Small and fast
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there is a one small app that I'm using everyday
Clover
http://ejie.meit is extension for windows explorer that ads tabs in google chrome style…
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3D - Blender
For me Blender does not really qualify as "small", and if your hardware is not up to date it is not even really fast. IMHO it is quite a big beast.
Compared to other 3d modeling/sculpting tools/game engines it's very small and fast and even with that small size it is feature rich.
Another interesting tool is Notepad2 - a great replacement for the standard notepad in windows. UniExtract is also a handy tool.
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Small and fast converter that converts almost any audio and video format to almost any other.
Don't worry about the German language homepage, the tool itself comes with Deutsch, English, Français, Italiano, Japanese language files included. Available as portable too.
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There is one more app that i forget to mention, Everything(voidtools) - instant search tool.
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ExamDiff is an easy to use freeware to compare two text files for differences. I find it useful for editing INI files, XML files, or plain text files.
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I worked for Symantic when they owned Norton and still have a copy of Norton Commander for Windows and OS/2. For DOS I used Xtree Gold.
Xtree gold… I loved Xtree.... That and sidekick were my best friends in the 80's......
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-MusicBee (http://getmusicbee.com/)
-GreenShot (mentioned above - really like it but its not as portable as FSCapture is)
-Autoruns (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx)
-FreeCommanderXE (www.freecommander.com) it really surprises me that nobody mentioned it, IMHO its like OperaPresto in the filemanagement section (portable, highly customizable, useful features…)
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WinRAR (love your files? love recovery records)
http://www.rarlab.com
Irfanview (if it does not do it, you don't need it to)
http://www.irfanview.com
RIOT (powerful image optimisation made easy)
http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/
XMPlay (portable, accurate and massive format support)
http://www.un4seen.com
Exact Audio Copy (does what it says on the tin and can recover scratched CDs)
http://www.exactaudiocopy.deMedia Player Classic - Black Edition (these are perfect for XP users)
Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (see my blog about these 2)
https://vivaldi.net/blogs/entry/streaming-video
FFDShow gives you many CoDecs in 1
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/ffdshow.htm
Real and QuickTime Alternatives
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htmSystem Tools
nLite Deployment Tool will make a smaller faster Windows http://www.nliteos.com
Everything from the huge NirSoft collection http://www.nirsoft.net
Cacheman from http://www.outertech.com will tame and fix many windows issues making it faster.
Partition Wizard from http://www.minitool.ca is powerful and easy to use.
Unstoppable Copier (and more) from http://www.roadkil.net
Speedfan from http://www.almico.com advanced cooling and clocking options.
PC Wizard from http://www.cpuid.com will reveal the mysteries of any PC
Defraggler http://www.piriform.com/defraggler/builds or http://www.auslogics.com for 2 excellent portable derframenters
Powerstrip from http://www.entechtaiwan.com allows you to configure any GFX card or monitor and make custom installer files
Jv16 PowerTools from http://www.macecraft.com comes in several sizes, and is the only registry cleaner worth using.
X-Setup Pro (now free) is still the best Windows tuner and you can add your own registry tweaks. http://www.x-setup.net
Startup Monitor and Startup Control Panel from http://www.mlin.net are both useful for stopping things running that you don't wantI'm going to stop now, as I could go on forever :whistle:
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Text Editor: SciTE
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i've always liked winpatrol.
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These programs have changed the way I use a PC - all are current, small and fast:
Everything - www.voidtools.com - instant incremental file search. Get in the habit of naming files descriptively and it's amazing
Autohotkey - www.autohotkey.com - Windows scripting, keyboard/mouse macros, text autoreplace, very powerful
Total Commander - www.ghisler.com - two-pane file manager, stable and a great interface -
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foobar2000 was my audio player of choice for a long time before I used spotify (my poor RAM); its small, fast, and does not have some stupid "cool" interface like pretty much every other player. Oh, and did I mention that the tagging support is superb?
yes, i use foobar on my more powerful system, but on my weaker laptop i use XMPlay portable. i've never tried spotify, i'll have to take a peek.
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