[3.--] FILE AND DISK UTILITIES:
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[3.01] Archives: Extractor
[3.02] Archives: Zip-Unzip
[3.03] Backup: Drive
[3.04] Backup: Files
[3.05] Backup: Synchronize
[3.06] Cataloger
[3.07] Defrag Drives
[3.08] Directory utilities
[3.09] Duplicate File Checker: Images
[3.10] Explorer Add-On
[3.11] File Manager
[3.12] File Manager Tool: Delete Difficult Files
[3.13] File Recovery/Undelete
[3.14] File Renamer
[3.15] File Viewer
[3.16] File Wiper
[3.17] Files: Validate
[3.18] Miscellaneous File Utilites
[3.19] Partition Tool
[3.20] Recurse Directories
[3.21] Resource Tool: Extractor; Editor
[3.22] Search
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Please note, that nominator and second depend on the sequence I
read the postings (not necessarily in chronological order).
Second through a second nomination was possible and occurred.
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[3.01] Archives: Extractor
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PROGRAM_NAME: Universal Extractor
VERSION: 1.5
RELEASE_DATE: 39135
HOMEPAGE: http://www.legroom.net/software/uniextract
DOWNLOAD:
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Universal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says:
extract
files from any type of archive, whether it's a simple zip file, an
installation program, or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package. This
application is not intended to be a general purpose archiving program.
It will never replace 7-Zip, IzArch, WinRar etc. What it will do is
allow you to extract files from virtually any type of archive,
regardless of source, compression method, etc. Universal Extractor is
written in AutoIt, a powerful open source scripting language.
Universal Extractor itself, however, is just a front-end that uses
many other programs to do the dirty work. Please see the Credits
section on the authors homepage for additional information.
Universal Extractor supports over 40 different file formats,
and offer language files for nearly 20 languages other than English.
Full list of supported formats and languages can be found on the
programs homepage.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Jared Breland
NOMINATOR: Bjorn S.
SECOND: Ron May
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[3.02] Archives: Zip-Unzip
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PROGRAM_NAME: 7-Zip
VERSION: 4.57
RELEASE_DATE: 39422
HOMEPAGE: http://www.7-zip.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 32-bit Windows
OTHER_OS: Unofficial command line versions for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OSX, etc
DESCRIPTION: 7-Zip is a F/OSS file archiver with a high compression ratio.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Igor Pavlov
NOMINATOR: Craig
SECOND: Jim S
PROGRAM_NAME: IZArc
VERSION: 3.81
RELEASE_DATE: 39247
HOMEPAGE: http://www.izarc.org
DOWNLOAD: http://www.izarc.org/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 98/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: IZArc supports many archive formats like: 7-ZIP, A, ACE,
ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ,
GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3,
RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO. With a
modern easy-to-use interface, IZArc provides support for most compressed
and encoded files, as well as access to many powerful features and tools.
It allows you to drag and drop files from and to Windows Explorer, create
and extract archives directly in Windows Explorer, create multiple
archives spanning disks, creating self-extracting archives, repair
damaged zip archives, converting from one archive type to another, view
and write comments and many more. IZArc has also build-in multilanguage
support. With IZArc you can open CD image files like ISO, BIN, CDI and
NRG. It is also possible to convert such files from one type to another
(BIN to ISO, NRG to ISO). If you need to send large files to your
colleagues, friends or customers who may not have archiving tool you can
easily create self-extracting archive that can be extracted by simple
double click. IZArc can be configured to run your preferred Anti-Virus
scanner when you open any archives. IZArc supports 256-bit AES encryption
to secure your data. IZArc is integrated in Windows so you can perform
all archiving operations by using right-click menus in Windows Explorer.
If you have broken archives IZArc can help you to repair them with ease.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Ivan Zahariev
NOMINATOR: Klaatu
SECOND: Soren Hedeby Sorensen
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[3.03] Backup: Drive
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PROGRAM_NAME: Paragon Drive Backup Express
VERSION: 9.0
RELEASE_DATE: 39678
HOMEPAGE: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express
DOWNLOAD: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 2000, XP, Vista
OTHER_OS: no
DESCRIPTION: Backing up your data is like an insurance, you never have
to worry if disaster strikes. Now there?s no more excuse for lost data
? this insurance costs you nothing! If your system and data are safe
now, keep them that way with Drive Backup 9.0 Express. This simple
easy to use software doesn't ask you bewildering questions – it just
backs up your data when and where you tell it, and recovers whenever
disaster happens.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Paragon Software Group
AUTHOR: ---
NOMINATOR: Soren Hedeby Sorensen
SECOND: Larry Sabo
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[3.04] Backup: Files
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PROGRAM_NAME: Cobian Backup
VERSION: 9.1.1.193
RELEASE_DATE: 39632
HOMEPAGE: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/programz/cbSetup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Cobian Backup is a multi-threaded program that can be used to
schedule
and backup your files and directories from their original location to
other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in
your network. FTP backup is also supported in both directions
(download and upload).
Cobian Backup exists in two different versions: application and
service. The program uses very few resources and can be running on the
background on your system, checking your backup schedule and executing
your backups when necessary. Cobian Backup is not an usual backup
application: it only copies your files and folders in original or
compressed mode to other destination, creating a security copy as a
result. So Cobian Backup can be better described as a "Scheduler for
security copies".
Cobian Backup supports several methods of compression and strong
encryption.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Luis Cobian
NOMINATOR: Larry Sabo
SECOND: Bill Day
PROGRAM_NAME: DriveImage XML
VERSION: 2.01
RELEASE_DATE:
HOMEPAGE: http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.runtime.org/dixmlsetup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: Windows XP/Vista/2003 Server
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: DriveImage XML is an easy to use and reliable program for
imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. The program allows
you to: * Backup logical drives and partitions to image files * Browse
these images, view and extract files * Restore these images to the same or
a different drive * Copy directly from drive to drive * Schedule automatic
backups with your Task Scheduler Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume
Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from
drives currently in use. Images are stored in XML files, allowing you to
process them with 3rd party tools. Never again be stuck with a useless
backup! Restore images to drives without having to reboot. NOTES: The
program will backup, image and restore drives formatted with FAT 12, 16, 32
and NTFS.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Runtime Software
AUTHOR: ---
NOMINATOR: Klaatu
SECOND: Bear Bottoms
PROGRAM_NAME: Karen's Replicator
VERSION: 3.5.12
RELEASE_DATE: 39552
HOMEPAGE: http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
DOWNLOAD: http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptreplicator-setup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/2000/2003/XP/VISTA
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives!
Karen's
Replicator copies selected files from one drive/folder to another.
Source and Destination folders can reside anywhere on your network.
Options include repeated copies at intervals as short as a few
minutes, or as long as several months, copy only files that have
changed, and the replication of folder and file deletions.
Specify which files should not be copied, and also which days a file
should be skipped!
See hompage with links to several of Karenware's newsletters where the
program is described in detail.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Karen Kenworthy
NOMINATOR: Bjorn S.
SECOND: F. Reeware
PROGRAM_NAME: XXCOPY
VERSION: 2.97.3
RELEASE_DATE: 39680
HOMEPAGE: http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm#download
WINDOWS_OS: Win95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/2003/2008 (command line)
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: A file/folder/system backup program.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Pixelab, Inc.
AUTHOR: Kan Yabumoto
NOMINATOR: John Fitzsimons
SECOND: Bjorn S.
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[3.05] Backup: Synchronize
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PROGRAM_NAME: SyncBack Freeware
VERSION: 3.2.19.0
RELEASE_DATE: 39672
HOMEPAGE: http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.2brightsparks.com/assets/software/SyncBack_Setup.zip
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: SyncBack helps you easily backup and synchronise your files
to: the same drive; a different drive or medium (CDRW, CompactFlash, etc);
an FTP server; a Network; or a Zip archive.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: 2BrightSparks Pte Ltd
AUTHOR: ---
NOMINATOR: Larry Sabo
SECOND: Klaatu
PROGRAM_NAME: Unison
VERSION: 2.27.57
RELEASE_DATE: 39467
HOMEPAGE: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
DOWNLOAD: http://alan.petitepomme.net/unison/index.html
WINDOWS_OS: 98, NT, 2000, XP
OTHER_OS: POSIX (eg GNU-Linux, BSD, Mac OSX)
DESCRIPTION: Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows.
It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be
stored on different hosts (or different disks on the same host),
modified separately, and then brought up to date by propagating the
changes in each replica to the other.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Benjamin C. Pierce (project leader)
NOMINATOR: Craig
SECOND: B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
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[3.06] Cataloger
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PROGRAM_NAME: Cathy
VERSION: 2.28.1
RELEASE_DATE: 39710
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mtg.sk/rva
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mtg.sk/rva/Cathy.zip
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 9x-Vista
OTHER_OS: N/A
DESCRIPTION: An extremly small, very fast and easy to use media
cataloging tool. You can use it to index files stored on removable
media (CD's, DVD's or even diskettes), hard disks or net drives, and
create searchable catalogs that can be used without having access to
original media. Searching capabilities are based on file name, date
and size. Additional features include filtering options, search
duplicates or singles, customizable date format, etc. Found files can
be opened (executed) or deleted directly, if they are present.
Drag&drop support. Directory trees, MP3 album/song lists can be
printed, disk space usage can be investigated. Single file executable,
no install needed.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Robert Vasicek
NOMINATOR: Ron May
SECOND: B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
PROGRAM_NAME: Disk Explorer Professional
VERSION: 3.60f11
RELEASE_DATE: 39006
HOMEPAGE: http://www.tjelinek.com/main.php?section=d
DOWNLOAD: http://www.tjelinek.com/main.php?section=dd
WINDOWS_OS: Winall
OTHER_OS: non
DESCRIPTION: This application is a powerful tool for catalogizing all
CDs, DVDs, floppies, ZIP disks, or other removable media, hard drives,
network drives, or even FTP servers on the Internet (they are called
volumes). Entire structure of volumes can be catalogized as well as
internal structure of various archive files (ZIP, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CAB,
TAR/GZIP, ACE, JAR and others) including self-extracting installers
(EXE).
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Tomas Jelinek
NOMINATOR: T0M
SECOND: Jim S
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[3.07] Defrag Drives
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PROGRAM_NAME: Defraggler
VERSION: 1.02.085
RELEASE_DATE: 39678
HOMEPAGE: http://www.defraggler.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.defraggler.com/download
WINDOWS_OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista (including 64-bit versions)
OTHER_OS: No
DESCRIPTION: Defraggler is a defragmentation tool for files, folders
and partitions. After analysis, Defraggler lists all the fragmented
files and their paths, including size and no. of fragments. You can
then choose to select individual files to defragment. The program
requires no installation and can be run from a USB memory stick.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Piriform Ltd.
AUTHOR: ---
NOMINATOR: Yrrah
SECOND: F. Reeware
PROGRAM_NAME: JKDefrag
VERSION: 3.36
RELEASE_DATE: 39691
HOMEPAGE: http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag
DOWNLOAD: http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/JkDefrag-3.36.zip
(http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/JkDefrag64-3.36.zip for X64 version)
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/X64
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: JkDefrag is a disk defragmenter and optimizer for Windows
2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to
use, fast, low overhead, with several optimization strategies, and can
handle floppies, USB disks, memory sticks, and anything else that
looks like a disk to Windows. Included are a Windows version, a
commandline version (for scheduling by the task scheduler or for use
from administrator scripts), a screensaver version, a DLL library (for
use from programming languages), versions for Windows X64, and the
complete sources.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Jeroen Kessels
NOMINATOR: Larry Sabo
SECOND: John Pearce
PROGRAM_NAME: JKDefragGUI
VERSION: 1.02
RELEASE_DATE: 39576
HOMEPAGE: http://www.emro.nl/freeware/
DOWNLOAD: http://www.emro.nl/freeware/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: 2000, XP, Vista, U3, Bart PE
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: JkDefragGUI is an Graphical User Interface which allows you to
easily
select all the features JkDefrag, a freeware defragmentation tool made by
Jeroen Kessels has to offer. But is can do a lot more. JkDefragGUI can
schedule a defragmentation, install JkDefrag or it's screensaver but can
also do some small maintenance to your computer. It can be used to schedule
a defragmentation of your systemfiles like pagefile and registry files.
JkDefragGUI also supports CCleaner which can be used instead of the
internal cleaning function. It can also erase any information which is left
behind on your harddisk after erasing files. JkDefragGUI was created for
people who don't have the skills of an advanced user but still want to use
the powerful features JkDefrag has to offer or for those people who like a
GUI instead of using the command line.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Emiel Wieldraaijer
NOMINATOR: Duddits
SECOND: Larry Sabo
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[3.08] Directory utilities
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PROGRAM_NAME: dirhtml
VERSION: 4.831
RELEASE_DATE: 39688
HOMEPAGE: http://dirhtml.enware.info
DOWNLOAD: http://dirhtml.enware.info/dirhtml.zip
WINDOWS_OS: Windows NT/2000/XP/VISTA
OTHER_OS: under Wine on most Linux distributions
DESCRIPTION: Dirhtml a freeware index.html generator. Dirhtml
generates customizable html files from a folder branch. Using
scripts, dirhtml can create unique and arbitrarily complex files.
The underlying concept of dirhtml is that it creates table-based
folder listings that can be formatted in any way the user can dream up
by using scripts.
Possible uses of dirhtml:
- Generate index.html pages for web servers
- Locate particular files on disks (including mapped network disks),
say like make index.html files for downloaded books, manuals,
software or other collections.
- Create randomized file lists (for example, lists of mp3 files)
- Generate index pages that span entire folder branches
Since dirhtml outputs html files, any build results in a static record
of a folder branch at the time it was executed, which can be saved for
future reference. Dirhtml can be run from the command line using batch
files. Consequently, it can regenerate all index.html's on a server
via a scheduled execution of appropriate batch files. Dirhtml is
portable, "registry green" freeware. Help files in hmtl-format
included.
REMARKS: Version 4.73 is the last that supports Windows 98
(available from homepage).
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Eric Nitzsche
NOMINATOR: Bjorn S.
SECOND: Craig
PROGRAM_NAME: Ninotech Path Copy
VERSION: 4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 37226
HOMEPAGE: http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/freeutil.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/downloads/pathc400.zip
http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/download.htm#pathcopy
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Ninotech Path Copy is a shell extension for Windows 95, 98,
NT4, 2000,
and XP that enables to copy the path of a file or directory to the
Clipboard. You can then paste the path in to your document, e-mail,
etc. You copy the path of a file or directory by right-clicking it in
the Windows Explorer and choosing Copy Path from the context menu.
The context menu then offers nine standard ways of copying the path,
in addition to the user defined copying methods that you create
yourself: (1) Short Name: File/folder name converted to 8.3
characters. (2)Long Name: File/folder name. (3)Short Folder:Parent
folder name converted to 8.3 characters. (4)Long Folder: Parent folder
name. (5)Short Path: Full path name converted to 8.3 characters.
(6)Long Path: Full path name. (7)Short UNC Path: Full UNC path name
converted to 8.3 characters (only enabled in network environment)
(8)Long UNC Path:Full UNC path name (only enabled in network
environment). (9)Internet Path: Full UNC path name converted to
Internet path (only enabled in network environment). (+)Setup...Create
your own copy methods for copying the path names.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Ninotech
AUTHOR: ---
NOMINATOR: John Fitzsimons
SECOND: Larry Sabo
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[3.09] Duplicate File Checker: Images
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PROGRAM_NAME: Dup Detector
VERSION: 3.201+
RELEASE_DATE: 38649
HOMEPAGE: http://www.photo-freeware.net/dupdetector.php
DOWNLOAD: http://www.photo-freeware.net/dupdetector.php
http://www.freeware-guide.com/rareware/DupDetector.html
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 95 | 98 | ME | NT | 2000 | XP | Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Great app for finding duplicate and *near*-duplicate images.
REMARKS: LFW: Developer, Prismatic Software, "closed as of 5/28/06."
COMPANY: Prismatic Software
AUTHOR: William L. Hunt
NOMINATOR: Craig
SECOND: Susan Bugher
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[3.10] Explorer Add-On
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PROGRAM_NAME: FileMenu Tools
VERSION: 5.4.1
RELEASE_DATE: 39691
HOMEPAGE: http://www.lopesoft.com/en/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.lopesoft.com/fmtools/FileMenuTools-setup.exe
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista or later
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: FileMenu Tools allows you to customise the context menu of
Windows Explorer. And it lets you:
* Add some built-in utilities that perform operations on files and folders.
* Add customised commands which run external applications, copy/move to a
specific folder or delete specific file types.
* Configure the "Send to..." submenu.
* Enable/disable commands which are added by other applications to the
context menu.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: LopeSoft
AUTHOR: ---
NOMINATOR: Klaatu
SECOND: John Pearce
PROGRAM_NAME: OpenExpert
VERSION: 1.40
RELEASE_DATE: 37407
HOMEPAGE: http://www.baxbex.com/products.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.baxbex.com/downloads.html
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS: No
DESCRIPTION: With OpenExpert you can configure every filetype with its
own "open with..." submenu extension. So you can easily choose which
application you want to open that particular file. Simply right click
and select the program to open the particular file.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: BAxBEx Software
AUTHOR: ---
NOMINATOR: Yrrah
SECOND: F. Reeware
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[3.11] File Manager
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PROGRAM_NAME: 2xExplorer
VERSION: 1.4.1.12
RELEASE_DATE: http://netez.com/2xExplorer
HOMEPAGE: http://www.free-downloads.net/downloads/2xExplorer/
DOWNLOAD: http://www.free-downloads.net/programs/2xExplorer
WINDOWS_OS: 95/98/NT4/2000/Me/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Dual pane file manager with additional tree view pane. Windows
Explorer replacement.
REMARKS: Peggy: I still think that 2Explorer vR7xx is better than the later
XYplorerFree; because of the good Search tool and also the view and edit
file tools also the folder size tool. I think some of these were dropped
from the later freeware versions.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Nikos Bozinis
NOMINATOR: Peggy
SECOND: David Cox
PROGRAM_NAME: FreeCommander
VERSION: 2008.06b
RELEASE_DATE: 39692
HOMEPAGE: http://www.freecommander.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm
WINDOWS_OS: 2K, XP, Vista ("Windows 98SE might work")
OTHER_OS: ---
DESCRIPTION: FreeCommander is a dual panel file manager with a tabbed
interface, file viewer, archive handling, FTP client, multi rename
tool, securing wiping of files, file splitting, file searching (inside
archive too), numerous localizations and much more.
REMARKS: T0M: Work very well under W98SE (I use it everyday !)
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Marek Jasinski
NOMINATOR: Yrrah
SECOND: Allan Higdon
PROGRAM_NAME: Q-Dir
VERSION: 3.29
RELEASE_DATE: 39698
HOMEPAGE: http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir&language=english
DOWNLOAD: http://www.softwareok.com/Download/Q-Dir_Installer.zip
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 98 ... Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Four pane file manager. Q-Dir makes your files and folder easy
to manage. Fast and
easy access, with an amazing Quadro-View technique. You don't have to
renounce the usual, Drag and Drop, all Views, and other functions of your
system. No! Q-Dir gives you other nice functions, that make you happy. One
can save many hand moves and also time!
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Nenad Hrg
NOMINATOR: Klaatu
SECOND: John Pearce
PROGRAM_NAME: XYplorer (was: TrackerV3)
VERSION: 5.55.0001 (last freeware version)
RELEASE_DATE: 39415
HOMEPAGE: http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page22.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/files/xyplorer_free.zip
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ftp/Programs/xyplorer_free.zip
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS: N/A
DESCRIPTION: XYplorer is an Advanced File System Explorer. It comes with
an Windows Explorer-like interface but has a far broader scope: you get
much more information and you get it all on the fly, plus variously
enhanced functionality and ease of use, tabbed browsing, extended file
find, reporting features, and instant preview of font, HTML, image,
audio, and video files, plus ASCII/binary file viewer.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Donald Lessau
NOMINATOR: John Fitzsimons
SECOND: Dave
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[3.12] File Manager Tool: Delete Difficult Files
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PROGRAM_NAME: Unlocker
VERSION: 1.8.7
RELEASE_DATE: 39569
HOMEPAGE: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
DOWNLOAD: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/unlocker1.8.7.exe
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows: Cannot
delete
file: Access is denied. There has been a sharing violation. The source
or destination file may be in use or the file is in use by another
program or user. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and
that the file is not currently in use. Unlocker is the solution.
Unlocker is an Explorer extension that allows you with a simple
right-click of the mouse on a file or folder to get rid of error
message such as error deleting file or folder, cannot delete folder:
it is used by another person or program.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Cedrick Collomb
NOMINATOR: Larry Sabo
SECOND: Dan Goodman
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[3.13] File Recovery/Undelete
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PROGRAM_NAME: Recuva
VERSION: 1.18.344
RELEASE_DATE: 39688
HOMEPAGE: http://www.recuva.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.recuva.com/download
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 98 / 2K / XP / 2003 / Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows
utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your
computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as
images and other files that have been deleted by user error from
digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back
files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Piriform Ltd.
AUTHOR: ---
NOMINATOR: Larry Sabo
SECOND: Rom
PROGRAM_NAME: Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier
VERSION: 3.56
RELEASE_DATE: 39705
HOMEPAGE: http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29
DOWNLOAD: http://www.roadkil.net/download.php?File=unstopcp
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Recovers files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to
copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that
just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover
every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this
method most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not
recoverable in the end. Batch execution is supported.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Roadkil.Net
AUTHOR: ---
NOMINATOR: B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
SECOND: Dave
PROGRAM_NAME: Undelete Plus
VERSION: 2.97
RELEASE_DATE: 39647
HOMEPAGE: http://undelete-plus.com/
DOWNLOAD: http://undelete-plus.com/files/undelete_plus_setup.exe; Portable
version: http://undelete-plus.com/files/undelete_plus.exe
WINDOWS_OS: Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Undelete Plus is a quick and effective way to restore
accidentally
deleted files. It can also recover files that have been emptied from
the Recycle Bin, permanantly deleted files within Windows using the
Shift + Delete, and files that have been deleted from within a Command
Prompt. For a limited time Undelete Plus is FREE Software for general
non-commercial use.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Phoenix Technologies LTD.
AUTHOR: ---
NOMINATOR: Larry Sabo
SECOND: Dave
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[3.14] File Renamer
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PROGRAM_NAME: Bulk Rename Utility
VERSION: 2.7.0.4
RELEASE_DATE: 39516
HOMEPAGE: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk
DOWNLOAD: http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Download.php
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 98SE/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista32/Vista64
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Bulk Rename Utility is a utility which allows you to easily
rename files and directories, based upon extemely flexible criteria. Add
date-stamps, replace numbers, insert strings, convert case, add
auto-numbers, process folders and subfolders....plus loads more!
REMARKS: The site says:
For anyone who doesn't frequent the forum, I announced a few weeks ago
that Bulk Rename Utility had reached the end of its development
lifecyle, and that the current release would be the final release.
This news item confirms that statement.
Support will continue to be available for the product until the end of
2008
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Jim Willsher
NOMINATOR: Peggy
SECOND: Bjorn S.
PROGRAM_NAME: Lupas Rename
VERSION: 5.0
RELEASE_DATE: 38443
HOMEPAGE: http://rename.lupasfreeware.org
DOWNLOAD: http://rename.lupasfreeware.org/download.php
WINDOWS_OS: WinAll
OTHER_OS: Non
DESCRIPTION: Lupas Rename is a freeware utility that allows you to rename
a masive number of files easily.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Ivan Anton Albarracin
NOMINATOR: T0M
SECOND: Dave
PROGRAM_NAME: Oscar's File Renamer
VERSION: 1.1
RELEASE_DATE: 37476
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm
WINDOWS_OS: 98/2000/XP; Vista Home Basic outside Program Files folder
confirmed
OTHER_OS: No
DESCRIPTION: Oscar's File Renamer takes and enhances the idea of
editing files in directory in a full featured Text editor and then
writing all the changes at once into the files. Simply select a
directory and the files will appear in the File Name Editor, a text
editor with some additional changes (f.e. you can't add or delete
line). You can use all the editor functions like Quick find, Replace,
multiple Undo/Redo, Macros and of course normal editing.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Mediachance
AUTHOR: Roman Voska (aka Oscar)
NOMINATOR: Yrrah
SECOND: Ron May
PROGRAM_NAME: THE Rename
VERSION: 2.1.6
RELEASE_DATE: 38038
HOMEPAGE: http://www.herve-thouzard.com
DOWNLOAD:
http://www.herve-thouzard.com/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=2&lid=59
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 95; 98; ME; 2000; XP; Windows Server 2003
OTHER_OS: n/a
DESCRIPTION: THE Rename is a program designed to help you to rename files
and folders
en masse with a number of possibilities and options. You can rename a
series of files with a counter: pict0001.jpg, pict0002.jpg,
pict0003.jpg... You can rename files so the prefix is in upper case and
the extension is in lower case. The program is useful for people who
publish pages on Internet and need to convert file names to lower case.
The file attribute changer is a very useful option for anyone using a CD
recorder. You can rename pictures with their width and height. You can
rename audio files (MP3, VQF, OGG and WMA files) based on their internal
tags. You can rename files and folders If you have a digital camera, THE
Rename can use (EXIF) tags that your camera include inside photos.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Hervé Thouzard
NOMINATOR: Susan Bugher
SECOND: Bjorn S.
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[3.15] File Viewer
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PROGRAM_NAME: Lister
VERSION: 6.5 [TC]
RELEASE_DATE: 39267
HOMEPAGE: http://www.ghisler.com/tools.htm
DOWNLOAD: http://ghisler.fileburst.com/addons/lister32.zip
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/VISTA (32-bit); Windows 3.x (16
bit) with less functionality
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: External version of Total Commander's
built-in viewer. Lister is a standalone viewer for text (ASCII, ANSI,
Unicode, UTF-8, RTF), html files (formatted text and links), bitmaps
and certain multimedia files. Any file can be browsed with a fixed
length binary and a hex view. Lister can display pictures and other
multimedia files using Irfanview or XNView as a filter. Lister Plugins
written for Total Commander are supported, too. These plugins are
available for a broad variety of file formats (executables, databases,
CAD, GIS, office documents, archive files, fonts, Palm files,
torrents, playlists,...), making Lister an excellent multi-format
viewer. Some plugins also add edit facilities. Documents can be
searched for text and hexadecimal strings. Text can be selected,
copied to clipboard and printed. Customization is possible via command
line and (if necessary various) *.ini file(s).
REMARKS: BeAr (2006): Lister is very fast and handles files of nearly
unlimited size
without problems. Plugins should be tested after installation. Some
are not stable, yet, and may crash Lister.
Bjorn S. (2008): Lister is perfect for quick offline text-mode viewing of
html
files; tags are stripped, links and most basic layout kept.
Lister extensions (plugins) descriptions; downloads: Official Plugins
site: http://www.ghisler.com/plugins.htm
Plugins (includes new and beta versions):
http://www.totalcmd.net/directory/lister.html
COMPANY: C. Ghisler & Co.
AUTHOR: Christian Ghisler
NOMINATOR: Bjorn S.
SECOND: Dave
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[3.16] File Wiper
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PROGRAM_NAME: Eraser
VERSION: 5.86a
RELEASE_DATE: 39447
HOMEPAGE: http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
DOWNLOAD:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37015&package_id=65323&release_id=567184
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: DOS
DESCRIPTION: Eraser is a secure file deletion tool that allows you to
completely
remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several
times with sophisticated patterns (Gutman, USDoD and others). You can
simply drag and drop files and/or folders onto the on-demand eraser,
use the convenient Windows Explorer right-click extension or use the
built-in scheduler for automated wiping of unused disk space, browser
cache files etc. Easy to use and secure!
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Heidi Computers Ltd. and Eraser GNU development team
AUTHOR: Sami Tolvanen (original author); Garrett Trant (current project
admin)
NOMINATOR: Larry Sabo
SECOND: Dave
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[3.17] Files: Validate
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Hash
VERSION: 1.04
RELEASE_DATE: 39004
HOMEPAGE: http://keir.net/
DOWNLOAD: http://keir.net/hash.html
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 95; 98; NT; 2000; XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Hash is a small GUI tool designed to perform MD5, SHA1and
CRC32 hashing
functions on a number of files. The file size and modified date is also
optionally shown. Results displayed in the window can easily be copied
to the Windows clipboard or saved to a text file. The program allows
direct browsing of multiple files and files can also be dragged and
dropped onto the window. Files (with support for wildcard selections)
can also be supplied on the command line. A convenient use for this
functionality is to place a shortcut to the program in the SendTo
directory (C:\Documents and Settings\[name]\SendTo) so you can send
arbitrary files to it from the Explorer shell.
REMARKS: No Install
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Robin Keir
NOMINATOR: Susan Bugher
SECOND: Bear Bottoms
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[3.18] Miscellaneous File Utilites
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: FileAlyzer
VERSION: 1.6.0.4
RELEASE_DATE: 39643
HOMEPAGE: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/filealyzer/index.html
DOWNLOAD: http://www.safer-networking.org/files/filealyz.exe
WINDOWS_OS: All
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: FileAlyzer is a tool to analyze files - the name itself was
initially just a typo of FileAnalyzer, but after a few days I decided to
keep it. FileAlyzer allows a basic analysis of files (showing file
properties and file contents in hex dump form) and is able to interpret
common file contents like resources structures (like text, graphics, HTML,
media and PE).
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Safer Networking Ltd.
AUTHOR: Patrick Michael Kolla
NOMINATOR: zxcar
SECOND: Craig
PROGRAM_NAME: Filenote (ShellTools)
VERSION: 1.0.1
RELEASE_DATE: 39117
HOMEPAGE: http://www.moonsoftware.com/shelltools.asp
DOWNLOAD: FileNote:
http://www.download.com/FileNote/3000-2094_4-10019651.html;
Shell Tools: http://www.moonsoftware.com/getfile.asp?shelltools
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: FileNote is a little shell extension that allows you to add
textual
descriptions to your files. It adds one command to the shell context
menu of a file object. This command lets you easily edit or create a
text file that has the same name as the initial file, but with the
extension TXT. For example, if you have a file, MyImage.jpg, you
right-click on that file and choose the FileNote command from the
context menu. A new text file called MyImage.txt is created and
Notepad is opened to edit that text file. If a text file with that
name already exists, it will be opened for viewing/editing.
Notice: Filenote comes as part of the authors ShellTools install.
Shell Tools is a collection of free Windows shell extensions and
utilities. The package contains updated versions of the authors old
shell extensions FontLoader, FileNote, RegisterEx, CopyURL and new
ones, including a control panel that allows you to control all the
extensions in one place. You can disable (most of) the other
extensions if for example you only want to use FileNote.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Moon Software
AUTHOR: Ahto Tanner
NOMINATOR: Larry Sabo
SECOND: Bjorn S.
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[3.19] Partition Tool
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: GParted LiveCD
VERSION: 0.3.7-7
RELEASE_DATE: 39631
HOMEPAGE: http://gparted.sourceforge.net
DOWNLOAD: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
WINDOWS_OS: n/a
OTHER_OS: Bootable Linux CD, no other OS required
DESCRIPTION: GParted Live CD is the Gnome Partition Editor application on a
bootable Linux CD-ROM. Gparted can create, destroy, resize, move,
check and copy disk partitions.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Gparted team
NOMINATOR: Larry Sabo
SECOND: Bjorn S.
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[3.20] Recurse Directories
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: docmd
VERSION: 1.3
RELEASE_DATE: 39682
HOMEPAGE: http://thomaslauer.com/comp/docmd
DOWNLOAD: http://thomaslauer.com/download/docmd13.zip
WINDOWS_OS: Win32
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Command line tool to traverse a whole drive or a directory
tree and print or perform a command on every file and/or directory. It
supports complex criteria, including wildcards, Perl regular expressions,
size/date/time patterns, and more.
REMARKS: Written in the Idle Scripting Language.
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Thomas Lauer
NOMINATOR: B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson
SECOND: Dave
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[3.21] Resource Tool: Extractor; Editor
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Resource Hacker
VERSION: 3.4.0
RELEASE_DATE: 37339
HOMEPAGE: http://angusj.com/resourcehacker
DOWNLOAD: http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/reshack.zip
WINDOWS_OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Resource Hacker is a utility to view, modify, rename, add,
delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource
files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and
decompiler. Cursor, Icon, Bitmap, GIF, AVI, and JPG resource images can
be viewed. WAV and MIDI audio resources can be played. Menus, Dialogs,
MessageTables, StringTables, Accelerators, Delphi Forms, and VersionInfo
resources can be viewed as decompiled resource scripts. Menus and Dialogs
can also be viewed as they would appear in a running application.
Resources can be saved as image files, as script files, as binary
resource files, or as untyped binary files. Resources can be modified by
replacing the resource with a resource located in another file or by
using the internal resource script compiler. Dialog controls can also be
visually moved and/or resized by clicking and dragging the respective
dialog controls prior to recompiling with the internal compiler.
Resources can be added to an application by copying them from external
resource files.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: ---
AUTHOR: Angus Johnson
NOMINATOR: kew
SECOND: Dave
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[3.22] Search
======================================================================
PROGRAM_NAME: Agent Ransack
VERSION: 1.7.3 (build 332)
RELEASE_DATE: 38072
HOMEPAGE: http://www.mythicsoft.com
DOWNLOAD: http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/download.aspx
WINDOWS_OS: Win 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/SP2/2003/Vista
OTHER_OS: N/A
DESCRIPTION: Agent Ransack is a free tool for finding files and
information on your hard drive fast and efficiently. When searching
the contents of files Agent Ransack displays the text found so you can
quickly browse the results without having to separately open each
file! Agent Ransack provides compelling advantages over similar search
tools: Regular expressions that allow complex rule based searches.
Immediate contents results view. Various wizards to walk the user
through the searching process.
REMARKS: NOTES: registration requested, but not
required (name and e-mail)
COMPANY: Mythicsoft Ltd.
AUTHOR: Dave Vest
NOMINATOR: Ron May
SECOND: Bjorn S.
PROGRAM_NAME: Copernic Desktop Search Home
VERSION: 3
RELEASE_DATE: 39694
HOMEPAGE:
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/home/index.html
DOWNLOAD:
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/home/download.html
WINDOWS_OS: Windows XP/Vista
OTHER_OS:
DESCRIPTION: Free for non-commercial home use, Copernic Desktop Search HOME
(CDSH)
allows you to instantly search the content of your files(*),
e-mails and e-mail attachments (supported mail formats: Outlook
versions, Thunderbird, Eudora v.5+). But before you can search CDS
must build an index for all your files(*), and later continuously
update the index when new files are added or old deleted. CDS does not
index while you are using your mouse or keyboard, or when your CPU is
being heavily solicited by another application. You can change these
configuration settings from the "Index & Performance" tab of the
Options" window of CDS. Note that indexing is always performed at
full speed when the CDS main window is open and active (in
foreground).
*CDSH supports many common file formats, for a list see
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/home/faq.html
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Copernic Inc.
AUTHOR: ---
NOMINATOR: Bjorn S.
SECOND: Sysyphus' Sister
PROGRAM_NAME: Google Desktop
VERSION: 5.8.809.8522
RELEASE_DATE: 39703
HOMEPAGE: http://desktop.google.com/features.html
DOWNLOAD: http://desktop.google.com/index.html
WINDOWS_OS: Win98se, Win2k, WinXP, VISTA
OTHER_OS: Linux and Mac OS X
DESCRIPTION: Google Desktop makes searching your computer as easy as
searching the
web with Google. It's a desktop search application that provides full
text search over your email, files, music, photos, chats, Gmail, web
pages that you've viewed, and more. By making your computer
searchable, Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and
frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails and
bookmarks.
Google Desktop doesn't just help you search your computer; it also
helps you gather new information from the web and stay organized with
gadgets and sidebar. Google Gadgets can be placed anywhere on your
desktop to show you new email, weather, photos, personalized news, and
more. Sidebar is a vertical bar on your desktop that helps you keep
your gadgets organized.
REMARKS:
COMPANY: Google Inc.
AUTHOR: ---
NOMINATOR: Caesar Romano
SECOND: Vic Dura
