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Software Reviews by Shodan816

The reviews and opinions below are posted by SnapFiles visitors. They do not necessarily reflect our opinion, and they are solely based upon the experience of individual users.

XYplorer

Author of xyplorer doesn't know when to stop

XYplorer is a fantastic file explorer on steroids. However, for at least 10 years, the 'updatesimprovements' have only affected about 110 of 1 of users, yet the author refuses to simply 'end of life it' and find another application to work on. I'm using V14.80.0200 from over 10 years ago. It's megabytes smaller than today's latest versions and still does more than what 99.9999 of people use a file explorer for. Price: Free Trial ($40.00)

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XMedia Recode

This was a fantastic media recoder

The latest versions of this software seem to take forever to load for one reason or another. I use V3.4.4.8 and it does virtually everything. Later versions exhibit the startup problem. Price: Free

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Bat To Exe Converter

Still the best bat to exe converter.

Have used this gem for years and my only suggestion for improvement is to have the EXE file name mimic the BAT file name automatically, as it used to in past editions. Most BAT files are already named for the application they will be converted to and that feature was a great time saver. Please add an option to allow the EXE file name to be created from the BAT file name. Price: Free

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JPEG Saver

Absolutely the best!

Been using this beauty for many years - all the way back to Windows 98! It's the best screensaver for displaying your photos, period. The fact that it's free is simply icing on the cake. Price: Free

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SyncBack Free

One fantastic piece of freeware

This is the best program for backing up precisely what you want backed up and ignoring what you don't. I've been using SyncBack for many years and stick with V5.20 on my Win 7 PC. Beginning with V6.0, the footprint of this utility began growing like a mushroom. Since V5.20 does everything I want and need it to do, I simply don't upgrade. Price: Free

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Text Speaker

The price is the issue

"Balabolka" is free, and it's great. Price: Free Trial ($29.95)

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Adobe Flash Player

It's great!

How anyone could rate this software anything but "Excellent" is beyond me. It works flawlessly and installationupgrade to the latest versions is always quick, smooth and painless. Price: Free

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SoundVolumeView

Simple and efficient

Like all of Nir Sofer's other utilities, it's simple, requires no installation and works like a charm. Price: Free

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DriveLetterView

It does exactly what it's intended to do

Occupying well under 100K (yes, K) of disk space and 100 portable (meaning NO writing to the registry or folder other than it's own,) this little gem is by far the fastest and easiest way to show and manipulate your device drive letters. Thank you Nir Sofer! Price: Free

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Advanced BAT to EXE Converter

One of the very best bat converters

I have been using this BAT to EXE converter for several years now and it is great. Write your batch file and then convert it to an executable, with several options available, including the ability to run the EXE file invisibly and to include a range of file information. Best of all, it's easy to use and it's free! Five stars. Price: Free

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Tixati

It's the best

I've tried them all and this one beats them all. You're doing yourself a disservice if you don't at least try it. Price: Free

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Atlantis Word Processor

Portable it is not

This app is advertised as 'portable.' That it is not. It not only writes new folders and files to your PC, but entries to your registry, as well. That is certainly not my definition of 'portable.' Price: Free Trial ($35.00)

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SoftPerfect RAM Disk

Excellent ram disk

I have been using another RAM Disk software for a number of years, but this replaced it. It does everything the vast majority of users could ask for. My only suggestion is to allow the user to put the RAMDiskWS.xml file in the program folder (instead of the ProgramData folder) to keep all files in the same folder. Price: Free Trial ($29.00)

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FreeFileSync

One major option still missing...

This would and should be one of the best folder synchronization utilities available with one exception: There is no way to set a 'default' set of folders for the application to open up to. Instead, it opens to whatever two folders were last used. It stands to reason that a Sync Utility would either allow the user to choose the default folders, or at the very least open to the top level of folders on the two drives - e.g., C: and D:. In past versions at least the user could set the GlobalSettings,xml file to Read Only to get around this issue, but that is no longer possible. Price: Free

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CCleaner Portable

At least one tiny problem remains...

At least one problem remains in the latest version - V3.20.1750. If you COPY either your SendTo menu or your Program Files menu (or any part of it) to a TEMP folder and then delete the copy from there to the Recycle.Bin, CCleaner will delete the folder contents (the .lnk files) but not those folders themselves. Looking in Windows Explorer, it APPEARS that CCleaner deleted them, but viewing them through a superior file manager such as XYplorer, or better yet from the Command Line, you will see those folders still exist. Other than this one fairly insignificant annoyance, it's one of the greatest utilities out there. Keep up the great work, Piriform! Price: Free

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Startup Delayer

A fantastic utility

I have used Startup Delayer for at least ten years and wouldn't be without it. If you want icons arranged in a specific order in your tray or if you want to control which applications start at certain times during startup, this is the last piece of software you will need. And it's FREE, as well. Price: Free

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Scott`s Gmail Alert

It's the best i have found

I tried a lot of Gmail notifiers before settling on Scott's. It does everything you want or need a notifier to do, is completely portable and it's FREE. What else do you need to know before trying it? Price: Free

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east-tec Eraser

Too expensive

Works well, but far too expensive relative so others available... Price: Free Trial ($39.95)

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Classic Start Menu

It's great

I have been using this app for a couple of years now and do NOT see the issue that the other reviewer is talking about. It has worked flawlessly and I thank the author for his work. Price: Free Trial ($19.99)

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System Explorer

It's outstanding

It not only tells you dang near everything you would possibly want to know about your system, but it's portable and FREE! What more could you ask for? Price: Free

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ClearLock

Could use some enhancements.

It works good 'as is', but could use a little enhancing to make it 'very good.' For example, the ability to change the default sound. At a minimum, don't compress the EXE file, so that advanced users may modify the sound as they please. Next, allow the user to minimize the Password box to the tray and restore it with a user defined key combination. This would make for a nice, clean screen while ClearLock is active. There may be more, but those are the main ones. -- Editor's note: The password box completely disappears from view after a few minutes and becomes visible again once you use the mouse or keyboard. -- Price: Free

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PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition

There are better ones available

It simply cannot compare with avast Home edition, which is also free and available here on Snapfiles. Price: Free

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Balabolka

Excellent all the way !

This is one fantastic text to speech converter. The quality is great and the ease of use and variety of options suits virtually any need.On top of this, it's FREE ! Thank you and keep up the great work ! Price: Free

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Dont Sleep

Excellent!

Been using 'nosleep' for years until I discovered this beauty. Does exactly what it says - suspends your screensaver for a predetermined amount of time and then re-enables it and exits. Works great, it's portable and it's FREE ! Price: Free

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Metapad

Outstanding !

I've tried almost all of them, and Metapad is THE BEST notepad replacement I have seen in years. It does everything that notepad does and much more, including the ability to render RTF files, which many notepad replacements won't do. You can look all day long, but you won't find a better notepad replacement than Metapad. Price: Free

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Registry Workshop

Great - but pricey

I must agree wholeheartedly with gbjennings. This is indeed the best registry editor around, but it is still a bit expensive compared to others, including a few free regedit replacements. Price: Free Trial ($29.95)

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FileTypesMan

It's outstanding !

I am a huge fan of Nir Sofer, and this utility is no exception to the rule. It works great and I find it far easier to use than wading through Microsoft's file and folder options to accomplish the same thing. And, as opposed to an earlier comment, you can indeed make system changes with this program. My guess is the last reviewer is not familiar with the context menu. ;-) Price: Free

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PicPick

It absolutely rocks !

Been using PicPick as my screen capture tool for close to a year now and it is absolutely awesome! The fact that it is FREE is simply frosting on the cake! Price: Free

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WirelessKeyView

It works great

Like all of Nir Sofer`s software, it works great and delivers exactly what it claims. What more can or should you expect. Thanks, Nir! Price: Free

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Freeraser

No explorer integration

There are other, and better, erasers available that integrate with your explorer menu so you can erase files directly from Windows explorer. Price: Free

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SyncBackSE

It's outstanding

I've tried many backup utilities and this one tops them all. You can 'program' this little beauty to backup, restore or ignore virtually any file(s) or folder(s) you choose. Keep up the great work! Price: Free Trial ($39.95)

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EaseUS Partition Master

If you are smart, you will get this one!

It's not only the best of all the partition managers I have tried over the years, but FREE on top of that! Thanks for a GREAT product and keep up the good work! Price: Free

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MyDefrag

Same problem !

I reviewed this product over 9 months ago and gave it a poor rating because it totally wiped out all of my Vista restore points. Now here we are 9 months later and V3.35 does exactly the same thing ! Great... If you are a Vista user, you have been warned! Price: Free

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Pc Tools File Recover

Good tool, but too costly.

It seems to work great, but compared to other (FREE) file undelete utilities available, it's far overpriced... Price: Free Trial ($29.95)

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Wise Registry Cleaner Free

It's great

I use several registry cleaners and this one often finds useless registry entries that the others ignore. Thanks for a great product! Price: Free

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Rename Master

The best in my humble opinion

I've tried a lot of file renaming utilities and this one is THE BEST, everything considered. The fact that it's free is simply icing on the cake. GET IT. Price: Free

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Eraser

Works great

Fantastic secure deletion utility with the additional ability to securely delete your hard drive`s free space. One thing I would like to see added is the ability to pick and choose the type of erasure for the recycle bin instead of having all seven choices to choose from each time I attempt to erase my recycle bin. Price: Free

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JAP Anon Proxy

There are better ones

Fifteen 'megabytes' ? WOW ! One could write a whole operating system. Far too large for what it accomplishes... Price: Free

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Vista Manager

It's a great utility but...

This monster has sooo many tweaks. Almost mind boggling. Really a great piece of software BUT it is definitely a bit on the pricey side, considering less expensive and even free ones available. The author would do well to reduce the price by $10 or $15 so that more people might purchase this great utility. Price: Free Trial ($39.95)

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Recover My Files

Far too expensive compared to others...

It works great, but compared to other file recovery software I have tested, the price of this one is WAY out of line. Price: Free Trial ($69.95)

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CCleaner

It's the best - bar none !

This little jewel is the best system cleaning utility out there, period. Main reason is that it is customizable, allowing the user (with a bit of computer savvy) to edit an INI file and delete and clean up what THEY want to, both files and registry content. Thanks for a wonderful tool! Price: Free

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