µTorrent (or uTorrent) is a lightweight BitTorrent client that supports multiple simultaneous downloads, file level priorities, configurable bandwidth scheduler and speed limiters, even the ability to only run while user activity is detected. Also includes boss key, built-in search function and RSS capability for subscribed downloads.
Note that this software was changed to adware after being added to the Portable Freeware database.
Alternatively, µTorrent Portable is also available, which automatically adjusts paths.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Adware |
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Similar/alternative apps: | qBittorrent, Halite |
What's new? |
See: http://www.should.keepfree.de/utorrent_alltime_changelogs.txt |
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ashghost
on 2017-12-24 23:19
@robzuc: see 'What is "portable"' on the "about" page: https://www.portablefreeware.com/about.php Not leaving stuff behind is not "stealth" in the parlance here, and uTorrent works fine when moving from machine to machine and saves your settings.
Peter202
on 2019-05-17 14:49
After i extracted uTorrent.exe 3.5.5 with 7-zip in the extracted folder there are couple of .dll files. Are they needed? Can i delete them?
billon
on 2019-05-17 20:35
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@Peter202: |
Opera is a fast and secure web browser with tabbed, customizable interface. Features integrated searches, themes, device sync, mouse gestures, and built-in ad blocking. Also available is a service that includes a bookmarks and password sync along with an "off-road" mode that uses server-side compression to speed up browsing especially for low speed internet connections (account signup required). A variety of add-ons are available to extend functionality.
Based on Google Chrome, the program is available for Mac, Linux, Android and a variety of mobile phones and tablets. Opera v12 (Presto) is also available and includes many features not present in the newer version.
Alternative Portable versions:
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Opera Software, HKCU\Software\MozillaPlugins, HKLM\Software\MozillaPlugins. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Adware (was initially freeware when added to the database) |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Vivaldi, Google Chrome Portable |
What's new? | See:https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2022/07/opera-89-stable/ |
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PAFuser
on 2019-03-07 10:40
Like Opera, just wish it did not updates every week. Another today, never know what is updated, security, or unimportant.
PAFuser
on 2019-04-09 11:04
Upgraded to 60, only 1 extension icon is visible. Does anyone know how to get them back? They can not be used when invisible.
PAFuser
on 2019-04-10 17:44
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Simple solution, download new installer, install to new location, add all extensions to Opera, change settings, import bookmarks. Easy upgrade, HA! |
AIMP is a skinnable audio player similar to Winamp that supports most audio formats, as well as Internet radio. Features include a music library, mini-player, colorizing of individual skins, visualizations, smart playlists, global hotkeys, and plug-ins capability. Filters/effects include equalizer, reverb, normalization, voice remover, speed changes and more.
AIMP includes a built-in audio converter, APE image splitter, tag editor, alarm clock, and auto-shutdown.
Alternatively, AIMP Portable is stealth and automatically adjusts paths.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes to registry if run with admin rights. See this forum thread. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Winyl, Xion |
What's new? | See: https://www.aimp.ru/?do=changelog |
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MIKLO
on 2016-06-03 11:47
smaragdus REALLY? wow I didn't realize that looks over substance was so important to sum people. Now I'm curious what others think about the "looks" of V4 or if most just don't care like me, please don't misunderstand I understand how you feel its just foreign 2me is all I'm saying. Of course if V3 suits your needs then by all means that's the correct version for you to use, no matter what I or others think. Enjoy.:)
Peter202
on 2016-11-06 10:52
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Is it possible to disable the ID3v1 tagging? It's messing up the grouping of my mp3 files when i import them in the library. |
PngOptimizer is an easy-to-use program to compress common graphics formats to PNG format with no quality difference. Files can be added one at a time or in batch to the program icon or window. Images can also come from the clipboard by pressing CTRL+V while the application is in focus.
Cross-platform with clients available for Linux. A CLI version is available.
Graphics formats supported include BMP, GIF, TGA, as well as further compressesing PNG files. Animated GIF and PNG files (APNG) are also supported. Size decrease for PNG files varies widely on the original editor, but GIF and BMP conversions can be as much as 40% and 95% respectively.
Alternatively, PngOptimizer Portable automatically switches between 32-bit and 64-bit and adjusts the screenshots path.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | No |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
Optionally, to save images from the clipboard to the PngOptimizer application folder, right-click on the window and select Custom for the target directory and enter a period (.) in the box below. |
Similar/alternative apps: | FileOptimizer |
What's new? |
v2.7 Latest change:
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webfork
on 2013-05-31 23:08
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Note about the 2.3 update: definitely takes full advantage of multi-processor systems. I tested it on Win7x64 with an i7 quad core and it got very close to 90% (few programs can do that). Definitely a big speed bonus over time there and good to see those kind of optimizations in freeware. |
cdrtfe (cdrtools Frontend) is a collection of CD/DVD/BD tools for burning and audio extraction. In addition to standard data recording, the program includes support for media container formats like XCD, (S)VCD and DVD-video, audio formats (redbook), CD-Plus mixed format (audio+data) and creation and writing of ISO images and bootable discs. The program can also create CDs that "overburn" and add up to 13% more data than normal discs. Audio extraction formats include WAV, MP3, OGG, FLAC and more.
The program is a front-end that combines several burning tools including cdrtools (cdrecord, mkisofs, readcd, cdda2wav), Mode2CDMaker and VCDImager.
Also available in PortableApps format and in outdated winPenPack format.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | GPL v2 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch cdrtfe.exe. |
What's new? |
See: https://cdrtfe.sourceforge.io/cdrtfe/changes_en.html |
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Ascend4nt
on 2014-04-09 19:39
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Direct linking is nice but that will miss updates. This page seems to list the latest version (1.5.2 at this time): http://cdrtfe.sourceforge.net/cdrtfe/download_en.html |
Unlocker Assistant helps unlock files locked by operating system permissions or other issues. The program automatically launches if you are trying to delete/rename/move a file that is locked. When not in use, it stays in your system tray bar. Additionally, individual locked files and folders may be drag-and-dropped onto unlocker.exe.
Alternatively, Unlocker Portable (beta) is a launcher-only version of Unlocker.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
License: | Donationware |
How to extract: | Use Unlocker Portable |
Similar/alternative apps: | FileASSASSIN |
What's new? |
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olliebean
on 2015-08-23 18:21
Is this still available? I clicked on the portable download from the website, which redirected me to a download site, which redirected me to another download site... about half a dozen sites later with no download in sight, one of them finally tried to get me to download and install a dodgy "Download Software Manager" app. I gave up at that point.
Guido76
on 2021-10-22 08:09
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I don't understand why we find today this software which is always at the same version since 2013. The site of the designer even seems abandoned. Several links are broken (404 error). This doesn't take away anything from this excellent software, but it doesn't add anything new. |
TCPView gives a detailed listing of all endpoints on your system, including both TCP and UDP for local and remote addresses and state of TCP connections. On Windows NT, 2000 and XP, TCPView also reports the name of the process that owns the endpoint. TCPView provides a more informative and conveniently presented subset of the Netstat program that ships with Windows.
Also available from PortableaApps.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
Stealth: ? | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Tcpview.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | NetworkTrafficView |
What's new? |
See: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sysinternals-blog/bg-p/Sysinternals-Blog |
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[r4]
on 2009-03-21 07:59
How come it does not work in Windows 98 SE (fully patched)?
Gudufl
on 2011-02-04 16:01
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Bogus Download Link discription! |
Lightscreen is an easy-to-use program to save images of your screen. Includes customizable hotkeys and ability to capture a single window, a user specified region, or the full screen. Can then save with an optional delay to a variable quality JPG, PNG (high compression), BMP, or to the system clipboard to paste into a graphics application of your choice.
Cross platform with a client available for Linux and includes support for uploading to the Imgur image hosting service.
Alternatively, Lightscreen Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. QT Application Framework @ HKCU\Software\Trolltech |
License: | GPL Version 2 |
How to extract: | Download the installer and launch (requires Administrator rights), select "Portable Mode". Launch Lightscreen.exe. |
What's new? |
See: https://lightscreen.com.ar/whatsnew |
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PAFuser
on 2021-06-23 10:32
Version 2.5 is available (4 days ago per site) https://github.com/ckaiser/Lightscreen/releases/tag/v2.5 or lightscreen site
PAFuser
on 2021-06-23 16:15
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I notice after installing as a portable program (using Adm rights), 2.5 appears in installed programs in Geek Uninstaller. Used Universal Extractor second time: lightscreen,1.exe and lightscreen,2.exe are listed. 2 is program, 1 is options. There also seems to be Registry entries. |
DocFetcher indexes your computer, making the contents of a wide variety of files instantly searchable. Selecting a search result shows a preview of the file with text highlighted and without formatting. You can filter results by location, file type, minimum and/or maximum filesize and more. The program can index Microsoft Office, OpenOffice/LibreOffice, PDF, RTF, EPUB, HTML and more formats from drives, external volumes, archive files and Outlook .PST files (some .OST files also work).
The program supports complex searches via wildcards, proximity, ranges, "fuzzy" terms, and more using Lucene search. You can also do standard file name search via "filename:searchterm." The program is cross-platform and functional on OS X and Linux, as well as 64-bit Windows.
Note:
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Java Runtime Environment 1.7 or higher, see forum for use with Java Portable. |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Eclipse Public License |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DocFetcher.exe. If you see a memory error (very rare): either reduce the size/number of files indexed or do the following (64-bit Java only):
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Similar/alternative apps: | SearchMyFiles |
What's new? | See: https://sourceforge.net/p/docfetcher/wiki/ChangeLog/ |
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webfork
on 2015-06-30 01:35
Tremendous search program that has saved me again and again, finding files and content that other programs miss. Each version seems to add to the pile of file formats it can index. As a result, it's on every machine I own and some I don't.
MoisheP
on 2018-06-17 01:13
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DocFetcher indexes many formats, such as LibreOffice documents, that Microsoft Search (aka Cortana) does not, or does incompletely. It also uses far less CPU time, once the initial indexing is completed, than MS. DocFetcher also runs on Linux. Results can be sorted by likelihood of match, as well as filename, type, date etc. Only downside is that it requires Java. |
VirtuaWin is a highly customizable virtual desktop manager that lets you organize applications over a two or more "desktops" with their own separate windows and applications (also called "workspaces"). The program can reduce distractions or help organize a cluttered desk space with too many windows open.
Alternatively, a PortableApps version is also available.
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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: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch VirtuaWin.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Dexpot |
What's new? | See:https://virtuawin.sourceforge.io/?page_id=74 |
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Provy
on 2020-05-18 08:43
@Midas: Thank you! That was the solution. Right click - Properties - Unblock. I think this program is a keeper.
bronex
on 2021-04-06 01:37
what are the differences between 4.4 and 4.5? working on windows 10? version 4.4 not working good on windows 10 but is amazing on windows 7!
Midas
on 2021-04-08 07:32
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@bronex: according to the changelog (click the eye button above) mostly bugfixes... |