My essential freeware list

[Keenan P.]

My List:

anything not written by or recommended by eh eh fussy
POKO

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[Signpoet]

A great list. I'd add WinPatrol, but that's all.

Connie

 

[MightyKitten]

Purge I.E.not freeware.!

Sortpics isn't either. :-(
Seemed nice enough though

MightyKitten

 

[MightyKitten]

Dang, that's a nice clock and reminder. It's a time client, too!

Bob

I second that. To baad ther is stil some japanese (I Guess) in it (Some
dialogs are not translated) But a nice programm al te same

MightyKitten

 

[Susan Bugher]

slippery wrote:

Nice list What's open on *my* desktop *every* day?

Mozilla: for surfing (pop-up blocker), email (spam control), newsgroups

Treepad: for info storage and *retrieval* (great search function), as a
temporary clipboard, to rewrap text (for emails etc.)

A spreadsheet ($): as a database (birthdays, addresses, music, photos,
family tree, recipes, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. ad infinitum), for math
(calculator - printing, balancing the checkbook, for programming
equations -> web pages and lots more) for search and replace . . .

other essential programs (and what I use them for):

unzip:
Ultimate zip
viewing digital images:
Irfanview
XnView
security:
Spybot S&D
AdAware
Zone Alarm
Bookmark storage:
JetLinks
Bookmark checker:
AM-DeadLink
atomic clock sync:
Neutron

for most projects:
Keynote
The Rename
Info Rapid Search and Replace
Karen's Directory printer
for most digital image editing:
Irfanview
for recording vinyl:
Wave Repair
CDex
for web pages:
FTPpie
Xenu
X-fonter

end of *partial* list of essentials . . .

Susan

 

[slippery]

glad some of you have found some interesting programmes
there. noticed i forgot
wordweb - dictionary and offers 'simular', 'types of' and
other alternate words.

convert - great for converting metric to imperial gigabytes
to bits and other conversions of measurement.

i do plan on replacing power archiver with something more
recent. i think it gives you the choice when you install it
what file types you want to associate with it. although you
can un-associate by shift right click on files or remove
extentions in the 'folder options' found in the 'tools' menu
list in a explorer window.

total uninstall is most handy for immediate uninstall after
a program does not live up to expectations and for
inspecting what has been installed and where it has been
spread through you registry and hard disk, to clean up after
the programmes uninstaller.

slippery

 

[John Hood]

Sortpics isn't either. :-(
Seemed nice enough though

MightyKitten

Woops! My bad!. Time to hit pricelessware again. Sortpics is not free
but if you can put up with the ten second countdown at the beginning, no
problem (does this make it Nagware?)I also found an image dup finder a
while back that was freeware. Dipped if I can remember what it was
called. John C. also responded for me to try Total Uninstall. I'll
give that a whirl too.

John Hood E-mail: (e-mail address removed) Website: John's Best of Freeware:
http://home.wi.rr.com/johnhood/freeware/

 

[John Hood]

(snipped)
After TU catalogs your system, you need to browse

to the installation file of the program you're installing and select it.
Once that's done, then the "Next" button becomes enabled.

OK, John C. I'm going to try it again and maybe have more patience this
time.

John Hood E-mail: (e-mail address removed) Website: John's Best of Freeware:
http://home.wi.rr.com/johnhood/freeware/

 

[Sietse Fliege]

i do plan on replacing power archiver with something more
recent. i think it gives you the choice when you install it
what file types you want to associate with it. although you
can un-associate by shift right click on files or remove
extentions in the 'folder options' found in the 'tools' menu
list in a explorer window.

An "unofficial" update for the latest freeware version is 6.11 :

http://exuberant.web1000.com/archiver.html

- Updates UNZDLL, ZIPDLL, UNRAR, UNBZ2 dlls.
- Updates icons.
- Updates default skin.

For alternatives, see :

<http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/PL2004FILEUTILITIES.htm#Archives:Zip-
Unzip>

 

[Bob Adkins]

problem (does this make it Nagware?)I also found an image dup finder a
while back that was freeware. Dipped if I can remember what it was
called.

Try DupLocater. You'll really like it.

Bob

Remove "kins" from address to reply.

 

[Bob Adkins]

i do plan on replacing power archiver with something more
recent. i think it gives you the choice when you install it

Try IZArc. It's a WinRAR clone, and very sweet. Easy and very flexible
configuration.

Bob

Remove "kins" from address to reply.

 

[MightyKitten]

I second that. Very nice one with lots of supported formats, including 7-zip
aviable at http://www.izsoft.dir.bg/izarc.htm

 

[Chief Suspect]

"Bob Adkins" <[email protected]> schreefen:

======================================

I had no luck with newer RAR fileage using IZArc. Had to resort to using
sho-nuff WinRar to open some.

 

[MightyKitten]

It works fine on my XP and 2000. I guess it is one of the wonders of
freeware...
I have to say I mostly use Zip (7-zip right now) and only use the others for
unpacking.


<*Very Deep Thought Flash*>
I guess evry one has to pick his own best freeware, and let this newsgroup
be no more butia guide for selecting the right one.
</*Very Deep Thought Flash*> <!-- gone for serveral years now... -->

MightyKitten

 

[J44xm]

["Wayne Boatwright"; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 06:18:54 GMT]

And you had to quote almost 200 lines to add this? Zeesh!

Took the words right out of my mouth. Please, posters, remember to quote
judiciously.

 

[slippery]

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I had no luck with newer RAR fileage using IZArc. Had to resort to using
sho-nuff WinRar to open some.

Grabbed IZArc. Gave Power Archiver the flick. maybe the fix
you need for RAR trouble is go to RAR's site and download
the latest DLL for windows.
http://www.rarlab.com/rar_add.htm
UnRAR dynamic library for Windows software developers.
http://www.rarlab.com/rar/UnRARDLL.exe
click and install and replace the unrar dll in IZARc folder.
worked for me when i was using Power Archiver.

slippery...