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PopChar Win 10.1 32x32 pixels icon PopChar Win 10.1
Melomania 1.89 32x32 pixels icon Melomania 1.89
Unicorn Daybook 2016.8.31.0 32x32 pixels icon Unicorn Daybook 2016.8.31.0
PopChar lets you easily insert special characters, umlauts, etc. into your documents. No need to remember keystrokes. You can search for characters by name, find fonts that contain certain characters, preview fonts, and more.
Melomania is a handy music collection program for Windows, which allows you to catalog music collections of any kind, from vinyl to MP3s, and provides you with the facilities to manage a music database.
An easy to use desktop calendar to manage your appointments, tasks & daily notes. As well, keep a daily journal with the daily notes function. Calendar can be displayed in a 1Day, Work week (5 day), Week (7 day), Month, or Custom view.
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Vista Codec Package 7.2.0 32x32 pixels icon Vista Codec Package 7.2.0
Unlike similar codec packages that promise much and deliver little, the Vista Codec Package will render the need to install any other similar applications obsolete. Moreover, even though some perceive this aspect as a drawback, the Vista Codec Packag
Freeware, Updated 19 June 2017, Reviewed 23 November 2011
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paint.net 5.1.7 (5.107.9212.41078) 32x32 pixels icon paint.net 5.1.7 (5.107.9212.41078)
Paint.NET is a painting package alone the lines of Microsoft Paint but with a considerably wider feature set. Layers, color wheel picker, unlimited history and other features not usually found in a free painting package are good here.
Freeware, Updated 23 March 2025, Reviewed 6 March 2015
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Y'z Dock 0.8.3 32x32 pixels icon Y'z Dock 0.8.3
A free program launcher like the dock in MacOS X. In order to add icons, drag and drop a file (.exe, shortcut, etc.) straight from Explorer to the dock area.
Freeware, Updated 17 September 2014
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Universal Extractor 1.6.1 32x32 pixels icon Universal Extractor 1.6.1
Universal Extractor is an application that does just what the title implies, extracts files, just about any archive format you can find. Un-like many of applications which extract data from archives, Universal Extractor does not archive any files, on
Freeware, Updated 24 June 2010, Reviewed 7 November 2013
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Burnatonce 0.99.5 32x32 pixels icon Burnatonce 0.99.5
Burnatonce now includes all the features needed to make it a full audio and data cd authoring program while still maintaining the speed and ease of use that has always been it's goal
Freeware, Updated 28 November 2006
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SpeedFan 4.52 32x32 pixels icon SpeedFan 4.52
SpeedFan is a smart freeware designed to give information about the voltages, temperatures of your computer and the speed of your computer’s fans. SpeedFan is able to access your computer’s temperature sensors and change the fan speeds.
Freeware, Updated 30 June 2016, Reviewed 20 May 2011
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AIM Fix 1.6.322.106 32x32 pixels icon AIM Fix 1.6.322.106
AIM Fix was created to remove all known AIM viruses in one consolidated removal tool. It is designed to end the virus processes, delete the files, and remove registry keys created by the virus.
Freeware, Updated 22 March 2010
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Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 5.133.25050.1001 32x32 pixels icon Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 5.133.25050.1001
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found.
Freeware, Updated 15 May 2025
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Notepad++ 8.8.1 32x32 pixels icon Notepad++ 8.8.1
Notepad++ is a text editor that goes far ahead of the default Windows Notepad in terms of features and usability, and has in fact become the source code editor of choice for several programmers. It’s light on resources, and is freeware.
Freeware, Updated 5 May 2025, Reviewed 2 August 2011
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Rainlendar Lite 2.22.0 Build 181 32x32 pixels icon Rainlendar Lite 2.22.0 Build 181
Rainlendar Lite utility is a calendar application that works well on all operating systems. What is great about it is that its format permits the user to create events and schedule tasks that he can later transfer between other calendar applications.
Freeware, Updated 8 February 2025, Reviewed 5 August 2011
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Mozilla Thunderbird Nebula 138.0.1 / 139.0 Beta 3 / 140.0a1 Daily / 11 32x32 pixels icon Mozilla Thunderbird Nebula 138.0.1 / 139.0 Beta 3 / 140.0a1 Daily / 11
Mozilla Thunderbird is a feature packed desktop-based e-mail client that will surely impress you. The newest version of the Mozilla Thunderbird is clearly the best yet! If you are on the look out for an Outlook replacement, for example, you should be
Freeware, Updated 15 May 2025, Reviewed 14 October 2011
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Avast Free Antivirus 25.7.10308 32x32 pixels icon Avast Free Antivirus 25.7.10308
Avast is among the most popular anti-virus software in the world at present. It is easy to install, responsive, and has all the basic and important features of commercial antivirus tools as well as many advanced options.
Freeware, Updated 5 August 2025, Reviewed 22 April 2011
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Feedreader 3.14 Final 32x32 pixels icon Feedreader 3.14 Final
Feedreader is a lightweight open-source aggregator that supports RSS and ATOM formats. It works under all Windows versions from Windows 95 to XP.
Freeware, Updated 25 June 2010
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Maxthon Browser 3.1.8.1000 32x32 pixels icon Maxthon Browser 3.1.8.1000
Maxthon Standard is a surprisingly fast browser that offers a plethora of features in a user-friendly package. Despite being less popular than the big three (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome) Maxthon Standard is able to provide m
Freeware, Updated 4 March 2025, Reviewed 22 November 2011
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Audiograbber 1.83 32x32 pixels icon Audiograbber 1.83
One of the best ripping software products on the audio market is probably Audiograbber. The goal of Audiograbber is to copy music from external sources such as CDs or radio and save it on the hard drive in formats such as WAV, MP3, WMA, or OGG files.
Freeware, Updated 29 December 2014, Reviewed 15 May 2011
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Inno Setup Compiler (formerly Inno Setup) 6.4.3 32x32 pixels icon Inno Setup Compiler (formerly Inno Setup) 6.4.3
Inno Setup Compiler is a free installation compiler for windows applications that has been continually updated since 1997, and is designed to compete with the functionality of many paid install compilers. This software makes it easy to streamline the
Freeware, Updated 4 May 2025, Reviewed 23 February 2012
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AutoGK (Auto Gordian Knot) 2.55 32x32 pixels icon AutoGK (Auto Gordian Knot) 2.55
A very simple and powerfull tool for making dvd rips. AutoGK comes with almost all that you'll need to create excellent quality backups of your DVDs.
Freeware, Updated 25 February 2009
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DScaler 4.2.2 32x32 pixels icon DScaler 4.2.2
DScaler is a piece of software that grabs analog, interlaced video, and deinterlaces it to make it a progressive scan feed then allows scaling to any resolution for use on your computer monitor or projector.
Freeware, Updated 13 November 2012
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Gimp 3.0.2 Revision 1 32x32 pixels icon Gimp 3.0.2 Revision 1
Comprehensive, powerful, professional and totally free, Gimp has all the chances of becoming your next favorite image editor. This feature-packed free Photoshop alternative is a culmination to the three years of work of software enthusiasts. As of no
Freeware, Updated 26 March 2025, Reviewed 31 October 2013
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Faststone Image Viewer 8.0 32x32 pixels icon Faststone Image Viewer 8.0
FastStone Image Viewer is a lightweight but powerful graphics application produced by FastStone Soft. FSIV can be downloaded as an automated installer, a zip file, or in a portable executable form – however, it is only available for Windows systems
Freeware, Updated 30 April 2025, Reviewed 5 August 2013
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SeaMonkey 2.53.20 32x32 pixels icon SeaMonkey 2.53.20
SeaMonkey is a browser that incorporates an e-mail and IRC chat client. In fact, it is probably the most extensive and fully operational application package for purposes of communication. In addition, the web-browser enables the entrance to newsgroup
Freeware, Updated 10 January 2025, Reviewed 14 September 2011
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Miranda IM 0.10.80.0 32x32 pixels icon Miranda IM 0.10.80.0
There are a lot of users out there who need multi-protocol client based on instant messaging. Miranda IM is a tool with plenty of features to boot in order to fill that gap, features implemented in a clever way so that they don’t take too much spac
Freeware, Updated 28 April 2018, Reviewed 20 July 2011
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Nullsoft Scriptable Install System 3.11 32x32 pixels icon Nullsoft Scriptable Install System 3.11
From NSIS Wiki NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution.
Freeware, Updated 14 March 2025
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Audacity 3.7.3 32x32 pixels icon Audacity 3.7.3
If you are looking for a free and open source audio editor that has built-in support for the Windows, Mac and Linux operating system, Audacity is a good solution. Basic audio editing and format transfers are performed by this audio editor.
Freeware, Updated 14 March 2025, Reviewed 17 May 2011
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RootkitRevealer 1.71 32x32 pixels icon RootkitRevealer 1.71
RootkitRevealer is an advanced root kit detection utility. It runs on Windows NT 4 and higher and its output lists Registry and file system API discrepancies that may indicate the presence of a user-mode or kernel-mode rootkit.
Freeware, Updated 10 September 2014
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Royale Noir Theme for WinXP 1.47 32x32 pixels icon Royale Noir Theme for WinXP 1.47
During Royale’s development (the XP Media Center theme), the graphic artists also produced a black version of the skin, sans the overused “glass” effect. The result is an aesthetic black skin named “Royale Noir”, it even work
Freeware, Updated 31 May 2008
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Pidgin 2.14.14 32x32 pixels icon Pidgin 2.14.14
Multiple IM networks can be accessed from one window by using this open-source messaging application. Many popular protocols are supported by Pidgin such as Google Talk and MySpaceIM as well as some lesser known ones like Gadu-Gadu and jabber.
Freeware, Updated 23 January 2025, Reviewed 20 July 2011
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Angry IP Scanner 3.9.1 32x32 pixels icon Angry IP Scanner 3.9.1
IP scanning tools are most commonly used by network administrator in their management of a network. In spite of this, casual users can have a lot of fun too by using these tools. Angry IP Scanner is such a tool.
Freeware, Updated 12 February 2023, Reviewed 22 June 2011
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Subtitle Workshop 6.3.4 32x32 pixels icon Subtitle Workshop 6.3.4
Subtitle Workshop supports all the subtitle formats you need and has all the features you want from a subtitle editing software.
Freeware, Updated 24 February 2025
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CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro 8.4.0 32x32 pixels icon CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro 8.4.0
Looks like ACDSee, easy to use as Picasa, powerful as Paintshop. CodedColor is a versatile photo software to view, convert, organize, edit, enhance, share, archive, print digital photos and create beautiful photobooks.
Freeware, Updated 26 October 2023
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