Windows Software: Essentials
last updated 03-05-2017
My current favorites of freeware in Windows.
0. Internet
1. Editors
2. Graphics
3. System
4. File
5. DV
6. Misc
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0. Internet
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Clipper Sync
* easy text copies management for Android across devices
* syncs Android text copies to webpage (thus accessible to web browsers)
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ASCII Paint
Draw and share ascii art editor
Sketch Toy
Sketch and Share amongst friends.
FreeMind
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Free mind-mapping software written in Java.
2. Graphics
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shrinking pics
good sizes: 800x600
ABBYY screenshot Reader
3. System
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7 zip
Updating an archive
1. Add some text files
C:\DOCUME~1\user\Desktop\Utils\7zip\7-Zip\7z -ms=off a 0test.7z *.txt
2. Add some ahk files
C:\DOCUME~1\user\Desktop\Utils\7zip\7-Zip\7z -ms=off u 0test.7z *.ahk
3. Update special file that needs password protection
C:\DOCUME~1\user\Desktop\Utils\7zip\7-Zip\7z -ms=off u 0test.7z u MyAutoHKeys.ahk -ppassword
Autohotkeys (screen scraper, hotkeys, multi-function tool)
rjhExtensions
clipboard function, DOS prompt, file encryption, file renaming, a file
shredder, file duplicator and functions better than: cm3utility (extends
explorer RMB to have more functions eg. delete later)
QDir
sfk
e.g. sfk grep -pat "# Verbs" -dir C:\Users\x\Dropbox\SimpleNotes -file .md
e.g. search for a string in all files of a dir tree
sfk grep -pat mystring -dir . -file .hpp .cpp
for the syntax of all commands, type "sfk" in the command shell.
AFI Rename: GUI: multiple file renames etc.
Winmerge
ccleaner Clean trash from windows
systemrescue rescue CDrom
sysinternalsSuite MS System Swiss Army knife
DoubleKiller
4. File
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search desktop
baregrep
- no MS docs, ppt
DocFetcher
xls not supported? protected pdf skipped
Clipjump
Clipboard Manager, support various formats (html, plaintext, graphics), sql-lite history
PDFTK PDF Toolkit
Regexp tool to help you create the appropriate regex
http://www.gskinner.com/RegExr/
try this topic as well to extract text
examdiff : graphical diff http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp#download
renamefiles_v2.42_us.exe
5. DV
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Burn CD: http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/CreateCD.htm (command line burn cd/dvd)
super Video Encoder
Audacity Audio tool
EAC Copy Audio CDs, wavs
CDex_150 Extract Audio
Mp3tag Audio MP3 tagger
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