Crow Translate is a simple and lightweight translator that allows to translate and speak text using Google, Yandex and Bing. Functions can be triggered via global shortcut keys. OCR and speech synthesis are also supported.
Note that only the 64-bit version is available.
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Runs on: | Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | At least msvcp140.dll and vcruntime140.dll (part of MS Visual C++ Redistributable) |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the 7Zip package and extract to a folder of your choice. Create an empty file called settings.ini. Launch crow.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | QTranslate |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/crow-translate/crow-translate/releases |
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Midas
on 2021-10-26 06:00
@vmars: as noted in the official forum topic (see https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=102023#p102023), Crow Translate requires the latest MSVC runtimes to work.
dmocha
on 2022-05-12 02:42
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There were no changes for a long time, and three more appeared in a short time. There is already version 2.9.5 |
Carbon CD is an feature-rich utility for CD burning to duplicate, erase, and create/write media image files, master audio and data discs. The program can rip audio tracks, ignore read errors, function without ASPI driver, and more.
Based on the Japanese-only CD Manipulator by Y. Kanechika, Carbon CD's UI has been revamped and the code cleaned and updated to VS 2010. Disk image formats supported include ISO, IMG, CUE, CCD, CDM.
Note: Carbon CD doesn't support DVD burning.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CarbonCD.exe. |
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juverax
on 2023-12-13 09:04
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Actually, AFAIK https://www.rizonesoft.com/downloads/carbon-cd/ is the main website .... |
TeraCopy lets you copy or move files at the maximum possible speed. It uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times, as well as asynchronous copy to speed up file transfers between two physical hard drives. When an error is encountered during copying/moving, TeraCopy will automatically retry and skip the files that cannot be transferred instead of aborting the entire operation. It also shows failed file transfers and lets you recopy only problem files.
Once the destination directory is selected, files can be dragged-and-dropped onto the window, even while a transfer is in progress. Once files are transferred, the Verify option uses a hash check to see if files are identical.
Note that a Pro version of the program is available with additional features.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder: Options.ini and main.db |
Stealth: ? | No. Creates some files in the user folder. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use/Liteware |
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Similar/alternative apps: | FastCopy |
What's new? | See: https://blog.codesector.com/category/teracopy/ |
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Werner
on 2022-01-02 16:28
Am I wrong or is there is no "Portable version" available anymore with Release v3.9?
Andrew Lee
on 2022-01-02 18:53
A ZIP version is available for v3.8.5, but not for v3.9. And Universal Extractor is unable to extract files from the installer. So I suspect the only way is to install, copy then uninstall for v3.9.
jaden
on 2022-07-14 10:34
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You can run "teracopy.exe /extract" to get the contents of the installer without installing. |
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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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use/Liteware |
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 |
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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. |
AlephNote is extensible, lightweight desktop note manager. Features include search, interactive checkbox lists highlighting, clickable highlighted links, notes backup, drag-and-drop capability for files and text, and sorting notes into folders. The program supports tags, in-editor markdown rendering, customizable shortcuts, stay-on-top capability, tray control, themes, and more.
Notes can be saved locally or synchronized with cloud services including Simplenote, Standard Note, Nextcloud/ownCloud.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6+ |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | MIT |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AlephNote.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ResophNotes |
What's new? |
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shnbwmn
on 2018-05-14 04:33
@Sinchu
PAFuser
on 2021-01-09 09:43
Looks like a great program, but I have tried for almost a year to get it to load without success. Followed every instruction, only error messages. Never loads.
webfork
on 2021-01-09 13:12
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@PAFuser: This program is in active development and the dev is fairly responsible if you want to drop him a note about your experiences. I've stepped away from using this program due to what I hope are some sync issues with the SimpleNote service. |
SlickRun is a floating keyword utility that allows you to create command aliases, or "MagicWords" that launch applications or URLs. For example, "browse" can be set to open Firefox, "note" to open Notepad, and more. You can type an application's path or location as well.
The program includes its own notepad program opened by typing "jot", but major applications such as MS Office and Online Shopping resources can be added using add-on packs available on the website.
SlickRun supports auto-completion, relative paths and drive letter macro for improved portability.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. It creates a lone working registry entry that does not impact portability of settings at all. |
Unicode support: | Yes. for Jot, history, autocomplete, $W$, etc. |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://bayden.com/SlickRun/updates.asp |
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Ennovy
on 2023-11-06 14:52
Softpedia reports an update to v4.5.1.0 but the homepage is not available at the moment
Andrew Lee
on 2023-11-08 00:20
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@Ennovy: I was able to access the home page and verified that it was updated to v4.5.1.0 on 6 Nov 2023. |
FreeOffice is a fast and lightweight office suite with word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation tools. The interface supports themes, a dark mode, and classic or ribbon-style toolbars. All components include a wide variety of formatting, functions, and animation.
The program will import and export to standard Microsoft formats with reasonable fidelity. A forum post about the previous 2006 version can be found here.
NOTE: The program will eventually require email registration, but a workaround is available.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Optionally, delete the inst/banners subfolder and the files SoftMakerUpdaterTool.exe and usbstick.exe |
Similar/alternative apps: | LibreOffice |
What's new? | See:https://www.freeoffice.com/en/download/servicepacks |
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freakazoid
on 2021-12-31 16:34
@webfork - The software name is FreeOffice. I think it's obvious that there is a Pro version judging by the name of the program. When using FreeOffice, some upsell will be shown within the interface of the program, so if the user is interested in their enhanced features, they can do so at their own perusal.
Antolion
on 2022-02-05 03:39
This is possibly a greatest (portable) prog-suite. I' using only the portable version. There is a serious problem/bug I1 experienced. After want to save my presentatuons in presentations-maker its failed, and the prog said: it's not possible because it's an illegal (pirate) version of a progam.. The non-portable waersion works flawlessly!(I think, the root of the the problem, that the portable-version put the samples/sablons etc. in different way. And, misfortunately, the portabilizing-process is not work for hunspell dictionaries, but its a minor problem. Thanks!
NunoSilva
on 2022-11-17 08:31
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There is also (with the same architecure) Ashampoo Free Office: |
Softi FreeOCR is an image-to-text program using the Tesseract Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. It supports multi-page TIFF images and import of documents via TWAIN scanners. Scanned text can be saved as ASCII text files.
Note: Images must have high detail (around 300 dpi) to recognize text reliably. Additionally, the application has been discontinued and website taken offline, so we have made it available for direct download.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | PDF XChange Viewer (with OCR plugin) |
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amcclendon
on 2011-09-08 13:14
didn't work. All it did was output some gibberish.
webfork
on 2011-09-08 20:03
amcclendon: if you give it even somewhat small text, it will choke. I usually have to give it stuff scanned at 200 DPI (most pages taking up about 2 megs).
coolayman
on 2015-07-28 00:53
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I like it as it works with my scanner and OCR is quick. For more languages, download the language packs for tesseract 2.00 (dated Jul 2007) at this link: http://code.google.com/p/tesseract-ocr/downloads/list?num=100&start=100 |
Tweak PDF lets you set the initial view preferences of a PDF document, such as whether to center window of the PDF file when opened, whether to display document title, to fit window, to hide menu bar, to hide toolbar, and to hide window UI. You can also set the page mode of a PDF document, such as show PDF files in full screen mode, outlines mode, thumbnail mode, or simply without any special mode. In addition, PDF document properties such as title, subject, author, keywords etc. can be modified.
Note: The latest version is no longer freeware - now includes a 500k file limit. As such, I have made the last free version (v1.33) available for direct download.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TweakPDF.EXE. |
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BGM
on 2015-03-16 22:06
I need a program that will rotate a pdf by 4 degrees counterclockwise. I just discovered I can't do this in Acrobat!
webfork
on 2015-03-21 02:38
BGM: I don't know of a program that will do that. My best guess is a combination of 3 programs: export it to a high-quality PNG using PDF-XChange, rotate it using PhotoScape, and then convert back to PDF using LibreOffice. Please post in forums if you find another method.
Cornflower
on 2023-10-08 21:57
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The last freeware version, 1.33, is still on Archive.org |
Chromium is a fast, open source browser with a minimalist interface. The program is similar to Google Chrome and uses the same code base, but takes up less space and resources usage, has fewer tie-ins with Google, and generally better privacy. Unlike Google Chrome, it is missing proprietary audio and video codecs and there's no automatic update system.
Chromium is cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux, and ChromiumOS. X-Chromium is a wrapper program. Earlier versions are available for Win XP to 8.1, and 32-bit Win 10.
Note: X-Chromium's update cycle has in the past been many months apart. Using out-of-date web browsers is not recommended because they may be missing important vulnerability patches.
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch X-Chromium.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Firefox, Google Chrome Portable |
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webfork
on 2020-03-19 12:19
@DzejPy: I just tested the link and it seems to work okay now. Hopefully it was fixed soon after your post.
freakazoid
on 2021-11-22 03:37
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@tomcat - Even v93 is out of date by three versions... I would recommend using chrlauncher instead. |