• Useful Tools •
Backup Tools
Tools which can assist you in making Backups in an easy and convenient way!
SyncBack Freeware allows you to start multiple profiles at the same time. Chose between Backup and Synchronize when you setup a new profile, select the desired source and destination and define advanced options, if needed. It's very useful if you have a modern computer with a fast CPU and heaps of RAM. Simply mark the desired profiles and click on Run. If you've an old machine, it's better to run only one profile at the same time.
Screenshots: Windows XP Windows 7 64-bit
SyncBack is compatible with Windows 98 - 7.
Get Setups and Archives (No Install) in various Languages: Developer
Freebyte Backup is also a good way to make Backups for free.
Have a look at some Screenshots.
Freebyte Backup compatible with Windows 9x - 7.
Download Freebyte Backup: Homepage.
Free backup solutions for more platforms:
Grsync and DirSync Pro for UNIX/Linux, Mac, Solaris and Windows.
Backup your Firefox add-ons, search plug-ins and more with FEBE and OPIE.
File Managment
File managment under Windows can be a little circuitous if you have opened a couple of folders and if you have more than one hard drive and partition respectively. I reviewed some free file managers which have some nice features like two instead of only one pane (Twin Pane) and Tabs.
Q-Dir is a File Manager wich supports only one pane but also two, three, four panes (horizontal and vertical), Tabs and some more nice features.
For Windows 98 - 7 (32/64-bit).
Get an impression: Screenshot
Download Setup, Portable or Unicode version.
FreeCommander is a Twin Pane File Manager for Windows 9x - 7 (32/64-bit), which let you open multiple tabs on both panes.
Available files: Setup, Archive, MSI installer, U3 version and a Portable edition (.paf.exe) but you can extract the normal Zip Archive to your USB devices (hard drives or memory sticks) and naturally you can use the extracted program on your internal drives. If you can download software which is completely (not only the installer) available within an archive (e.g. zip, rar or 7z) it is already portable!
Get FreeCommander: Developer Homepage.
Need help? Visit the official Support Forum!
Appropriate File Manager (32/64-bit) for Linux and Windows XP - 7: Double Commander
Twin pane file managers for Linux:
GNOME Commander for GNOME (Screenshots).
Krusader for KDE (Screenshots).
emelFM2 for UNIX/Linux (Gtk+2, Screenshots).
BSCommander (Linux/Qt, Screenshots.)
File managers with tabbed interface for Windows:
Explorer++ for Windows XP - 7 (Screenshots).
Xenon File Manager Portable for Windows 9x - 7 (Screenshots).
CubicExplorer for Windows 9x - 7.
File managers with tabbed interface for Linux:
Nautilus for GNOME (Screenshot).
PCMan File Manager (Gtk+2, (Screenshots).
Portable Software Tools
Many programs on my pages are portable or available as a portable app. If you find one which is not, get Universal Extractor and make it portable. You can make a portable version out of (nearly) every program! Often you can also unpack the program file with an Archiver like PeaZip and 7-Zip which are available as portable apps, too. Visit my zip, rar and 7z related page to read more about Universal Extractor, PeaZip and 7-Zip.
Try PStart! It's really a good little program which is designed to run every portable program and also your documents from pen drives but you can also run it from your hard drive. Systems: Windows 9x - 7. Available as standard Windows or U3 setup. You can chose between local harddrive installation or installation to a removable device such as an USB flash disk. Languages: English and German. Here are some Screenshots to get a picture.
Portable Start Menu is similar to PStart, operates on Windows 2000 - 7 (32/64-bit) and can close your running portable progs automatically when you close the Portable Start Menu application.
Appetizer acts as Dock Bar on Windows Vista and 7.
The Lupo PenSuite looks like the PortableApps Suite, it's up to you which suite do you like more, try it out. For Windows XP - 7 and non-commercial use only!
The PortableApps Suite (Windows 2000 - 7) contains Firefox, Thunderbird, ClamWin, Sumatra PDF Viewer, some progs more and you can easily integrate further.
More portable apps for Windows: PendriveApps and PortableFreeware
Portable apps for Mac OS X: FreeSMUG
Portable apps for UNIX/Linux: PortableLinuxApps
Traffic Control
Do you have a time or a volume tariff? Do you use call by call? With the following Tool you'll have have control over your online-time, your traffic and the costs. The traffic will be picked out over the telecommunications connection or the network adapter.
For Windows, Modem, ISDN and DSL/Cable: Onlineeye
CD and DVD Cover printing tools
UnderCoverXP: An easy to use piece of software for printing CD audio and DVD Covers and labels. Supported image formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF and BMP. It can scale (automatically) and print CD (front, back, inside, inlay), DVD boxes, digital pictures, labels for CD and DVD and the multi-language interface supports more than 20 languages. Screenshot
For Windows 9x, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Vista and 7.
Download Setup or Portable: Developer.
CdCoverCreator: Create own Covers comfortable under Windows 2000 - 7.
A Screenshot is unfortunately available in German only cause the program applies German if you have a German Windows OS. Otherwise English will be the default language if your language is not supported by the program!
Download of CdCoverCreator: Homepage
Splitter
GSplit for Windows 95 - 7 let you split and join files easily and fast. Advanced users and experts will be able to decide e.g. how big each piece should be, how many splits should be created, how much free space should be left on Floppies and creating of self-extracting executables is also an option.
First, have a look at some Screenshots.
You can download my German translation (extract it to the folder Languages) for GSplit right here. Download Setup or Portable and look out for more language files.
HJSplit is an easy to use tool for splitting large files to floppies or send them via email in an very easy and conveniant way. Naturally you can join splited files. It works with all known and maybe unknown file formats.
Get an impression and view a Screenshot of HJSplit.
Download HJSplit for Linux (32/64-bit, portable) (Screenshot).
lxSplit (Command Line) for UNIX/Linux is available for some Linux Distributions.
HJSplit versions for Windows 9x - 7 (32/64-bit) and MAC, OS2, Java and more systems.
RAM-Tools
If your computers memory is not so large, you can use these tools to optimize (defrag) your RAM manually or automatically.
Screenshots: FinitySoft Memory Manager and RamBooster.
Download RamBooster Archive or Setup file.
For Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000 and XP.
Download FinitySoft Memory Manager for Win 9x - Vista.
Another RAM-Defragger for Windows XP - 7, 32/64-bit: Fresh RAM
Ping Tools
With these two tools you can keep your Internet connection (Flatrate) alive, if your provider disables the connection if it's not busy for some minutes. You can use it also if you have an analog modem (e.g. 56k) with a low signal and your connection will be disabled to often. Define your desired intervall, type in the IP address you want and start pinging.
For Windows 98 - 7. Screenshot
Download: Connection Keeper Hompage.
Ping It: Download Version 1.0 and view a Screenshot.
You won't find this tool on the developers Homepage cause he stopped working on this project but you'll find some other useful tools on his page. I'll keep this little tool. ;)
Ping It runs under Windows 98, ME, NT4, 2000 and XP.
You need the VB Runtimes
if Ping It doesn't work.
IP Info
You need only 2 clicks to get your LAN (Local area network) and WAN (Wide area network) IP addresses with this little tool. For Windows 98 - XP.
NetworkInfo: Download the program and view a Screenshot.
Download NetworkInfo: Developer Hompage.
You can also check your addresses with getip.com or right click on the icon (without a router) on the Windows taskbar which appears when you're online, click on Status, switch to Details. You will see your client (LAN) IP addresses and the server (WAN) IP addresses of your Internet Service Providers. With a router: Type the IP address of your router(mostly 192.168.0.1) in the address bar of your browser, hit return, search for the tab or menu link Status and you'll see your IP addresses.
Clone File Remover
These two tools are able to find all the duplicate files on your Harddrives. Chose a Folder or Harddrive and find all duplicates in just a few seconds.
Anti-Twin is compatble with Windows 98 - 7 and free for private use only.
Have a look: Screenshot.
Download Anti-Twin Installer or Portable.
CloneSpy runs on Windows 98SE - 7.
Have a look: Screenshot
Download CloneSpy: Developer Homepage.
Renamers
Do you want to rename a lot of files in an easy and convenient way and easier as wiz Windows Explorer? Chose one of the following tools! You can rename files in numerical, alphanumerical and alphabetical order. Date, Time and attributes can be changed.
Ant Renamer (Open Source) supports the following languages: Chinese (simplified & traditional), Czech, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish and Russian.
Get an impression and view a Screenshot.
Compatible with Windows 98 - Vista.
Download Ant Renamer: Homepage.
Though the content of the Zip-Archive is already portable (simply extract it to a folder of your USB flash drive), you can get Ant Renamer also from PortableApps.
Rename Master: The developer of Rename Master says that the program should work on all Windows platforms cause it is programmed with the Delphi (6) programming language.
Download Rename Master and view a Screenshot.
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