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XNote Timer v1.12

Andrew Lee on 28 Sep 2021
  • 114KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Wolfghost

XNote Timer is a simple countdown timer and stopwatch software. The program can use two modes: a count-up method to measure time intervals and count-down mode to work as an alarm. The alarm can launch any application or play audio files from a variety of formats (mp3, wav, midi, etc). The interface is a large, re-sizable view, ideal for either public presentations or a small icon.

Global hotkeys are available to start/stop/reset.

Note: The program can no longer be found on the original website, so I am redirecting the download link to CNet.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch xntimer.exe.
Latest comments
gms9810 on 2010-07-25 05:29

It's nagware.

Ian From Barrie on 2010-12-31 01:40

Download link here is broken. Now download link is to
http://www.stopwatch-timer.com/xntimer.exe

This is

gms9810, XNote Stopwatch IS nagware, but a different product. Is that maybe the one you downloaded?

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World Clock Portable v8.0

webfork on 30 Jul 2017
  • 9MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Nov 2013
  • Suggested by Lyon11111

World Clock is a multi-time zone map-based clock that can show you the time around the world. World Clock has an easy to use interface letting you select up to 8 different time zones to display. You can select using the map directly or look up city and country names on each continent. An optional solar terminator and flags over selected countries are also available.

World Clock Portable is a version of the software packaged in the PortableApps.com format.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Internet Connection
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WorldClockPortable.exe.
What's new?
  • Added a button to the Control Panel for users to change the digital clock's 12-hour format for 24-hour format and vice-versa, as requested by many users. This is a major feature as the programming involved to do it was considerable.
  • Corrected a bug in Solar Terminator, one that prevented it from being disabled and saved as a preference.
  • Solar Terminator shape was reverted back to previous shape, as requested by many users. The current shape will not be changed any more due to requests, as this shape is the one most users prefer. This Solar Terminator shape is extremely accurate, but, for your information, is not 100% accurate, because it is impossible to calculate, predict and display the real Solar Terminator shape caused by the sun; however, it is close enough.
  • Implemented Solar Terminator, City Markers, City Flags and Digital Clock Format (12-hour and/or 24-hour format) to the Embed Tag feature, which means these features four features will be automatically included in the automatic generation of the embed tag according to the current user's preferences.
  • Reduced the month's name from, for example, "October 18, 2013" to "Oct 18, 2013", in order to save space in the Time Zone Window, because some month names are bigger than others.
  • Corrected a design issue in the desktop versions for PC and Mac, caused by Adobe Flash Player itself, which created space not used by World Clock and in another color different from the World Clock's default theme - Blue Theme. Now the Blue Theme has the same blue background color within the entire window's background.
  • Added several improvements to design, code and performance.
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webfork on 2013-01-12 18:58

Excellent program. You can highlight a few important time zones but gives easy access if you want to check somewhere else on the map. Outstanding if you do a lot of international work and need to keep track of time in many different places across the globe.

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MicroBin v1.0.0.0

Checker on 23 May 2015
  • 10KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by I am Baas

MicroBin is the most minimal (10 KB) free recycle bin for your Microsoft Windows system tray area. MicroBin is a fork of MiniBin, but without all the extras.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Free for non-commercial use under the Creative Commons Public License
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch microbin.exe.
Latest comments
bzl333 on 2015-01-11 04:39

@Midas, yeah i'm using Microbin but i think fullbug is referring to the other.

fullbug on 2015-01-11 15:45

Yeas, my mistake, was referring to Minibin, oops....

shnbwmn on 2016-03-16 06:43

If you just want the recycle bin in the systray area on your main PC, then another way is to add it via quick launch. Right-click taskbar, toolbars, add ... %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch ... Unlock taskbar, untick show text/titles, tick large icons under view, lock taskbar. You can now drag items to this and they'll be added to the RB; right-click lets you empty it, and of course clicking it will open it.

Then you're free to remove that damned icon from the desktop. I know this isn't portable and of course it doesn't have the extra functions, but again, this is just if you want it in your tray on your main PC.

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binaryclokk v1.3.3

smaragdus on 31 Jul 2017
  • 503KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 23 May 2012
  • Suggested by I am Baas

binaryclokk displays the local time/date in a binary format. Options include always-on-top, transparency, color, and fade-out.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
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 binaryclokk.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Binal
What's new?
  • cosmetics.
Latest comments
MnX on 2013-10-05 14:39

This one is good for blinky eye-candy on your DT. It works on Win 8, and you can customize the colors. Also, to remove the background you see when you first launch this clock, right click on the clock and go to Options > Appearance and put a check beside Form Invisible.

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WinRoll v2.0

Checker on 8 May 2013
  • 24KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

WinRoll allows you to make a window "roll up" into its title bar by right-clicking on the title bar. You can also send a window to the back, make it stay on top, minimize, maximize or close all visible windows as well as minimize to the tray area. In Windows 2000 and above, you can even make a window translucent.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Windows registry. But given the nature of the application and the small number of parameters involved, I think it can be accepted as portable.
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch winroll.exe.
Latest comments
Quilan on 2011-10-05 18:48

A few minor, but annoying, bugs (at least on my machine with winXP):
1. Minimization to tray doesn't work for console applications.
2. If an application terminates while minimized in tray its icon stays there and cannot be removed (doesn't respond to clicks) until you close WinRoll itself.
3. Applying an action to all windows using the Alt key doesn't affect certain applications and sometimes causes the system to become unstable (crashes some of them).

"Minimize to Tray" (#925), which is also written in Assembly and ultra-small, works better in this regard although it lacks the transparency and always-on-top settings.

MnX on 2013-07-17 23:30

I love this feature on my LXDE machine. I wish MS would do this and multiple desktops like on Linux. The copyright on this software is 2003-2004, obviously no longer supported. Although it IS buggy, the roll-up roll-down features work just the way I want, AND it works on my Win 8 machine as well.

Midas on 2013-07-18 13:44

Among other amenities, Pitaschio (http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2487, currently up to v2.26) provides "Minimize to tray" via right click on program's titlebar minimize button...

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Win-X-Move v1.1

Checker on 6 Aug 2014
  • 464KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by risk

Win-X-Move solves the issue of trying to target the pesky titlebar to move a window, or the even more elusive corners to resize it. The program allows you to move any window by dragging it from anywhere while pressing the ALT key, and resize a window by right-mouse-button-dragging it from anywhere while pressing the ALT key.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Delete all files except winxmove.exe and wxm_hook.dll
  3. Launch winxmove.exe
Latest comments
afh on 2013-05-11 06:16

I like KDE Mover-Sizer more. It is written in autohotkey and you can change the code - for example, I added a shortcut for keeping the active window on top of the others.

rigz on 2018-09-24 06:36

Similar app recommended by this author: Alt+Drag https://stefansundin.github.io/altdrag/

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7 Sticky Notes v1.9

lwc on 6 Sep 2022
  • 18MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 8 Jan 2013
  • Suggested by I am Baas

7 Sticky Notes is a feature-rich note taking program with included editor, highly customizable look, pictures, alarms, attachments, synchronization options, and ability to snap to borders of other notes or align to a grid. Also includes security features, backup, search, statistics, and more.

Functional in 64-bit.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: MSVBVM60.DLL
Stealth: ? No. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB And VBA Program Settings\7StickyNotes
License: Freeware (Donate)
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and run
  2. Select language, agree to license, select portable mode, and then install
  3. Move the files in the dlls folder to the application folder
  4. Launch 7StickyNotes.exe
Similar/alternative apps: Stickies Stickypaper
What's new? See http://www.7stickynotes.com/download.php
Latest comments
boardies on 2014-04-13 14:49

Google reports this as a potentially hacked website. For now, I'd avoid this

Redbeard on 2015-07-05 18:51

Nice software. The only downside is they made it stupidly complicated to sync. And, as of this instant, I haven't figured out to have it sync automatically. Who wants to have to remember to sync????

smaragdus on 2017-01-04 08:36

When called from tray, "Notes Manager" took about 10 seconds to show up, this is awkward and frustrating. Overall the program does not behave well on Windows 8 x64.

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Easy Timer v2.6

Andrew Lee on 2 Jun 2021
  • 503KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 22 Apr 2013
  • Suggested by dmg

Easy Timer is a simple and minimalistic clock/alarm timer with over 35 alarm sounds. It supports extensive interface customization and displaying a custom text message with the alarm. By default, the timer's progress shows over top of the regular clock in red.

Category:
Runs on:WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes. If launched with -portable parameter, otherwise saves to AppData.
Unicode support: Yes
License: Free for personal use
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch EasyTimer.exe -portable.
What's new?
  • smarter timer setup
  • new option to display the alarm countdown on the clock
  • preview for the systray balloontip message
  • better time synchronization
  • visual progress bar on taskbar
  • high resolution program icon

Underline v1.2.1

webfork on 16 Jul 2013
  • 204KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by I am Baas

Underline is a simple and intuitive Reading Bar/Line Reader/Highlighter.

Languages: French and Italian

Note: Website is in Italian (translation available).

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
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 UnderLine.exe.
What's new?
  • Posibility to flip the bar
  • Save the size of the bar at the close of the program
  • Some changes and additions

Feewhee v1.3

webfork on 5 Sep 2016
  • 6KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by I am Baas

Feewhee (Feel the Wheel) is a utility to enhance your mouse wheel with additional functions. With a single turn, you may resize windows or change the transparency.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
Dependencies: MouseWheel
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch feewhee.exe.
Latest comments
Midas on 2012-04-03 17:23

Minor but extremely useful interface enhancement -- probably a keeper. Thanks.

two on 2012-04-05 19:30

Very nice idea, but half-assed execution. Resizes windows that are not supposed to be resized, including tooltips, even when scrolling list boxes where tooltips appear for long lines, which partially leads to application crashes.

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