• ★Archiver  7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression. Supported formats: Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR. Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z. For ZIP and GZIP formats. 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip. Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats. Self-extracting capability for 7z format. Integration with Windows Shell. Powerful File Manager. Powerful command line version. Plug-in for FAR Manager. Localizations for 74 languages. Size: 1MB. Win All. 32/64 bit.
• Archiver  TUGzip can create .rar files as well as decompress them...and others including .tar. I believe it is the only free archiver that can create .rar files. ICEOWS can decompress but not create them. To get it to create .rar files, you have to download WinRar and copy the rar.exe over to the Tugzip directory, then uninstall Winrar (shareware). Zip formats are limited to about 4GB file sizes. RAR is limited to about 100GB file sizes. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP.
• Archiver  ICEOWS is one of a few archivers that can open rar files as reliably as Winrar. ICEOWS is written to compress or extract archive files easier. With ICEOWS you can extract, test, read properties and comments or view files stored in ICE, ARJ, ZIP, GunZip, TAR, Microsoft CAB, RAR, ACE, MIME, Mac HQX, UUEncode, XXEncode, Base64, JAR, EAR, WAR, LHA, IMP, BZ2 files without an external program. If the archive is an ICE, ARJ or ZIP, you also can add, update and delete files stored within the archive. It integrates all of these functions in the same explorer interface that Windows 9x, Me, NT or XP has. ICEOWS adds a new ICE format which is excellent for reducing the size of text files. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP.
• Archive Recovery  Object FIX ZIP is a program for repairing Zip archive files. It can reconstruct a specified Zip file by creating a new Zip archive while recovering the contents of the faulty Zip file where possible. This software is designed for testing, fixing and processing of corrupt or unusable ZIP archive files that are partially damaged or not completely downloaded. Repairs corrupt or partially damaged ZIP archives. Extracts files from ZIP archives with CRC errors. Extracts files from partially downloaded ZIP archives. Extracts multiple ZIP archives with a single operation. Supports all ZIP archive files created with any PkZIP and WinZIP compatible archiver software, except for those using strong encryption. Easy-to-use, intuitive wizard-driven interface. Size: 1178KB. Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8.
• Chrome Version Remover  OldChromeRemover is a simple console program that checks for any redundant versions of Google Chrome left behind by the updater. It will quickly remove all except the newest version when prompted by the user, allowing you to free up valuable disk space. OldChromeRemover also supports Chrome 'Canary' builds. You can silently run OldChromeRemover using the "/AUTO" command line argument. This will silently perform the scan, remove any detected directories and files, then exit the program. Portable single file executable. Requires .NET 3.5. Win XP/Vista/7/8. 32/64bit.
• ★Cleaner  Ccleaner Optimizer, file cleaner, history cleaner, cleans registry, temp files, and more. CCleaner can clean virtually anything you want it to. It's just a matter of adding entries into the winapp.ini and/or winapp2.ini. appwin.ini comes pre-configured but can be edited by the user and appwin2.ini can be created by the user. CCleaner reads them both when it runs. CCleaner can clean virtually anything you want it to. It's just a matter of adding entries into the winapp.ini and/or winapp2.ini. Although for reg entries this would be a tad time consuming. appwin.ini comes pre-configured but can be edited by the user and appwin2.ini can be created by the user. CCleaner reads them both when it runs. I added lots of misc entries to clean out old log files etc. Portable verson. Win 98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
•       ★Ccleaner plugin  CCEnhancer is a small tool which adds support for over 500 new programs into the popular program CCleaner. The tool uses the winapp2.ini system built into CCleaner to easily add new rules and definitions for programs. The rules were sourced mainly from the Piriform Support Forum, with several sourced from other places around the internet and supports Ccleaner and BleachBit with it's winapp2.ini ruleset. If you use the portable versions of the cleaners, you can click on Settings>Portable Locations in CCEnhancer to add the portable paths for CCEnhancer to recognize them. For Ccleaner, you can copy the winapp2.ini definitions and place that file in the Portable Ccleaner program's root folder and no need to install CCEnhancer or configure it. The program install (not the ini file) requires .NET 3.5. Size 2.5MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8/8. 32/64bit.  (winapp2.ini)
• Cleaner  Comodo System Utilities is a powerful system cleaner cleans all your file, registry and privacy with our SafeDelete which allows you to safely recover any files deleted in error, eliminating the risk from the process of PC cleaning. Windows registry cleaner identifies, removes or repairs any corrupted entries. Disk cleaner removes clutters to free up space and improve performance. Privacy cleaner deletes cookies, cache and history, protecting your privacy and identity. SafeDelete cleans deeply without removing something vital to your PC. Size: 20MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8/8. 32/64bit.
• Cleaner/Optimizer  Synei System Utilities is a system analyzer that will clean and optimize your system. You can choose 1-click Maintenance or run each tool singularly and choose analyze only or analyze and optimize. You can choose mild or aggressive settings and completely customize it's operations. You can view the results of each tool (disk cleaner, TuneUP, Startup Manager, Service Manager, and Defragmenter.) When the analyzer is finished, it returns an overall health score for your computer. The program can run in the system tray with very low resource usage - about 790KB. Portable version available. Size 3948 Kb. .NET 3.5. Win XP/Vista/7/8 32/64bit.
• ★Context Menu  FileMenu Tools Customise the context menu of Windows Explorer, add some built-in utilities that perform operations on files and folders, add customized commands which run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder or delete specific file types, configure the Send to... submenu, and enable/disable commands which are added by other applications to the context menu. Portable version. Size: 15MB. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Context Menu  MMM free is a very easy to use Windows context menu manager. The context menu is the menu that appears when you right click a file in Windows Explorer. Add or remove menu items easily. Win XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Context Menu  Open++ is a shell context menu extension that allows you to quickly open the target file or folder with the predefined commands in Windows Explorer. It adds a submenu with customized menu items to the shell context menu when you right click a file or folder icon, or a folder background in Windows Explorer. Open++ submenu is similar to the standard Send To menu but is much more advanced, since it allows you to customize the Title, Program, Arguments, Working Directory, Icon, Associated File Types for all commands that are added to the shell context menu. Win 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Context Menu Open With  OpenExpert is very easy to use. To configure the "Open with" menu for a file type just right click on a file of that type, point to "Open with" and select "Configure Applications" to add or remove programs from the menu. In the configuration dialog you can also include applications that should be present for all file types. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Converter  File Blender is a very easy to use extensible and customizable file conversion and processing tool and is a Video Converter (AVI, WMV, FLV, MP4, ...), Image Converter (BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF, ...), Audio Converter (MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, APE, M4A), PDF/TIFF Splitter and Joiner, JS/CSS Minifier and Obfuscator, PNG Optimizer, TTF to EOT Font Converter, HTML/XML Tidy, Encrypt and Decrypt any file. Opens only as a small drop file window, then after dropping a file, announces an operation choice. Portable. Size: 21.6MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8.
• Cookies-Flash  FlashCookiesView is a utility that displays the list of cookie files created by Flash component (Local Shared Object) in your systems flash data folders. For each cookie file (.sol), the lower pane of FlashCookiesView displays the content of the file in readable format or as Hex dump. These cookies are not managed with normal browser utilities or file cleaners. Portable. Win 2000/XP/Vista/7/8.
• Copy Delete  FastCopy is the Fastest Copy/Delete Software on Windows. FastCopy can be made portable by copying the FastCopy.exe and FastCopy.chm from the installation directory. Win 98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Directory Printer  Karen's Directory Printer Print the name of every file on a drive, along with the file's size, date and time of last modification, and attributes (Read-Only, Hidden, System and Archive)! And now, the list of files can be sorted by name, size, date created, date last modified, or date of last access. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Directory Tree  FilePro Professional disk and file manipulation. Generate disk treemaps for local or network volumes, Search and locate files in treemaps by automatic zoom-in and positioning, Save entire or partial volume snapshots, Compare snapshot against current disk state or past snapshots, Directory analysis will examine changes by difference in size or percentage difference, Copy/Move/Rename/Delete files or directories, Tool: Compare files and/or directories, Tool: Find duplicate files. For a portable version, you can install it, copy the exe and .ini file out of appdata and put those in a folder, then use the program contained uninstall file to uninstall it...or delete the files and folders (it didn't register as an installed program via it's installer.) It will leave appdata files which you can delete manually with a "filepro" keyword search using the "Everything" program. Size: 1.4MB. Win XP/Vista/Full Win7 support. 32/64bit.
• Directory Tree  SpaceSniffer is an application that shows how folders and files are structured on your disks. By using a Treemap visualization layout, you have immediate perception of where big folders and files are placed on your devices. Start a scan process and see the overall situation. The bigger the elements are on the view, the bigger the folders and files are on your disk. Need more detail on a big folder? Just single click on it. The selected element will be detailed with its content. Need more and more detail? Keep selecting elements and discover their secrets to you. Need a larger view of a small folder? Then double click on it, and it'll zoom to the full extent of the view. If you want to keep track of examined files you can tag them. Four colors are available. Just hover the mouse on a file and press CTRL+1 to tag it red. You can produce a textual report by using the embedded Export Module. You can even customize the report layout to match your needs. Portable. Size: 15MB. Win 2000/XP/Vista/7/8. 32/64bit.
• DLL files  AnalogX DLL Archive Everyone has uninstalled programs at one point or another, just to be presented with that wonderful dialog asking whether or not we want to delete some 'shared' Windows resource... Do we? Does something else use that DLL file it's asking about? Help!!! That's where AnalogX DLL Archive comes in - it searches through all the files on your system and lets you know if any of them contain references to the DLL's in question! AnalogX DLL Archive is super-simple to use, just click search and let it do its thing - once done, you'll be presented with a list of all the DLL's that don't have references in the system! Then just select which ones you think aren't necessary anymore and archive them - it's that simple! Make a mistake? No problem, restoring DLL's from the archive is just as simple - nothing is deleted until YOU delete it. Size: 345k Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Drivers  Double Driver allows you to view all the drivers installed on your system and backup, restore, save and print information about the drivers. Double Driver analyzes your system and lists the most important driver details such as version, date, provider, etc and offers you the chance to update to the latest version. All drivers that are found can easily be backed up with the application and easily restored at a later point. Portable. Win 98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Drivers  DriverIdentifier scans your hardwares using a unique technology. It will indicate the name of the manufacturer, version of your devices. It will give you the most updated drivers for your machine. They have compiled a massive database of drivers that makes it your one stop driver site. The program installs all required drivers to any computer in just about 5 minutes. Simplifies downloading new drivers from the Internet. Updates previously installed drivers to their latest versions. Results are displayed in your Web Browser and allows you to choose what you need. It is usually best to leave drivers alone unless you have a specific need. Backup your drivers first or be sure to have a good Image of your system prior to using in case something goes wrong...as always when messing with drivers. Choose to do a custom install, to prevent the toolbar and have your start page changed. Win XP/Vista/7/8. 32/64bit.
• Duplicates  Anti-Twin is a small and very fast software application which compares files. It searches for duplicate or similar files on your hard disk drive. All similar or identical files {Search for identical or similar file names) that were found can either be sent to the recycle bin or directly deleted. This will increase the hard disk space on your computer. Select the option "Compare file content" to compare the entire binary content of the files for Byte-by-byte comparison of user defined files and even Pixel-based image comparison, e.g. search for similar pictures. You can export results as XLS or CSV files. You can include an image preview. You can sort results by folders or various file properties Portable version. Size: 0.9MB. Win 2000/XP/Vista/7/8. 32/64bit. (Win 98/ME/NT 4 non-unicode versions and also for Wine on Linux or Mac, or ReactOS.)
• Duplicates  DuplicateFilesFinder Searches for duplicate files by comparing the contents of the files. It reads as little as it needs for determining whether two files are the same or not, very fast. Win NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Empty Folder Remover  Empty Folder Nuker finds and deletes all empty folders starting from a base folder of your choice. Finds folders that contain only empty subfolders too, Allows you to choose which empty folders to delete, Uses the Recycle Bin where available, Shell integration: right click on any folder in Windows Explorer and find empty folders within it. Some programs require certain folders to exist, even when they are empty. Deleting those folders may cause these programs to stop working properly. Only delete folders that you are sure you do not need. Portable Stealth. Downloads as a single executable. Size: 340KB. Win XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Eraser  Zer0 will securely delete files with a high level of security and prevent file recovery. No user has ever reported an efficient method to recover a file deleted by Zer0. It deletes even very large files very fast. It will not delete folders whether they contain files or not. Open the program and drag and drop any number of files on the interface then click delete. Portable. Size: 888KB. Win XP/Vista/7/8. 32/64bit.
• ★Eraser  Eraser Completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• ★Extractor  UniversalExtractor Extract files from .exe, .msi, installation programs or zip files. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Extractor  ResourcesExtract Scans dll/ocx/exe files and extract all resources (bitmaps, icons, cursors, AVI movies, HTML files, and more...) stored in them into the folder that you specify. Win 98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• ★File Analyzer  FileAlyzer allows a basic analysis of files (showing file properties and file contents in hex dump form) and is able to interpret common file contents like resources structures (like text, graphics, HTML, media and PE). Using FileAlyzer is as simple as viewing the regular properties of a file – just right-click the file you want to analyze and choose Open in FileAlyzer, however it is much more powerful. Besides the information the Windows Properties reveals, it also includes Windows OS compatibility, Program Version, Resources, PE Header, Sections, Import/Export table, Hex dump, Image preview, HTML preview, Zip preview, Database preview, media preview, ID3 tag, and RIFF (the structure used in WAV (audio) files as well as in AVI (video) files. FileAlyzer is able to display the properties and tree structure of RIFF files.) Size: 3MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8.
• File Association  Portable Extension Warlock can be set up to quickly utilize portable programs to open files with other than the default program. Windows users can make use of the Open With context menu entry whenever they need to open a file in a program that is not the default file handler of the file type. However, issues arise with portable applications. Portable programs cannot be set as the default file handler. Portable Extension Warlock is a program designed to bypass system file associations. The application can be configured to quickly load specific file extensions in a program that is not the default handler of the extension on the computer system. Requires .Net 4.0.
• File Association  Unassociate is a utility that helps you unassociate a file type quickly in your Windows Vista or Windows 7 computer without the need to edit the registry manually. Windows 7 & Vista do not provide a GUI option to unassociate file types. Remove file association (user) is only available if a file association has been set by the user or a program that was installed on the system. This may reset the file type association, or change the file type to unknown if Windows did not support the file type out of the box. Delete file type on the other hand removes the file type and its association from the system. This basically makes Windows forget all about that file type, and you will be presented with a Windows can't open this file message when you try to open a program in the operating system. The program lacks a filter to only display user assigned file associations which would improve the whole process even further. Still, if you feel the need to reset multiple associations in Windows, this tool can help you out big time. Choosing to delete your personal association is fairly harmless, but be careful when deleting the system association, as it also messes with the Open With dialog. Portable. Size: 52KB. Win Vista/7/8.
• File Change Monitor  Copy changed files lets you copy changed files from one directory tree to another. The program only copies changed files, leaving all other files behind. You can either select to use the date and time for change check, or you can use the binary compare option. When you have selected how to check for changed files, you can select if you want to append date and/or time to the destination directory/file. Copy changed files only, Binary comparison of files using a database of file hashes. Save last run time, for incremental backup of changed files only, Multi threaded Append current date to destination directory or file for easy version maintenance, Set from directory, Set to directory, Set the from date to scan for files changed after that date, Compare date AND time, Maintain directory structure in destination directory Exlcude files from copying, ex. thumbs.db. .NET 2.0. Size: 5MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8/8.
• File and Registry Chnage Monitor  WhatChanged is a system utility that scans for modified files and registry entries. It is useful for checking program installations. There are two steps for using WhatChanged: First, take a snapshot to get the current state of the computer. Second, run it again to check the differences since the previous snapshot. WhatChanged uses the "brute force method" to check files and the registry. Portable. Size: 96KB. Win XP/Vista/7/8.
• File Copy Accelerator  TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user a lot of features: Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives. Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy process at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single click. Error recovery. In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skips the file, not terminating the entire transfer. Interactive file list. TeraCopy shows failed file transfers and lets you fix the problem and recopy only problem files. Shell integration. TeraCopy can completely replace Explorer copy and move functions, allowing you work with files as usual. Full Unicode support. Win 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• File Extension Changer  ezXTN is a very simple drag and drop file extension changer and will rapidly convert thousands of files. You simply type in the original (input) and desired (output) extension and then drag and drop the files or folders you wish to convert. The software will then search recursively through any subfolders and change the extension of any file that has the original extension. This program also remembers your preferred extensions between uses; this means that, if you drop a folder (or files) onto the icon for the program, it will offer to perform the last rename you did with it. Portable Stealth. Size: 120KB.Win XP/Vista/7/8/8. 32/64bit.
• File Identifier  TrID is designed to identify file types from their binary signatures. While there are similar utilities with hard coded rules, TriID has no such rules. Instead, it is extensible and can be trained to recognize new formats in a fast and automatic way. Win 98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• File Repair  FileRepair is a powerful tool to repair your corrupted files. It scans the damaged file and extracts maximum data from it to a new usable file. Using File Repair, you can repair: corrupted Word documents (.doc, .docx, .docm, .rtf) corrupted Excel spreadsheets (.xls, .xla, .xlsx) corrupted Zip or RAR archives (.zip, .rar) corrupted videos (.avi, .mp4, .mov, .flv, .wmv, .asf, .mpg) corrupted JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG or RAW images (.jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .tiff, .bmp, .png) corrupted PDF documents (.pdf) corrupted Access databases (.mdb, .mde, .accdb, .accde) corrupted PowerPoint presentations (.ppt, .pps, .pptx) corrupted music (.mp3, .wav), or You can send them your file for the manual repair of the file. Their repair experts will analyze the file and repair it for you. Once the file has been received, it generally takes 1-24 hours to process. You can send your corrupted file as an attachment to them via email.
• Folder/File Activity Monitor  Watch 4 Folder is a powerful monitoring tool to monitor folders and files activities. It is simple to use and to set, it can monitor 15 types of events and trigger different actions in case an event occurs. Run the program and select the monitoring events you want to monitor. The available monitoring events are: File create, File Delete, File Change, File Rename, Association Change, Free Space change, Folder Create, Folder Delete, Folder Rename, Folder Change, Media Insert and Media Remove. There is a command line parameter to start WF4 minimized to the system tray. Notice: When using WF4 2.3, your OS can't be in "Classic Mode" because the software is using some advanced controls. More details can be found in the included user guide. Portable. Size: 802KB. Win XP/Vista/7/8/8.
• Folder/File Automation  DropIt is a tiny, flexible, hard-working tool to automate sorting and filing data-files and folders. When you need to organize files, DropIt can eliminate much of the drudgery of searching and manually opening folders and moving files around. You can configure DropIt to move, copy or compress your files and folders to specified destinations, based on file-names and/or file-types. You can even save sets of parameters in multiple Profiles for different purposes, projects, drives or computers. Drop a group of assorted files and/or folders on the floating DropIt image and it sorts them and sends them off to the folders you assigned. Portable. Size: 722KB. Win 2K/XP/Vista/7/8.
• Folder/File Hide  Clotho can hide your file or folder into another file without damaging them, and can be extracted at later time. You can also set the password and even compress your data. Other users would then see only the file that you have used for the hiding, but not the actual file or folder that you decided to hide on your system. When you start Clotho after installation you are automatically taken to the creation tab where you can select the mask file, which is the file that you will use to hide another file or folder in to, and the file or folder that you want to hide. A new file name is generated automatically that you can change if you want. Clotho will automatically display the estimated size of the new file in the interface. The options allow you to select to encrypt, compress or obfuscate data among other options. Compress reduces the file size of the resulting file. Obfuscate scrambles the data without damaging it. Encrypting protects the hidden file from being accessible even if it is somehow extracted. The program offers to make the files compatible with winrar, so that they can be extracted with the program or a comparable archiver. The program is portable and can be used on other device by just copying Clotho.exe. Size: 1MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8.
• Folder/File Lock  Easy File Locker is a light-weight and easy-to-use file lock software product for Windows. It can protect your private files and folders. With its great protection, users will not be able to open, read, modify, delete, move, copy the locked files/folders, or even be able to see it. The hidden files/folders will be totally invisible to all users and to any program. Easy File Locker is designed for protecting files/folders on your local computer. it doesn't change the protected files and folders, it will not slow down the system speeds and it will never have the chance to destroy your data. You can't lock whole the drive, but you can lock all the files and folder in the drive. If your computer is started in safe mode, all the protected files will be visible and accessible. Size: 350KB. Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8. 32/64bit.
• Folder Creation  Files 2 Folders registers a new shell entry when launched which can be used to automatically move the selected files into a new folder. Just select one or multiple files in Windows Explorer, right-click the selection afterward and select the Files 2 Folder option from the context menu. The software creates a folder based on the file name if a single file is selected, and displays a popup otherwise. Here you can then select to move all files into a single directory that you have to name, or to move each file into an individual folder based on individual file names. Files 2 Folders simplifies the process of moving files into new folders on the system. This can be a useful program for users who often download all kind of files into a single download folder to move them from that folder at a later time. A file to uninstall the shell extension is placed into the program folder after registration of the extension. This can be used to remove the entry again from Windows Explorer's context menu. Portable Version. Size: 608KB. Win XP/Vista/7/8. 32/64bit.
• Folder Creation  Smart Folders Folder creation functionality where folders can be created by selecting multiple files and drag and drop them over any other file to quickly group them up in a folder and the application will ask you to enter the name of the folder that you want to create. Once specified, a folder will be created in the same location and the files automatically added in it. It will help you quickly organize images, documents, audio files etc., into folders, without having to go through the hassle of creating separate folders prior to moving the files. Some files like LNK, BAT and EXE need to be registered manually, so if you have some files left over simply register manually the extension. Win XP/Vista/7/8. 32/64bit.
• Folder Delete  Fast Folder Eraser is a useful Windows OS utility designed to quickly delete folders with a large number of files, without reduce system performances. If you have ever tried to delete a large folder structure with thousands of files, you probably noticed that Windows can take some time to delete completely the folder structure and most of the times you are unable to use the PC during the deletion process. Portable Version. Size: 690KB. Win All. 32/64bit.
• Folder Marker  Magic Folder Icon Set an individual icon for all your folders on your computer, making every folder different and change informational text when the cursor hovers over the folder. Win 98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Folder Protect  Rights Protected Folder Explorer is a Windows based application that allows you to work with Rights Protected Folders. A Rights Protected Folder is similar to a file folder in that it contains files and folders. However, a it controls access to the files that it contains, no matter where the it is located. You can securely store or send files to authorized users and control which users will be able to access those files while they are in the folder. It works with Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) in your organization's network to control access to Rights Protected Folders. When you create a new Rights Protected Folder, It allows you to select a policy to protect the contents of the folder, or you can create a custom policy. The policies that you can select from are set by your network's AD RMS administrators and are the same policies you can use in such applications as Microsoft Word or Microsoft Outlook to protect documents and messages. It supports both UI based support (for end-user interaction) and command line support for automated solutions. Size: 13MB. Win Vista/2008/7/8. 32/64bit.
• Font Manager  Nexus Font allows you to choose and manage your fonts. You don't need to install all fonts to the system. While NexusFont is running, all listed fonts in NexusFont are available for other programs. Don't slow down your system by keeping hundreds of fonts installed on it. You can install/uninstall fonts at will using options which can help you effectively manage your installed fonts. It can maintain the library and your sets on a USB flash drive even if the drive letter for the device changes. Then you can use the fonts on it by just launching NexusFont on any computer. NexusFont does not make any changes to the Registry. NexusFont will find duplicate fonts even if the font files have different file names. Portable. Size: 1.9MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8/8.
• Font Manager  Cfont Pro is a premium font manager with built in support for TrueType, OpenType, Bitmap, and Postscript Type 1 fonts. Preview fonts from any folder, CD, disk, or network drive. See what the fonts are before you install them. Extremely powerfull font engine provides a detailed view of your installed fonts with a complete property listing of each. See all the fonts on your system in one convenient view. Control the color, text and style of what is displayed. The find dialog will not only search through installed fonts but will also search your computer for fonts. Supports file filter masks (i.e. Ari*.ttf or *.ttf). Export the proof sheet to a webpage (HTML) or Rich Text Format file (RTF) for offline viewing. The enhanced property view provides a newly styled interface to display all properties associated with a font. Control the font size and even display a character at full screen mode. See exactly what any font character looks like. Zoom in and out and look at any part against a grid. Package any number of fonts into a single file for ease of transport to another computer. Easily see all fonts, with font specific details, in a simple, quick list. View the complete properties and sample font sizes of any font. Use to compare one font characteristics to another. Move and copy installed fonts. Moving fonts will ensure the font is properly installed in the new location. Size: 2.8MB. Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8.
• Font Viewer  FontPage View and or print samples of installed fonts on your machine. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Index.dat  Index.dat SuiteDelete or view the index.dat files, temporary internet files, temp files, cookies and history. Win 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Installer  Ninite When you go to the Ninite Web site, you're presented with a huge list of excellent, free programs to check off. You're creating a customized installer package that, once you're done, saves to your system in the form of a single executable. Run that, and the Ninite-created installation package will install every program you selected onto your machine using said program's default settings. What used to take hours of finding, downloading, and installing now takes the better part of minutes. Ninite does not install itself on your machine. If you save and run the installer again on occasion, it will keep your programs updated. Win XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Installer  ZipInstaller Installs and uninstalls applications and utilities that do not provide an internal installation program. Ideal for portable program set ups. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Key Finder  MagicalJellyBean Retrieve your Windows Product Key from your registry. Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Office 97/Office XP/Office 2003.
• Hard Links  Link Shell Extension provides for the creation of Hardlinks, Junctions, Volume Mountpoints, and Vista's Symbolic Links, (herein referred to collectively as Links) and a Folder Cloning process that utilizes Hardlinks or Symbolic Links. LSE, as its name implies is implemented as a Shell extension and is accessed from Windows Explorer, or similar file/folder managers. Win NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• ★Manager  FreeCommander Dual pane file manager with the most functions. Tabs, tree views, file viewer for archives, hex, binary, text or image, FTP, renaming tool, wipe files, MD5 checksums, splitting, context menu. folder size, comparison/synchronization, search, and more. Portable or install. Win 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Manager  Master Commander is a file manager with advanced custom file operations. There is Resume on error functionality, You can select Skip or Skip all to continue copying if some files are locked or You have no rights to copy etc. If target file exist on copying the possible actions are Overwrite/Overwrite all/Overwrite all older/Skip/Skip all/Change name/Append. There is also Pause/Resume option on time-consuming file operations. Tabs, two panes arranged vertically or horizontally, favorites, full handling of compressed files - create and open, list the contents, extract all or individually selected files or folders, add or remove files to/from the archive. Built-in FTP functionality with configurable Total Commander style FTP site manager. Built-in viewer/editor named Multi-Editor. It is used to view/edit text files, display image, video files and more. Wipe file function. Create ISO. Encrypt/Decrypt. Split/Join files. Digital signature, checksum, code page conversion functions. Process viewer. Portable version. Requires .NET. Win XP/Vista/7/8.
• Manager  Q-Dir Excellent four pane file manager. Save the file to your desktop. Unzip it and rename the installer file to Q-Dir.exe (you do not need to install it. That is the portable file. In the file menu, you can convert it to English. Win 98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Mapping  Xinorbis Displays a complete overview of the contents of a hard disk (or directory). Win 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Merging  WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. Visual differencing and merging of text files. Flexible editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers and word-wrap. Highlights differences inside lines. Difference pane shows current difference in two vertical panes. Location pane shows map of files compared. Moved lines detection. Folder Compare. Regular Expression based file filters allow excluding and including items. Fast compare using file sizes and dates. Compares one folder or includes all subfolders. Portable version. Can show folder compare results in a tree-style viewWin 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Merge Split Files  BinJoin merges previously split files back into one piece. Useful for those multipart .001 files you'd often find on binary newsgroups. Supports drag and drop of files from Windows Explorer. File association: double click on a .001 file and BinJoin will automatically add the list of relevant files (.002, .003, etc) for joining for you. Portable Stealth & downloads as a single executable. Size: 56KB. Win XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Module Manager  DependencyWalker Builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependent modules and their functions. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• NirSoft and SysInternals Updater  WSCC is a free, portable program that allows you to install, update, execute and organize the utilities from Windows Sysinternals Suite and NirSoft Utilities. The setup packages are downloaded from the author's website. NirSoft has some of the best portable utilities available. WSCC can install and update the supported utilities automatically. Alternatively, WSCC can use the http protocol to download and run the programs. Size: 1.4MB. Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8. 32/64bit.
• Open Anything  Free Opener will let you view more than 80 kinds of file formats, from docs to videos to audio to images to archives. Code Files, Web Pages, Photoshop Documents, Images, XML Files, PowerPoint, Media (audio and video) MS Word, MS Excel, PDF, SRT Subtitles, RAW Images, Icons, Torrent, Flash, Archives, RTF, Apple Pages, vCard, and EML files. Size 20MB. Win XP thru 7. 32/64bit.
• Print Folder  FolderPrinter Print or save a text file of all files in a folder. Win 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Program Repository  ChocolateyGUI is like apt-get, but built with Windows in mind. For those unfamiliar with Linux apt/debian, think about chocolatey as a global silent installer for applications and tools. It can also do configuration tasks and anything that you can do with PowerShell. There are over 800 program packages available and growing fast. ChocolateyGUI is a nice GUI on top of the chocolatey commanline tool. It let's you install, upgrade and uninstall packages. It shows you the available packages and it shows the installed packeges. It shows all the information about a package. To install ChocolateyGUI, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell: C:\> cinst ChocolateyGUI. Requires .NET Framework 4.0 and PowerShell 2.0+. Win XP/Vista/7/2003/2008.
• Program Updates  Ketarin is a small application which automatically updates setup packages. As opposed to other tools, Ketarin is not meant to keep your system up-to-date, but rather to maintain a compilation of all important setup packages which can then be burned to disc or put on a USB stick. I recommend as an example of use to download Tech Toolkit 2.0 from my Portable Categories. You will be amazed as it demonstrates the use of Ketarin and PStart. Portable mode. Size: 1.4 MB. Win All.
• Registry  RegSeeker Excellent registry tool. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Registry Application Monitor  RegFromApp Monitors the Registry changes made by the application that you selected, and creates a standard RegEdit registration file (.reg) that contains all the Registry changes made by the application. You can use the generated .reg file to import these changes with RegEdit when it's needed. Win 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• ★Registry Backup  Registry Backup uses the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service to backup your system registry. One click backup and restore. Can restore from Windows Safe Mode. Automatic cleanup of older backups. Set and control scheduling options. Can backup and restore all user profiles on the system, not just the ones that are currently loaded. Control which registry files are backed up or restored. Detailed logs are saved with each backup. Multiple easy restore options. Portable. Size: 4.2MB. Win XP and above.  (Video)
• ★Registry Snapshot  RegShot Quickly take a snapshot of your registry and then compare it with a second one. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Renamer  Flexibe Renamer is a very powerful file renaming tool and uses an Explorer-like user interface. It features Unicode Strings. Wildcard or Regular-Expression (Perl Compatible) for substitution of file name. Multiple file-filter, Real-time preview, Undo. Sub-directories process-able recursively. Designed for processing a large quantity of files. Copy (Move) and Rename to another folder. Distribute into the folder by using relative path. Consecutive numbers to every classified group (folder, date, tag). Saving search/replace settings by Preset function. FUNCTIONS: Rename (Copy/Move/Create shortcut/Create hardlink) object (file/folder). Insert a Number or a String(the file's Timestamp/Folder name). Remove a Number or a String(Shortcut to, Copy (n) of, [n], (n)), Supported 8.3 Format. Translate Letters (upper/lower-case, capitalize). Replace String. Other flexible rename using pattern matching. Direct-editing of target name. Extending function by script (New!!). Rename (Copy/Move) using tag information. ID3(MP3/WMA/APE/MPC/OGG), EXIF, IPTC, Document(MS-Office(also 2007)/PDF), HTML. File-property information (Added tags by Shell Extensions are also available) (New!!). Extending function by script (New!!). Modify object (file/folder) attributes and time-stamps. Specify date/time, Shift, Random generate, Make the Same. Create numbered object(sized file/folder). Windows XP/Vista/2008/7/8. (Need downoad executabe moduel for Windows 2000/XP(RTM,SP1).
• Renamer  Metamorphose Mass file and folder renaming program that combines great flexibility with an intuitive interface. Win 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• ★Search  Everything File and folder search program utilizing the existing NTFS file system index enabling it to be the fastest. Does not search within files. Portable. Win 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Search  Swish-e is Simple Web Indexing System for Humans - Enhanced. Swish-e can quickly and easily index directories of files or remote web sites and search the generated indexes. It is extremely fast in both indexing and searching, highly configurable, and can be seamlessly integrated with existing web sites to maintain a consistent design. It can index web pages, but can just as easily index text files, mailing list archives, or data stored in a relational database. It is designed to index small- to medium-sized collection of documents, Although a few users are indexing over a million documents, typical usage is more often in the tens of thousands. Includes a web spider for indexing remote documents over HTTP. Follows Robots Exclusion Rules (including META tags). Size: 4.1MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8.
• Search  Index Your Files will find files on your computer or any network with great speed and simplicity. Slower at indexing than Everything but much more strength including searches inside your files. Support Unicode. Compacts the indexes. Creates indexes for only the directories your select. Internal display for found files. Portable. Size: 958KB. Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Search  Copernic Desktop Search Home allows you to instantly search files, e-mails, and e-mail attachments stored anywhere on the PC's hard drive. Find files instantly: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, HTML, Word Perfect, text, ZIP files, Emails or attachments from Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora and Mozilla Thunderbird and over 150 other types of files like MP3, JPG, WAV, MPEG. The application executes subsecond searching of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, Acrobat PDFs, multimedia, etc. Get Web results for your desktop queries and set Copernic as your default Web search engine. There is no portable version of this product available. Size: 8.5MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8.
• Search  Xsearch File search program utilizing a variety of methods. Keyword searches within the files themselves and much more. Portable. Win 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Splitter  GSplit is a free reliable file splitter that lets you split your large files (like Self-Extracting archives, Zip archives, disk images, multimedia, music, video, backup, image, archive, log, large text, document files...) into a set of smaller files called pieces. It can include a small program in the first file of the split to re-combine them (without the need for the parent program) and you can set any number of pieces or split the file into particular sizes. You do not have to load the file to split it. Portable mode. Size: 1.7 MB. Win All.
• ★Synchronizer  Create Synchronicity Create Synchronicity is a backup/synchronization tool that can help you protect your files, and keep your data up-to-date. You can use it for pretty much everything from copying your documents, pictures, music and videos to your USB Key or backup drive, to scheduling server backups with regex filtering and DST compensation. It makes backing up your files extremely easy, while remainining fully customizable. First startup it asks for your language, then if you want it to check for updates. Setting up profiles is extremely easy, simply point to the left and right directories, the choose one of three sync options: Left to Right (Mirror), Left to Right (Incremental) and Two way Incremental. Scheduling is even easier, right click the profile you wish to schedule and choose the schedule (Every day+time, Every week (choose day + time) or Every Month on which day. It will require you to 'register' the program to startup with Windows for scheduling to work amd this 'trays' the program. It's fast enough and an excellent backup choice. Synchronicity has been around a while, but the new updated version makes it a very good contender for top of category, along with ease of use and excellent simple/intuitive user interface may even make it better than FreeFileSync. Portable Version. Size: 220KB. Win 2000/XP/Vista/7/8. 32/64bit.
• [File Management] ★Backup  Yadis! Backup is a free and easy backup application that protects your private information within minutes. You can fully decide what to backup. It copies one on one your files to allmost any destination you want. You don't need Yadis! Backup to access the backed-up files. The marked folders are backed-up real-time (no scheduling needed!). You make a change? Yadis! Backup makes a backup. When your backup destination isn't available, Yadis! remembers the changes you have made. Whenever the location becomes available Yadis! starts backing up the changes. Size: 1.1MB. Win All.
• ★Synchronizer  FreeFileSync Very intuitive fast back-up or synchronizing program for drive, folder or file sync. It will also mirror/clone a drive to another drive, even if that drive is smaller. To choose that option, click the gear icon to the left of the Synchronize button and choose mirror. To get the portable version, download the SETUP package and run. Select Portable at the Prepare Installation screen and uncheck create shortcuts boxes. Select a destination folder of your choice and install. Launch FreeFileSync.exe. Optionally, to save space, remove .WAV files and any unneeded languages from the Languages folder. Win 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Time Stamp  NewFileTime is a small but effective tool that provides you easy access to correct or manipulate any of the timestamps for any file and folder on your Windows system. Several files and/or folders can be modified at the same time. You can add files simply via Drag and Drop or by import from a folder. In any case, it opens in different ways to bring you quickly to the job at hand. You can make files proportionally younger or older, or you can set a specific date/time. The user interface can be set for either English or German. Portable. Win 2000/2003/2005 Win 98/XP/Vista/7/8. 32/64bit.
• Update Manager  Update Freezer is a simple tool that helps to temporarily disable different kinds of automatic software updates on Windows. It will display the programs it can manage on first run. It is advisable to auto-update software, however, there are times or reasons you may wish to disable/enable them easily. Portable version. Size: 5.4MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8/8.
• ★Undelete  Kickass Undelete is a free Open Source, super fast, fully featured, file recovery tool for Windows. Accidentally deleted a file? Never fear; the data is probably still on your drive and may be recoverable. Kickass Undelete finds all of the deleted files on your hard drive, flash drive or SD card and allows you to recover them. Portable Version. Size 591KB. Win XP/Vista/7/8/8. 32/64bit.
• Undelete  Recuva Restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. Win 98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Undelete  MiniTool Power Data Recovery is an all in one data recovery software. User can recover lost data from hard disk, CD/DVD disk, memory stick, memory card and USB flash drive. It can recover data after accidental deletion, recover data from formatted partition, deleted partition and damaged partition. With MiniTool Data Recovery Boot Disk, user can also boot computer directly to recover data after system crash, hard drive crash. Do not download the software on the drive that contains lost data. This may cause disk overwrite and permanent data loss! A second hard disk (may be USB external) is recommended for recovery. Size: 5.3MB. Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 32/64bit.
• Undelete  TestDisk is powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy. Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8. 32/64bit.
• Undelete  PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures (thus the Photo Recovery name) from digital camera memory. PhotoRec ignores the file system and goes after the underlying data, so it will still work even if your media's file system has been severely damaged or reformatted. Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8. 32/64bit.
• Undelete  PCInspector File recovery that finds partitions automatically even if erased or damaged. Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• ★Uninstaller  Comodo Programs Manager helps users to comprehensively remove programs, drivers, services and Windows components. It monitors and records every change that a program makes to your computer so that it can completely undo those changes when it's time to uninstall. Monitors your programs and keeps track of all changes they make to your computer and completely removes unwanted software, drivers and services with a few clicks. Detects and removes remnants of failed and partial uninstalls. Instantly add or remove Windows components and features. Allows you to restore accidentally or mistakenly uninstalled applications. Built-in scanner warns you if you are about to install malware. Win XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8. 32/64bit.  (Screen Shots)
• Uninstaller  Advanced Uninstaller PRO now free, features an Installation Monitor that keeps track of all changes performed to your computer during software installations; this way you can later completely uninstall any program and make sure nothing is left behind. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is able to uninstall any program without a trace even for applications that were installed a long time ago. It will remove a lot of items that other uninstallers can't even touch. It can repair broken registry entries, clean non-functional Start Menu shortcuts, uninstall annoying browser toolbars, plugins and hijackers, remove fonts and get rid of startup programs that run in your system tray and slow down your computer. It will clean your Internet usage traces for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome browsers with one click. It also helps you free disk space by detecting and removing duplicate files and helping you turn on the Windows file compression if needed. The program can delete document opening history in many applications, so you can surf the Internet and open images, videos and any other file without worry. It can also defend your right to privacy by shredding the files and folders you choose in such a way that they won't ever be recovered. You have all the tools you need to uninstall programs, speed up and fix your PC, protect your privacy, remove lots of annoying plugins, toolbars and browser hijackers that other cleaning tools don't detect and remove. Size: 17.8MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8/8. 32/64bit.
• Uninstaller  GeekUninstaller displays all installed applications, listing program names, size on the disk and the installation date. Simply double click the Program you wish to remove. This triggers the software's native uninstaller first, before GeekUninstaller starts its scan for leftovers, offering to delete those to complete the uninstallation. Use Force Removal for stubborn and broken programs. On x64 Windows, GeekUninstaller is running as a native 64-bit application. Portable single EXE. Size: 1.8MB. Win 7/8/XP/Vista. 32/64bit.  (Details)
• Uninstaller  AppRemover is a software application, developed by OPSWAT, Inc, that enables the un-installation of security applications such as antivirus and antispyware from your computer. Some AV/AS programs can be very difficult to remove and this is the program for such. Easy to use. Once downloaded, simply double-click the AppRemover icon. AppRemover will uninstall any detected antivirus and antispyware applications on your computer. You can select all or individual apps to uninstall that it finds on your computer. Win 2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Uninstaller  PC De-Crapifier Removes a specific list of software that comes bundled with new computers. Win XP/Vista/2008/7/8.
• Uninstaller  SlimComputer Like PC Decrapifier, SlimComputer exists to turn new computers into the speed-demons they should be, eliminating the extra crud installed by the PC vendors. The data it uses is crowd-sourced by other users, so the software can easily tell what promotions, toolbars, and other useless stuff you don't need. Size: 3.5MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8.
• ★Unlocker  Free File Unlocker is a new free software application that unlocks files or folders and stops error messages from appearing when trying to delete them. It can also be used to terminate malware. It works with all 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows and Windows Server and unlocks files or folders. It is fully integrated with Windows Explorer right click context menu. Moreover, it can also be executed from the command line and has the ability to provide locked file input lists, copy destination lists, move destination lists and rename lists. Portable Stealth version. Size: 310KB. Win XP/Vista/7/8/8. 32/64bit.
• Unlocker  FilExile is a simple Open Source program intended to delete and remove stubborn directories and files that cannot be removed by other means. This is basically a manual unlocker program where you have to use the browse feature to navigate to the folder or file you wish to delete, (no drag and drop) but it is simple and reliable to use...I like that. GUI Interface, Safety features to prevent deletion of important directories, Logging, Update check, Command-line Arguments, and Delete individual files or entire directories. After researching a lot of removal programs, this was the only program that actually removes everything I've thrown at it. For a Portable version, you can extract the setup program with Universal Extractor and get the two program files, a dll and exe. Size: 1.1MB. Win XP/Vista/7/8. 32/64bit.
• Unlocker  FileASSASSIN can eradicate any type of locked files from your computer. Whatever the reason for the locked file, File ASSASSIN can remove it. Advanced programming techniques unload modules, close remote handles, and terminate processes in order to remove the particular locked file. Usage: Start FileASSASSIN and select a file by dragging it onto the text area or select it using the (...) button. Select a removal method from the list. Click Execute and the removal process will commence. Size: 80KB. Portable Version. Win All.
• Unlocker  File Governor is an advanced program which allows for files and folders within the system to be unlocked so that normal file I/O operations can be completed when normally they would not be able to be due to operating system restrictions for files currently in use. Once a file or folder is unlocked you will be able to force-close the file's handle, rename, delete etc. File Governor can help to solve errors like: Cannot delete folder: It is being used by another person or program. Cannot delete file: Access is denied. The file is in use by another program or user. Portable Version. Size: 711KB. Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8. 32/64bit.
• Unlocker  LockHunter is a tool to delete files blocked by something you do not know. Shows processes locking a file or folder and allows to unlock, delete, copy or rename a locked file, kill locking process, remove locking processes from hard drive, integrates in to Explorer menu and it deletes files into the recycle bin, so you may restore them if deleted by mistake. Size: 1.2MB. Win 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8. 32/64bit.

A lot of programs, including Freeware, come with various techniques to install additional and most times unwanted software. It is a method for Authors to make some money. Lately, even the better ones do this. CNet.com (download.com) even uses it's own install wrapper to programs that it offers links to.

The best advice I can give is to never automatically click through installation buttons without thoroughly investigating each page. Many times, options are included during the installation and you must either opt-out or opt-in. Opt-outs are especially bothersome as if you click the "next" or whatever button without un-checking the box, the software will be installed. I prefer portable programs and this is one of the reasons.

The CalendarOfUpdates website attempts to alert folks of software that includes potentially unwanted software.

The owner and Webmaster for Snapfiles recently posted the following to our forum:

"I have been running Snapfiles since 1997 and I can assure you that I absolutely hate any misleading toolbar installations. We are *very* strict when we add software to our listings and all of them have a prominent disclaimer (if they install something else) to inform the user. But we don't simply post the disclaimer and leave it up to you, we also filter out all the junk bundles (like Somoto) that are known (to us) to install crap, whether you like it or not.

Whenever possible we opt for the portable version. Legitimate third party installers have become a business model that feeds freeware developers, there is nothing wrong with that - as long as it is done in a legit way.

However, there are many apps that are simply created for the sake of bundling. These are low quality apps that rarely (or ever) get updated and are purely designed to make money from installs. They don't care whether you like the app or not, once you install it, they already made their money (or not). It's all about the appeal and potential, they just want you to download it and go through the sponsored offers.

The bottom feeders will always use the not-so-legit bundle companies since they have the highest conversion rate. That's why there are so many apps with stupid names like "Make Windows Faster 300%" - they don't care, they just want to appeal to the idiots, because those are the ones most likely to install the toolbar/bundle offers they include. Once the user installed the app, the "developer" either made money or not. Anything beyond that simply doesn't matter. Those are just a few of the things we keep in mind when we list programs on Snapfiles."