Universal Extractor 1.6

Universal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says: extract files from any type of archive, whether it's a simple zip file, an installation program, or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package.  This is still a work in progress (see details below), but so far it's proven quite useful and I feel others can also benefit from it.
I should stress that this application is not intended to be a general purpose archiving program.  It will never replace WinRAR, 7-Zip, etc.  What it will do is allow you to extract files from virtually any type of archive, regardless of source, compression method, etc.  The original motivation behind this project was that I wanted an easy, convenient way to extract files from installation packages, such as Inno Setup or Windows Installer packages, without pulling up a command line every time.  In the process I got a little carried away and ended up throwing in support for every kind of archive format I possibly could find.
Universal Extractor, like most of my Windows programs, is written in AutoIt, a powerful open source scripting language.  Universal Extractor itself, however, is just a front-end that uses many other programs to do the dirty work.

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Detail:

• Publisher: legroom.net
• System Requirements:  WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
• License: Free / Open Source

Download:

• Universal Extractor portable 1.6 here
• Latest Universal Extractor portable  here

Universal Viewer 5.1.0

Universal Viewer is an advanced file viewer with wide range of formats supported. Implemented view modes and corresponding file formats are:

    * Text, Binary, Hex, Unicode: any files, of unlimited size (even 4Gb+ sizes are allowed)

    * RTF, UTF-8: RTF and UTF-8 encoded texts

    * Image: all general graphics formats: BMP JPG GIF PNG TGA TIFF... plus all formats supported by IrfanView/XnView external viewers

    * Multimedia: all formats supported by MS Windows Media Player: AVI MPG WMV MP3...

    * Internet: all formats supported by MS Internet Explorer: HTML PDF XML MHT...

    * Plugins: all formats supported by Total Commander Lister plugins

    * MS Office: all file types of MS Office (if installed): DOC DOCX XLS PPT...

    * Converters: some types can be viewed as plain text: DOC DOCX PDF PPT ODT...

Application is fully Unicode-compatible and can be integrated into Windows Explorer's context menu, so there is no problem to call it from anywhere in Explorer: right-click a file and select the "Universal Viewer" item. It can also be integrated into other popular file managers.

Generally, Universal Viewer is an application similar to Total Commander Lister. But comparing to Lister, it has the following highlights:

    * Built-in functions of several plugins: images, multimedia, webpages view

    * Support for multiple codepages: ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, ISO etc.

    * Support for text converters for DOC, DOCX, ODT, PDF etc.

    * Support for user tools

    * Toolbar, status bar, other interface improvements

    * Auto-reloading of file on changing, "Follow tail" option

    * Displaying of line numbers

    * Displaying of non-printable characters

    * Combined Unicode/Hex mode (call Unicode mode twice)

    * Modern RegEx search library

    * Print preview

    * EXIF viewer

In the Lister plugins section you will find the list of rather good Lister plugins to use in conjunction with UV. These plugins are developed by 3rd parties and are not included into UV installation.

Detail:

• Publisher: UVViewSoft (uvviewsoft.com)
• System Requirements: All Windows
• License: the main application is freeware, the add-on "Navigation Panel" is shareware (requires registration)

Download:

• Universal Viewer portable version 5.1.0 here
• atest  Universal Viewer portable version here

ExtremeCopy: Fast File Copy Utility

ExtremeCopy is a Windows copy file utility which copy and move files and folders extremely fast and operation is simple,it can increase 20% ~ 120% speed up than Windows copy handle. It includs some powerful features such as pause copy process,error recovery and so on but as easy as Windows default copy handle.

Features
- Faster. ExtremeCopy is a utility which copy and move files extremely fast, it will auto optimize speed and resource base on target physical machine,so it will as fast as possible, especially copy big files, it can increase 20% ~ 120% speed up than Windows copy handle.
- Break point. It no need fully copy/move the whole task again if encounter one of files copy fail, ExtremeCopy just pause and insert into failed file list or tell you the problem occure and will not exit task until you choose to close this task. Once the problem fixed, you just only click 'Countiue' button so that ExtremeCopy will copy task from this break point.
- Controllable. You can pause/resume copy process if you need. And remain time will be calculated and display exactly
- Simple. The operation of copy/move files as simple as Windows default copy handle, you no need to do anything once you installed ExtremeCopy which will replace Windows copy handle as default, it will intergrate into Windows Explorer,or if you don't want ExtremeCopy as default then changing this default setting in configuration also well. The User Interface looks simple and friendly.Also you can see more detail of copy data if choose non-simple UI
- Multiple Languages. Support multiple country languages of file name in order to keep original language text of file name
Detail:

• Publisher: Easersoft
• System Requirements: XP / 2003 / VISTA / VISTA64 / Windows 7 32bit / Windows 7 64bit
• License: Free

Download:

• ExtremeCopy portable version 1.5.0 here
• Latest ExtremeCopy portable version here

CDBurnerXP 4.2.3.1110 portable: burn CDs and DVDs for free

CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.

Features

Create Data-CDs/DVDs

    * burn any Data on CD-R/CD-RW/DVD+R/DVD-R/DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM/BD/HD-DVD, including double layer mediums

    * burn mp3-CDs to store many audio files on one single disc

    * create bootable discs

    * verify written Data automatically after burning process

    * use either the internal browser to add your files or the intuitive Drop-Box to drag and drop files directly from any Windows Explorer window

    * save your compilations for creation of backups

    * burn on-the-fly and with buffer-underrun protections

    * import previous (ISO 9660) sessions and edit existing file structure on CD/DVD

    * quick- and full-erase disc

    * copy data discs (possible copy-protection is not bypassed)

    * retrieve recorder and disc information

Create Audio-CDs

    * create Audio-CDs from mp3, wav, ogg, flac and wma files

    * add single or multiple tracks from existing audio-CDs directly to your new compilation without ripping tracks before (add cda-files)

    * play audio-files with integrated audio player

    * gapless audio-CDs supported (disc-at-once-mode)

    * import M3U or WPL playlists

    * support for ReplayGain

    * import CUE sheets

    * create mixed-mode discs

ISO features

    * burn ISO files to CD

    * create your own ISO files

    * convert bin- and nrg-files to ISO

    * save CDs/DVDs as ISO file to disc

Other features

    * Simple cover printing feature for data- and audio-discs

    * LightScribe integration

    * Command line version

    * supports most IDE, USB, Firewire and SCSI drives

    * integrated option to enable access to drive for restricted users

    * multi-language interface

    * online update

Detail:

• Publisher: Impressum
• System Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Wine on Linux/UNIX
• License: Free / Open Source

Download:

• CDBurnerXP version 4.2.3.1110 portable here
• Latest CDBurnerXP version here
  

FreeCommander 2009.02 Portable: easy-to-use windows file manager

FreeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager with lots of advanced and helpful features. It's packaged as a portable app so you can bring it anywhere.
Features
    * Dual-panel technology - horizontal and vertical
    * Tabbed interface
    * Optional tree view for each panel
    * Built in file viewer to view files in hex, binary, text or image format
    * File viewer inside archives too
    * Built in archive handling: ZIP (read, write), CAB (read, write), RAR (read)
    * Nested archive handling
    * Built in FTP client
    * Easy access to system folders, control panel, desktop and start menu
    * Copy, move, delete, rename files and folders
    * Multi rename tool
    * Wipe files
    * Create and verify MD5 checksums
    * File splitting
    * File properties and context menu
    * Calculation of folder size
    * Folder comparison / synchronization
    * Modification of file date and attributes
    * Folder / program favorites
    * File searching (inside archive too)
    * File filters for display
    * User defined columns for detailed view
    * DOS command line
    * Multiple language support 
Detail:

• Publisher: freecommander.com
• System Requirements: 2000/XP/Vista/7 
• License: Free
  

Download:

• FreeCommander Portable version 2009.02 here
• Latest FreeCommander Portable version here

µTorrent 1.8.4 Portable: Compact BitTorrent client with expansive capabilities

uTorrent has quickly become a favorite among torrent users worldwide thanks to an innovative interface, minute CPU usage and extensive download details.

The program is undoubtedly one of the most reliable torrent clients on the market, thanks to an ultra quick installation process and a minimal use of PC resources. You can have a good number of torrents downloading and still be able to use your PC without suffering any lags.


The interface is simple to use and is divided into the list of torrents and extensive details like peer data, download and upload speeds, file pieces and blocks, or a graph of your current speeds. In an attempt to help you structure all your torrents, the application allows you to set labels to your individual downloads. You can also view the torrents according to whether they are downloading, completed, active or inactive. If you download a good deal of torrents at a time this is a good way of keeping track of the progress of them all. Furthermore, you can easily set up the web interface for uTorrent, which allows you to check your torrents from any PC connected to the internet. All you need is to have one PC taking care of the downloads and set up access to the interface of your uTorrent session.

uTorrent makes it easy for you to look for new downloads without opening up your browser. You can search the main torrent sites by typing the name of the file you are looking for in the box on the top right corner of the interface. uTorrent also includes an RSS downloader to receive feeds of your favourite torrent sites. This little feature is great to check out all new torrents in one click.

The first time you launch uTorrent it lets you check your connection settings online and verify whether your ports are functioning properly. The preferences menu is also replete with tweaking possibilities. You can customize queuing, scheduling and downloading. Setting the location of downloaded files is the only bit that could confuse users as uTorrent makes a difference between new downloads and completed downloads.

You might have guessed it, here at Softonic we have a soft spot for uTorrent. Not only does the mini torrent client use up very little memory, it also comes with loads of information and customization features to make your downloading experience as simple and automated as possible. If you’re tired of the bandwidth hogging Azureus or bored of the basic Bittorrent client, check out uTorrent.
Languages:
English, Spanish, German, French, Arabic, Catalan, Chinese Simp, Chinese Trad, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Euskera, Finnish, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese BR, Russian, Swedish, Turkish

OS requirements for uTorrent: Win98/98SE/Me/2000/NT/XP/2003/Vista/7

(Review by softonic.com)

Download:

• µTorrent 1.8.4 Portable here 
• Latest µTorrent Portable here
  

HJSplit 2.4: Easily split and join large files

HJSplit - An application that can split/join files, calculate their checksum and compare them

HJSplit is developed to help you split files of any type and size. It can split and join files larger than 10 Gb. It can also be used to compare files and as a checksum calculator.

HJSplit can also assist you in creating backups of very large (multi-gigabyte) files. Just split a 10 Gb file into smaller 640 Mb parts, and burn them to CD's using standard CD-writing software. Restoring these files can be done using HJSplit as well, using the 'join' function.

 

Home page: http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit

 Download:

•  HJSplit version 2.4: here 
• Latest HJSplit version: here
  

Toucan 2.1.2: sync, backup and secure, all in one place

Toucan is a custom built portable app for advanced users to synchronise, backup and encrypt their data, wherever they are.
Features
Toucan is a small utility allowing you to synchronise, backup and secure your data with more options than the built in suite utilities. It is split up into 7 tabs, allowing you to easily find the function that you want. This version features:

    * Four synchronisation modes, copy, update, mirror and equalise.
    * Backup and restore in industry standard zip and 7-zip files, with support for complete backups, updating existing backups and differential backups, as well as restoring files from an archive.
    * AES-256 encryption using ccrypt
    * Command line support, allows you to create a batch file for repeated jobs
    * Variables, point to places on you USB drive no matter what its drive letter is

Details

    * Publisher: PortableApps.com (Steve Lamerton)
    * Date updated: 2009-07-29
     * System Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Wine

 Download Toucan 2.12 here