Third Party Software

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Free software worth having:

PDF-XChange Viewer is a free alternative to Adobe Reader. Allow markups to documents.

Q-Dir is a dual (or quad) pane Explorer replacement.

FreeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager. It allows a dual pane arrangement (with tabs) and has more built in features than Q-Dir. The new version FreeCommander XE looks very promising. To run FreeCommander XE as a portable app, create a blank text file named 'freecommander.ini' in the application folder.

Karen's Directory Printer is a useful tool for printing folder contents. After installing, replace the DirPrn.exe file with this one (DirPrn.exe). It includes updates to remember the last tab opened and adds an option to print without the print dialog showing.

Notepad++ is a replacement for Notepad. Allows multiple documents to be open at the same time. Search and replace across multiple files.

MyDefrag is a good hard disk defragmenter. Can be used as a screensaver to perform daily defragmentation.

Free DWG Viewer from Brava is much faster loading drawings than AutoCAD or TrueView.

SUMo automatically checks for new versions of most programs by checking them against other SUMo users. Download the Lite version which does not contain RK spyware.

Avast! Free Antivirus is a free real time antivirus program.

Proxy Switcher is a small tray icon utility that allows automatic detection of whether Windows and Mozilla Firefox should use a proxy server for Internet access. Great for switching between office and home networks.

Mz CPU Accelerator is an application that automatically changes the priority of the foreground window, by allocating more CPU power to the currently active application (program-game). Automatically de-allocates CPU priority when a new active application is selected.

Office Tabs is a a powerful office addin to view, edit and manage documents, workbooks or presentations etc via a Tabbed View in Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010.

 iPrint is the best FinePrint freeware alternative, prints 2 or 4 pages on a single sheet of paper.

 PicPick is an all-in-one program that provides full-featured screen capture tool, intuitive image editor, color picker, color palette, pixel ruler, protractor, crosshair and even whiteboard. PicPick is portable.

 Listary allows you to access your favorite folders and recent documents instantly from any application. Folders and files you need are always at your fingertips and you can jump from one deeply nested entry to another, you no longer need to navigate in and out through long paths in My Computer.

Software worth having that we would like to be free:

Directory Opus is probably the best Explorer replacement there is.