TestDisk is a powerful drive and data recovery software that is designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again. This can be caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses, or of course human error (such as accidentally deleting your partition table).
The program is cross-platform with recovery tools for a long list file systems and includes the also-portable recovery software PhotoRec.
Note: Use with caution; it's recommended that you read the documentation and take your time. The software can easily made dramatic and difficult-to-reverse system modifications.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | No |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch testdisk_win.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_7.2_Release |
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FocusOn Image Viewer lets you view, organize, and make changes to images without modifying the original. The program includes edition tools like color, brightness, rotation, frames, and various filters. Thumbnail views, broad image format support, easy sharing, and metadata tools are also available. Batch operations are available for modifying or renaming any number of files, as well as automatic archiving and image management.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Imagine, FastStone Image Viewer, IrfanView, XnView |
What's new? | https://pintosoft.com/en/post/foni1.31_en |
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Andrew Lee
on 2023-08-20 02:36
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Regarding the previous few comments about v1.29, I have responded in the forum: https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=105408#p105408 |
FileTypesMan is an alternative to the 'File Types' tab in the 'Folder Options' of Windows. It displays the list of all file extensions and types registered on your computer. For each file type, the following information is displayed: Type Name, Description, MIME Type, Perceived Type, Flags, Browser Flags and more. FileTypesMan also allows you to easily edit the properties and flags of each file type, as well as it allows you to add, edit and remove actions in a file type.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FileTypesMan.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Types |
What's new? |
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Midas
on 2009-04-22 07:25
Although it is extra useful, be extra careful with it or you might screw your system -- check, check, check, & recheck whatever you do.
Magibon
on 2011-12-07 21:21
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I stumbled upon this app. accidentally when trying to replace my system icon for .reg files. I used to use IconPhile, but it's process is hidden. Sometimes it's hard to undo. |
XnView is a feature-rich, customizable media viewer that supports more than 400 formats. Includes batch image converter/renamer as well as basic transformations (rotate, filters, effects, colors, multi-page etc.). Various viewing settings include tabbed interface, fullscreen, slideshow, web page, contact sheet, image compare and filmstrip layout. Includes scanner support, screen capture, Photoshop's 8bf plugins, image search, histogram, metadata viewer, automatic crop (deletes background), watermark, flash export and more. It can also store thumbnails to a temp folder rather than each image folder accessed, which is handy for portable use.
Alternatively, XnView Portable is pre-configured and automatically supports PDF interpreter/rendering engine Ghostscript Portable.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | IrfanView, Imagine, FastStone Image Viewer |
What's new? | See: https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewforum.php?f=35 |
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PapaiMark
on 2020-05-18 22:38
I use it since W98. Very easy copy/paste/crop/resize/scan/print/sharpness and many other things.
JudyGarland
on 2020-10-22 05:38
XnView is not Windows XP compatible anymore. In order to make it work with XP, replace libwebp.dll (plugin folder) with with webp.dll (xnview.com/download/plugins/webp.zip).
PAFuser
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XNView MP 1.01 32 + 64 bit available on Portable Apps (NEW on 8/16/22 - https://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/xnview-mp-portable). |
JSONedit is a simple editor for the JavaScript Object Notation format "a text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange" (source) with available text and tree views.
Includes array generator using embedded Lua interpreter and Scintilla for text edition.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Partial |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch JSONedit.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | JSON Viewer |
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TheCommentWriter
on 2014-06-03 09:56
Nice tool. Should accept copy&pasted JSON-Data too.
jamesmalvi
on 2014-11-27 08:29
I would suggest to use online json viewer http://codebeautify.org/jsonviewer
billon
on 2017-05-04 01:56
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There is also UTF-8 branch - http://tomeko.net/software/JSONedit/testing.php |
Miranda NG is a multi-protocol instant messaging client supporting most common protocols by default including Facebook, IRC, Jabber XMPP, MinecraftDynmap, Omegle, Sametime, SkypeWeb, Steam, Tox, Twitter, and more. Additional protocols are also available, as well as plugins and languages via "Main menu > Available Components list" (see online list).
Note: The program started as a code fork of Miranda IM. Though the latter is no longer maintained, a FAQ about the original differences is available, alongside a migration guide.
Alternatively, Miranda NG Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPL |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Miranda IM, Pidgin |
What's new? |
See: https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Changelog |
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webfork
on 2014-01-05 02:55
smaragdus: My understanding is that they include all the popular plugins inside the distro. This is because plugin fragmentation and version issues were part of the reason for the Miranda NG code fork.
maxi
on 2015-04-20 21:36
new skype support in developer version. skypeweb plugin found on there board
webfork
on 2016-02-16 02:52
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I really didn't like not being able to hit "enter" and have the message send. You can configure this behavior under options - Message sessions - General tab - Sending messages - checkbox "Send message on 'Enter'" |
Bulk Crap Uninstaller (BCUninstaller) allows users to uninstall programs and clean lingering data from the file system and Windows registry. The program can remove Windows Store apps, batch remove multiple programs and handle programs that don't provide uninstallers. The program can also detect damaged or missing uninstallers, quiet uninstall options, uninstall lists, startup managers, verification of uninstaller certificates and more.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Apache License |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch BCUninstaller.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language resources |
Similar/alternative apps: | Revo Uninstaller, Wise Program Uninstaller |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/Klocman/Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller/releases |
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PeaZip is a feature-rich file archiver with broad support for 200+ file types. The file manager interface includes a hash tool, file wipe, file associations, file splitter, themes, estimated compression level, system benchmark, image crop/rename and much more.
Formats supported include most mainstream archive formats, including ZIP, 7Z, ACE, BZIP2, CAB, GZIP, TAR, UPX, ZIPX, as well as it's own PEA format. Can extact but not create MSI and RAR files.
Note that tools setup through the Task Scheduler are not portable.
Cross platform with clients for Mac, Linux, and BSD, as well as a 64-bit version is available. Alternatively, PeaZip Portable portablizes bookmarks and includes both 32 and 64-bit versions, automatically using the proper one on each PC.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU LGPL |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch peazip.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | 7-Zip, IZArc, Bandizip |
What's new? | See: https://peazip.github.io/changelog.html |
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AndTheWolf
on 2014-11-16 17:37
Download link (http://www.peazip.org/peazip-portable.html) raises a 404 "not found" error. Link instead just to http://www.peazip.org/ or to http://peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-portable.html.
Happy.Camper2
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My experience with PeaZip is to go to: |
Autoruns shows programs that run during system bootup or login, as well as entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
Alternatively, Autoruns Portable is stealth and will only show the EULA once.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Startup Control Panel |
What's new? | See: https://docs.microsoft.com/sysinternals/#whats-new-rss |
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MoisheP
on 2018-12-10 21:35
Though v. 13.93 is available here, at Portable Freeware, the MS site only has v. 13.91 . Is this version again being recalled by MS?
Ander22
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schemer > Stick with the older (pre-Microsoft) versions if you have them. The file-sizes on these newer ones are substancially larger... |
WinContig is an easy-to-use file defragmentation program that allows defrag of parts of the drive. This is useful for squeezing extra performance out of important or frequently used files or programs without wasting time and energy cleaning up the rest of the drive.
Note that this is recommended only on magnetic disks. Flash-based drives (SSDs and thumb drives) don't benefit from defragmentation and such maintenance tools can reduce the life of the drive.
The program engine is based on the standard Microsoft defragmentation API and allows you to group files into profiles, accepting a number of available command-line switches for additional control.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
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Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WinContig.exe or WinContig64.exe (for 64-bit OS). Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | UltraDefrag |
What's new? | See: https://www.mdtzone.it/sw/wincontig/en/history.html |
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__philippe
on 2018-09-12 08:35
Sysinternals' lean Contig.exe v1.8 (248KB) CLI will defrag selected files just as well…;-)
appsuser
on 2019-11-27 20:17
Although a little difficult to figure out, have successfully used this to defragment fragmented .ISO files resulting from an AnyBurn .IMG file conversion.
gbrao
on 2021-02-28 23:18
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WRT __philippe post (2018-09-12 08:35) on sysinternals CONTIG v1.8 : |