PCMag.com: Utility Library

DiskPie Pro 2: Clean Up Your Hard Drive

DiskPie Pro 2 makes it easy to visually find your overweight folders, files, and even see which filetypes are eating up your precious drive space.

ViewThru: Peer Behind Your Foreground Window

ViewThru allows the user to assign a global hotkey that makes the foreground window become transparent, allowing you to easily see what's behind it.

CLHelper: Be Notified of New Craigslist Postings

CLHelper makes it easy to monitor Craigslist for new posts. You simply select the Craigslist category, the location, the search terms you're looking for, and how often to search. CLHelper checks Craigslist at the pre-determined interval and notifies you via a popup or an e-mail that a new post matching your search terms has appeared.

Smooth Flowcharter: Design Diagrams Quickly and Easily

Smooth Flowcharter enables you to quickly make flowcharts that you won't be embarrassed to show co-workers or clients. Rather than describing a process with just words, SMF enables you to create drawings that communicate information at a glance.

PC Magazine Article Archive: Enjoy Classic Articles from Our Archives

article archive - PC Magazine Article Archive contains stories from 1992 to 1999.

DiskJunction: Find, Create, and Delete Symbolic Links

Symbolic Links, symlinks - DiskJunction allows you to find existing symlinks and create new ones.

Startup Cop Pro 4: Control Windows Startup

Windows startup, startup - Startup Cop Pro 4 enables you to control the programs that launch when Windows starts

Vista Logon Changer: Personalize Your Windows Bootup

logon image, logon sound - Vista Logon Changer enables you to change the background image and startup sound during Windows logon.

What's Going On?: A One-Stop Spot for Vital System Stats

system utility, windows stats – What's Going On? is a system utility that gives you a one-stop spot for all your system's vital stats.

WinSizeMe: Take Control of Window Sizes, Locations, and More

window resizer utility, window position – WinSizeMe enables you to set the position and size of windows so that at any moment you can adjust a program's window properties and also have those properties remembered the next time the program launches.

HomePatrol: Capture Crooks in the Act

Security, webcam, utility, software - Our latest utility, HomePatrol, can help secure your valuables by monitoring your webcam-equipped home or office. When you're not at your computer, your webcam is sitting idle. HomePatrol leverages this great piece of technology to monitor an area for movement. As soon as HomePatrol detects motion, it begins recording.

StartEase 2: Find and Launch Programs Effortlessly

program launcher, start menu replacement StartEase is an application launcher that solves Windows navigation problem by putting just your programs into an A-to-Z button list. In addition, you can easily search for programs.

Password Profiler 2: Automate Log-Ons and Fill Forms Faster

password manager, form filler – Password Profiler 2 cuts Web site form-filling time down to seconds and makes remembering usernames and passwords a thing of the past.

Folders 2: Dress Up Your Bland Folder Icons

utility software, folder icon changer – Folders 2 lets you easily change your folder icons.

File Utility Pack 2: Get Three Great Utilities in One

utility software, file utility – File Utility Pack 2 lets you manipulate, batch rename, and gather information about your files all in one great bundle.

Desktoplet: Put Desktop Icons Within Reach

desktop enchancement, launcher - Desktoplet enables you to launch files and shortcuts directly from a mini-view of your desktop.

NoteWhen 3: Clear the Clutter

desktop enchancement, sticky note - NoteWhen allows you to place virtual notes on your desktop.

ClipTrak Pro: Keep Past Clips Present

ClipTrak Pro software utility lets you backtrack through the Windows clipboard to retrieve, organize, edit, and easily paste clips. You can even spellcheck them.

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Download Lavasoft's updated antispyware program, Ad-Aware 2008 Free, here at PCMag.com before you can get it anywhere else.

Shred 3: Wipe Out Files for Good

Shred 3 deletes files permanently making them unrecoverable. It overwrites the hard drive clusters of a file according to the US Department of Defense's standard.

TrayManager 3: Tame Your Tumultuous Tray

Your Windows system tray is probably overflowing with application icons that start with Windows. TrayManager lets you clear out and organize the tray.

FontViewer 3: Preview and Manage Your Fonts to Improve Performance

FontViewer 3 makes viewing and installing/uninstalling fonts easy to do and easy on the eyes. Fonts installed and uninstalled, browse fonts, font collections.

TaskPower 3 Puts System Control in Your Hands

This update to our popular utility lets you monitor and control apps, tasks, services, and drivers, and even shut them down when necessary.

Defrag-A-File 2: Optimize Your Drive

This update to our popular utility defrags faster and more thoroughly to enhance your overall system performance.

File Utility Pack: Batch Rename Files and Gather File Lists

File Utility Pack contains two utilities that address two very specific needs—batch renaming of files and creating lists of files and their properties.

Folder Phantom: Hide Your Files and Folders

Hide Files, Hide Folders - Have you ever needed to hide files from prying eyes? Folder Phantom allows you to easily make folders disappear and reappear.

StoreItAll: Keep Important Data in a Centralized, Searchable Location

StoreItAll is a centralized, searchable repository for all your important and not-so-important data.

Startup Cop Pro 3: Control Windows Start Up

Startup Cop Pro is the defacto standard in Windows startup management.

RenaMusic: Rename Music Files Hassle-Free

RenaMusic makes it easy to rename your MP3 and WMA files using the embedded tags within the files.

Build The Ultimate Hacker's Toolkit

Michelangelo needed brushes, Da Vinci needed clay and every great hacker needs these tools.

InstaBack 2: Instantly and Automatically Back Up Your Data

InstaBack protects your data by continuously monitoring your files for changes and backing them up on the fly.

ExhumeIt: Recover Deleted Files

ExhumeIt helps you recover files that were deleted from the recycle bin or deleted in some other way that doesn't allow you to recover the files via the OS.

NetShare Manager: Organize and Control Network Shares

NetShare Manager stores all of your mapped network shares and allows you to connect and disconnect multiple shares with the push of a button.

IconEdit 3: Create Your Own Icons

With IconEdit it's easy to make icons from scratch. This new version has many new tools, supports all image sizes, has layers, and more.

NoteWhen 2: Clear the Clutter

desktop enchancement, sticky note - NoteWhen allows you to place virtual notes on your desktop.

CoverUp: Protect Application Windows from Prying Eyes

CoverUp lets you lock and cover specific applications to prevent other users from looking at them while you're away.

Defrag-A-File: Optimize Your Favorite Files

Defrag select files (or an entire drive) to speed up access to files and enhance overall system performance.

StartEase: Find and launch programs effortlessly

Quickly find and launch programs with StartEase. Try a better way to locate and start your programs with our latest utility.

PackEmIn: Maximize Disc Space

CD, DVD, File management - PackEmIn uses your media efficiently by fitting files on to the least number of discs.

Titlebar Add-Ons: Add New Functions to Windows

Titlebar Add-Ons attaches buttons to your windows to make them roll up, transparent, stay on top, and go to the system tray.

Top Stats: What's Using Your CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network?

Top Stats makes it easy to monitor processes that are using your CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network.

ShotSender: Easily Capture and Mail Screenshots

ShotSender makes it easy to capture your desktop or a particular window and e-mail it.

HD HeartBeat 2: Track Your Hard Drives' Health

Our latest utility, HD HeartBeat 2, monitors the health of your hard drives locally and across a network.

Stream Revealer: Detect Potential Threats

Stream Revealer: ADS detecting utility to find streams and delete security threats

SurfSpeed 2: Test Your Surfing Speed

This free download let's you measure your web surfing speed and compare it to other surfers.

Photo Viewr: Use Our Next-Gen Photo Frame

Our new premium utility, Photo Viewr, turns your PC into a digital image viewer for local photos and RSS feeds.

DiskAction 2: What's using your hard drive?

Our latest premium utility allows you to monitor the processes accessing your drives and the files they're accessing.

Link Previewer: Browse More Efficiently

Link Previewer,] allows you to preview Web links without clicking them.

AltTabIt!: Enhance your Task Switching

AltTabIt! is a Windows Alt+Tab replacement utility that makes switching and launching tasks easier than ever.

ButtonBoogie 2: Rearrange Your Taskbar Buttons

ButtonBoogie 2 lets you organize and group your taskbar buttons the way you want.

Task Orchestrator: Automate Tasks and Free Your Time

Task Orchestrator lets you schedule over 40 different types of tasks to enhance your productivity.

What is S.M.A.R.T.?

S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a technology that enables the user to determine a hard drive's reliability and predict its failure.

HD HeartBeat: Be alerted to imminent failure

A dying hard drive can collapse before you save your data. Our new premium utility HD HeartBeat keeps you informed and lets you prepare.

Dupeless 2: Track down duplicates and recover valuable disk space

Dupeless 2 helps you track down duplicate files and recover valuable disk space.

TaskPower 2: Monitor and control apps, tasks, services, and drivers

TaskPower lets you monitor and control apps, tasks, services, and drivers, and, when necessary shut them down.

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InstaBack: Instantly and Automatically Back Up Important Data

Take the hassle out of backing up and protecting critical files and folders.

Startup Cop Pro 2: Control Windows Start Up

Startup Cop Pro 2 can clean your startup and make Windows launch faster and smarter than ever before.

XpanDesk 3: Enlarge Your Workspace

Our premium utility will let you create virtual desktops with different programs, resolutions, and backgrounds.

Fun and Games: E.D.G.A.R. vs. the Insidious Spamatron

The Insidious Spamatron has been creating robots to disseminate spam that contains get rich quick scams and viruses. These robots have infiltrated your inbox and are flooding it with spam. As E.D.G.A.R. (Email Detection Grid and Removal), your mission is to gather up all the e-mail and get it to the trashcan. While you do this, you'll encounter the robots that will try to destroy you.

WMatch 3: Easy Folder, File Synching

Compare and synch the files of two folders, wherever they are.

PortSnoop: Identify, Stop Suspicious Network Activity

Monitor and close unwanted (or dangerous) running applications and their TCP and UDP network connections.

PCMag.com Desktop Theme

Wrap yourself in PCMag colors and make some other, nifty changes with our new, free Windows theme. Windows theme for PC Magazine by Stardock using Object Desktop.

Tools for Webmasters

Whether you're a seasoned Webmaster or a novice, you'll find the utilities in this collection indispensable.

Fun & Games

Collection of shareware games and downloads. Including action games, shoot-'em-ups, chess, and poker.

RegistryMaster: Search, view, and edit the Windows Registry with our powerful new utility

Windows' Registry is a complex and scary place, until you use our new premium utility, RegistryMaster to manage and edit it.

Impressive Internet Tools

Impressive Internet Tools - GetRight, GhostSurf, AET Tracer Pro, DU Meter, and Web Historian

iPod and PC making beautiful music together

Great Graphics Tools

File Warden 2: Keep Your Files Safe

Our update utility lets you encrpt files and folders, monitor changes and even securely delete things you never want found.

Greeting Card Maker: Send a Personalized Email Greeting.

Greeting Card Maker makes it simple to send a personalized email greeting.

WinPointer 3: Annotate the Screen and Capture Your Actions

WinPointer lets annotate your screen and make simple demo/movies with our utility update.

Countdown Clock

Our free utility, Countdown Clock, provides a way to tick off the days, hours, minutes and seconds to any special event.

Favorites Manager: Browse Your Favorites in Groups

Favorites Manager gives you a quick and easy way to manage and surf your favorite sites.

PC Magazine's Fall Freeware Recommendations

QuickAssociation: Control File Associations

QuickAssociation puts control of file association and application launching in your hands.

Award-Winning Shareware takes the Spotlight

Look no further than the PCMag.com Shareware Library for the Annual Shareware Awards winners.

Web Historian: Save, Store, and Share Web Pages

Web Historian gives you the power to save online information easily so that it's within reach whenever you need it.

Alert: New Internet Explorer Threat Defused by BHO Cop

Protect yourself from the new Internet Explorer threat by installing BHO Cop, a classic PC Magazine utility.

DiskPie Pro: Clean Up Your Hard Drive

Use customizable pie charts to find and fix overweight folders, files, and disk drives.

Shortcut Manager: Streamline Your Shortcuts

Shortcut Manager will organize your Start Menu, desktop, and your IE favorites, and help you remove or update all of your broken and outdated shortcuts.

FileSnoop 2: Safe & Efficient Windows Exploring

With FileSnoop 2, you can preview and "snoop" in-depth information about files on your PC before you open them.

Take Control of Your Printing

With Printer Dashboard, you can easily monitor and control your printers and print jobs, intelligently set your default printer, and quickly capture and print screenshots.

CookieCop 3: Stop Cookies and Pop-Ups

CookieCop 3 weeds out bad cookies, pop-ups, Flash, and ActiveX, while still letting you get to the good stuff.

File Warden: Help Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

File Warden keeps your personal information safe from prying eyes with strong file and folder encryption and secure, configurable data deletion.

Startup Cop Pro: Control Windows Startup!

This isn't your parent's Startup Cop. Startup Cop Pro not only identifies and controls the programs that launch with Windows, it describes programs, issues alerts, creates permanent blocks, and more!

Decorate Your Desktop

String holiday lights and play festive music with Twinkle Bulbs, our free holiday download.

Password Profiler Redirect

If you are not immediately redirected, click here.

Password Profiler Secures and Automates Online Passwords and Log-Ons

Our new utility download streamlines tedious Web site log-ons, fills out forms automatically, and protects your online identity.

The Lookout: Stay Ahead With Security Scout

The Internet is a battlefield, and your computer is under constant bombardment.

Empower Your Right-Click Menus

Simplify, streamline and "pump up" your context menus with ContextMenu Plus.

Security Scout Keeps You One Step Ahead of Viruses

Protect your computer with the most powerful weapon available—knowledge.

Take Control of your Computer

PC Magazine's TaskPower utility will help you control your Windows apps, tasks, and services. Download it today!

Manage Your CDs and DVDs

PCMag.com's Disc Manager can identify, categorize, and keep track of all your precious multimedia discs and their contents. Download it today!

Whack WIMP with the PC Magazine Media Console

The PC Magazine Media Console lets you turn your everyday PC into a low-cost media center system and navigate multimedia content from across the room.

PCMag.com Utilities FAQ

PC Magazine made the decision to convert the free utilities to a subscription-based service earlier this year.

Reach Out and Touch Your Files

Change a file's date/time stamp and attributes.

ShellCrypt: Download It Here

Encrypt and hide personal files from prying eyes.

WinPointer 2: Download It Here

Annotate your presentations by drawing and typing on screen images.

XpanDesk: Download It Here

Create multiple desktops and switch between them.

RapidRes: Download It Here

Change color depth and resolution, even toggle your screen saver—all from a tray icon.

WMatch 2.0: Download It Here

Compare and synchronize the contents of two folders.

Checkers: Download It Here

Challenge a human opponent or pit your skills against the computer.

RoboType 3: Download It Here

Type abbreviations in any app, and watch them expand automatically.

TapeCalc 2: Download It Here

This calculator's "smart tape" makes calculations a breeze.

Towers of PC: Download It Here

Towers of PC is a modern version of an ancient puzzle. Unlike Solitaire, this is a game you can always win--but can you do it in the fewest moves?

LogMeOut: Download It Here

LogMeOut provides a way to log off the current user and/or shut down the computer automatically, after a specified period of inactivity and/or at a specific time of day.

ExploreThis: Download It Here

With ExploreThis, you can open an Explorer window at the location of any file by right-clicking on it and choosing ExploreThis from the context menu.

DownSpeed: Download It Here

DownSpeed is a simple utility for estimating file transfer times.

GuessAddress: Download It Here

Get help from Guess Address!

MuteBar: Download It Here

MuteBar gives you a one-click way to toggle the mute state of your computer's sound system. You can also set a hotkey to toggle the mute state.

MyPrinter: Download It Here

MyPrinter is a simple utility that displays the default printer in a tiny window, and also lets you change it.

Start Without Me: Download It Here

The Start menu should contain only the most essential Windows commands the ones you'll need most often. But a modern Windows system may have as many as ten items in the Start menu.

ToBack: Download It Here

There are several ways to bring a program to the top of the stack, but to go back to the program you were using before, you have to find it first. ToBack solves this problem by letting you push the current program to the bottom of the stack.

DeFolder: Download It Here

DeFolder lets you replace the standard closed-folder and open-folder icons with icons of your own choosing.

CopySet: Download It Here

PC Magazine's CopySet lets you create and save "copy sets"--sets of files picked from various locations that you want to copy to one destination.

Capsize: Download It Here

Capsize solves a simple but annoying problem: forgetting to turn off the CapsLock key.

Rouser: Download It Here

Rouser is an attractive, easy-to-use alarm clock utility that looks literally like an alarm clock-the window is non-rectangular.

TrayDate: Download It Here

If you check the Show Clock option on the Windows taskbar, the time will be displayed in the system tray.

SMClean: Download It Here

SMClean (Start Menu Clean) locates these dead links and lets you remove them from your system.

ClipTile: Download It Here

ClipTile lets you create interesting tiled backgrounds for desktop wallpaper or a Web page.

WPSelect: Download It Here

Wallpaper Selector provides an easy way to organize and select your desktop wallpaper.

CubeShow: Download It Here

Display your pictures on the sides of a tumbling cube.

Hotkey Detective 2: Download It Here

Manage the hotkeys on your system.

ExactTime: Download It Here

ExactTime calls up one of two time-of-day services, obtains the correct time, and sets your system clock.

RegistryRobot: Download It Here

Safely tweak registry settings to fix problems or enhance your system.

Reach Under the Hood

Safely tweak Registry settings to fix problems and enhance your system. This issue's utility, RegistryRobot, provides a safe interface for working with dozens of Registry settings that you cannot change through built-in Windows utilities.

ANSI.com: Download It Here

Load ANSI from the command line.

VolumeSet: Download It Here

Quickly save and restore your audio mixer settings.

ThemeCrafter: Download It Here

Personalize your desktop by installing custom themes and creating new ones.

Look Deep into Your Files

When you need to examine a file beyond viewing its contents or properties, FileSnoop gives you the tools. The utility shows you all essential information about the files on your system. Depending on the file type, FileSnoop offers four data views: Information, Formatted, Text, and Hex.

FileSnoop: Download It Here

Obtain detailed information about the files on your system.

WMatch32: Download It Here

WMatch32 lets you place the filenames of two directories in side-by-side windows, and then shows you which files in those two directories are the same and which are different.

EndItAll 1: Download It Here

EndItAll 1 lets you terminate all non-essential programs for the purpose of installing new software, running finicky games, or writing to CD-Rs that need a big buffer.

Web Highlighter: Download It Here

Add highlighting, notes, and links to the Web pages you visit.

AutoWhat? 2: Download It Here

Take control of IE's AutoComplete data with AutoWhat? 2, which lets you view and edit stored data for Web-based forms.

Audible Windows: Download It Here

Audible Windows lets you fine-tune your system sounds by attaching program-specific wave files to any of thirteen standard sound events.

TradeKeys: Download It Here

Swap, remap, or disable the keys on your keyboard.

CrossGuesser 1.1: Download It Here

CrossGuesser can solve crossword and anagram style word puzzles.

MIDIColors: Download It Here

Watch your music play with this MIDI "color organ". MIDIColors lets you watch your music as it plays. The 16 MIDI channels are represented by piano keyboards whose keys light up as notes are played.

NewOwner: Download It Here

NewOwner gives you an easy way to change your computer's registration information--the name and company information that you enter when you first install the operating system.

ZipHunter: Download It Here

An easy way to save room on your hard disk is to zip up the files you don't often use.

FileTouch 2: Download It Here

Change a file's date/time stamp using the system clock and more.

SeeThru: Download It Here

You can select a beautiful bitmap for your desktop wallpaper and arrange your icons tastefully on the desktop, but the icon captions appear on flat rectangles of the desktop background color.

UnClean 2.0: Download It Here

UnClean improves upon the Windows Add/Remove Programs applet.

RecentCommands: Download It Here

RecentCommands provides a convenient method for accessing only those commands that you actually use, and works with most applications. You don't need to do anything special to record a command.

ViewFix: Download It Here

Windows Explorer's ability to remember how you want your file lists sorted and what view you prefer is limited.

LogoMania: Download It Here

LogoMania lets you replace the standard Windows 95 logo and its cloudy background with your own personalized animated logo bitmap.

ButtonBoogie: Download It Here

Rearrange your taskbar buttons.

DiskPie 2: Download It Here

Find out which files are hogging space on your system.

Shred 2: Download It Here

Ensure that deleted files stay deleted.

PrintNow: Download It Here

PrintNow makes the PrtSc key work just as it did under DOS

WinTidy 2.0: Download It Here

Save and restore desktop icon layouts.

FaveLock: Download It Here

Lock your Favorites from prying eyes.

FolderMon: Download It Here

FolderMon provides detailed, real time reports about file changes in the folders you specify, including additions or deletions, size changes, time stamp changes, and attribute changes.

FileTip: Download It Here

Get quick file information in ToolTips at the mouse pointer with FileTip.

DiskAction: Download It Here

What's Using Your Hard Drive?

Scraper: Download It Here

Scraper is a simple utility which can 'scrape' text from other application windows.

EndItAll 2: Download It Here

EndItAll 2 lists all the programs running on your system, and lets you decide which ones to close down. The processes necessary for basic system operation are protected from termination.

RoboType 2: Download It Here

RoboType 2 saves keystrokes by letting you type short abbreviations in place of longer blocks of text.

DaysEase: Download It Here

DaysEase lets you create an attractive customized wall calendar for the year or month of your choice.

Page1: Download It Here

Page1 gives you a starting point for accessing the World Wide Web.

CrackUp: Download It Here

This issue's free utility lets you know when your hard disks need to be defragmented.

Assign Custom Icons to Windows Explorer Folders

Liberate your system from Windows' insistence on using the same icon for all folders.

Nautical Flags: Download It Here

Fill your idle Windows 95 or 98 screen with these colorful flags and pennants.

Explorer Notes: Download It Here

An enhanced, Windows 98-compatible version lets you add descriptive notes to files displayed in Explorer.

HandsDown: Download It Here

Create lists of Internet files for downloading at your convenience in batch mode.

DecoMenu: Download It Here

Now you can use a customized bitmap to decorate the Windows 95 or 98 Start menu.

Freedom of Association: Download It Here

Freedom of Association finds and fixes your Windows 95 file-association problems.

MultiRen: Download It Here

MultiRen lets you rename groups of files from within Windows Explorer.

FontViewer Shows All

Browse through all of your system's fonts, compare them, and find the one you're looking for.

LFNDir: Download It Here

LFNDir displays long filenames under DOS, instead of cryptic aliases containing tildes.

PC Ladder: Download It Here

PC Ladder creates word games that challenge your vocabulary and ingenuity.

Dupeless: Download It Here

Dupeless ferrets out duplicate files on your hard disk and helps you decide which ones to blow away.

Scroller: Download It Here

Scroller lets you scroll windows automatically at the speed of your choice.

Screens: Download It Here

Schedule screen savers for holidays, special events, and days of the week.

SiteSnagger: Download It Here

Avoid waiting for individual Web pages to load: SiteSnagger downloads entire Web sites

InOutBd: Download It Here

InOutBd lets every employee in your company keep track of who's in and who's out.

HDValet: Download It Here

HDValet finds and removes all of the unnecessary, space-wasting files on your system.

TreePrint: Download It Here

When you need a printout of a directory structure, TreePrint can get the job done.

RunPlus: Download It Here

A set of mini-utilities makes running, moving, and copying files easier.

CursorDance: Download It Here

Design unique animated Windows mouse pointers with CursorDance.

FileGrab: Download It Here

FileGrab uses Explorer to give you a list of filenames. You can save the list to disk, print it, or copy it into the Clipboard for pasting into another application. Selecting View | Options lets you choose which file character-istics (such as date, size, or attributes) are included with the filenames.

Slice32: Download It Here

For easier transport, slice large files into smaller pieces, then splice them together again.

Tray Magician: Download It Here

Tray Magician lets you hide the system tray to make room on your taskbar.

ScreenSeize: Download It Here

ScreenSeize lets you capture and save any portion of your screen.

ThingVentory: Download It Here

Keep track of your possessions with a home inventory program.

TrayMin: Download It Here

Put program icons into the system tray—even if they're not designed for it—to save space on your taskbar.

Changer2: Download It Here

Automate changes to your screen saver, wallpaper, pointers, and desktop theme.

SyncURLs: Download It Here

SyncURLs imports your Navigator bookmarks and IE Favorites into a single bookmark library. You can rearrange your bookmarks within SyncURLs, then export them back out so that both browsers contain the same bookmarks and folders.

MenuZap: Download It Here

The desktop update eliminates auto-alphabetizing; MenuZap can help.

InCtrl4: Download It Here

InCtrl4 reports changes that installation programs make to the Registry, file system, and INI files.

FileAlbum: Download It Here

FileAlbum lets you create albums of files from all over your hard disk.

TrayManager: Download It Here

TrayManager puts you in charge of your Windows tray.

Reloader: Download It Here

Reloader remembers and restores groups of programs.

PCBook2: Download It Here

Save paper by printing multiple pages per sheet. Numerous formatting options, including booklet creation, make it a particularly powerful tool.

AutoAct: Download It Here

AutoAct can automatically click buttons and choose menu items.

PasswordPrompter: Download It Here

Password Prompter securely stores passwords of all types.

RegEdit Plus: Download It Here

RegEdit+ makes editing you Registry less of a hassle and a lot safer. It lets you save favorite keys, it keeps a History of all your changes, and it offers multiple undo

JumpToIt: Download It Here

Access links to your favorite Web sites from the system tray.

IconLock: Download It Here

IconLock password-protects your desktop icons from unwanted deletion and renaming.

Folder Pointers: Download It Here

With Folder Pointers, you can place any folder you choose on the Start menu and view its contents in a submenu.

ClipTrak: Download It Here

The Windows clipboard makes computing easier by letting you copy and paste text between applications. ClipTrak enhances the clipboard's usefulness by letting you cache your clips, organize them, and access them quickly.

Startup Cop: Download It Here

Startup Cop controls which programs Windows launches at start-up.

Take Charge of Windows Start-up

Take Charge of Windows Start-up. Startup Cop controls which programs Windows launches at start-up.

FormWhiz: Download It Here

FormWhiz detects Web-based forms and fills them in with preconfigured data.

IconEdit32: Download It Here

Our powerful new 32-bit icon program makes designing customized icons easier than ever.

IE Zoomer: Download It Here

Tweak images before saving them as wallpaper, or zoom in for a better look.

WinSize: Download It Here

WinSize tells you the exact size, in pixels, of any window on your desktop.

IconJack 32: Download It Here

IconJack32 can extract icons from DLL and EXE files, and create collections of icons using files from all over your computer.

DisplaySet: Download It Here

Take charge of your computer's appearance.

FindOrphans: Download It Here

FindOrphans disk and file management software scans and analyzes your local drives and removable disks for dependencies and allows you to reversibly delete them.

WisdomSpray: Download It Here

The program's main window is shaped like a spray can, and at the touch of a button, sprays words of wisdom onto blank areas of your desktop.

ContextEdit: Download It Here

Control which items appear on Windows Explorer context menus.

ScreenPhaser: Download It Here

Repeatedly transforms an image of your desktop, or an alternate starting image.

NoteWhen: Download It Here

Take all those little sticky notes off your monitor. NoteWhen lets you replace them with movable, resizable electronic notes.

ListZapper: Download It Here

ListZapper lets you locate and manage the MRU (Most Recently Used) lists maintained by most Windows applications.

System Valet: Download It Here

This desktop utility lets you create and schedule scripts composed of multiple tasks.

ClockRack: Download It Here

This desktop utility displays a virtual array of clocks on your computer desktop.

PayEmOff: Download It Here

Download PayEmOff. A calculator that also helps you devise a strategy for getting out of debt efficiently by minimizing the amount of interest you pay.

FavOrg: Download It Here

FavOrg scans the Web sites in your Favorites list for favicons and makes your favicons persistent. It also lets you associate any icon you choose with a given shortcut, even if no favicon is provided.

ColorClue: Download It Here

ColorClue puts your logic skills to the test. Use minimal clues and logic to guess the colors in a grid.

BrowseFresh: Download It Here

With BrowseFresh, your browser is refreshed automatically if and when needed. Options let you control how frequently to check for updates, and whether refreshed browser windows are activated.

NetPerSec: Download It Here

NetPerSec lets you check your connection speed in real time. NetPerSec monitors all TCP/IP activity to and from the Internet or other networks, and graphs the communication speed.

MailCall 2: Download It Here

Download MailCall2. The new filtering feature in MailCall 2 identifies urgent email messages and spam.

TaskWheel: Download It Here

Makes scrolling through running tasks fast and easy using only your mouse. Just place your cursor on the taskbar and spin the mouse wheel. Requires an IntelliMouse-compatible device.

TrayManager 2: Download It Here

Lets you control the overabundance of icons in your system tray by creating a submenu for the icons you use less frequently.

InCtrl5: Download It Here

By monitoring the changes made to your system when you install new software, it enables you to troubleshoot any problems that come up.

FlashQuiz 2: Download It Here

FlashQuiz 2 is an Internet-based testing program you can use to administer tests on a local machine or over a TCP/IP-based network, such as the Internet. This release is a rewrite, from the ground up, of PC Magazine's original FlashQuiz utility. In addition to network access, this version offers cross-platform support and the ability to mix question types within a single quiz.

COA2: Download It Here

Download COA2. COA2 notifies Windows when you change the location of a program.

BHO Cop: Download It Here

Download BHO Cop. BHO Cop lets you disable Browser Helper Objects without uninstalling them.

FavesToGo: Download It Here

Download FavesToGo. With FavesToGo, you can take your bookmarks and favorite sites anywhere.

KeyTick: Download It Here

KeyTick is a desktop utility download that adds audio feedback to keyboard and mouse events.

Registry Detective: Download It Here

Registry Detective's search facility can integrate with RegEdit.