Recuva v1.21.373

Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!

But as with any deleted file that you want to bring back, the older it is, the harder it will be to bring back.   Plus if you are able to bring it back, the older it is, the more corrupted the file will be.    So if you want to bring a deleted file back, you need to do it as fast as possible.   The more you delay, the less chance there is of recovering it.

Size: 2284 KB
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Photoscape V3.2

Photoscape is the fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos.

Key Features

• Viewer: View your folders photos, slideshow
• Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment, white balance, backlight correction, frames, balloons, mosaic mode, adding text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal, blooming
• Batch editor: Batch editing multiple photos
• Page: Make one photo by merging multiple photos at the page frame
• Combine: Make one photo by attaching multiple photos vertically or horizontally
• Animated GIF: Make one animation photo with multiple photos
• Print: Print portrait shot, carte de visite, passport photo
• Splitter: Divide a photo into multiple parts
• Screen Capture: Capture your screenshot and save it
• Color Picker: Zoom in screen on images, search and pick the color
• Rename: Change photo file names in batch mode
• Raw Converter: Convert RAW to JPG

Size: 14.08 MB
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Defraggler 1.05.111

From everyone here at Piriform, the company that brought you CCleaner and Recuva... we now bring you a file defragmentation tool... Defraggler! It differs from other defrag tools on the market, by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to, without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the file and defragment in seconds. No more struggling with the Windows defragmentation tool!  Features of Defraggler  Defrag Individual Files Compact and Portable Vista Support Locate Files on the Drive Freeware And remember like all Piriform products, Defraggler is completely free for both corporate and individual use. Size: 701 KB Download from here.

AbiWord V2.6.5

AbiWord is a cross-platform word processor with support for tables, images, equations etc.

AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for a variety of word processing activities and supports a number of document types including Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Open Document (OpenOffice.org), Office Open XML (MS Word 2007), RTF, HTML, Palm and more. It includes both grammar and spelling checkers as well as an array of other handy features including mail merge capabilities. It also has a plugin system allowing you to add features with available add-on plugins.

AbiWord is GNU Free Software, which means that you will always have the freedom to use it, make copies of it, and improve it. You are encouraged to make use of these freedoms and share the program with your family and friends!

• Multi Platform
• Interoperable with MS Word, RTF, OpenOffice, WordPerfect
• Advanced Document Layout
• Multi language versions
• Mail Merge
• Extensible Plugin Architecture

Size: 5.95 MB

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Pixillion 2.20

Pixillion image file conversion software is a free image converter program for Windows. It can convert image files between gif, jpg, png, pdf and more. Before converting your file Pixillion allows you to view the image within the application as well as displaying the current file parameters.

With Pixillion you can quickly and easily convert your image files into formats you need to host on web sites, reduce file size for sending via email or to quickly convert to the image format needed for other software applications.

Pixillion is completely free. 

Features

• Converts images between many different file formats.
• Batch converts thousands of files at once.
• Adjustable quality encoder options for jpeg and pdf.
• PDF encoding has the extra option of choosing between page formats of A4, Letter or Legal.
• Load images directly from a CD, Windows folder or drag and drop them straight into the application.
• View your images and format information before converting.
• Overlay your converted images with your own watermark.
• Add text captions to converted images.
• Preview images in full size.
• Integrates with the Express Burn Disc Burning Software to save your photos and images to CD or DVD.
• Supports command line automation.
• Combine with PhotoStage Slideshow creator to produce slideshows.
• Edit with PhotoPad Picture Editor to crop, resize, add effects and more.
• Pixillion can be added to your right click menu for easy access from within Windows Explorer.

Supported File Formats:

Pixillion will convert from any of these formats:

• .png, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp, .jp2, .psd, .tga, .pcx, .tif, .tiff, .wbmp, .ras, .pgf, .ppm, .dng, .raf, .crw, .cr2, .kdc, .dcr, .mrw, .nef, .orf, .ptx, .pef, .arw, .srf, .x3f, .erf, .mef, .mos, .raw, .r3d.

To any of these formats:

• .png, .gif, .jpg, .bmp, .pdf, .jp2, .psd, .tga, .pcx, .tif, .wbmp, .ras, .pgf, .ppm.

Size: 186 KB
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TrueCrypt 6.1a

Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux.

TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted drive. On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password or correct encryption key. Until decrypted, a TrueCrypt volume appears to be nothing more than a series of random numbers. The entire file system is encrypted (i.e., file names, folder names, contents of every file, and free space).

This software is highly recommended for securing data on laptops.

Size: 3 MB
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VMware Player 2.5.1

VMware Player lets you evaluate new or pre-release software contained in virtual machines, without any installation or configuration hassles. You can also share existing virtual machines with colleagues or friends just use VMware Player to run any virtual machine.

A virtual machine is a computer defined in software. It's like running a PC on your PC. VMware Player runs any virtual machine created by VMware Workstation, GSX Server or ESX Server. VMware Player also supports Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disk formats.

• Copy and paste. Copy text and files between the virtual machine and the host PC.
• Drag and drop. Drag and drop files between a Windows host PC and a Windows virtual machine.
• Integrated Google Search. VMware Player includes Google search capabilities, fully integrated for conveniently searching the web without launching a browser.

Size: 48.73 MB

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7-Zip 4.62 - Update

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.


A light and very fast program for compressing and de-compressing files. It is far better than Winzip & Winrar.

The main features of 7-Zip:

• High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
• Supported formats:
  • Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
  • Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
• For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
• Self-extracting capability for 7z format
• Integration with Windows Shell
• Powerful File Manager
• Plugin for FAR Manager
• Localizations for 69 languages

7-Zip works in Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista. There is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix.

Size: 912 KB
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K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 4.34 - Update

A must have media player and codecs package.

It is free, simple, and can play all audio and video formates. You can take photos by capturing from your video.

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of VFW/ACM codecs, DirectShow filters and tools.


The K-Lite Codec Pack is:

• A user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files.
  
• With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even several less common formats.
• The pack is suitable for both novice and expert users.
• It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.

Size: 18.98 MB
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FileMenu Tools 5.4.1

FileMenu Tools allows you to customise the context menu of Windows Explorer. And it lets you:

• Add some built-in utilities that perform operations on files and folders.
• Add customised commands which run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder or delete specific file types.
• Configure the "Send to..." submenu.
• Enable/disable commands which are added by other applications to the context menu.

Do more with features like -

• Configure built in commands or add customized commands according to the file types you right click on.

• Configure the ‘Send to Menu’ within the FileMenu program.

• A very handy advanced renamer lets you batch rename all files in a folder.

• Synchronize two folders from within Windows Explorer.

• Split-join files and also compresses the parts.

• Find or replace a text for all the files that a selected folder contains.

• Delete only files of a specific type. For example, delete only the ‘.log’ files from the temporary folder.

• Mark locked files (files which are being used by other programs) for deletion with the next system boot.

• Securely shred your files and make them unrecoverable.

• Get a view of folder size through a pie chart.

• Send selected contents as email attachments.

• Add separators and demarcate your right click shortcuts.

These are just some of the utilities packaged inside FileMenu Tools. The greatest advantage beyond the ease of configuration is that the software bundles a lot of disparate utilities in an accessible collection. At an installed size of 6.4 MB and a freeware it’s click worthy.

Size: 5.2 MB
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FormatFactory v 1.65 - Update

FormatFactory is a multifunctional media converter one that converts everything: photos, music and video.

With FormatFactory you'll be able to convert pretty much any media file to other formats, including those used by most portable devices.

To my knowledge, no other program can do what FormatFactory can do.

NB: The new version has Added "All to MP2" method in addition to some other improvements.

It is very easy to use. No need for explanation (self-explanatory) on how to use it.

Provides functions below:

• All to MP4/3GP/MPG/AVI/WMV/FLV/SWF.
• All to MP3//WMA/MMF/AMR/OGG/M4A/WAV.
• All to JPG/BMP/PNG/TIF/ICO/....
• Rip DVD to video file.
• MP4 files support iPod/iPhone/PSP/BlackBerry format.
• Source files support RMVB.

FormatFactory's Feature:

1. Support converting all popular video,audio,picture formats to others.
2. Repair damaged video and audio file.
3. Reducing Multimedia file size.
4. Support iphone, ipod multimedia file formats.
5. Picture converting supports Zoom,Rotate/Flip,tags.
6. DVD Ripper.
7. It supports about 29 languages.
   

Size: 16.5 MB
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Axialis IconWorkshop 6.32

Axialis IconWorkshop is a professional tool for Windows designed to create, edit, extract, convert and manage your icons in a fully integrated workspace.

Vista supports 256x256 PNG compressed icons. Start creating Vista icons today with IconWorkshop.

The future of icon creation No more pixel-by-pixel icon making. Make professional icons in minutes using ready-to-use image objects.

Create icons for Windows and Macintosh IconWorkshop is the only editor to create icons for Windows and Macintosh (up to 256x256 for Tiger). 

It features instant conversions and supports MacBinary file format for easy transfers.

Size: 23.71 MB
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AVG (Antivirus) Free Edition 8.0.176

AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection program.
It gives you basic antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows.

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is only available for single computer use for home and non commercial use.

Highlights include:

• Protection against viruses, spyware, adware and identity-theft
• Automatic update functionality.
• Rreal-time protection as files are opened and programs are run.
• The AVG E-mail Scanner, which protects your e-mail
• The AVG On-Demand Scanner, which allows the user to perform scheduled and manual tests
• Free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product
• AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files.
• Compatible with Windows Vista and Windows XP

Size: 51.6 Mb
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Foxit Reader 3.0.1120

Foxit Reader An exclusive small and fast PDF Reader.

The following is a list of compelling advantages of Foxit Reader:

• Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader is just a fraction of Acrobat Reader 20 M size.
• Breezing-fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc.
• Annotation tool: Have you ever wished to annotate (or comment on) a PDF document when you are reading it? Foxit Reader allows you to draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save the annotated document.
• Text converter: You may convert the whole PDF document into a simple text file.
• High security and privacy: Foxit Reader highly respects the security and privacy of users and will never connect to the Internet without users' permission. While other PDF readers often silently connect to the Internet in the background. Foxit PDF Reader does not contain any spyware.

Size: 3.68 MB

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Spyware Terminator 2.5.0.567 - Update

Spyware Terminator is a free spyware removal tool.

The best thing here is the real-time protection.



Key features:

• Effective Spyware Protection: Spyware Terminator prevents spyware from infecting your computer.
• Free 100% Real-Time Protection: Guards your system and ensures spyware is intercepted before it installs.
• Free Scheduled Scans, Spyware Terminator gives users the ability to schedule spyware scans on a regular basis to ensure computer integrity. Scans can be scheduled on either a daily or a weekly basis at any hour of the day.
• Safe Internet Browsing and SearchWeb Security Guard is one of many useful Crawler Toolbar’s features that displays website reviews and threat level to help prevent users from entering potentially dangerous websites.
• Free Support.
• Free for Personal & Commercial Use.

Size: 631 KB
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Avast! Home Edition 4.8.1296

avast! 4 Home Edition is a complete antivirus solution, fully able to find computer viruses, to create and check the integrity of programs installed, to test executed programs and opened documents, to test and check email and other functions. Scanning is also available in the shell extension and screen server.

Avast! 4 Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus package designed exclusively for home users, non-commercial users.

Size: 27.88 MB

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Moo0 RightClicker 1.26 (Free)

Enhance Your Context Menu

Moo0 RightClicker is a set of enhancements on the context menu (right click menu) of Windows Explorer. It adds many useful functonalities like duplicating current explorer window, open/move to/copy to bookmarked folders, hiding default context menus, and so forth.

The program opens with a notice mentioning a bug in Win XP which causes CPU utilization to spike to 100% temporarily (though, I did not catch any…) under certain usage conditions. It gives the option to turn off some ‘Effects’ in Display Properties. The functions are simple to understand. The free version gives two interface options - Simple and Basic.

Here’s a feature list -

• Copy and move files and folders to bookmarked or standard system folders. Bookmarking often used folders is a nice touch.

• Intelligent copying - using the name, path, or contents of an actual file.

• Sort folder contents by numerous attributes.

• Create a duplicate window. (Access it from the File menu of a folder)

• Preview images.

• Arrange neatly with quick-collapsing menus.

• Delete items permanently bypassing the recycle bin.

Moo0 doesn’t remove any of your earlier customizations but lets you add some more. So it integrates the earlier shell entries you might have made. Un-installation is also safe. The only thing I wish is that could have given me a bit more choice against its default lime green color.

Size: 4.22 MB
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SuperAntiSpyware 4.22.1014 - Update

SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!

SUPERAntiSpyware is free for personal use.

* Quick, Complete and Custom Scanning of Hard Drives, Removable Drives, Memory, Registry, and More!
* Detect and Remove Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, HiJackers and many other types of threats.
* Trust Items and Exclude Folders for complete customization of scanning.
* Light on System Resources and won't slow down your computer like many other anti-spyware products. Won't conflict with your existing anti-spyware or anti-virus solution!
* Multi-Dimensional Scanning detects existing threats as well as threats of the future by analyzing threat characteristics in addition to code patterns.

Size: 5.46 MB
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Maxthon 2.1.5.1250 - Update

An excellent full-featured browser.

Maxthon Browser is a powerful tabbed browser built for all users. Besides basic browsing functionality, Maxthon Browser provides a rich set of features to improve your surfing experience.

Key features:

• Tabbed Browsing; All the web pages are arranged as tabs inside main window to ease your navigation.
• Utilities; You can add shortcuts of your programs in Maxthon, and start them with a single click. You can even set programs to start and shutdown with Maxthon Browser.
• Ad Hunter; Ad Hunter can efficiently clean up the web pages by stopping Popup Windows and removing Ad Content Blocks.
• Super Drag&Drop; Type the keywords in Address Bar then press Enter to perform a search. Or simply drag & drop a keyword with your mouse.
  Click on images when holding the Ctrl key, the image you clicked will be saved to specified folder.
• Undo List; Closed a tab by mistake? There is always a chance to get them back with the Undo List.
• URL Key; Open one or more website with only one key. It suits for lazy guys like me :p
  You can set up the key and url list in Setup Center.


• Screen Capture; Capture Full Screen, Selected Area, Selected Window and Page Content as an image.
• Security Updates; Maxthon Security Updates reduce the risk of certain unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerabilities while browsing.
• Clean Private Data; You can erase all your browsing information easily.
  And you can set up to have them cleaned automatically on exit.
• Skins.
• Plugins.
• Multi-language.

Size: 5.3 MB

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Folder Guide 1.2

Folder Guide is a free handy utility that provides fast access to your frequently used and favorite folders. It can operate as the part of your context menu in your Windows Explorer.

After quick install it will appear in context menus of Windows Explorer and Open/Save dialogs as "Folder Guide" item. With Folder Guide, you no longer need dozens of mouse clicks to navigate to your desired folder. Now reach your favorite folders in just 2 mouse clicks. Select from right click menu "Folder Guide" then click on your desired folder. Folder Guide runs automatically as part of the Windows Explorer context menu, so you will never need to start the program otherwise you want to edit the list of folders. It also works from the desktop, the Start button.

It does NOT contain any Spyware, Adware or Viruses.

Size: 768 KB
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VLC media player 0.9.6 - Update

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

VLC media player can play even broken files.

It doesn't need any external codec or program to work.

• It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs
• It can also be used as a streaming server, with extended features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding, ...

Size: 14 MB
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Launcher 1.6.0

Program launcher to manage shortcuts and launch applications.

Launcher is an easy-to-use file and application shortcut manager that can launch all kinds of files and programs.

Drag-and-drop operations are supported when editing items shown in the Launcher open and launch menu in system tray. 

It is possible to create shortcuts by dragging files from e.g. Windows Desktop and Windows File Explorer followed by dropping them into the Launcher Manage Items configuration window for menus and shortcuts.

One can create an unlimited amount of user defined sub-folders and item shortcuts to documents and applications. Launcher resides in the system tray per default to allow for quick launch of all favourite programs and often used files.

Launcher also supports various user interface options, e.g. customizable program font setup including type and size. 

Size: 1.03 MB

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ClamWin 0.94.1

ClamWin is a Free Antivirus program for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 and Vista.

ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge. It features:

• High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
• Scanning Scheduler;
• Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
• Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
• Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.

Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner, that is, you need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware. 

Size: 24.58 MB

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