Top 10 Freeware - November 2009

Top 10 Freeware
(November 2009)

Programs listed alphabetically

Bart
Version 2.15, release date: November 21, 2009
Bart is a file and folder backup tool, which transfers changes from multiple source directory trees to destination trees. When run, it will copy any files which have changed since the last run, bringing the destination up to date with the source in an efficient way, copying only files required.
Screenshot | Download (50 kB)

FastStone Photo Resizer
Version 2.9, release date: November 27, 2009
FastStone Photo Resizer is an image converter / resizer intended to enable users to convert, rename, resize, crop, rotate, change color depth, add text and watermarks to images in a quick and easy batch mode. Drag and Drop mouse operation is well supported.
- Convert and Rename images in batch mode
- Support JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF and JPEG2000
- Resize, crop, change color depth, apply color effects, add text, watermark and border effects
- Rename images with sequential number
- Support folder/non-folder structure
- Load and save settings
- And much more...
Screenshot | Download (portable 1.38 MB)

FixWin
Version 1.1, release date: November 28, 2009
FixWin is a freeware portable application to repair and fix common Windows annoyances and issues.
The solutions to repair and fix 50 common Windows annoyances, issues and problems have been categorized under 5 tabs, viz: Windows Explorer, Internet and Connectivity, Windows Media, System Tools and Misc Additional Fixes
Download (127 kB)

MSE Update Utility
Version 1.1, release date: November 28, 2009
MSE Update Utility is a simple app that updates Microsoft Security Essentials when Windows Update is disabled. Windows Update service is responsible for frequently updating MSE. But once it is disabled via Group Policy Editor, MSE won’t update anymore.
Screenshot | Download (555 kB zip)

MyUninstaller
Version 1.55, release date: November 12, 2009
MyUninstaller is an alternative utility to the standard Add/Remove applet of Windows operating system. It displays the list of all installed application, and allows you to uninstall an application, delete an uninstall entry, and save the list of all installed applications into a text file or HTML file. MyUninstaller also provides additional information for most installed applications that the standard Add/Remove applet doesn't display: product name, company, version, uninstall string, installation folder and more.
Screenshot | Download (44 kB)

Paint.NET
Version 3.5.1, release date: November 19, 2009
Paint.NET is free image editing and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools
It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple tool for photo and image editing.
The programming language used to create Paint.NET is C#, with a small amount of C++ for installation and shell-integration related functionality.
Minimum System Requirements: Windows XP (SP2 or later), Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 (SP1 or later), NET Framework 2.0.
Screenshot | Download (4.8 MB)

RedCrab
Version 1.01, release date: November 29, 2009
RedCrab is a calculator with a full-screen editor. The mathematical expressions are not typed in a typical command line, but can be enter in the editor window. RedCrab display the result either under or next to the expression. The handling is easier than conventional calculators.
Screenshot | Download (981 kB)

Replicator
Version 3.6.8, release date: November 28, 2009
Automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives! Karen's Replicator copies selected files from one drive/folder to another. Source and Destination folders can reside anywhere on your network.
Options include repeated copies at intervals as short as a few minutes, or as long as several months, copy only files that have changed, and the replication of folder and file deletions.
New features allow you to specify which files should not be copied, and also which days a file should be skipped!
Screenshot | Download (2.04 MB)

SearchMyFiles
Version 1.30, release date: November 25, 2009
SearchMyFiles is an alternative to the standard 'Search For Files And Folders' module of Windows. It allows you to easily search files in your system by wildcard, by last modified/created/last accessed time, by file attributes, by file content (text or binary search), and by the file size. SearchMyFiles allows you to make a very accurate search that cannot be done with Windows search. For Example: You can search all files created in the last 10 minutes with size between 500 and 700 bytes.
Screenshot | Download (52 kB)

Sumatra PDF
Version 1.0.1, release date: November 28, 2009
Sumatra PDF is a slim, free, open-source PDF viewer for Windows. Sumatra has a minimalistic design. Simplicity has a higher priority than a lot of features.
It's small and starts up very fast. It's designed for portable use: it's just one file with no external dependencies so you can easily run it from external USB drive.
Download (1.16 MB zip)

October 2009