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Popcorn was (its homepage is only available via Internet Archive) a text-only email client with SMTP/POP3 support. It handles attachments, but does not render HTML emails or display inline images, which means it is immune to most HTML viruses/scripts/trojans. It supports multiple email accounts, SSL and APOP. It is useful for cleaning up POP accounts, removing spam, unwanted mail, large attachments etc.

Note: Developer has ended work on the project - linking to Archive.org entry (thanks Baas).

Email Link Coder assists you in encoding the email links on your web pages so they cannot be easily extracted by spambots. The email links can be produced as encoded HTML, Javascript or images.

EncSpot Pro reports useful facts about your MP3 collection. It is able to guess which encoder was used to encode each file. It will also give you a general idea of the audio quality of the file. For files encoded with Lame, EncSpot can read the 'Lame Tag' and provide detailed information on the switches used when the file was encoded.

Note: EncSpot Pro is payware turned freeware. The author has discontinued development for the program, and has graciously decided to release the full version for free.

ASysIcon allows for the viewing and saving of the registered system icons. Along with the icon image, ASysIcon also displays the associated icon index within the system imagelist. ASysIcon also allows you to copy icons to the Windows® Clipboard for pasting into other applications. The icon list can also be printed.

Process History reports on the processes run on your machine since it's launch.

Unknown Devices, as the name suggests, helps you track down devices connected to your computer that the computer cannot identify. These are common with new or unusual hardware, and listed with yellow question marks in the Windows Device Manager. Working in concert with the Device Manager's own information, this program attempts to find out what exactly is connected computer.

Note: You may need physical access to your machine interior to get device numbers from you motherboard.

See our forum post on how to update the device lists.

NexusImage is a simple, lightweight image viewer with basic edit functions including rotate, flip, and caption. The program dims your desktop when in focus, has easy scrolling with thumbnails, and includes includes Exif (metadata) viewer, smoothing mode, and more.

Supports most common image formats including JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF, ICO, WMF, JP2, and the various JPEG2000 image types.

TextRoom is a distraction-free text editor developed with especially writers in mind. It's minimalist interface means that available tools are executed by function keys including spellcheck, scratchpad, formatting, date/time insert, and many more. Press F1 to see a list of available commands.

Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux.

Simplified Virtual Floppy Drive (VFD) mounts image files (*.img) as new browseable computer resources. View, edit, rename, delete, create, or launch files on a virtual floppy as well as format.