calls with group call capability.
The program is peer-to-peer, meaning no central server is necessary for the network to function.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Windows, FreeBSD and Android. Alternatively, qTox Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Windows 8 and 10: Empty folder written to \AppData\Roaming\tox Windows 7: Duplicate user files saved to \AppData\Roaming\tox |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Isotoxin, Ricochet, TorChat |
What's new? |
See: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md |
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smaragdus
on 2017-04-27 01:42
Direct download links:
smaragdus
on 2017-04-27 01:44
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Portability may be lost after update- re-enable it from "Settings" - "Advanced" - "Make Tox portable". |
Text 2 Folders creates folders based on list written in a text file. This contrasts the normal method for creating multiple folders, which is clicking "New Folder" repeatedly and then renaming the individual folders. Just create text document in Windows Notepad or other text program and save it, then run the program to generate folders. Separate folder names by putting them on a separate lines in the text file. For example a text file with the following text:
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Runs on: | Win7 |
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 Text2Folders.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | CreateDir |
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temp171
on 2012-05-28 00:23
TotalCommander
abacusFanboi
on 2012-05-30 10:24
Occasionally, i use a procedure that ends up time consuming anyway:
jaden
on 2012-08-02 18:04
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@granny Are you sure FreeCommander can do this? I know it can create nested folders separated with a slash, but how can it create peer folders? FreeCommander XE supports | to separate folders like TotalCommander, but plain FreeCommander doesn't. |