Susan said:
Would anyone like to share? What Freeware programs do you use *every* day?
76 posts in this thread - so far.
Summary to date (I don't guarantee complete accuracy):
DESKTOP
ATNotes
Autosizer
Bar None - A tiny application launcher by
http://www.k23productions.com/
Brutus 2006:
http://www.proffs.nu/brutus.htm
ClipMagic (tray)
Clipomatic
ClocX
Conky
Copernic Desktop Search
deskillusion
DS Clock
eprompter
Folder View (tray)
Gdesklets
Gnome
Handy Moby (tray)
Icondesk
Iconoid, tclock, Ship's Bell
OpenOffice
optool (tray)
http://www.kreacom.dk/optool/
PowerMenu 1.51
PowerPro
Proxomitron (tray)
PStart
RocketDock
RocketDock
SlickRun
SlickRun
Speakonia
SunClock 5
T-Clock Light 040702-3
TClock
TClock (*not* TClockex)
http://homepage1.nifty.com/kazubon/tclock/
TClockEx
WallpaperMaster
winamp
Windows PowerPro (
http://powerpro.webeddie.com/)
Windows Wecker 1.1(Freeware) U. Jäkel
WinRoll 2.0
WordWeb
Wordweb (tray)
World Time Clock
World Time Clock
Xpize
FILE UTILITIES
(IFNS) Instant File Name Search:
http://www.sowsoft.com/file-name-search.htm
7 zip
7-Zip
7-Zip
7-Zip 4.37 beta
7-Zip, Info-zip, SyncToy
Agent Ransack
Agent Ransack
Agent Ransack
Agent Ransack
AllChars, IzArc
Allway Sync
Ant Movie Catalog
Batchrun:
http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=product&id=1
Cathy
http://rvas.webzdarma.cz/
Cobian Backup
Copernic Desktop Search
Copernic Desktop Search
CubicExplorer (for now)
Daemon Tools (virtual CD/DVD Rom)
Disk Explorer Professional
dscrypt (
http://freezip.cjb.net/freeware/)
dsdel (
http://freezip.cjb.net/freeware/)
DVD shrink
Empty Temp Folders:
http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/emptemp/
EZBackitup
http://www.rdcomp.net/ezbackitup/
fcommander
File Finder
File List Generator
http://home.a03.itscom.net/tsuzu/programing/en/
File Note
http://www.moonsoftware.com/freeware.asp
File Targets
http://www.moonsoftware.com/freeware.asp
Filenote
Flashget
Folder Size for Windows
FolderBox
Fox-it Reader -- the no-bloat PDF reader
Free Commander
freeCommander
Home / File Utilities Drive Rescue Version: 1.9d
Alexander Grau
Iceows:
http://www.iceows.com/HomePageUS.html
InfoRapid Search & Replace
IZ arc 3.5 (zip management)
Izarc
IZArc
Locate32
Nautilis
Oscar's File Renamer
Pablo commander
http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/pablo_commander.html
PowerDesk
QuickPar
Rename Master:
http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/108/
RunIt
SyncToy
Tugzip
TUGZip
TUGZip
UltimateZip
Unison
Unlocker
xplorer2
Xplorer2
XYExplorer
Zip Genius
GRAPHICS
Cam2PC
DPIC
FastStone Image Viewer
FSviewer
HoverSnap
Ifranview
Inkscape (vector graphics)
Irfan view
irfantview
irfanview
Irfanview
Irfanview
Irfanview
Irfanview
Irfanview
Irfanview
Irfanview
Irfanview
Irfanview
Irfanview
Irfanview
Irfanview
IrfanView
IrfanView
IrfanView
IrfanView
IrfanView
IrfanView
IrfanView
IrfanView
IrfanView
Jpeg crops
MWSnap
Paint.Net
Paint.NET
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
Photofiltre
Photofiltre
PhotoFiltre
PhotoFiltre
Picasa
http://picasa.google.com/
The Gimp
Xnview
XnView
XnView 1.82.3
XnView Shell Extension
INTERNET
40tude Dialog
40tude Dialog
Avant Browser
Avant Browser
Avant Browser
BitTorrent
Browser: Firefox and sometimes Opera
C4U
CiDial
Courier
Dial-Up Networking Monitor
Dialog
Dimension4
e-Dexter
Eudora Lite 3.0.6
Feedreader
FidoLook
Filezilla
FileZilla
FileZilla
Filezilla (FTP client)
Firefox
Firefox
Firefox
Firefox
Firefox
Firefox
Firefox
Firefox
Firefox
Firefox
Firefox
Firefox
FireFox
Firefox (plus MozBackup)
Firefox 1.6a1
Firefox, BitTornado (uturrent, only when I have too)
Firefox, Thunderbird
Firefox, Thunderbird
Firefox, Thunderbird
Firefox:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
Free Download Manager
Free Download Manager
FreeDownloadManager
FreePOPs
FreePOPs
FTP Explorer
FTP Wanderer
http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/ftp_wanderer.html
Gaim
GAIM
Gigaget Downloader
Google Search Tool (it's called something else now)
Grabit:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
GreatNews 1.0.0.366
GreatNews(RSS)
Green Browser
Greenbrowser, Crazybrowser, and Fastbrowser(now Caymanbrowser
html2pop3
HTTP File Server
I downloaded Net Transport 1.51 back when it was freeware, never
K-Meleon
K-Meleon
K-Meleon
K-Meleon, IE6, Netscape 8.1
K9
Magic Mail Monitor
Mail: Thunderbird
Maxthon
Maxthon Browser
Maxthon Browser
http://www.maxthon.com/
Mecury Mail
Miranda
Miranda
Miranda
Miranda 0.4.3 alpha build #49
Mozilla
Mozilla
Mozilla v1.7.12, FileZilla v2.2.17
Mozillia
Netscape
XanaNews - the best newsreader of them all
OE-Quotefix
OE-QuoteFix
Opera
Opera
Opera
Opera
Opera
Opera Browser
Outlook Express
Outlook Express
Pan
Pan
Pegasus Mail
Pegasus Mail
Pimex MailExpress
http://www.pimexonline.com/Products/mailexpress.htm
Pimmy
POP Peeper
PopPeeper
PopTray
PopTray,GMail
Power-Grab 2002
privoxy
Privoxy
Proxomitron
Proxomitron
Proxomitron
Pure-ftpd
Puttytray 0.59
RSS: Thunderbird - will maybe replaced by GreatNews
Sandboxie
Screamer Radio
Shareaza
Skype
Sleipnir Browser
Spampal
Star Downloader
STunnel
Telescope
http://www.alkalisoftware.ca/Telesc.html
Thunderbird
Thunderbird
Thunderbird
Thunderbird
Thunderbird
Thunderbird
Thunderbird 1.6a1
Thunderbird:
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
Tor
Trillian
Trillian
Trillian
uTorrent
uTorrent
Utorrent 1.5
UTorrent 1.5
http://www.utorrent.com/
WinSCP
WordPress
wTicker(RSS)
XAMPP(Apache, php, MySQL, Filezilla)
Xananews
XChat2 (from silverex)
Xenu Link Sleuth
Xnews
Xnews
Xnews
XNews
Xnews 2005.09.25
YPOPs
YPop`s
yProxy
MULTIMEDIA
1by1
1x1
Audacity
AVI2DVD
AVIResizer Calculator 1.0.0.2
CCCP Codec Pack 2006-03-06
classic media player
Cole2k Media - Video Dub Pack
CoolPlayer
DeliPlayer 2.50 beta
Deliplayer combined with "SecretAgent.pls"
http://www.somafm.com/
DivX 6.1, Media Player classic 9.0 XP
DVD2SVCD
DVDShrink
DVDx (DVD to divx)
Exact Audio Copy
foobar
Foobar
Foobar 0.9
Foobar 2000 (v8.3)
Foobar2000 (sticking with 0.8.3 for the moment)
Foobar2000 0.8.3
Gspot, WinAmp
K-lite code pack
K-Lite Codec Pack Standard
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
Karafun (karaoke)
Klite Codec Pack
kmplayer (
http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php)
Kool Playa
Media Player Classic
Media Player Classic
Media Player Classic 6.4.9.0
Media Player Classic 6.4.9.0
Media Player Classic:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
Monkey's Audio (APE format (de)compression)
MP3Gain
Mp3Tag 2.35m
mpc
Quicktime Alternative
Quicktime Alternative:
http://www.codecguide.com/about_qt.htm
QuintessentialPlayer
Real Alternative
Real Alternative
Real Alternative
Real Alternative
Real Alternative:
http://www.codecguide.com/about_real.htm
Real and Quicktime Alternative
RealAlternative
SFX
http://www.deliplayer.com/
VCDEasy
VirtualDub
VLC media player
VLC Player
VLC Player
Winamp
Winamp
Winamp
WinAmp
WinAMP
Winamp (generic)
Winamp -- better than Gatesware, nagware, crippleware and shareware
Winamp 2.80
WinAmp; I like some other music players better, but I never seem to
Windows Media Player Classic
XMplay
XMPlay audio player
http://www.un4seen.com/
XMPlay:
http://un4seen.com/xmplay.html
xmplayer
ORGANIZERS
Calendar Magic
Calendar Magic
ClipMagic
Ecco Pro
EssentialPIM
EssentialPIM
EssentialPIM 1.71
EssentialPIM by
www.essentialpim.com>
Event Manager
folder View (BIG time saver negotiating folders)
Keynote
KeyNote
MemPad
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/win/index.html
Palm Desktop 4.1
Palm Desktop 4.1 (only becuase I use a sony clie)
PIM
Rainlendar 0.22
Rainlender
Rainlender
SpamBayes
The Diary from Overware systems (can't find a reference for download now -
treepad
TreePad
TreePad Lite
http://www.treepad.com/treepadfreeware/
TreePadLite
VisualCD
PROGRAMMING
AutoIt
ConTEXT
gcc
JustBASIC (Also $ware LibertyBASIC)
Lazarus (portable Delphi clone)
MASM.
MinGW
Object Pascal
Php (done in $ware Dreamweaver)
VisualBasic 2005 Express Edition
WampServer
Handy Moby
http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict
TheSage
WordWeb
SECURITY
a2squared
Ad Aware
Ad Aware
Ad Aware, SpyBot S&D
Ad-aware
Ad-Aware
Ad-Aware
Ad-Aware
Ad-Aware
Ad-Aware
Adaware
Adaware
Adaware SE Personal
Adaware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Antivir
AntiVir
AntiVir 7
AntiVir Classic
Avast
Avast
AVast
Avast! Personal Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
Avast!.
AVG
AVG
AVG
AVG 7 Free
AVG Anti-virus
AVG Free
AVG Free Antivirus
AVG Free Antivirus
AVG Free Edition
AVG:
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
BitDefender
CCleaner
ClamAV v.88, Zone Alarm v5.5
CrapCleaner
Eraser
Eraser
F-Prot for DOS
Hostsman
HostsManager
K9
Keepass
Keepass
Kerio 2.1.5
Kerio 2.1.5 (again!)
Kerio 2.1.5 No longer around I think.
Kerio 2.5
Kerio 215 FW
Kerio Personal Firewall
Microsoft Antispyware
MVPS Hosts
Peer Guardian
Pins
PINs 4.50.0.86
ScripTrap
Spybot
Spybot
Spybot
Spybot
Spybot S & D:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
Spybot S&D
Spybot S&D
SpyBot S&D
SpyBot S&D
Spybot Search & Destroy
Spybot Search & Destroy
Spybot Search&Destroy
Spyware Blaster
Spyware Blaster
Spyware Blaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Spywareblaster
SpywareBlaster
SpywareBlaster
SpywareBlaster
SpywareGuard and Blaster
Startup Guard
http://www.acelogix.com/freeware.html
Sygate
Sygate Personal Firewall
Tor
TrueCrypt
TrueCrypt 4.1
Windows Defender
Windows Defender
Windows Defender
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
WinPatrol
WinPatrol
WinPatrol
Zone Alarm
Zone Alarm
Zonealarm
ZoneAlarm
ZoneAlarm
ZoneAlarm
SYSTEM UTILITIES
Abakt
ArsClip
AutoRuns
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html
Born to Run
ccleaner
CCleaner
CCleaner
CCleaner
CCleaner 1.28.277
CCleaner 1.28.277
CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
CDX -- Command Prompt
CloseCD:
http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/entertainment/open_cd/download.shtml
CPUz
CrapCleaner
Daemon Tools 4.0.3
Dimension4
Dirkey NTXP
Eraser 5.3
Erunt
ERUNT
HDDHealth
InControl5
jv16 power tools
KatMouse
KeyNote
Locate32
http://locate32.webhop.org/
Motherboard Monitor
MyUninstaller 1.34
NTREGOPT/ERUNT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
Page Defrag
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PageDefrag.html
PDFcreator
Power Pro
Process Explorer
Process Explorer
Process Explorer:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html
PV2K
RegScanner
RegScrubXP
Regseeker
Regseeker
Regseeker
RegSeeker
RegSeeker
RegSeeker
RegSeeker 1.45
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
Robocopy
RunIt
Safarp
SD cards.
SIW
SpeedFan
Startup Control Panel
Startup Monitor
StartupDelayer
StartupDelayer
StartupMonitor
TaskSwitch XP
Total Uninstall 2.35
UltraVNC
VirtuaWin
VisDIR Free Disc Space finder
http://www.sb-software.com/visdir/
Waterfall
WinZip
YankeeClipper III
ZSoft Uninstaller
TEXT
Adobe Reader
Adobe Reader
Adobe Reader
Atlantis
Avery Label Designer
BDV Notepad
Call Trace
CALLER ID
Clipboard Diary Utility
Clippy
ConTEXT
Ditto
DynaSpeller
EditPadLite
Emacs
Flashnote
Foxit Reader
FoxitReader
FoxitReader
FoxitReader (I guess this is the right category for that program)
GhostScript and GSView (GhostView)
Hilitext
Jarte
jEdit, Programmer's File Editor
Jujuedit
mempad
metapad
Metapad
Metapad
Metapad
MetaPad
Metapad 3.51
MetaPad
http://liquidninja.com/metapad/
Metapad, as daily use quick pad, which I'll decide on soon. Ted 4.5.2
Metapad, Atlantis Nova, Word Web
neomem
Notepad
Notepad's enough
Notepad++
Notepad++
Notepad++
Notepad++
Notepad++, ScrapBook
Notepad2 1.0.12
NoteTab Light (default/.txt)
OE-Quote fix
Open Office
OpenOffice
OpenOffice
PDF Creator
People who go looking to be offended will rarely be disappointed
PSPad
PSPad
PSPad
PSPad
tombo (
http://tombo.sourceforge.jp/En/)
vim
Win32Pad
Word Tabs 3.25
http://omega5.port5.com/files/2004/wordtabs/
WordTabs 3.30
yBook/Microsoft Reader
OO Write & OO Base v2.02
WEB DESIGN
Amaya?
Dud
EditPadLite
HTML-Kit
Jujuedit
Notepad++
Notepad++
Notepad2 1.0.12
Nvu
NVU
NVu:
http://www.nvu.com/
PSPad (beyond me. amazing. almost scary, but a teacher)
PSPad, Tidy
TagCheck
Topstyle Lite 3.10
Trialing phpDesigner
vim
WordPress.
xampp
WEB DESIGN + OFFICE
Ghostscript + ghostview
Gnuplot (charts and much more)
Miktex
Openoffice
PDFcreator
Scilab
Texaide
TeXnicCenter
no category
1by1
7 Zip
AllChars, for systemwide keyboard macros.
Artweaver
Avast
AVG
AVG
AVS
BOINC
Cathy
CCleaner
Clonespy, for finding and deleting duplets.
Deep paint
Down2Home
DVDShrink
ERUNT
ERUNT
ESB-Calc, calculator
Faststone Image viewer
Filezilla
Firefox
Firefox
Firefox
FireFox
Firefox, running all the time, used only for messages, usenet, email,
Foxit PDF Reader
Foxit PDF Reader
FoxIt PDF Reader
Foxmail
FreeCommander, an excellent dual-paned file manager.
freeware.
Gimpshop
Graphics effects programs:
Hamster
Hamster
IE6
Image analyzer.
InjectURL by Marek Jedlinski
Irfanview
IrfanView
Izarc
K9 by Robin Keir
Kana Launcher
Kerio
Kerio
Kerio Firewall
KeyNote by Marek Jedlinski
KIBase QuickPad
http://www.kibase.com/
Lupas Rename
Magic Mail Monitor
Media Tagger
Metapad
MPEG Audio
MySQL
Ninotech Path Copy
Notepad++.
NVU HTML Editor
Open Office
OpenOffice by various...
Opera by Opera Software
Opera, running all the time, for browsing and searching, web surfing.
Paintshop Pro last freeware version, 4.15 I think.
Pegasus Mail by David Harris
PFE (Programmer's File Editor) by Alan Philips
Photofiltre.
Pixia
PopUpStopper-PanicWare
Power Defragmenter GUI
Privoxy
Privoxy
Process Explorer and Autoruns from Sysinternals
ProcessTamer
Quote fix
RunIt
Screamer internet radio and recorder.
Secretmaker
Slickrun
Spybot S&D
SpywareBlaster
Super Finder
SyncBack
SyncBack
TClockEx
TClockEX
Thuderbird
Thunderbird
Total-ISO and Clipbrowser
Treepad
UK's Kalender by Ulrich Krebs
UK-Kalender, Ulrich Krebs calender.
VLC video player
Win Patrol
Winamp, running all the time.
Windows Defender, Spybot, WinPatrol, and uTorrent
WinPatrol
WordWeb
Xnews
Xnews
xplorer2 lite
ZoneAlarm
ZoneAlarm firewall
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