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Index Your Files

Index Your Files is a fast and efficient Windows search utility designed to quickly locate files across your local drives and network shares. Featuring an indexed search approach, it delivers near-instant results even on large datasets. Its portability and low resource usage make it a convenient tool for both casual and advanced users, offering advanced features like regex support and content searching.

Extremely fast search results due to indexing.
File Searching
File Management Network & Admin
DupKiller

DupKiller

Free

DupKiller is a discontinued utility designed to locate and remove duplicate files and images on your computer. It offers a user-friendly interface with features like image preview and advanced search options to help free up disk space.

Effective at finding duplicate files based on content.
Duplicate File Finder
OS & Utilities Photos & Graphics
ZScreen

ZScreen

Open Source

ZScreen, also known as ShareX, is a powerful open-source screen capture and file sharing utility for Windows. It allows users to capture areas of their screen, annotate images, and automatically upload them to various online services. While officially discontinued under the 'ZScreen' name, the project lives on as ShareX.

Highly customizable workflow and hotkeys.
Capture Screen / Take screenshots
Photos & Graphics
uBlock

uBlock

Open Source

uBlock is a powerful, yet lightweight, content blocker available as a browser extension for various platforms. It effectively blocks ads, trackers, and malware sites, enhancing privacy and improving browsing speed. Although currently discontinued, its effectiveness and open-source nature made it a popular choice for users seeking a cleaner web experience.

Highly effective at blocking ads and trackers.
Built-in Ad-blocker
Security & Privacy Web Browsers
Benubird PDF

Benubird PDF was a document organizer designed to help users manage their PDF collections efficiently. It offered features like tagging, metadata management, and integration with office suites to streamline document workflow and search.

Robust tagging system for flexible organization
Tagging
Office & Productivity
Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer was a discontinued graphical web browser developed by Microsoft, included as part of Windows operating systems. It provided basic web browsing capabilities and was the default browser for many Windows users for years.

Bundled with Windows - readily available.
Multiple languages
Web Browsers
MWSnap

MWSnap

Free

MWSnap is a discontinued yet reliable and lightweight freeware utility designed for capturing screenshots of various sections of the Windows desktop. It offers multiple capture modes, basic editing tools like annotations, and the ability to save images in various formats.

Completely free to use.
Capture Screen / Take screenshots
Photos & Graphics
Ember

Ember

Commercial

Ember was a discontinued Mac application designed for collecting and organizing web pages, screenshots, and images. It offered browser extensions for easy capture and a distraction-free interface for browsing and organization.

Effortless web page and desktop screenshot capture with browser extensions.
Google Chrome extension
Photos & Graphics Web Browsers
Proxomitron

Proxomitron is a highly customizable, discontinued web filtering proxy designed for advanced users looking to control web content extensively. It allows users to block ads, pop-ups, and other unwanted elements, modify web pages, and manage privacy through rule-based filtering.

Extremely high level of customization through rule-based filtering.
Scripting
Development
Windows XP

Windows XP

Commercial

Windows XP was a widely used personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft. Released in 2001, it was known for its stability, user-friendly interface, and significant improvements over its predecessors, becoming a dominant force in the desktop OS market for many years.

Stable and reliable NT kernel architecture
Operating system
OS & Utilities
Polipo

Polipo

Open Source

Polipo is a small, fast, and reliable caching and forwarding web proxy that aims to improve browsing speed and efficiency. It's designed for personal use or small networks, offering features like caching, advertisement blocking, and filtering.

Significantly improves web browsing speed through caching.
Block ads
Security & Privacy Web Browsers
Adblock Edge

Adblock Edge

Open Source

Adblock Edge was a browser extension designed to block advertisements within web pages. Primarily focused on Microsoft Edge (formerly Project Spartan), it aimed to provide users with a cleaner, faster browsing experience by preventing the loading of various ad formats.

Blocks various ad formats effectively.
Firefox extension
Web Browsers
Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker is a free, user-friendly video editing software from Microsoft, ideal for beginners and casual users to create simple videos and slideshows on Windows systems.

Incredibly easy to use for beginners.
Non linear editor
Video & Movies
Gnome Do

Gnome Do

Open Source

GNOME Do is a powerful and extensible application launcher for Linux, designed to quickly launch applications, search files, and perform various actions via a simple keystroke interface, enhancing user workflow efficiency on the GNOME desktop environment and beyond.

Extensive functionality via plugins.
Program Launchers
OS & Utilities
DuckLink Screen Capture

DuckLink Screen Capture was a versatile and user-friendly screen capture utility for Windows. It allowed users to quickly capture, annotate, edit, and share screenshots. While now discontinued, it was known for its strong feature set including scrolling capture, built-in editor, and automatic upload options, offering a comprehensive solution for various screen capture needs.

Comprehensive set of capture options including scrolling capture.
Capture Screen / Take screenshots
Photos & Graphics
Launchy

Launchy

Open Source

Launchy is a discontinued yet highly efficient open-source keystroke application launcher for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It allows users to quickly open programs, documents, and perform searches by typing their names, significantly speeding up workflow.

Extremely fast application and file launching.
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
File Management OS & Utilities
Kifi

Kifi

Free

Kifi was a collaborative bookmarking tool designed to help teams organize, share, and discover web pages. By creating a full-text index of shared content and integrating with popular communication platforms like Slack and Google, Kifi made finding relevant links easier and fostered team knowledge sharing.

Full-text search of saved web pages dramatically improves discoverability.
Browser based app
News & Books Office & Productivity Social & Communications Web Browsers
MozBackup

MozBackup

Open Source

MozBackup is a no-cost utility designed to back up profiles of Mozilla applications such as Firefox, Thunderbird, and Sunbird. It offers a straightforward method for preserving user data, including bookmarks, emails, passwords, extensions, and configurations.

Easy to use interface
Backup
Backup & Sync Web Browsers
Chyrp

Chyrp

Open Source

Chyrp is a remarkably lightweight and flexible blogging engine known for its flat-file architecture and modular design. Ideal for users seeking a fast, simple, and highly customizable platform without the overhead of a traditional database.

Extremely lightweight and fast due to flat-file architecture.
Lightweight
Development Social & Communications
MOLOME

MOLOME

Free

MOLOME was a mobile application designed for seamless photo sharing directly from your smartphone. It offered a range of photo effects and filters, enabling users to enhance their images before sharing them with friends and on popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter. MOLOME focused on making mobile photo sharing easy and visually appealing.

Simplified photo sharing process.
Photo effects
Photos & Graphics Social & Communications
Microsoft Security Essentials

Microsoft Security Essentials was a free, lightweight anti-malware program developed by Microsoft to protect users against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Designed for Windows, it provided essential security features on a minimalistic interface.

Completely free to use.
Lightweight
Security & Privacy
Ad-Aware

Ad-Aware

Free Personal

Ad-Aware, while discontinued, was a notable player in internet security, primarily recognized for its robust anti-spyware capabilities. It provided essential protection against various forms of malware, including adware, spyware, and rootkits, aiming to safeguard user privacy and system integrity.

Historically effective against spyware and adware.
Spyware
Security & Privacy
Windows Vista

Windows Vista

Commercial

Windows Vista was a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system, following Windows XP. It introduced a redesigned user interface, enhanced security features, and updated core technologies. Intended to be a significant leap forward, it aimed to be more secure and visually appealing than its predecessor.

Introduced the visually appealing Aero interface.
Operating system
OS & Utilities
Norton AntiVirus

Norton AntiVirus

Commercial

Norton AntiVirus was a robust anti-malware solution designed to protect personal computers from a wide range of online threats, including viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It featured real-time protection and several advanced detection methods.

Strong malware detection rates
Spyware
Security & Privacy
Virtuter

Virtuter

Free

Virtuter was a platform designed to consolidate your online presence into a single, dynamic digital card, making it easy to share your professional and social profiles with others. It aimed to simplify networking in the digital age.

Consolidated online presence with one shareable link.
Social network
Office & Productivity Social & Communications
Windows 2000

Windows 2000

Commercial

Windows 2000 is a professional operating system developed by Microsoft, bridging the gap between the consumer-focused Windows 9x series and the server-centric Windows NT line. It was designed for business environments, emphasizing stability, security, and networking capabilities.

Significantly more stable than Windows 9x.
Operating system
OS & Utilities
NetStumbler

NetStumbler is a classic Windows tool designed for discovering and analyzing WLANs adhering to the 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g standards. It helps users identify available wireless networks, assess signal strength, and detect basic network information.

Simple and easy to use interface.
Network Tools
Network & Admin
CubicExplorer

CubicExplorer

Open Source

CubicExplorer is a feature-rich file manager designed as a replacement for Windows Explorer, offering tabbed browsing, dual-pane support, built-in tools like a text editor and file preview, and extensive customization options for enhanced file management.

Efficient tabbed and dual-pane interface.
Built-in Text editor
File Management
BusyFlow

BusyFlow

Free

BusyFlow was a cloud-based workspace designed to integrate and streamline various productivity and collaboration applications into a single interface, facilitating team collaboration and workflow management.

Integrated various cloud productivity and collaboration tools into one interface...
Collaborative
Backup & Sync Business & Commerce Office & Productivity
JauntePE

JauntePE

Open Source

JauntePE facilitates the creation of portable versions of software applications, enabling them to run without requiring installation on the host system. It achieves this through process virtualization and sandboxing technologies, isolating the application from the underlying operating system and preventing modifications.

Enables running software without installation.
Portable
Network & Admin
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