best feature is the 'scrap container', which is like a virtual folder that you can fill with references to files. pro portable costs $40 but it's well worth the money. the basic version is free but it's not portable. Xplorer2 Pro Portable - not freeware unfortunately. oh and the live search is amazing, no need to even bring up the window, just make sure Billy is focussed and start typing. also scrobbles to last.fm, supports customizable global hotkeys, and has a tiny footprint. that way if i want to browse or shuffle, i just run Billy, but if i just want an album, i open an mp3. it saves the list when you exit though, so i load my whole song library, exit, then make the default playlist read-only. newest beta is great, just open an mp3 in your file browser, and Billy loads all the songs in the folder to a playlist. all without toughing your mouseīilly - the perfect mp3 player. run macros, scripts, batch files, control your media player. Launchy - can't live without this one! more than a program launcher, it can launch internet queries at any site, it can run programs with command line switches, it can browse deep into your directory to open folders.
Image Capture - FSCapture - last freeware version, low footprint, large range of options Imaging: IrfanView - portable (not stealth), handles very large graphics, fast Installer: Smart Install Maker - easy!, good for compiling batch files PIM: MemPad - very intuitive, matches my freeform way of thinking and organizationīackup: SyncExp - very easy exceptions and specification lists, small, portable PDF Reader: Foxit PDF Reader: best alternative to Adobe yet PDF Tools: pdftkBuilder (with pdftk) - small, portable, very versatile Don't have to think about it.īookMark Keeper: TrayURL - small, portable, ini file (read: text), Is portable document organizer (not limited to broswers) Start menu: PStart - small, portable, entries in xml (read: text) Am an old McAfee guru in the old days, bit it slows too much.Īudio: STP - minimalist, portable, use only for relaxingīrowser: Firefox - Addons, security, faster, themes, etc.Ĭleaning: CCleaner - Small, fast, portable and it works really well.įile Defrag: jkDefrag - Simple, intuitive enough, background defraggingįile Transfer: none - do not do production downloading Anti-Virus: Norton - Tired of being uncertain.