Process Explorer is an advanced task manager. It is an indispensable tool for both beginners and power users. I use it all the time to kill tasks that refuse to be killed, or find what which processes are still holding on to a particular file or DLL so it refuses to be deleted.
Alternatively, Process Explorer Portable is also available, which is stealth.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Process Hacker |
What's new? | See: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/#whats-new-rss-icon |
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Mench59
on 2024-02-13 11:10
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Hello, could someone tell me what the differences are with Process Hacker? |
AppReadWriteCounter analyzes disk read/write operations of every application running on your system. The program displays the current file and number of bytes, operations, and speed. Details about the application are also available, including product name, version, etc. making the file read/write operations.
Useful for testing, benchmarks, and seeing which programs use your disk most often.
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Runs on: | 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 AppReadWriteCounter.exe. |
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WinAuth generates 2nd-factor authentication codes. The program provides either counter or time-based RFC 6238 authentication and common implementations, such as the Google Authenticator. Supported services include Bitcoin trading and games sites Battle.net (World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Diablo), Guild Wars 2, Glyph (Rift and ArcheAge), WildStar, RuneScape, SWTOR and Steam.
Windows 7 users should download the "NET35.zip" version from the GitHub page.
As of 2019, this app is no longer in development.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder. |
Dependencies: | .NET 4.5 (.NET 3.7 for Windows 7 users). |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source/GPL3 |
How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. In the same folder, create a file called winauth.xml with the following contents: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <WinAuth version="3.5"> <alwaysontop>false</alwaysontop> <usetrayicon>false</usetrayicon> <notifyaction>Notification</notifyaction> <startwithwindows>false</startwithwindows> <autosize>true</autosize> <width>0</width> <height>0</height> </WinAuth> Launch WinAuth.exe. |
What's new? |
Full changelog at https://github.com/winauth/winauth/releases. |
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Midas
on 2019-12-11 10:14
Beta release v3.6.2 also available from https://github.com/winauth/winauth/releases/.
freakazoid
on 2023-07-06 22:03
@HairyPorter I know it's late, but I just upvoted this useful app so others can find it :)
h13.Bishop
on 2023-07-07 03:02
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Come on. I thought it came alive) |
NetworkTrafficView is a monitoring tool that captures information passing through your network adapter and displays general traffic statistics. Packet statistics are grouped by the Ethernet Type, IP Protocol, Source/Destination Addresses and Source/Destination ports.
A variety of information is displayed on each line including Ethernet Type (IPv4, IPv6, ARP), IP Protocol (TCP, UDP, ICMP), Source Address, Destination Address, Source Port, Destination Port, Service Name (http, ftp and so on), Packets Count, Total Packets Size, Total Data Size, Data Speed, Maximum Data Speed, Average Packet Size, First/Last Packet Time, Duration and process ID/Name.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Capture driver (e.g. WinPcap Capture Driver or Microsoft Network Monitor) |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch NetworkTrafficView.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | LiveTcpUdpWatch, CurrPorts |
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__philippe
on 2017-04-26 13:25
NetworkTrafficView v2.06
__philippe
on 2017-04-26 21:41
Eyes open wide, but looking the wrong direction...:-(
MIKLO
on 2017-12-21 15:57
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@__philippe no thank you cause I couldn't find either lol, but I was able after you pointed me in the right direction :) |
7-Zip is an archive manager that can view and create a wide variety of formats. The program includes folder favorites, optional two-pane view, checksum calculator, file split/combine capability and more. Individual archives can be created with high speed or high compression settings, update options (including update, add/replace, synchronize), split volumes and more. Archives can be secured with standard zip or more secure AES encryption.
Although the official archiver for the open, high-compression "7z" format, the program also supports the creation of multiple formats including ZIP, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR and WIM. It will extract a long list of other formats, among them RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, RPM, VHD, VMDK etc. Even more formats are supported through third-party plugins. Supports many world languages.
Additionally, to use alternative toolbar and file icons, 7-Zip Theme Manager is available.
7-Zip Portable is a wrapper from PortableApps.com, auto-detecting 32 or 64-bit automatically. Alternatively, X-7zip is also available.
There is also a 7-Zip standalone console version.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 7-ZipPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PeaZip, IZArc, BandiZip |
What's new? | See: https://7-zip.org/history.txt |
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freakazoid
on 2024-02-02 21:52
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@hamasaki - It's stealth to me. I don't see anything written to HKCU\Software\7Zip. |
SMF is a powerful file search and duplicate finding tool that uses hashing (MD5, CRC32 or SHA1) to determine similarity. Includes a host of filter capabilities and a result-reporting tool, with which you can sub-filter the result set according to your needs.
The program lets you search by last modified date, keyword, or file attribute; pictures of a certain filesize, dimension, or metadata info; MP3s by length, author, or bitrate; and duplicate pictures that have a certain filesize or dimension.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 |
How to extract: |
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olliebean
on 2021-03-28 13:13
This doesn't seem to be truly portable. On its first run, it "installs" the portable version, meaning that although all data and settings are stored within the application directory, that location is hardcoded within the settings as an absolute, not a relative path. If that directory is moved, the program will either continue to use the original location for its settings - or, if that directory no longer exists, will "reinstall" into the new directory, and wipe the previous settings and database even though they still existed within the directory. The only way around this would be to manually edit the SMF_Files setting in the SMF.ini file any time the application directory is moved to a new location.
KaFu
on 2021-10-10 11:21
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@olliebean: Issue with portable install fixed with v14, please report bugs on my homepage. |
Everything is a powerful search tool that locates files and folders by file name instantly, and includes an FTP and Web server interface. It also can search files by their contents. Unlike Windows search, Everything initially displays all files and folders on your computer. You simply type in part of the desired file name to limit what files and folders are displayed instantly. The more you type, the more specific the list becomes.
Note that the instant-search capability only works on NTFS/ReFS-formatted drives and only uses file and folder names in a file index. The program can separately catalog non-NTFS/ReFS and network servers for searching on a schedule.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package depending on your OS and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Everything.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | HDDB, Ultra File Search Lite, UltraSearch |
What's new? |
See: https://www.voidtools.com/Changes.txt https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/whats_new/. |
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Nh
on 2017-04-29 18:41
In case it does not remembers sort order, you have to edit 2 lines in Everything.ini:
__philippe
on 2019-01-26 04:54
Everything v1.4.1.932
Bruce
on 2020-07-30 21:07
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This is a great program. I've found very helpful tracking down misplaced or seemingly lost files. |
UninstallView collects information about all programs installed on your system and displays the details of the installed programs in one table. You can use it to get installed programs information for your local system, for remote computer on your network and for external hard-drive plugged to your computer. It also allows you to easily uninstall a software on your local computer and remote computer (including quiet uninstall if the installer supports it).
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Runs on: | 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 UninstallView.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | MyUninstaller, InstalledAppView |
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PAFuser
on 2017-05-01 14:30
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"UninstallView replaces the old MyUninstaller tool." NirSoft web site. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/uninstall_view.html |
FolderChangesView monitors the folder, disk drive, or even remote network share to see every file that is being modified, created, or deleted. Requires read permissions to the selected drive/folder.
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Runs on: | 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 FolderChangesView.exe. |
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Specular
on 2019-08-27 09:52
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Particularly useful since it keeps a log in the main window of files that get deleted immediately following creation, which allows one to see more of what is occurring than merely looking at files that have remained searchable on the disk. |
fre:ac (pronounced "freak") is a feature-rich audio tool set featuring audio encoding and conversion, CD ripper, playlist and metadata editor. The program supports most popular audio formats such as MP3, M4A, WMA, OGG and FLAC, as well as support for a long list of additional converters such as Quicktime and Shorten. For CDs, the program supports reliable conversion (CD Paranoia), online databases (CDDB/GNUdb) and CDText, automatically writing song information metadata. The program is optimized for multi-core systems, making conversions as fast as possible.
Cross-platform (Mac, Linux, FreeBSD). Available in many world languages. Alternatively, fre:ac Portable automatically adjusts paths.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 'freac.exe'. Optionally, delete unnecessary language and manual files, and 'translator.exe'. |
Similar/alternative apps: | CUETools, LameXP |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/enzo1982/freac/releases. |
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smaragdus
on 2016-12-05 14:51
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I prefer freac snapshots to freac stable because the snapshots support more encoders (including the best one- OptimFROG, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, etc). |