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Patience v2.51

Checker on 3 Aug 2014
  • 17MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by JohnW

Patience is a massive Solitaire gaming suite. With over 200 different games, sound effects, dynamic animations, high scores and plenty of customizability, this one is a must-have for any solitaire enthusiast.

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Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application Folder
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract using Universal Extractor to a folder of your choice
  2. The program files are located in the {app} folder
  3. Launch Patience.exe
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Checker on 2014-05-10 16:22

@ Emka: Links changed ... working again ;)

juverax on 2023-08-13 08:51

Sorry, my previous link to Patience v.2.51 on the Internet Archive does not work ....
But I just found a working download link at: https://www.computerbild.de/download/Patience-423571.html

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URLProtocolView v1.15

webfork on 19 Jun 2016
  • 54KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by JohnW

URLProtocolView is a simple utility that displays all URL protocols (for example: ftp:, telnet:, mailto:) that are currently installed on your system. For each URL protocol, the following information is displayed: The protocol name, the protocol description, the command-line that is executed when you type or click the URL, the product name, and the company name. This utility also allows you to easily enable/disable the URL protocols.

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Runs on:Win98 / WinME / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. There are two versions available: ANSI version for Win98/ME, and Unicode version for Win2K/XP/Vista. Launch URLProtocolView.exe.

DivFix++ v0.34

lwc on 23 Aug 2019
  • 822KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 16 Oct 2009
  • Suggested by JohnW

DivFix++ checks and repairs broken AVI files by rebuilding its index. This is very useful when trying to preview movies with missing or broken index.

Category:
Runs on:WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Windows registry (HKCU\Software\DivFix++)
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: Yes
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DivFix++.exe.
What's new? The latest (and last) version added Win64 support, Motion JPEG codecs support and Linux spec and control files:
  1. Added Cross Win64 compilation target.
  2. Added RPM spec and DEB control files.
  3. Updated About->Translators strings layout for wx2.9.0.
  4. Added wxWidgets 2.9.0 compatibility.
  5. Added four_cc MJPG, Motion JPEG codec.
  6. Changed Makefile for some compatibility for other OS.
  7. Changed install mechanizm at make file.
  8. Added resource.rc file for windows theme support.
  9. Added Ukranian translation by Andriy B.
  10. Fixed broken CLI mode thread.
  11. Cleaned unneccessary code.
  12. Updated Korean, Spanish and Italian Translations to v0.33
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pam on 2008-11-19 11:10

can anyone give an example for a broken avi please ? i'm not really sure if i will ever need such program.....maybe you know if vlc player can handle broken files without that utility ? thanks !!

Death on 2008-12-30 03:50

For pam!: example is, files which are downloading from emule or bittorrent. Try to open with VLC. Then seek to the middle. You will see black screens. But with divfix++, there is no such black screens, gaps at all :)

donald on 2010-05-21 16:23

2 Alex I believe the difference is a launcher designed to clean up after shutdown of the program.

That said I have no idea how good the x launched applications are

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MobaPhoto v1.42

Andrew Lee on 12 Feb 2013
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by JohnW

MobaPhoto comes with four modules: batch photo resizer, digital gallery creator, batch picture editor and batch picture renamer. It allows you to create photo galleries for your website. It also allows you to process your images (resize, crop, red-eye correction, rename etc.) in batch mode.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package ("no registry writing for full portability") and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch MobaPhoto.exe.
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webfork on 2009-11-16 22:41

A fairly basic processing tool, the very slick gallery creation tool is the real gem in this program. The only setback for this program is competition: many other tools on the site do batch conversion, renaming, and other functions better than MobaPhoto (among them Photoscape and FastStone Image Viewer). Still, the program has a great interface, is good for basic photography work, and very easy to use.

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DivXRepair v1.0.1

lwc on 23 Aug 2019
  • 899KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Mar 2003
  • Suggested by JohnW

DivXRepair automatically detects and eliminates bad frames in corrupted AVI files. It cuts off the bad bits and reassemble the AVI file on its own. A report is generated and displayed after the operation is complete. Multiple files can be repaired at one go.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DivXRepair.exe.
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Lococobra on 2007-08-31 10:12

This software is from 2003, I really doubt it would work with current versions of divx.

Mike on 2007-08-31 12:48

That's what I thought, too, but it seems pretty decent, even with the latest version. I'm pleasantly shocked.

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Hidden Utilities XP v1.0.0

webfork on 24 Nov 2019
  • 192KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 31 Jan 2007
  • Suggested by JohnW

Hidden Utilities XP provides quick access to nearly 100 hidden utilities: system information, diagnostics, repair tools, and many more. Includes links to more than 50 tools and 40 command line utilities.

Note: This app has gone payware. Linking to Archive.org for the last freeware version.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP
Writes settings to: None
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the installer, extract HTXP.exe to a folder of your choice and launch.
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Mixture on 2019-06-21 10:19

The PC World link in dead. I found Hidden Utilities XP here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20070207230544/http://camtech2000.net/Pages/Downloads.html

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Faber Toys v2.6 Build 52

webfork on 17 May 2016
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by JohnW

Faber Toys provides views of internal system activity including an audit of Processes (including dependencies), AutoRuns (including access to Registry etc), File Analysis (including e.g. PE analysis, imported modules, functions exported), Program Aliases and a hierarchical view of existing windows. The program can export information in XHTML, HTML or TXT format, and enables process priority modification, process kill, auto-refresh with custom interval, and Highlight Services (NT only).

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application Folder
Dependencies: Visual Basic 6 Runtime and MSCOMCTL.OCX
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract
  2. Move files contained in the {sys} folder to the {app} folder
  3. Move the contents of {app} to a folder of your choice
  4. Launch Faber Toys.exe

Note that the procedure has been tested with FaberToys_SmallSetup.exe, which does not include the Visual Basic 6 Runtime and MSCOMCTL.OCX).
Latest comments
jaden on 2010-10-28 22:28

Unfortunately doesn't run on Win7 x64. I get this error Run-time error '5': Invalid procedure call or argument

Peter202 on 2013-08-11 14:38

Not working on Windows 7 x32 too. I am getting the same error: Run-time error '5': Invalid procedure call or argument

misan on 2016-05-14 20:56

outdated

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SpyMe Tools v1.5.0

webfork on 18 Jun 2016
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by JohnW

SpyMe Tools help detect changes to the filesystem and registry by taking "before" and "after" snapshots of the system. The content of these snapshots can be visually displayed or two of them can be compared for differences to determine changes. SpyMe Tools also includes a real-time registry monitor that you can use to determine the registry access characteristics of any application.

Note: Website down, linking to Softpedia.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No. Writes to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\LC IBros Solutions (thanks wolfghost)
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Create an empty file called 'config.ini' and paste the following text:
    [options]
    check_for_updates=0
  3. Launch SpyMeTools.exe
Similar/alternative apps: Regshot2 Unicode
Latest comments
Emka on 2013-12-18 18:20

links broken

Pmiddy on 2014-06-19 04:09

Site is for sale, not sure I want to try/use software that no longer has a website/support site. Just my 2ยข. Not sure if webmaster wants to delete this program from the list of programs in their database.

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