FREE Great Programs for Windows 7

[DirtRider]

What a great list thanks

 

[MilesAhead]

GlassPrompt 1.1

GlassPrompt 1.1

GlassPrompt just opens a cmd.exe prompt and enables the "blur behind" effect if you are running Vista or Windows Seven with Glass enabled.

It uses the same mechanism as my PromptHere program but it's compiled in FreeBasic resulting in a 32 bit stand-alone exe less than 25 KB in size. Also it does not run in the background. It launches a command prompt, then quits.
No install. Does not do any Registry or .ini file settings.

You can download from my page:

Faves Downloads

It's free for you to use at your own risk.

 

[MilesAhead]

FreeBASIC

Speaking of FreeBASIC .. they just released a new version of the compiler and help docs. If you ever wanted to learn to program in Basic it may be a fun way to try. On Windows it produces 32 bit stand-alone exe files that are very small. In is also implemented on Dos and Linux.

FreeBASIC compiler (a free BASIC compiler) - official page - News [en]

FreeBASIC compiler (a free BASIC compiler) - official page - Downloads [en]

 

[Abu hammam]

thank yuo ​

 

[Win7User512]

Speaking of FreeBASIC .. they just released a new version of the compiler and help docs. If you ever wanted to learn to program in Basic it may be a fun way to try. On Windows it produces 32 bit stand-alone exe files that are very small. In is also implemented on Dos and Linux.

FreeBASIC compiler (a free BASIC compiler) - official page - News [en]

FreeBASIC compiler (a free BASIC compiler) - official page - Downloads [en]

Any remote chance of an x64 version? LOL.

 

[MilesAhead]

Speaking of FreeBASIC .. they just released a new version of the compiler and help docs. If you ever wanted to learn to program in Basic it may be a fun way to try. On Windows it produces 32 bit stand-alone exe files that are very small. In is also implemented on Dos and Linux.

FreeBASIC compiler (a free BASIC compiler) - official page - News [en]

FreeBASIC compiler (a free BASIC compiler) - official page - Downloads [en]

Any remote chance of an x64 version? LOL.

I'm not the one to ask. You can try here:

freebasic.net :: View Forum - Windows

 

[MilesAhead]

I'm trying out this WindowsMenuPlus. It looks like it has potential. I suggested they add more positions to the command that moves the window without resizing it.. but it has a few useful commands it adds to the System Menu of any window that has one.

The site also has other freebies. This is the first one I'm trying as I just noticed it mentioned on Addictive Tips. Here's the page for the program:

http://www.moo0.com/?top=http://www.moo0.com/software/WindowMenuPlus

 

[Ratha]

Ooh... Kool Add 'BitSpirit'
Amazing and pretty looking
http://http://www.bitspirit.cc/en/

 

[MilesAhead]

TicTac

I wanted a simple way to position the active window without resizing it. So I wrote an AutoIt3 program called TicTac.

You can download here:
Hotkeys

Usage:

Leave it running in the Tray. To position the active window at a "tic tac toe" location, use the Windows Key and a Numperpad Key 1 - 9. The positions correspond visually to the number pad keys:

7 | 8 | 9
4 | 5 | 6
1 | 2 | 3

To put the active window into the lower right corner, press Win Numpad 3 etc..

Should work on XP and later. Sorry I don't have multiple monitors for testing so it's only set up for a single monitor system.

I wrote it for my own use. It's free for you to use at your own risk.

 

[johnwillyums]

That looks great MilesAhead. Will it work on 7x64?

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

I'm trying out this WindowsMenuPlus. It looks like it has potential. I suggested they add more positions to the command that moves the window without resizing it.. but it has a few useful commands it adds to the System Menu of any window that has one.

The site also has other freebies. This is the first one I'm trying as I just noticed it mentioned on Addictive Tips. Here's the page for the program:

Moo0 - 31 freeware and 2 shareware

Good one .. Thanks Mate

 

[MilesAhead]

That looks great MilesAhead. Will it work on 7x64?

Should work on anything that AutoIt3 supports(which I believe is XP and later both 32 and 64 bit.)

btw I updated TicTac to v. 1.1. Now you can change the Hotkey modifier using a setting in the .ini file. For example, you can set it to use Alt or Control-Alt instead of Win Key etc.. Also has About dialog to show the current hotkey, show readme file etc..

The .ini file has comments showing how to set the modifier key.

 

[housry23]

For some reason Google Chrome - Get a fast new browser. For PC, Mac, and Linux is not on the list yet. This link also has a link to the Beta on the page. If you want to try the dev version, just Google it.

 

[MilesAhead]

TicClick

Hotkeys


TicClick v. 1.2.5.0 does the same thing as TicTac, positioning the active window to one of 9 spots, except it only uses the mouse. WinKey Left MouseClick pops up a grid with the 9 positions and you click the position you wish to move the window to. You can edit the .ini file to change the hotkey. Eventually I'll have a menu command to avoid editing the .ini file. It will just pop up a dialog and save the result to the .ini file. I'm still working on the dialog stuff.

edit: I took the easy way out and added an "Edit IniFile" command that opens the .ini file with the default program(via Windows file association) and quits the app so it can be restarted with the new settings. At least this way you don't have to dig it out of the folder manually.

edit2: I updated TicClick to 1.4.0.0. Now it has a Check for Update command in the Tray Menu. Seems to work fine for me, but I haven't tested it with a dial-up connection. I'm updating a few other programs with this feature. It's preferable to just posting announcements.. also more convenient than going to the web page. Might take me a bit of feedback to get all the bugs out.

 

[MilesAhead]

Note that these programs on my
Hotkeys
page now have a Check for Update command in the Tray Menu:

ReOpen
FolderCache
Selector
TicClick
TicTac

Way more convenient.


This is the first time I've implemented going online to check for updates so a few notes may be in order:


It seems to work fine on my system, but I don't have dial-up to test with a dial-up connection. The function uses standard Inet calls, so it should be pretty vanilla.

The update process only sends file download requests to the server. No other info is sent. The file version info in the .exe file on your system is compared with the latest version available, that's read from the downloaded file. If the one online is newer, it asks if you want to download. The version info is in a small .ini file I keep updated on the server. The name of your running program is used to look up the file version info from the downloaded .ini file. Once the update check routine has the info it needs from the .ini file, it's deleted. Super simple.

If you update, the zip file and the program folder are both opened, and the program quits, so you can overwrite it with the newer files.

 

[Win7User512]

The function uses standard Inet calls, so it should be pretty vanilla.

What API or library is that?

 

[MilesAhead]

The function uses standard Inet calls, so it should be pretty vanilla.

What API or library is that?

Function InetGet

 

[BugOutMachine]

This should definitely be included...

Nitro PDF Reader: Nitro PDF Reader — The PDF Reader, Reimagined

Great find! This is definitely better than FoxIt.

 

[richc46]

Know your bandwidth

Network Downloads : NetStat Live /// AnalogX

 

[Brink]

NetStat Live already on list.