FREE Great Programs for Windows 7

[jumanji]

The subject of index.dat files came up on the browsers forum today. On search I found a nice freeware that overwrites them, among other things. It's called
Free Internet Window Washer

It will overwrite index.dat without a reboot. You can even leave it in the tray and set it to wash your browsing files at intervals.

Enjoy

Hum Miles see they have a reg defrag in there too Eusing Software Products

might give it a try on my other machine first though

Eusing Registry Cleaner was my favourite till I migrated to Windows 7. And then I found that the Registry Cleaner in Glary Utilities ditto the same. I have come to believe that it is the same engine. So I did not install Eusing registry Cleaner in Windows 7.

 

[dothackjhe]

The subject of index.dat files came up on the browsers forum today. On search I found a nice freeware that overwrites them, among other things. It's called
Free Internet Window Washer

It will overwrite index.dat without a reboot. You can even leave it in the tray and set it to wash your browsing files at intervals.

Enjoy

Is it better than Ccleaner? Based from the description of the software, it mainly cleans that off IE's traces on the internet while other browsers are not mentioned. .

 

[ICIT2LOL]

D7 is an advanced tool for IT Professionals and PC technicians. This tool is meant ONLY for advanced users, and not for beginners





http://sites.google.com/a/obxcompguy.com/foolish-it/

Hum Captain I am just curious (as always) as to what level of competence one needs for this app?

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

D7 is an advanced tool for IT Professionals and PC technicians. This tool is meant ONLY for advanced users, and not for beginners





http://sites.google.com/a/obxcompguy.com/foolish-it/

Hum Captain I am just curious (as always) as to what level of competence one needs for this app?

Well offline registry editing manual Malware removal etc. are little too complicated for end users so if you know registry and system files etc. these files could stop system from booting and damage MBR etc.

 

[pacinitaly]

D7 is an advanced tool for IT Professionals and PC technicians. This tool is meant ONLY for advanced users, and not for beginners





http://sites.google.com/a/obxcompguy.com/foolish-it/

I just read about this a moment ago.

way too complicated

 

[MilesAhead]

The subject of index.dat files came up on the browsers forum today. On search I found a nice freeware that overwrites them, among other things. It's called
Free Internet Window Washer

It will overwrite index.dat without a reboot. You can even leave it in the tray and set it to wash your browsing files at intervals.

Enjoy

Is it better than Ccleaner? Based from the description of the software, it mainly cleans that off IE's traces on the internet while other browsers are not mentioned. .

I ran CCleaner. Then rebooted. Then I did some surfing, never opening IE(or any browser that uses IE engine, like MaxThon.) Then I ran Window Washer. It told me it found several entries in index.dat files that it overwrote. Maybe some network guru can answer but it seems it tracks you no matter the browser. I'll have to look into it more but Window Washer has the advantage of overwriting the data without rebooting. When you run CCleaner all the stuff in the index.dat stays there until next boot when the files are deleted.

edit: I wouldn't count on a one step solution. The only technique I tried so far that seemed to work was loading every index.dat file into IndexDatSpy and if it had any data, selecting "delete on next reboot" from the File Menu. It has a function to search for all the index.dat files, but then it doesn't let you mark them all for deletion. I don't have the help file so I'm winging it. Seems like a really tedious process.

If anyone has IndexDatSpy.hlp I'd appreciate a copy.

edit2: what confuses the issue is other stuff besides IE stores info in index.dat files. I am guessing the reason IndexDatSpy leaves it at manual deletion is it assumes you only care about the IE tracking. Seems even if you do stuff like use the Services Applet to look at your services a little note is placed in an index.dat. Also if WMP network sharing service is running, it won't let you delete them. Only sure way to get 'em all is to use a script run using the registry RunOnce key that searches the entire system drive and deletes them.

That might be worth doing if you boot your machine every day. Does slow down the boot a bit but not terrible.

On another note I assumed CCleaner just deleted on next boot. But I didn't see it creating any RunOnce string. Also on their forum it claims to delete or overwrite them in place. I dunno'.

 

[MilesAhead]

RunItOnce 1.0

I wrote a small utility called RunItOnce to add a program to the Windows Registry RunOnce key. If you're not familiar with that key, how it works is a program is added to the key as a string value. On next boot, the program is run, and then Windows removes it from the registry.

It's good for tasks that won't work if Windows is fully engaged. One example is deleting all the index.dat files on the system partition.

Here's a link to RunItOnce page:
Faves Downloads

Please see the included Readme.txt for usage details.

Also I'll post the index.dat cleaner code if you wish to use it. To run or compile the script you should first get and install AutoHotKey_L

Note that the AHK script will not work run normally since Windows doesn't like you deleting index.dat files once the system is up. It will work via the RunOnce key. That's why I wrote the RunItOnce program as it seemed like a simple utility to make this type of thing convenient.

I recommend you only run IndexDotDatCleaner on occasion. Maybe once a month. It will slow your boot down because it scans the entire system partition looking for index.dats and deleting them. That's why it's a good candidate for RunItOnce. You don't want to run it every boot.

Here's the AHK script

; IndexDotDatCleaner to delete all index.dat files on system
; partition. Should only be run via RunOnce key in Registry
; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
;
; (See my RunItOnce program for a convenient way to add it.)
;
; It searches the entire partition for index.dat files.  It will slow
; down the boot.  It should only be used occasionally to clean them all out.
;
; MilesAhead
;
#NoTrayIcon
stringleft,sysdrive,A_WinDir,3
SetWorkingDir,%sysdrive%
Loop,index.dat,,1
{
	FileDelete,%A_LoopFileFullPath%
}

Edit: If you have a 64 bit system make sure to compile the AutoHotKey_L script above as a 64 bit application. Otherwise folder redirection will keep it from seeing and deleting the index.dat files that really store the data.

For help using AutoHotKey_L scripts and compiler look here:
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic34070.html

 

[brianzion]

hi all

i found this UnCleaner - The Unnecessary Files Cleaner Solution by Josh Cell Softwares
works ok for me on windows 7 nice and simple program to use.

LINK >>> Josh Cell Softwares: UnCleaner - The Unnecessary Files Cleaner Solution

Features:

Clean all unnecessary files with Smart Clean technology, the time of cleaning may be less than 1 second, is an instant cleaner
Instant file analysys on the window opens
Low system resources usage in the logon or manually
Kill the files for ever
Specific file reporter for all files to delete
Task Scheduler for all users and all computer, every logon, the system is cleaner, if enabled, the computer will faster
Clean the temporary files for all users, including the limited and protected accounts
Will clean only the unnecessary files, never touch in other files, Internet Explorer and other temps not will be deleted
Show an specific summary, with your temp classification
Installed for all users
Run in all users every logon
Simple and Complete installer / uninstaller

Clean:

Windows Accounts temp files, for All Windows Users
Windows Updates downloaded files
Windows Downloaded Installations
Windows Prefetch cached data
Windows Installer temp files
Windows Narrator temp files
Windows Shell cached icons
Windows Shell cached files
Windows Updates temp files
Windows Offline Web Pages
Windows .tmp stored files
Windows Cached wallpapers
Windows Cached folders
Windows temp files

 

[StalkeR]

Hardwipe

Hardwipe is a free document shredder for your computer. It erases file contents and cleans unused hard-disk space to prevent personal and business information from ever being recovered.
Modern ‐ Designed for Windows 7

Hardwipe | File & Drive Wiper

 

[StalkeR]

I have only one question... Does Revo Uninstaller Free version works good with Windows 7 x64bit ?
Because I see this on the Revo's website:



Free version don't have full support of x64bit.

 

[severedsolo]

I have only one question... Does Revo Uninstaller Free version works good with Windows 7 x64bit ?
Because I see this on the Revo's website:

View attachment 185638

Free version don't have full support of x64bit.

It works fine with 64 bit, it just doesn't uninstall 64 bit programs. As 90% of programs even on 64 bit, are actually X86, this really isn't an issue.

 

[WindowsStar]

I have only one question... Does Revo Uninstaller Free version works good with Windows 7 x64bit ?
Because I see this on the Revo's website:

View attachment 185638

Free version don't have full support of x64bit.

It works fine with 64 bit, it just doesn't uninstall 64 bit programs. As 90% of programs even on 64 bit, are actually X86, this really isn't an issue.

I don't know that I would go as far as saying 90% 32bit. That may have been a year ago but now even the freeware programmers are making 64bit editions of their software. I would say it is more like 50%. All of our systems are just the opposite they are 95% 64bit and 5% 32bit (mostly IE 32bit). Mostly because we designed and set them up that way in hopes to future proof us for as long as possible. 64bit is now the standard even Adobe is 64bit and they were one of the longest holdouts. JMHO -WS

 

[Maxxwire]

I have only one question... Does Revo Uninstaller Free version works good with Windows 7 x64bit ?
Because I see this on the Revo's website:

View attachment 185638

Free version don't have full support of x64bit.

What Revo claims is true in that the x32 version of their Uninstaller can not address x64 bit programs when it comes to uninstalling them and removing all of their registry values.

 

[StalkeR]

Thanks for the reply Martin.

What Revo claims is true in that the x32 version of their Uninstaller can not address x64 bit programs when it comes to uninstalling them and removing all of their registry values.

Yes, that's true... But my question was, if Free version of Revo will work good with 64bit Windows 7.

 

[MilesAhead]

RunInTrayMod 1.0

RunInTrayMod 1.0 I found an AutoIt3 utility to run a client app minimized to tray here:

RunInTray

I made several modifications and included a tool to generate a shortcut from the client app's shortcut. The shortcut generator optionally runs the client to capture the exact window title for inclusion in the shortcut.

I call my mod RunInTrayMod. The modified version with shortcut generator may be downloaded here:

Faves Downloads

Since AutoIt3 creates a Tray Icon by default, RunInTray substituted the icon from the client exe for it's own tray icon. Double clicking the tray icon toggled show/hide of the client app. The program depended on the Window Title for all window manipulation.


RunInTrayMod is set up to toggle window hide/show just by left clicking the Tray Icon.

RunInTrayMod gets the title in most cases from the executable process
name. Once the client window is recognized, a window handle is stored
for window manipulations. This allows the window caption to change
without breaking the connection to the window. Also windows are
closed rather than killed. Less chance of lost data.

Another modification is the short name to the client application is
associated with the tray icon as a ToolTip. For example if Notepad.exe
is the client, hovering the mouse on the tray icon should show "notepad"
in the ToolTip.

Note that if you have several Trayed shortcuts in StartUp Folder it may be advisable to space them out with a startup delay utility. A lot of window creation goes on at logon. A client app that minimized to tray fine when tested alone may have problems with window detection or hiding on startup. Spacing out the opens and using exact window titles should minimize(pun intended) errors.

Also not every app is compatible. Some will leave orphaned Taskbar icons after being hidden etc.. Some apps such as DVD Flick that have a splash screen may work if the exact window title is specified during shortcut creation. Otherwise what you get is toggle of the splash screen show/hide.

I recommend putting a shortcut to StartMinShortcut shortcut generator in your SendTo Folder. That way you may right click on any app shortcut and select it from SendTo rather than the tedious process of navigating with the FileOpenDialog.

edit: Update:

I didn't update the version number. But I added a call to EmptyWorkingSet() every minute in the idle loop. It seems to cut down the memory shown in Task Manager to less than a MB. Should be acceptable for running several apps Trayed.

edit2: The client app should be one that can run with no arguments. The shortcut generator can create a shortcut with executable path, starting folder and window title. But command line switches are not transferred from the shortcut. Also the source shortcut should be to an executable. Not a URL or batch file.

edit3: Updated to 1.3. Thanks to Melba23 on AutoIt3 forums "Toast" utility I added a Tray Delay Splash when the client app is started with a delay.

example splash is below

 

[ICIT2LOL]

I have only one question... Does Revo Uninstaller Free version works good with Windows 7 x64bit ?
Because I see this on the Revo's website:

View attachment 185638

Free version don't have full support of x64bit.

Humm StalkerR I can't quite make out whether you are quoting the other chap or making a statement but my Sandy Bridge 64bit system uses this - no probs unless the programs (not many) I uninstall are themselves 32bit apps (am not savvy enough to cast judgment on the difference).

Plus I stand to be corrected - having said that I just took off ImgBurn and it worked in a trice.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Came across this while looking for Norton remover have had only a cursory look but plenty of apps and OS's / systems.

Home - Software reviews, downloads, news, free trials, freeware and full commercial software - Downloadcrew

 

[Maxxwire]

ICit2lol- Great link! I saw some downloads for the very latest snapshots plus some new and interesting software that I hadn't seen before...

 

[MilesAhead]

IndexDatViewer

I found another free index.dat viewer. It gathers all the data into one list. No need to relentlessly click on files.

index.dat Viewer

 

[Zirro]

Revo Uninstaller 64-bit

Thanks for the reply Martin.

What Revo claims is true in that the x32 version of their Uninstaller can not address x64 bit programs when it comes to uninstalling them and removing all of their registry values.

Yes, that's true... But my question was, if Free version of Revo will work good with 64bit Windows 7.

The free version of Revo will properly remove any 32-bit programs you uninstall from your 64-bit Windows. However, it does not recognize the native 64-bit programs on your system so they usually do not show up in the uninstall list.
Only the paid version, which I use, fully removes native 64-bit programs.

I use 64-bit programs wherever possible and a quick check with MS/Sysinternals Process Explorer shows about 80% of my running processes are 64-bit, so the free version of Revo is not much use to me.