Useful Free Windows Programs Under 2MB cntd

[lordfoul]

Belarc Advisor (http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html)
Builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware and displays the results in your Web browser.

ShowIP (http://www.bitsoft.se/download.htm)
Shows ones Private and Public IP address and alerts you of changes.

Folder2MyPC (http://folder2mypc.uptodown.com/en/)
With this utility you can add any folders or program shortcut to " My computer " and "Control panel"

Hamachi (http://www.hamachi.cc/)
Hamachi is a zero-configuration virtual private networking (VPN) application.

Alarm (http://bluefive.pair.com/alarm.htm)
Nice free Alarm clock with mp3 support

TrayIt! (http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm)
Minimize anything each application which applies TrayIt! creates a small icon in the System Tray.

HiderPx (http://gbookz.eclub.lv/eclub_download.php?file=HiderPX-v1.1.zip)
Allows one to reopen a window of any process in the background which "vanished" from the taskbar.

NetStat Live (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/nsl.htm)
TCP/IP protocol monitor which can be used to see your exact throughput on both incoming and outgoing data

MaxMem (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/maxmem.htm)
Realtime physical memory management program that automatically ensures that you always have as much physical memory available as possible.

CacheBooster (http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/cb.htm)
CacheBooster allows you to tweak your harddisk caching to help achieve the best possible performance from your system. Win95/98 ONLY

TuneXP (http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/showdoc.php?doc=txp_about)
Windows Tweaking software.

CCleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/)
Removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space and cleans traces of your online activities.

HijackThis (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php)
A general homepage hijackers detector and remover.

PuTTY (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)
PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix.

Unlocker (http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/)
Unlocker lets one delete/rename/move a file that is locked by Windows for whatever reason.

µTorrent (http://www.utorrent.com/)
A very tiny Bittorrent client and a very powerfull Bittorrent client.

RootkitRevealer (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/RootkitRevealer.html)
RootkitRevealer is an advanced rootkit detection utility

nlite (http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html)
nLite is a tool for permanent Windows components removal and pre-installation Windows setup.

Citrus Alarm Clock (http://www.ornj.net/citrus/)
Citrus is a software alarm clock which can use your existing Media Player.

TerraIM (http://terraim.sourceforge.net/about.php)
TerraIM is a free, lightweight, cross-platform AOL Instant Messenger client.

The Wonderful Icon (http://www.thewonderfulicon.com/)
Minimize programs onto the taskbar tray instead of just onto the taskbar and much more.

Sizer (http://www.brianapps.net/sizer.html)
Resize any window to an exact, predefined size.

Foxit Reader (http://us01.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php)
Free reader for PDF (Portable Document Format) documents.

IrfanView (http://www.irfanview.com/)
Very fast, small, compact and innovative graphic viewer for Windows.

7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/)
File archiver with high compression ratio.

Autoruns (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html)
Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.

BurnCDCC (http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html)
Used to burn an ISO file to a CD/DVD/BD disc.

KeePass Password Safe (http://keepass.sourceforge.net/)
Password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way.

Notepad2 (http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html)
A small, fast and free text editor with syntax highlighting for HTML and other common languages.

Process Explorer (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html)
Shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

Pstart (http://www.pegtop.de/start/)
A portable start menu that can be installed on a USB drive or your local PC and provides quick access to programs and documents.

RegSeeker (http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm)
A powerful registry cleaner and can display various information like your startup entries.

Restoration (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html)
Undelete files that were removed from the recycle bin or directly deleted from within Windows.

Steganos LockNote (http://locknote.steganos.com/)
Hide your serial numbers, passwords, phone numbers and everyday notes in a safe place.

TrueCrypt (http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/TrueCrypt/TrueCrypt.html)
Create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a virtual drive.

SyncBack Freeware (http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html#freeware)
Small, free, powerful folder syncing utility.

DVDFabDecrypter3 (http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/)
Encrypt DVD video files onto your harddrive while removing region code protection and macrovision.

Angry IP Scanner (http://ipscan.sourceforge.net/ipscan/)
Very fast IP scanner and port scanner that can scan IP addresses and their ports in any range.

Gaim (http://gaim.sourceforge.net/)
A multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client.

WinRoll (http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/)
Make a window roll into its title bar, send it to the tray or make it stay on top.

Taskbar Shuffle (http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm)
Drag and drop the programs on your Windows taskbar.

SyncToy (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E0FC1154-C975-4814-9649-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en)
Copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly and easily.

desktopListView (http://iamwill.com/dev/desktopListView/)
Turns your desktop icons into a menu list.

StartupList (http://www.merijn.org/programs.php)
A simple tool that lists all and every auto starting program on your system.

CDWinder (http://www.cdwinder.de/)
Media cataloging tool for the Win32 platform.

Power Menu (http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/)
Adds "Always On Top", "Minimize To Tray", "Priority" and "Transparency" sub menus to all top level system menus.

ATnote (http://atnotes.free.fr/)
"Post-it" type system tray note taking software available in many languages.

AutoHotkey (http://www.autohotkey.com/)
Write a mouse or keyboard macro by hand or use the macro recorder to automate almost anything.

Launchy (http://www.launchy.net/)
Index the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes.

ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/)
Write CD / DVD images and it supports all the latest writers (including booktype / bitsetting on many of the major ones - i.e. BenQ, LiteOn, NEC, Plextor, Sony)

WinSCP (http://winscp.net/eng/docs/introduction)
SFTP client for Windows using SSH.

freeSSHD (http://freesshd.com/index.php?ctt=overview)
free implementation of an SSH server.

Miranda IM (http://www.miranda-im.org/)
multi protocol instant messenger client for Microsoft Windows.

SlickRun (http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/)
Instant access to any program or website.

KatMouse (http://www.code-scout.net/katmouse/)
Mouse wheel enhancement for Windows.

Volumouse (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/volumouse.html)
Control the sound volume on your system - simply by rolling the wheel of your wheel mouse.

NirCmd (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html)
NirCmd is a small yet powerfull command-line utility.

Wallpaper Master (http://jamesgart.com/wallpaperchanger/)
Automatically change your background wallpaper with a huge range of options, and is great for indexing large collections of personal photos or any kind of image.

MWSnap (http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html)
Small yet powerful Windows program for snapping (capturing) images from selected parts of the screen.

CamStudio (http://www.camstudio.org/)
Record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer; turn those AVIs into Streaming Flash videos.

StrokeIt (http://www.tcbmi.com/strokeit/)
Advanced mouse gesture recognition engine and command processor.

ShellEnhancer (http://www.nuonsoft.net/shellenhancer/)
enhance the default shell of Windows allows you to make your own tasks and switch between them; tasks can be executed with hotkeys, mouse gestures or screen corners.

RKopie (http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/rkopie/rkopie.htm)
Create and manage customized backup jobs.

XnView (http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownload.html)
Utility for viewing and converting graphic files.

4t Tray Minimizer Free (http://www.4t-niagara.com/)
Minimizes to tray any application.

4t HIT Mail Privacy Lite (http://www.4t-niagara.com/)
Hide email within an image.

Active Ports (http://www.download.com/3000-2085-10062969.html)
Monitor all open TCP/IP and UDP ports on the local computer.

Anyone have any other suggestions for the list? I will be happy to add it to this post. Original (http://revision3.com/forum/showthread.php?t=234)

[lordfoul]

Sandboxie (http://www.sandboxie.com/)
Runs any windows app in a "Sandbox" securely preventing it from altering your computer and leave all trace of any used software behind after your done using it.

A.F.9 (http://www.fauland.com/af9.htm)
Edit files by replacing characters or any other bytes.

ClearTweak (http://www.ioisland.com/cleartweak/)
Change the contrast setting of the ClearType setting for Windows XP.

DAEMON Tools (http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.php)
A virtual cd/dvd-rom and copy protection emulator.

Ghost-It! (http://home.rochester.rr.com/artcfox/GhostIt/)
runs in the system tray, and lets you turn windows into "ghost" windows.

Google Web Accelerator (http://webaccelerator.google.com/)
Prefetches web pages and uses compress to speed web page loading.

GrabIt (http://www.shemes.com/index.php?p=download)
Newsgroup browser with NZB support.

Hawkeye ShellInit (http://www.hawkeyetech.com/products/freeware.htm)
Scriptable application that creates screen margins where applications can be placed.

KeyTweak (http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/)
Keyboard remapper for Windows.

MakeTorrent (http://krypt.dyndns.org:81/torrent/maketorrent/)
Bittorrent creator with multi-tracker support.

metapad (http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/download.html)
Notepad replacement with dual font support.

Netstumbler (http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/)
Tool that allows you to detect Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) using 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g.

OpenVPN (http://openvpn.net/download.html)
Full-featured, free and open source SSL-based VPN solution.

Placesbar (http://www.ioisland.com/placesbar/)
The Windows Common dialogs (Open and Save) have a PlacesBar that appears on the left side of the dialogs PlacesBar Tweaker allows you to customize these locations.

Powerstrip (http://entechtaiwan.net/util/ps.shtm)
Advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards.


QuickKill (http://www.anappaday.com/downloads/2006/09/day-16-quickkill.html)
Quickly kill running tasks.

QuickPar (http://www.quickpar.org.uk/Download.htm)
File verification and repair tool using Par2 with many options.

RealVNC Free Edition (http://www.realvnc.com/download.html)
Virtual Network Computing software making it possible to view and fully-interact with one computer from any other computer or mobile device anywhere on the Internet.

Regmon (http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html)
Registry monitoring utility that will show you which applications are accessing your Registry, which keys they are accessing, and the Registry data that they are reading and writing - all in real-time.

Replacer (http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/)
Replacer is an easy to use system file replacer for Windows that safely replaces protected or in-use system files.

ShortPopUp (http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/ShortPopUp/index.html)
Reduce confusion and taskbar clutter.

Streamripper (http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/)
Open Source (GPL) application that lets you record streaming mp3 to your hard drive.

SuperScan (http://www.foundstone.com/index.htm?subnav=resources/navigation.htm&subcontent=/resources/proddesc/superscan.htm)
Powerful TCP port scanner, pinger, resolver.

TCP Optimizer (http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php)
Tune and optimize your broadband connection.

WinSock XP Fix (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html)
WinSock XP Fix offers a last resort if your Internet connectivity has been corrupted due to invalid or removed registry entries.

WinDirStat (http://windirstat******/)
WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Microsoft Windows.

xpy (http://xpy.whyeye.org/about/)
Small tool which disables the default threats of a Windows XP installation.

Zoom Player Standard (http://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_download.shtml)
Robust Media and DVD Front-End Player.

PINs (http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/pins.html)
Secure passwords manager.

SIW (http://www.gtopala.com/about_siw.html)
Computer configuration analysis and diagnostics application.

Explore2fs (http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs)
GUI explorer tool for accessing ext2 and ext3 filesystems via Windows.

RK Launcher (http://home.cogeco.ca/~rklauncher/)
Sidebar at the edge of the screen that is used to quickly launch shortcuts.

Startup Manager (http://f2.org/archive/software/startupmgr.html)
Enables & disables auto-start programs in the the startup folders, registry & WIN.INI file.

Open Pandora (http://openpandora.googlepages.com/)
Pandora webservice in your tray.

SciTE (http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTEDoc.html)
Text editor with the added feature of automatic syntax styling.

DOSBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/)
Full 386 CPU emulator giving one the ability to run DOS based software on many OSes.

PureText (http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/)
Remove formatting from the text when pasting from programs like Word.

Startup Delayer (http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay)
Specify which programs to start first and which ones to delay when booting Windows to decrease boot time.

Inline Search (http://www.ieforge.com/InlineSearch/HomePage)
Add-on for Internet Explorer that mimics Firefox's search behavior.

CHM Encoder 1.4 (http://www.gridinsoft.com/chm.php)
Convert CHM to HTML.

allSnap (http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~iheckman/allsnap/)
Small system tray program that causes all top level windows to snap to the sides of the screen and each other while moving or sizing.

Active@ ISO Burner (http://www.ntfs.com/iso-burning.htm)
Freeware application that will allow you to burn an ISO image file to CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-RW, DVD-RW and DVD+RW.

Process Monitor (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/processesandthreads/processmonitor.mspx)
Advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.

iColorFolder (http://icolorfolder.sourceforge.net/)
Give some color to WindowsXP folders with just a right-click, colorize your folders.

Memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/)
RAM reliability tester that runs under Windows.

ExtractNow (http://www.extractnow.com/)
Utility that allows you to extract multiple archives quickly and easily.

Windows PowerShell (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6CCB7E0D-8F1D-4B97-A397-47BCC8BA3806&displaylang=en)
New Windows command-line shell and scripting language designed for system administration and automation.

Network Information Requester (http://www.cezeo.com/products/nir/)
Troubleshoot network settings and help find network problems on remote computers.

IObit SmartDefrag (http://www.iobit.com/SmartDefrag/index.html)
With "Install it and forget it" feature,SmartDefrag works automatically and quietly in the background on your PC, keeping your hard disk running at its speediest.

Image Minimizer (http://www.phoenixbit.com/site/products.asp?productid=imageminimizer)
Change Quality , size and format of any picture that you want.

Foxit Reader (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php)
PDF document viewer and printer with interactive form filler, on-demand download of add-on, self upgrade, Javascript support.

BullZip PDF Printer (http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php)
Works as a Microsoft Windows printer and allows you to write PDF documents from virtually any Microsoft Windows application.

Launchy (http://www.launchy.net/index.html)
Indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes.

[lordfoul]

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[lordfoul]

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[samureye]

I shall sticky this.

[lordfoul]

lol (http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=920586)


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[mistergrimm]

AllSnap is no longer available anymore :(

[lordfoul]

Changed the allSnap link an added a new app.

[sevver]

Memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) is another good one, although more for hardware (memory).

[jdhore]

Memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) is another good one, although more for hardware (memory).

Memtest86 really isn't a windows app...i've always used it as basically a live CD

[smokeycrew37-yahoo-com]

I've used many of these programs, congrats to a great list! I will sure to be trying a few of these programs I haven't heard of. Thanks Lordfoul and everyone for all your good work.:)

[sevver]

Memtest86 really isn't a windows app...i've always used it as basically a live CD

You are amazing, did you glean that from my previous post that it was not for Windows, and that it was for hardware or are you making it up.

Whenever I have a computer (hardware) running an O.S. (software) and it is not stable, (windows locking up), I use a program (memtest) to test the memory (hardware) to try to see if the memory (hardware) is causing Windows to lock up. So, no, it is not a program that runs on Windows, but it is a program that can be used to troubleshoot windows problems down to the hardware level.

But, thanks for clarifying that anyhow, I always get Windows confused with hardwar.:rolleyes:

[lordfoul]

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[_sorrow_]

Awesome list LordFoul; once again thanks for having it in here -- not to mention keeping it up to date! One thing you may want to add, is this link (http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freeware-utilities/) (which i found courtesy of Digg :D )

[blacklabelsk8erx]

I thought I'd pitch a few in. One is JkDefrag, the free, GPL'd defrag utility.

http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/

Another is EigenMath...good for doing all sorts of mathematics from simple derivative/integrals to complex-valued tensor matrices :p

http://eigenmath.sourceforge.net/

[thearchangel]

Im looking for the program that lists all the components on your computer. I used it a long time ago and all I can remember about the name is it starts with a "B" can someone help me

[slonkak]

Im looking for the program that lists all the components on your computer. I used it a long time ago and all I can remember about the name is it starts with a "B" can someone help me

Bevice Manager? Ok, sorry, had to do it. I really am of no help for this question...

[vanden]

Find out what is inside my computer: (Pick one or more)
Everest Free Edition
AIDA32
PC Wizard
SIW (System Info)
WinAudit
SIV (System Information Viewer)
Belarc Advisor
Process Explorer
WinAudit
Might one of these things work for you...

[onelastmindblast]

Alarm is amazing, I don't know how I survived without this little tool.

[oldarney]

you included Launchy in the first and third list. Its one of my favorite programs for windows XP, on win7 its not as useful but i still like my seach to be in the middle of the screen, on not on a corner.

You should add RBtray. Its an open source app that minimizes a window to tray by right clicking its minimize button. you can also click its icon on the task bar, or its icon on the window and choosing minimize to tray. Its one of my favorite programs for windows XP, again i wouldn't use it in windows 7 since its collapsing icon design allows you to run 50 aps and you wouldn't notice it to much.

[oldarney]

Alarm is amazing, I don't know how I survived without this little tool.

does the alarm automatically raise the volume? ive been using the task scheduler to run a script that raises the volume to the max and plays a playlist with "morning mood".

[theemerchant]

All of these could actually fit on one single USB drive and that is what I'm going to do.

I'm using utorrent and ccleaner already, but i didn't expect there were this much softwares less than 2mb which serves a lot of purposes. You can add Miranda (chat client) in there as well.

Does any of you have a list of useful portable applications? I could use one.. or many.

[ajax299]

Actually, I've come across a couple sites that do "free portable application suites". You have the sysinternals 12mb suite of utilities. You have http://portableapps.com/ which I discovered by watching Leo Laporte's Twit network. Then from lifehacker you've got http://lifehacker.com/5502751/zeuapp-downloads-82-awesome-open-source-apps. The lifehacker one is apparently just open source stuff but I'm sure it's all good. Then again, you could always have a blast looking through sourceforge, http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/, http://www.techsupportalert.com/, http://www.filehippo.com/, or even places like softpedia if you just want to go on a free software binge.

Edit: Also if you'd like to add monpwr to the list that'd be cool. It's useful to those people who have laptops and can't turn off the screen or want the screen to remain turned off and not have to worry about accidentally brushing the track pad or mouse and turning it back on.

[hecongyan]

Are all these programs free? I have no money at all.

[rssvb]

All of these could actually fit on one single USB drive and that is what I'm going to do.

I'm using utorrent and ccleaner already, but i didn't expect there were this much softwares less than 2mb which serves a lot of purposes. You can add Miranda (chat client) in there as well.

Does any of you have a list of useful portable applications? I could use one.. or many