The Portable Freeware Collection

[UPDATE] Popcorn V1.94

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:58:47 +0000

Popcorn is 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.

[NEW] gMote V1.41

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:40:50 +0000

gMote provides fast access to frequently-used actions via mouse gestures. By default, drawing a gesture is done by holding the right button down and dragging the mouse pointer across the screen. You may record a "W" shape to launch your favourite browser, a circle to enter your name, an "S" to invoke the Start Menu, a "P" to print etc.

[NEW] StrokeIt V9.6

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:47:58 +0000

StrokeIt is a mouse gesture recognition engine and command processor. By "drawing" symbols on the screen while holding the right mouse button, you can perform various actions such as controlling the web browser, minimizing all windows on the desktop etc. StrokeIt currently recognizes more than 80 unique mouse gestures and can be easily trained to recognize many more.

[UPDATE] Save2FTP V2.1

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:13:02 +0000

Save2FTP is designed for an automatic online backup of your important data to remote FTP servers. It will help you organize your backups and schedule automatic backups. It supports inclusion and exclusion of files by wildcard mask as well as by exact file name, and keeps detailed logs of all backup operations. It includes a scheduler for unattended auto-backup and scheduling of any specific time or date, day of the week or month. It also allows you to create incremental backups so you only need to backup files that have changed.

Note: The freeware version of Save2FTP no longer appears to be available. I have made available for direct download the most recent version. Thanks to MarcosJC for sending me V2.1. If you have anything newer, please email me directly.

[NEW] AniTuner 2

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:50:59 +0000

AniTuner lets you create, edit and convert animated cursors (.ANI files) for Windows. It also lets you create animated GIF, AVI clips, Flash movies or bitmap strips from animated cursors or any other image set. You can resize/edit frames, set frame duration, change color depth, create 32-bit XP/Vista cursors with partial transparency (alpha channel) etc.

[NEW] Tweak PDF V1.33

Sun, 31 May 2009 21:29:14 +0000

Tweak PDF lets you set the initial view preferences of a PDF document, such as whether to center window of the PDF file when opened, whether to display document title, to fit window, to hide menu bar, to hide toolbar, and to hide window UI. You can also set the page mode of a PDF document, such as show PDF files in full screen mode, outlines mode, thumbnail mode, or simply without any special mode. In addition, PDF document properties such as title, subject, author, keywords etc. can be modified.

[UPDATE] A43 File Management Utility V2.53

Thu, 28 May 2009 23:46:08 +0000

A43 is a file manager with integrated text editor, zip/unzip functions, file search and dual-pane view.

[UPDATE] Akelpad V4.2.3

Thu, 28 May 2009 23:38:10 +0000

Akelpad is a plain text editor designed to be small and fast. Unicode support, both single-document and tabbed interfaces, unlimited file size and multi-level undo are just a few of the many features this editor offers.

[NEW] System Explorer V1.5

Thu, 28 May 2009 23:33:19 +0000

System Explorer is tool for exploring the internals of Windows. It can also be used as a Task Manager replacement, with detailed information about processes, startup entries, explorer/IE addons, uninstallers, services, drivers, connections, opened files etc. It has a registry/file snapshot feature so that changes to the system can be computed and displayed in tree view or text list format.

[UPDATE] Total Text Container V0.a076b

Thu, 28 May 2009 23:12:02 +0000

Total Text Container is a personal information manager that lets you to store all kinds of different content within a single encrypted XML database, including rich text, images, spreadsheets, URLs/passwords, contacts, calender events, catalogs, files etc. Each item in the database is capable of supporting a mashup of content types, so you can store and view all related information on the same page easily.

[UPDATE] CintaNotes Beta M9.0

Thu, 28 May 2009 23:07:44 +0000

CintaNotes is a personal notes manager for collecting bits and pieces of information such as thoughts and ideas, article excerpts, blog postings, famous people quotes, research data, curious facts, Wikipedia entries etc. It lets you quickly jot down and tag any piece of useful information that you come across. It also supports a hot key (defaults to Ctrl-F12) for clipping pieces of text from any application such as web browsers (with automatic URL retrieval). You can quickly search through all the notes you have created/collected, with search keyword highlighting.

[NEW] TClock Light 040702-3

Thu, 28 May 2009 23:03:15 +0000

TClock Light enhances the clock on the Windows taskbar. You can customize the display, define actions to perform on mouse clicks/drops, set multiple alarms, customize the start button, start menu and task bar etc.

[UPDATE] RegScanner V1.77

Sun, 24 May 2009 08:16:54 +0000

RegScanner scans the Windows registry for values that match a specific search criteria and displays them in one single list for editing and viewing. No longer do you have to press F3 indefinitely to locate the right value. The list can also be exported into a .REG file that can be used in RegEdit.

[UPDATE] Q-Dir V3.79

Sun, 24 May 2009 07:45:46 +0000

Q-Dir is a quad-pane file explorer that is capable of displaying 4 Explorer panes simultaneously. It supports favorites, file/color filtering, export to XLS/CSV/TXT/HTML, screen magnifier, quick preview etc.

[UPDATE] FreeOTFE V4.71

Sat, 23 May 2009 08:46:07 +0000

FreeOTFE is an on-the-fly disk encryption program. When run, it can be used to create one or more encrypted virtual disks. It supports numerous encryption algorithms (e.g. AES, Blowfish, Twofish, Serpent, and many more), and can be used to encrypt entire partitions. A separate application called FreeOTFE Explorer is also available that allows you to access encrypted disks via an Explorer-like interface without administrative rights.

Note: On startup, you will receive a message asking you to use portable mode drivers to start the virtual disk drivers (you need administrator rights to do this, otherwise the menu item will be grayed out). When you shutdown the program, you will also be given the option to stop the virtual disk drivers.

[UPDATE] FreeFileSync V1.18

Sat, 23 May 2009 08:43:02 +0000

FreeFileSync is a folder comparison and synchronization tool. It supports comparison by date or content, filters, file sizes > 4GB, delete-before-copy for large sync operations, and creation of batch files for automated synchronization.

[UPDATE] FeedReader V3.14

Sat, 23 May 2009 08:18:05 +0000

Feedreader is a feed aggregator that supports RSS and ATOM formats. Its "Intelliupdate" feature automatically learns the update frequency of each feed. In addition, it supports automatic download of enclosures/podcasts, categorization by tagging, nested folders etc.

[UPDATE] EssentialPIM Free V3.01

Sat, 23 May 2009 08:13:00 +0000

EssentialPIM functions as a scheduler, contact manager, and outliner. Data can be imported from Outlook, TreePad, Google calendar etc., and exported to HTML, vCard, iCal, RTF, CSV and text. The free version supports color-coded schedule, categorized todo list, tree-like multi-level outliner, contact manager etc.

[UPDATE] Encopy V4.66

Sat, 23 May 2009 07:59:27 +0000

Encopy rescues data from damaged media when standard system copy fails, freezes and or rejects the media. In cases where it is not possible to perform a full recovery, Encopy will try to copy as much data as possible from the damaged files.

[UPDATE] EjectUSB V1.5

Sat, 23 May 2009 07:50:43 +0000

EjectUSB is a tool for quickly closing apps running from a USB drive and ejecting the drive from safe removal. It will automatically close all programs running from the drive EjectUSB was run from (host drive), close any explorer windows open to the host drive, remove Windows MUI and MRU entries and recent document shortcuts related to the host drive, and attempt to eject the host drive when done. It can also interface with various utilities to aid in drive ejection.

Note that there is an active discussion thread at the TPFC forum for this utility if you have any questions or suggestions.

[UPDATE] Dexpot V1.4.2

Sat, 23 May 2009 07:48:18 +0000

Dexpot is a very complete virtual desktop manager, with 19 desktops available, Window catalogue, various Preview modes, Window moving, and many other options.

Note: the default language is German. Goto the sytem tray icon and choose "Einstellungen". Under "International" change "Sprache" to English or to another language.

[UPDATE] DevProject Manager V1.6.8

Sat, 23 May 2009 07:42:33 +0000

DevProject Manager is a project management tool for software developers. It enables you to keep track of the status of multiple projects, as well as the team members for each project. It also allows you to store code snippets, annotate them with additional information like description and requirements, and view them with syntax highlighting.

Note that the application website and help file are in German, but the application itself supports multiple languages, including English.

[UPDATE] BitComet V1.12

Sat, 23 May 2009 07:41:43 +0000

BitComet is BitTorrent client that supports simultaneous downloads, download queue, selected downloads in torrent package, fast-resume, chatting, disk cache, speed limits, port mapping, proxy, IP filter, etc. It has full Unicode support, and requires less CPU and memory than Java or .Net -based clients.

[UPDATE] SIW 2009-05-12

Thu, 21 May 2009 22:18:03 +0000

SIW (System Information for Windows) is single-EXE wonder that gathers detailed information about your system, such as motherboard, BIOS, CPU, devices, memory, video, drivers, ports, printers etc. It is also a real-time monitor for CPU, memory, pagefile usage, network connections, network traffic etc.

[UPDATE] SIV V3.36

Thu, 21 May 2009 22:17:42 +0000

SIV (System Information Viewer) displays lots of OS, network and hardware-related information, including CPU, PCI, PCMCIA, USB, sensors etc.

[UPDATE] SmartSniff V1.45

Thu, 21 May 2009 22:12:29 +0000

SmartSniff allows you to capture TCP/IP packets that pass through your network adapter, and view the captured data as sequence of conversations between clients and servers. You can view the TCP/IP conversations in ASCII mode (for text-based protocols, like HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and FTP.) or as hex dump. (for non text-based protocols, like DNS).

On Win2K/XP, SmartSniff is able to capture TCP/IP packets using raw sockets. This method has some limitations and problems, but it does not require the installation of a separate capture driver.

A better way to capture TCP/IP packets is to install the open-source WinPcap capture driver. This works on Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003, and functions better than the "raw sockets" method.

[UPDATE] TrueCrypt V6.2

Thu, 21 May 2009 22:08:05 +0000

TrueCrypt creates virtual encrypted disks within a file and mount it as a real disk. It can also encrypt an entire hard disk partition or a device, such as USB memory stick, floppy disk, etc. It supports a full range of encryption algorithms, including AES-256, Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST5, Serpent (256-bit key), Triple DES, and Twofish (256-bit key). Note that 64-bit-block encryption algorithms (Blowfish, CAST-128, and Triple DES) is deprecated from V4.3 onwards.

[UPDATE] Universal Viewer Free V4.0.0

Thu, 21 May 2009 22:05:20 +0000

Universal Viewer Free (formally ATViewer) is a file viewer that supports many different formats like text, binary, rtf, images, videos, audio, etc. One nice feature is that it can open large text files very quickly without eating memory. One downside is that there is no editing of these files, but useful if you have to go through large log files.

[NEW] networx V4.9.5

Thu, 21 May 2009 21:54:39 +0000

NetWorx helps collect bandwidth usage data and measure the speed of your Internet or any other network connection. NetWorx can help you identify possible sources of network problems, ensure that you do not exceed the bandwidth limits specified by your ISP, or track down suspicious network activity characteristic of Trojan horses and hacker attacks. It allows you to monitor all your network connections or a specific network connection (such as Ethernet or PPP) only. The incoming and outgoing traffic is represented on a line chart and logged to a file, so that you can always view statistics about your daily, weekly and monthly bandwidth usage and dialup duration. The reports can be exported to a variety of formats, such as HTML, MS Word and Excel, for further analysis.

[NEW] Appetizer V1.3

Thu, 21 May 2009 21:22:35 +0000

Appetizer lets you organize your shortcuts and folders into a resizable docking-style launcher. It supports "wizards" to import shortcuts from the start menu/quick launch toolbar, drag-and-drop organization, 'multi-launch' function etc.