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NOTE: In a departure from previous practice the 2008 Pricelessware List was archived (in October 2008) when the Pricelessware selection process was complete. Versions of programs that are in active development will not change and program names will not be updated. Programs that become Shareware will not be removed. The acf Program Index links to acf program description pages that may have more current information than the PL2008 web pages. [1.01] Clipboard: Extender [1.02] Clock Customizer [1.03] Desktop Manager [1.04] Icon Tool [1.05] Monitor Tool [1.06] Mouse Tool [1.07] Screen Capture [1.08] Screen Capture: Video [1.09] Shortcuts/Launchers [1.10] Wallpaper Manager ====================================================================== [1.01] Clipboard: Extender ====================================================================== PROGRAM_NAME: Yankee Clipper III VERSION: 1.0.4.3 (last freeware version) RELEASE_DATE: 2005-3-13 HOMEPAGE: http://www.intelexual.com/products/YC3 DOWNLOAD: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/yankee.html WINDOWS_OS: All OTHER_OS: DESCRIPTION: Yankee-Clipper is a powerful Windows clipboard extender/memory. The program handles Pictures, (Rich) text and URLs with no size limitations. Everything you copy to the clipboard is automatically sorted into the responding category, where it can easily be reviewed, deleted, saved or sent to other applications via the "Shoot" feature or via drag and drop. Additional features include printing, optional permanent storage of clippings (boilerplate) and more. REMARKS: COMPANY: InteleXual Software, LLC AUTHOR: Joe LeVasseur and Konrad Krupa ====================================================================== [1.02] Clock Customizer ====================================================================== PROGRAM_NAME: TClockEx VERSION: 1.4.2 RELEASE_DATE: 2000-3-9 HOMEPAGE: http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/ DOWNLOAD: http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/download.htm WINDOWS_OS: Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP OTHER_OS: DESCRIPTION: TClockEx enhances the standard Windows taskbar clock, adding the ability to display the date, time and lots of other information in any format you like. TClockEx is highly customizable, from the format to the font and colour, and even the tooltip information. Many people have wondered why this wasn't built into the standard clock to begin with. REMARKS: COMPANY: --- AUTHOR: Dale Nurden ====================================================================== [1.03] Desktop Manager ====================================================================== PROGRAM_NAME: VirtuaWin VERSION: 4.0.1 RELEASE_DATE: 2008-4-24 HOMEPAGE: http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net DOWNLOAD: http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/downloads.php WINDOWS_OS: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP OTHER_OS: DESCRIPTION: VirtuaWin is a small, fast and easy to use virtual desktop manager for Windows9x/ME/NT/2000/XP with no unnecessary features. The current desktop is indicated by a small icon in the system tray to conserve space. There are many configuration possibilities for both mouse and keyboard control. VirtuaWinalso supports modules for adding features without decreasing the performance in VirtuaWin itself. REMARKS: Portable version is also available. COMPANY: --- AUTHOR: Johan Piculell; Steven Phillips ====================================================================== [1.04] Icon Tool ====================================================================== PROGRAM_NAME: Iconoid VERSION: 3.8.5 RELEASE_DATE: 2007-2-6 HOMEPAGE: http://www.sillysot.com DOWNLOAD: http://www.sillysot.com/download.htm WINDOWS_OS: Windows 98, ME, NT (see remarks), 2000, XP and Vista OTHER_OS: DESCRIPTION: Save and Restore Icon positions for each (or every) screen resolution and more. REMARKS: Iconoid version 3.7.0 is the last version that supports Windows NT. This version is available in the archive (www.sillysot.com/archive). COMPANY: SillySot Software AUTHOR: --- ====================================================================== [1.05] Monitor Tool ====================================================================== PROGRAM_NAME: MultiRes VERSION: 1.58 RELEASE_DATE: 2006-9-12 HOMEPAGE: http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/multires.shtm DOWNLOAD: http://www.entechtaiwan.com/files/multires.exe WINDOWS_OS: All OTHER_OS: DESCRIPTION: MultiRes works very much like a 32-bit version of the venerable Microsoft QuickRes 16-bit applet for Windows 95, with administrative scripting facilities and extended capabilities to handle ClearType, refresh rates and multiple monitors. Supported resolution and refresh rates are accessible from the command-line or from a simple menu that pops up from the system tray. An optional timed confirmation prompt - enabled by default in the program About box - ensures that any changes you make can be reversed safely, without fuss. While MultiRes - unlike EnTech's PowerStrip - does not allow you to define new display settings, it does give you quick and easy access to the ones the driver makes available - in a simple, compact and conservative package. REMARKS: COMPANY: EnTech Taiwan AUTHOR: --- ====================================================================== [1.06] Mouse Tool ====================================================================== PROGRAM_NAME: KatMouse VERSION: 1.04 RELEASE_DATE: 2007-6-1 HOMEPAGE: http://kickme.to/katmouse DOWNLOAD: http://kickme.to/katmouse WINDOWS_OS: NT(SP3+), Windows 2000, XP and Vista (32/64-bit) OTHER_OS: DESCRIPTION: Mouse wheel enhancement for Windows. The prime purpose of the KatMouse utility is to enhance the functionality of mice with a scroll wheel, offering 'universal' scrolling: moving the mouse wheel will scroll the window directly beneath the mouse cursor (not the one with the keyboard focus, which is default on Windows OSes). This is a major increase in the usefullness of the mouse wheel. Another feature involves the wheel button. Since the wheel button is not consistently used in Windows, KatMouse can use it for a kind of task switching: with a click of the wheel button you can push a window to the buttom of the stack of windows that is your desktop, making a recovered window the active window. REMARKS: COMPANY: --- AUTHOR: Eduard Hiti ====================================================================== [1.07] Screen Capture ====================================================================== PROGRAM_NAME: FastStone Capture VERSION: 5.3 (last freeware version) RELEASE_DATE: 2007-2-12 HOMEPAGE: http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=775 DOWNLOAD: http://www.portablefreeware.com/download.php?id=775 WINDOWS_OS: 98/ME/NT/2K/XP/Vista OTHER_OS: DESCRIPTION: 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. REMARKS: COMPANY: FastStone Soft AUTHOR: --- ====================================================================== [1.08] Screen Capture: Video ====================================================================== PROGRAM_NAME: Screen2exe VERSION: 1.2 RELEASE_DATE: 2008-4-20 HOMEPAGE: http://www.screen-record.com/index.htm DOWNLOAD: http://www.screen-record.com/download.htm WINDOWS_OS: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista OTHER_OS: DESCRIPTION: Excellent tool to capture desktop activity with voice and save it as a self-playing .exe file. REMARKS: Version 2.0 has been released after the Pricelessware nomination, but before the vote (untested). COMPANY: Stepok Image Lab. AUTHOR: --- ====================================================================== [1.09] Shortcuts/Launchers ====================================================================== PROGRAM_NAME: PStart VERSION: 2.11 RELEASE_DATE: HOMEPAGE: http://www.pegtop.net/start/ DOWNLOAD: http://www.pegtop.net/files/PStartSetup211.exe WINDOWS_OS: Windows 9x/.../Vista OTHER_OS: DESCRIPTION: PStart is a simple tray tool to start user defined applications. Designed to run portable applications (like portable Firefox & Thunderbird), you can start anything runnable from USB key devices or removable disks. * Install PStart locally to your hard disk to have an additional start menu with a quick program search feature. * Install PStart to your USB stick to launch portable applications easily and open important documents or folders. REMARKS: COMPANY: Pegtop Software AUTHOR: Jens Gruschel PROGRAM_NAME: Tray It! VERSION: 4.6.5.5 RELEASE_DATE: 2008-6-17 HOMEPAGE: http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm DOWNLOAD: http://www.trayit.com/trayit/trayit_4_6_5_5.zip WINDOWS_OS: Windows 95/98/Me, NT/2000/XP/Vista OTHER_OS: DESCRIPTION: TrayIt! allows to save precious Taskbar space for minimized windows. For each application which applies TrayIt! it creates a small icon in the System Tray. (System Tray area is located near the Clock). When application's window is minimized this icon represents the application on the Taskbar instead of the regular "minimized rectangle". It is particularly useful for background tasks you typically keep running on your PC all day long like your favorite E-mail client, Real Player, etc. REMARKS: COMPANY: Computer Technology Inc. AUTHOR: Igor Nys PROGRAM_NAME: USB Disk Ejector VERSION: 1.1.2 RELEASE_DATE: 2008-3-29 HOMEPAGE: http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector DOWNLOAD: http://quick.mixnmojo.com/downloads?download=USBDiskEjector1.1.2.zip WINDOWS_OS: Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista OTHER_OS: DESCRIPTION: A program that allows you to quickly remove USB devices in Windows. It was originally designed to remove only USB pen drives but will now eject any USB device. It can be run as a non-visual command line program or a normal gui program. Its very useful if you have a USB flash/pen drive, especially if you use a menu such as PStart or the Portable Apps launcher. REMARKS: COMPANY: Quick And Easy Software AUTHOR: Ben Gorman [bgbennyboy] ====================================================================== [1.10] Wallpaper Manager ====================================================================== PROGRAM_NAME: Wallpaper Changer VERSION: 1.90 RELEASE_DATE: 2001-6-4 HOMEPAGE: http://www.wallpaperchanger.de/ DOWNLOAD: http://www.wallpaperchanger.de/pages/download.html WINDOWS_OS: Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP OTHER_OS: DESCRIPTION: Wallpaper Changer is a FREEWARE Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP wallpaper manager that can change your background images on every startup, once a day or at regular intervals. It features JPEG, PNG, GIF and BMP support. Several options are provided, including the ability to change your images in random order. Your pictures can be automatically tiled, centered or resized to full screen. will determine the best matching background and the most readable icon caption color for every wallpaper. REMARKS: Supports the Windows 9x/NT multi-user environment and doesn't have to be installed, it's a plain .exe file. COMPANY: --- AUTHOR: Frank Pleitz