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Portable Freeware.
These utilities have been created so that they do not require an installation to run. This makes them portable which means they can be carried around on a
USB flash drive, CD or DVD and then run on different machines without the need to be installed first.
There are no runtime libraries required to be
installed first unless specified otherwise.
These freeware utilities do not contain spy-ware or ad-ware of any kind.
System Utilities
System Spec is a utility that produces a detailed specification of your computer's hardware, software and capabilities. The main details are laid out in a nice easy to read form style. The details can be saved, printed and exported.
Drive Manager continually monitors the space available of all of your drive letters and displays detailed information about each drive as well as providing easy access to drive related tools and functions. It can also be used to hide drives so there are not visible in windows explorer. Drive Manager can also create substitute drive letters for local folders. Drive Manager makes it quick and easy to differentiate between a number of similar drives.
The purpose of this utility is to detect the optical drive's (CD / DVD drives) Read/Write capabilities. When looking at the front of a computer which is not your own it is often difficult to tell whether the optical drive installed is either a CD ROM, CD Writer, CD Rewriter, DVD ROM, CD Rewriter + DVD Combo, DVD/CD Rewriter etc.
The utility allows you to recover you CD key for Windows for the purposes of reinstalling / repairing your Windows setup.
Have information and control over your open windows and running processes.
Database Tools
MDB Viewer allows you to view, edit, query and search Access MDB and Accdb files. It has a tabbed interface for switching between tables. It can also handle workgroup files when opening MDB files. Data can be imported and exported to a number of different formats. Tables can be sorted and filtered. This tool is useful for software developers who are using an Access database as their backend database for their software.
A useful utility for software and database developers to simply retrieve a field list from a selected table within an ADO compatible database.
DBF Viewer Plus is another database viewer very similar to MDB Viewer Plus. It can view, edit, import and export DBF files. Tables can be searched and filtered by field values. Data can be imported and export to and from a number of different file formats.
A portable Paradox database table viewer similar to MDB Viewer Plus and DBF Viewer Plus but more basic. No additional drivers or installations are necessary.
Development Tools
Picks colours from the screen or the colour dialog and displays them in different formats such as HTML, Delphi, Visual Basic, C++, RGB and HSL.
A utility for testing SMTP settings.
A simple tool to quickly create gradient images for use on websites and software user interfaces.
A portable editor for editing, validating, formatting and viewing with syntax highlighting XML files.
Text Deduplicator Plus is a utility for de-duplicating lines in a text file.
Miscellanious Utilities
Chronometask is a cool looking digital timer, a bit like an oven timer. When the time is up it can execute a program, display a message, sound an audible alarm or even shutdown Windows. The time can be repeated in a loop so that a task can be performed hourly for example.
A simple freeware downloadable VAT calculator.
A portable utility for viewing your URL history.
A portable network IP address scanner. It can scanning using two different modes; fast and thorough.
Word Density Seizer is a free tool for calculating word density and counting words in text.
A utility for viewing digital photos and the exif data and camera settings stored within the photos.
There are currently 66 portable utilities under development for this website. Be sure to check back regularly for updates.