Windows System Control Center (WSCC) allows you to install, update, execute and organize the utilities from various system utility suites. The program either works as an interface or as downloader. The program can work with both utilities suites downloaded or can dynamically grab and run the programs via a web connection. The included Update Manager can check for newer versions of the utilities already installed and can download and install the missing items.
Works with Windows Sysinternals and NirSoft Utilities suites, but also highlights Windows' own utilities.
Note: The setup packages are downloaded from the author's website.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder and Windows registry (Sysinternals utilities) |
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 wscc.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://kls-soft.com/wscc/history.php |
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AppReadWriteCounter analyzes disk read/write operations of every application running on your system. The program displays the current file and number of bytes, operations, and speed. Details about the application are also available, including product name, version, etc. making the file read/write operations.
Useful for testing, benchmarks, and seeing which programs use your disk most often.
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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 AppReadWriteCounter.exe. |
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ColorConsole is an enhanced console with changeable font, style and color. Features include sizable window, multi-tabs, copy/paste/cut function, a fast folder switch, and export to RTF and HTML.
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Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ColorcConsole_Portable.exe or ColorConsole_x64_p.exe (for 64-bit OS). |
What's new? | See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/ColorConsole/History |
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Peter202
on 2014-07-04 13:05
What is the template to add commands to the menu list? Whatever i try it doesn't work.
Midas
on 2014-07-04 17:45
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JPsoft 4DOS/4NT (currently renamed to Take Command) allows you to set up persistent "alias", just check the documentation... |
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.
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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. |
The computer POST (Power On Self Test) tests the computer, insuring that it meets the necessary system requirements and that all hardware is working properly before starting the remainder of the boot process. If the computer passes the POST, the computer will have a single beep (with some computer BIOS manufacturers it may beep twice) as the computer starts and it will continue to start normally. However, if the computer fails the POST, the computer will either not beep at all or will generate a beep code, which tells the user the source of the problem. This little utility will help you to lookup these beep codes and figure out what they represent.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPL |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch BIOSCodes.exe. |
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Rizonetech
on 2009-12-16 12:07
All the foreground and background colors are standard. Take a look at my screenshot and you will see. Maybe something wrong with your display.
Emka
on 2011-12-26 10:15
as it seems to be the case with most rizonesoft apps: can't find it on their hp anymore
juverax
on 2020-08-04 19:46
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The link to the author's web page is broken. |
FileActivityWatch displays information about every read/write/delete operation of files occurs on your system. For every file, it displays the number of read/write bytes, number of read/write/delete operations, first and last read/write timestamp and the name/ID of the process responsible for the file operation.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FileActivityWatch.exe. |
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MIKLO
on 2018-04-28 12:05
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Another fine program from NirSoft seems to work as advertised. Will be great app to see if there is anything happening on the system that is not authorized. I like no installation required. |
ShellBagsView displays the list of individual window's folder settings. These settings, saved to the registry every time an Explorer window is opened, include date/time opened, entry number, display mode (Details, Icons, Tiles and so on...), the last position of the window and the last size of the window.
Program allows you to set the mode of the selected Windows Explorer folders: Tiles, Details, Content, List, Small Icons, Medium Icons, Large Icons.
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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 ShellBagsView.exe. |
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rodger123
on 2012-10-16 22:36
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Nice utility but I wish I never downloaded it because I keep checking the bags and wind up deleting them all the time!There are really a lot of shellbags-everytime you open a folder it creates a bag.HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam -DELETE THE SUBKEYS,bagmru and bags then folders will be reset.Helps if windows does not remember folder settings. |
SUMo (Software Update Monitor) finds outdated tools on your machine and enables update discovery. This helps resolve software bugs as well as avoid security risks associated with unpatched programs. Supports Microsoft programs, beta software, and classes both minor and major updates.
A pro version is available that supports program auto-updates.
SUMo Portable is a PortableApps version of the program.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download and launch the self-extracting EXE. Launch SUMoPortable.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://www.kcsoftwares.com/bugs/changelog_page.php?project_id=11 |
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HandleCountersView shows the current number of handles (File, Directory, Token, Job, Thread and so on...) opened by every process running on your system and the change in number of handles since the last time that you reset the counters.
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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 HandleCountersView.exe. |
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FileAccessErrorView is a diagnostic tool for Windows that displays information about errors occur while programs running on your system try to open/read/write/delete a file. It displays the filename that the application tried to open/read/write/delete, the process id/name of the application, the error code (NTSTATUS code), the description of the error code, the number of times that this error occurred and the timestamp of this error.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FileAccessErrorView.exe. |
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ServiWin utility displays and provides access to controls for a list of installed drivers and services on your system. For some, a variety of information is displayed such as file description, version, product name, company that created the driver file and more. The program allows the stop, start, restart, pause and continue function of a service or driver, as well as changing the startup type of service or driver (automatic, manual, disabled, boot or system).
A list of services and drivers can be saved to file or a view HTML report of installed services/drivers can be opened in your default browser.
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Runs on: | WinNT / 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 serviwin.exe. |
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navi
on 2010-10-29 23:32
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this should be great!.. |
LoadedDllsView scans all running processes on your system and displays the list of all DLL files loaded by these processes. The program also shows the number of processes that load each DLL in the list. When selecting a file in the upper pane, the lower pane displays the list of all processes that use the selected file. You can also select one or more DLL files and then export the list into comma-delimited/tab-delimited/html/xml file.
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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 LoadedDllsView.exe. |
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SimpleProgramDebugger is a simple debugging tool that attaches to existing, active program or starts a new program in debugging mode and then displays all major debugging events occurs while the program is running. This includes Exception, Create Thread, Create Process, Exit Thread, Exit Process, Load DLL, Unload Dll, and Debug String.
After the debugging events are accumulated, you can easily export them into comma-delimited/tab-delimited/xml/html file or copy them to the clipboard and then paste them into Excel or any other spreadsheet application.
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Runs on: | Win98 |
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 SimpleProgramDebugger.exe. |
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WinUpdatesView displays the history of Windows updates on your system. It can load the Windows updates history from your local system, using API, and it can also read and parse the Windows updates database file (DataStore.edb) from external drive or from remote computer on your network.
For every Windows update history record, WinUpdatesView displays the following fields: Title, Description, Install Date, Update Operation (Install, Uninstall, Not Started, In Progress), Operation Result (Succeeded, Succeeded With Errors, Failed, Aborted), Category, Information URL, Support URL, Uninstall Notes, Client Application ID, Service ID, Update ID, Revision Number, Unmapped Result Code, Server Selection, hResult.
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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 ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WinUpdatesView.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | WinUpdatesList, UninstallView |
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AppCompatibilityView displays the list of all programs that run with different compatibility settings, stored in the Registry under
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers
and the same location in HKLM.
The program enables easy compatibility settings modification, addition, or removal of multiple applications at once.
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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 AppCompatibilityView.exe. |
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BatteryInfoView displays the current status and information about your battery on laptops and netbook computers. The displayed battery information includes the battery name, manufacture name, serial number, manufacture date, power state (charging/discharging), current battery capacity, full charged capacity, voltage, charge/discharge rate and more.
BatteryInfoView also provides a log window, which adds a new log line containing the battery status every 30 seconds or any other time interval that you choose.
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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 BatteryInfoView.exe. |
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WinPrefetchView is a small utility that reads the Prefetch files stored in your system and display the information stored in them. A Prefetch file contains information about the files loaded every time you launch an application. It is created by Windows and is used for optimizing the loading time of the application in the next time that you run it. By looking in these files, you can learn which files every application is using, and which files are loaded on Windows boot.
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Runs on: | 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 ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WinPrefetchView.exe. |
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Shodan
on 2010-06-07 10:25
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Like everything else that Nir Sofer writes, it's great. No fancy interface, no install/uninstall, no cluttering of the registry, etc., etc. It simply does what it says it will do. Period. |
KCleaner helps you quickly remove old junk files and temp data to clear up space on your system. The program includes standard deletion or wipe functions for a host of different tools and programs, including Windows' unnecessary operating system files.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Liteware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch kcleaner.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | BleachBit, PrivaZer, CCleaner |
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WPD (Windows Privacy Dashboard) disables, uninstalls, or blocks many components and features that are either wasteful or share too much information from within the Windows operating system.
Note that some disabled functions may be restored after Windows system updates.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: |
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5+ Administrator rights |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP file and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch wpd.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | BleachBit |
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aazard
on 2020-12-01 14:55
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oh, whats this. |
DShutdown is an automation program that allows you to perform variety of activities on either your computer or remote PCs. Functions include awaken, sleep, shutdown, close/open programs, alarms, lock, and more. Triggers include after a time period, program close (e.g. once file compression completes), activity monitor, network rate (e.g. when a large download finishes) and even monitor color changes.
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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: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DShutdown.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | TimeComX |
What's new? |
See: https://www.softpedia.com/progChangelog/DShutdown-Changelog-33845.html |
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Max Works
on 2008-07-01 12:59
When I run Avast anti-virus on this programme it tells me that it contains a Trojan Horse called Win32:Spyware-gen [Trj].
Doobedoo
on 2009-01-05 02:38
ESET always blocks with false positive! Teach that guy's that it isn't!
Werner
on 2012-07-26 09:53
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I used that often on XP 32bit but on Windows 7 64bit it does crash. Guess this is because of 64bit, but I can't test this either. |
linkMaker provides a better interface to create shortcuts, symbolic links and ntfs hardlinks/junction points. It makes all options available on one screen, and tries to auto-fill as much info as it can.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0+ |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch linkMaker.exe. |
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BOOTICE is a boot-related maintenance gadget that is used to install, repair, backup and restore disk (mirrored) MBR or partition PBR; edit Windows boot configuration file BCD; manage UEFI startup items; VHD / VHDX file management. In addition, it has disk sector editing, disk filling, partition management, disk partitioning and formatting, GRUB4DOS menu editing and other functions.
NOTE: Homepage is down, linking to Softpedia.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch BOOTICEx86_XXXX.XX.XX_vX.X.X.X.exe or BOOTICEx64_XXXX.XX.XX_vX.X.X.X.exe (for 64-bit OS). |
Similar/alternative apps: | HDHacker |
What's new? | See Chinese changelog here. |
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zorro
on 2019-01-25 04:27
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The site appears to be down/gone? |
sTray is a tiny, tray-based utility with quick access to shutdown, restart, switch user, log off, lock, sleep, hibernate functions etc. This is especially useful for remote desktop users as these commands are missing from Microsoft's Remote Desktop (RDP) tool.
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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 sTray.exe. |
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AyrA
on 2016-01-05 14:40
If you only want to shut down a computer via RDP, click on an empty space of the desktop with the left mouse button and then hit [ALT]+[F4]. You will get all available options as you would locally.
Checker
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@AyrA: See text on website: |
AppCrashView displays the details of all application crashes occurred on your system. The crash information is extracted from the .wer files created by the Windows Error Reporting component of Windows.
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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 AppCrashView.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | WinCrashReport |
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Postpone Restart addresses common Windows annoyance: after installing official Microsoft updates, Windows will constantly prompt you to restart. Worse, in Vista and above, the updates are on a timer and, if you happen to be away when the timer runs out, the computer will automatically restart. Postpone Restart will automatically press the "Postpone" button for you, letting you avoid this headache.
To disable the postponing, simply exit the application.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch prestart.exe. |
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Midas
on 2014-06-03 15:09
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Website at http://apps.nozavi.com/ is reporting "Under maintenance", with no other content apart from download links... |