foobar2000 is an audio player with low memory footprint and native support for most popular audio formats. It includes CD ripping, format conversion, replay gain, audio normalization, equalization and more. Playlist display and keyboard shortcuts are both very customisable. Additional functionality available via a wide variety of plugins.
The program can edit song tags (album and song name, number, year etc.) based on the FreeDB Internet database and even rename the original songs based on these tags. A file format conversion tool is available, but must be enabled with external downloads. Can even fix some MP3s with corrupted file headers.
Windows 2000 users can download the last compatible version: 0.9.4.
Windows XP and Vista users, download last version from 1.5 series.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
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Similar/alternative apps: | 1by1, Boom, Winyl |
What's new? | See: https://foobar2000.org/changelog. |
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PAFuser
on 2023-04-26 15:52
64bit available on download page, see https://foobar.hyv.fi/2.0/?sort=modified&dir=r for 64bit components. 32bit will not work.
freakazoid
on 2023-06-10 00:59
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PSA: For older users, use the 32-bit version of v2.0 for now. |
Resource Hacker is an utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32-bit and 64-bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). The program can modify program icons as they appear in the taskbar, Start Menu and Desktop, among many other things.
It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler.
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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 ResourceHacker.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ResEdit, RisohEditor |
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MIKLO
on 2016-10-09 14:10
Have been using for quite some time and really like this program. Thanks for a good program.
rbon
on 2016-10-15 12:20
Resource Hacker new Beta in 'Portable' zip format.
Ennovy
on 2020-11-14 14:03
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SlickRun is a floating keyword utility that allows you to create command aliases, or "MagicWords" that launch applications or URLs. For example, "browse" can be set to open Firefox, "note" to open Notepad, and more. You can type an application's path or location as well.
The program includes its own notepad program opened by typing "jot", but major applications such as MS Office and Online Shopping resources can be added using add-on packs available on the website.
SlickRun supports auto-completion, relative paths and drive letter macro for improved portability.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. It creates a lone working registry entry that does not impact portability of settings at all. |
Unicode support: | Yes. for Jot, history, autocomplete, $W$, etc. |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://bayden.com/SlickRun/updates.asp |
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Ennovy
on 2023-11-06 14:52
Softpedia reports an update to v4.5.1.0 but the homepage is not available at the moment
Andrew Lee
on 2023-11-08 00:20
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@Ennovy: I was able to access the home page and verified that it was updated to v4.5.1.0 on 6 Nov 2023. |
AkelPad is a plain text editor focused on speed and a small size. The program includes unicode support, available single-document and tabbed interfaces, unlimited file size, and multi-level undo, etc.
Support plugins.
Alternatively, AkelPad Portable portablizes recent files and search history and has both the 32- and 64-bit versions together and chooses the right one. X-AkelPad 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. If you set Recent Files and Search History to 0 as these are stored in the registry. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of drive-less absolute path (eg. \docs\personal\work.doc without the drive letter) |
License: | BSD |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Notepad++, EditPad Lite |
What's new? |
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__philippe
on 2015-06-04 09:04
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Akelpad v4.9.4 released 03-JUN-2015 : |
Process Hacker is a feature-packed tool for manipulating processes and services on your computer. Includes a simple, customized tree view, detailed performance graphs, list of network connections, comprehensive process list (including hidden), full control over processes, rootkit termination, and DLL controls.
Alternatively, Process Hacker Portable is stealth.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Settings location is specified by passing the -settings parameter to Process Hacker, together with the full path to the settings file. |
Stealth: ? | No. To make stealth:
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License: | GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Process Explorer |
What's new? | |
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misan
on 2016-02-04 20:15
Thank you.
Midas
on 2021-03-02 09:39
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Process Hacker is still being updated through so-called nightly builds: see forum topic or https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/nightly.php. |
ResEdit is a resource editor. You can use it if you want to use dialogs, icon, version information or other types of resources. Output files can be compiled by any Win32 compiler, like MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the 7z package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ResEdit.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ResourceHacker, RisohEditor |
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Midas
on 2015-04-26 12:26
Maybe I'm just dense, but I use resource editors frequently, yet could never get the hang of ResEdit. Can anyone suggest some kind of straightforward tutorial?
__philippe
on 2017-04-07 16:34
@Midas,
Midas
on 2017-04-08 02:53
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Thanks __philippe. As I never did get the hang of ResEdit, ResourceHacker is still my number one go to hacking tool. (Has been like forever.) :) |
Regshot is a small registry compare utility that allows you to take a snapshot of your registry make changes to your system (such as installing a program) and then taking a second snapshot to compare. The comparison report can be produced in text or HTML format and contains a list of all modifications that have taken place between the first and second snapshot. In addition, you can also specify folders (with subfolders) to be scanned for changes as well.
Alternatively, RegShot Portable automatically switches between 32 and 64-bit and adjusts paths.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
Download the source + binary ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch regshot.exe. Optionally, delete the src subfolder. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Regshot2 Unicode |
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JohnTHaller
on 2013-06-25 20:04
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robertcollier4 - The Regshot2 you are posting about is a different app. It's either a totally different freeware app that copied the layout or an app illegally using the real Regshot's code as a base and not distributing the newer source as required by the GPL. Either way, this entry is about the real Regshot, which is open source, Unicode, portable and has 32-bit and 64-bit versions (the PortableApps.com version even switches between them automatically). It's also under active development unlike 'RegShot2' which is abandoned. |
CPU TrueSpeed will run a frequency calculation algorithm (speed test) to determine at what internal speed (frequency) the processor (CPU) is actually running.
Note: Will not work with i486 and older CPUs.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CpuTrueSpeed.exe. |
What's new? |
https://www.geocities.ws/izenkov/product-truespeed-hist.htm
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CyberShredder is an easy to use, drag-and-drop way to delete files and folders from your computer permanently. While normal file deletion remove a file's directory entry and allocation table information, the actual disk clusters that contained the file's data remains intact on your hard disk and can be recovered. CyberShredder overwrites the space occupied from a file with random data and then erases the file, so recovery tools cannot recover it.
Although the "very quick" shred should be more than adequate for most users, there are multi-pass methods available that overwrite the file multiple times.
Warning: Some users have reported issues when wiping directories with non-English characters in them.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CyberShredder.exe. |
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Midas
on 2013-11-06 14:25
A possible portable alternative (untested!) is Quick Erase -- see http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/Quick-Erase.shtml.
hamasaki
on 2013-11-11 12:03
@webfork. Sorry, only just saw this post. I don`t have a copy of that folder anymore as I`ve moved to a new laptop. Sorry.
Herki
on 2014-06-18 12:57
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I had precisely the same issue as hamasaki above - tried to drag and drop a folder that contained asian characters in its name and, to my horror, found Cybershredder began a rampage through a completely unrelated area of my hard drive. |
FastStone Capture is a powerful, flexible and intuitive screen-capture utility. It allows you to capture anything on the screen including windows, objects, full screen, rectangle regions, freehand-selected regions and scrolling windows/web pages. It has innovative features such as a floating Capture Panel, hotkeys, resizing, cropping, text annotation, printing, e-mailing, screen magnifier and many more.
Reported to function in Windows 7 and in Linux under WINE.
Note: FastStone Capture went payware starting from v5.4 so I have made the last freeware version available (v5.3) for direct download as the license agreement does not prohibit redistribution.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of drive-less absolute path (eg. \docs\personal\work.doc without the drive letter) |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FSCapture.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Greenshot, PicPick, ShareX |
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webfork
on 2016-06-02 02:58
@jimdorey: I'm a little confused why we had a listing that this works with Win10 -- it really doesn't. When this version of the program stopped being developed, Win7 wasn't even out yet. Anyway, I recommend trying another software package for that OS. I've updated the entry.
joby_toss
on 2016-06-02 11:49
@jimdorey: v5.3 works fine on my win 10 x64 using a 1080p screen resolution. Maybe you're using a high DPI screen/4k monitor, and only the last version (8.4, payware, but worth every penny) works fine in that case.
__philippe
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Don't care for FSC freeware near inaudible screenshot audio cue ? |