FREE Great Programs for Windows 7

[MilesAhead]

Video: Give XCopy a graphical interface with this free download | TR Dojo | TechRepublic.com
Overview: The XCopy command has risen from the ashes of deprecation to save you time and make your file management tasks easier. This tool automates the process for XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
Many Windows power users were more than a little annoyed when Xcopy was deprecated in Windows Vista in favor of RoboCopy–especially those with lots of scripts that made use of Xcopy. Luckily, Xcopy is back in Windows 7 and TechRepublic blogger Greg Shultz has updated his Xcopy tool to work automatically in Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. During this episode of TR Dojo, I show you how to download, install, and use this free tool.
http://i.techrepublic.com.com/downloads/Gilbert/xcopy_tool.zip

One nice easy tweak you can make is comment out line 65 of XCopyTool.hta like so:
'Set SelectedFolder = WindowsShell.BrowseForFolder(0, Prompt, &H0001, 17)

and replace it with the same line but with the &H0001 flag changed to &H0011 giving this result:
Set SelectedFolder = WindowsShell.BrowseForFolder(0, Prompt, &H0011, 17)

Setting that flag option adds an Edit Line to the BrowseForFolder dialog. Instead of having to click down and expand the tree to pick a folder you can type or paste it in. It doesn't accept drag & drop but at least if you have your source and destination folders open in explorer windows you can click the title or address bar and copy/paste into the dialog. Makes it a lot easier than clicking down.

 

[polycue]

Thanks, nice tweak.

 

[MilesAhead]

Thanks, nice tweak.

You're welcome.

 

[idoru]

I didn't see The Ultimate Boot Disc in the list. If you click on the link, and scroll down the page to see all the tools it has you'll freak out. It's great to have a single CD that has so many kick-ass DOS tools on it. I would be lost without it. And of course, it's absolutely free. You know the old saying "If it's for free, it's for me!"

Hiren's Boot CD is regularly updated, the last one being V10.1 I think

 

[idoru]

One really piece of software (for me of course) I'm still using since windows95 is Pop-Mouse by pointix.

It's an utility that allows you to configure 4 mouse gestures and 4 mouse placements to open various dialogs, menus, sub-utilities and favorite place holders. For instance with one clockwise mouse movement I open a resizable dialog with all the shortcuts I've set in. Counter clockwise is the same but for system shortcuts. There are menus and sub menus and many all configurable things saving time, mouse deplacement and clicks.

the interface is based on basic elements of windows so don't expect shiny glassy vista elements but maybe you'l find it worth the try.
Being so old, the company is long gone but this is abandonware so it's legal. You can find it there with another utility they release at that time allowing scrolling without a scrolling button.
How to Scroll if Your Mouse has No Scroll Wheel | CarltonBale.com

And cherry on top, it works like a charm on 7ven without any compatibility trick.

 

[nemanja]

Hi all,

I would like to share link to QuotesFan Desktop. This simple yet interesting application periodically shows quotes by famous authors. It enable you to browse quotes, comment them and share them easily with your friends.
You can learn some interesting stuff using this program



Hope you gonna like it.

 

[derekimo]

Welcome nemanja,
Thanks for the info on that.

 

[nemanja]

Welcome nemanja,
Thanks for the info on that.

Thanks for welcome

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

WinBubble 2.0 comes with all the features and tweaks that you actually like to see in a good Windows tweaking tool

Key features
# 200+ Windows 7 tweaks
# Customize screen savers
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# Optimize Windows 7 with special tweaks
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# Tweak Internet Explorer

WinBubbles, Customize and Tweak Windows 7 UI Easily - Unlock For Us

- Captain

 

[pankcake89]

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-7/list-of-anti-virus-software-compatible-with-windows-7/

I'm also fan of FileZilla FileZilla - The free FTP solution and Mil Free Internet Eraser Free Internet Eraser - delete cookies and history with Mil Free Internet Eraser 3.5

 

[MilesAhead]

DriveAlive 1.01

I wrote a small AutoIt3 program called DriveAlive to keep external drives and docking stations from spinning the drives down due to idle time-out.

You can see detail about it on this link:

DriveAlive 1.01 - DonationCoder.com

Edit: Updated to v. 1.1 - I got rid of the error dialog if you try to run a 2nd copy. The 2nd copy just quits without complaining now.

You can download it from this page on my site:

Faves Downloads

 

[AC73]

Puran Defrag installs ask.com toolbar,and changed my homepage to ask.com as well.

I installed Puran Defrag a couple of hours ago and I saw no ask.com options during the process.
I checked IE8 and Firefox and both browsers have nothing there. I installed the free version btw. I hit the homepage to dl it and the free version link redirects you to download.com.
Here are the 6 install option screens...

 

[KOOOORY]

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[nemanja]

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[CGA1]

I wrote a small AutoIt3 program called DriveAlive to keep external drives and docking stations from spinning the drives down due to idle time-out.

You can see detail about it on this link:

DriveAlive 1.01 - DonationCoder.com

Edit: Updated to v. 1.1 - I got rid of the error dialog if you try to run a 2nd copy. The 2nd copy just quits without complaining now.

You can download it from this page on my site:

Faves Downloads

View attachment 66259

Oh man have I been looking for an app like this, yet I'm a Donationcoder member, awesome

 

[MilesAhead]

I wrote a small AutoIt3 program called DriveAlive to keep external drives and docking stations from spinning the drives down due to idle time-out.

You can see detail about it on this link:

DriveAlive 1.01 - DonationCoder.com

Edit: Updated to v. 1.1 - I got rid of the error dialog if you try to run a 2nd copy. The 2nd copy just quits without complaining now.

You can download it from this page on my site:

Faves Downloads

View attachment 66259

Oh man have I been looking for an app like this, yet I'm a Donationcoder member, awesome

Glad if it's useful to you. Nice to see other people using my utilities.

edit: btw I reimplemented it in AutoHotKey. In v. 1.2 you don't have to kill the copy in the Tray to use different params. Running a 2nd copy replaces the one in the Tray automatically. Also now the dummy file is created if it doesn't exist, deleted if it does, and is cleaned off on program exit. So don't be concerned if you notice it has disappeared while the app is still running.

(Due to using AHK the memory footprint is a bit smaller also.)

The latest is up on my site. Softpedia should update in a day or 2.

 

[celldweller1591]

I love working with OpenOffice 3.2 in windows 7 .Its a free and open source cross platform application !

 

[MilesAhead]

PromptHere 1.0

PromptHere is a variation on the old Command Prompt Here utility.

Rather than use a Registry entry I coded it as a Tray Hotkey.
No install. Unzip exe and readme to an empty folder.
It creates no Registry entries, .ini files, or any additional files.

Usage: Run in Tray. Alt Middle Mouse Click opens a prompt for
folder(s) selected in Explorer. Each prompt has the respective
selected folder as the current directory.

It is free for you to use at your own risk. Available right now
from my hotkeys page:

Hotkeys

 

[MilesAhead]

Note if you are using Selector, FolderCache or ReOpen utilities I've written, I've fixed a bug introduced in the previous update where running a second instance of the program would cause it to zero out the data file(s) as it exited.

Please update to the latest on my hotkeys page.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

The latest AutoIt3 version made changes in the automatic function
call system as programs exit. I made a logical error in all three of
these utilities when I updated and recompiled with the latest AutoIt3.
All 3 should work as expected now.

You can download the latest from this page:

Hotkeys

edit: you can use the About command in the Tray Menu of any of the 3 utilities to get the file version. You can compare to the history to make sure you have the fixed versions on your PC. Here's the link to the changes for those apps:

http://www.favessoft.com/changes.html#FolderCache

 

[Darkstrike]

Hey folks,

Haven't seen this mentioned on here yet, but a great Sync tool that's completely free is JFileSync. It can be a little complex to set up, but not too hard. I use it to sync files and directories between my Win7 64-bit desktop and my WinXP Home 32-bit netbook, works BRILLIANTLY. You can also use it on Linux or Mac OS so you can even sync between different computers with different OSes (although I only have experience with the Windows version).

I often use it in conjunction with Hamachi2, so no matter where I am, I can even sync my files when my two computers are nowhere near each other as long as they both have internet connections. Makes back-ups great on long trips. (Make sure you up the timeout for the JFS server though, as the default is only 5 seconds!)

JFileSync - Java File Synchronization

Cheers, and enjoy!