Free Apps

Name Description
Allegro Quick HTML viewer.
IrfanView Very fast image viewer/editor.
ExamDiff Shows differences between text files.
PicViewer Lite Quick browsing of all images in a directory.
NetInfo

Look up domain names, ping, trace route, whois, IP scanner.

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MS Font Smoother Gives high color icons, full window drag and font smoothing in Win95 without Plus!
Powertoys Includes Tweak UI, Send To X, Command Prompt Here and other useful utilities.
BCWipe Permanently delete files, erase free space, slack space and swap file.
EyeDropper Gets the RGB value for any pixel on the screen.
RegClean Checks for registry errors and removes invalid entries.
RegCleaner Easy way to remove old registry entries.
CacheMan Customize size of Win95 VCache and CD-ROM cache.
CleanReg Lists registry values with non-existent file names and allows entries to be removed. Download  
CPUIdle Sends HLT instructions to the CPU to make it run cooler and use less power. Useful for overclockers or making laptop batteries last longer.
Rain Same as above.
Waterfall Same as above.
Dependency Walker Shows the DLLs that a program links to when loaded.
MemCleaner Attempts to free memory by making Windows page out unneeded items in memory.
Registry Extensions Gives a list of recently accessed keys in the registry editor.
TreeSize Shows the total size of a directory and all its subdirectories. Directories can be sorted by size.
Properties Plus Adds an item to the popup menu when right clicking on a file in the Explorer. Allows the date-time stamp of a file to be changed.
3D Color Changer Allows customization of window colors. Offers more options than the Win95 Display control panel.
MultiRes Tray icon for switching video resolution and color depth. Similar to the QuickRes Powertoy. Works with some video cards that QuickRes does not.
CDex 1.20 CD ripper and MP3 encoder. Best sound quality of any encoder I've tried.
MP3Grabber Extreme CD ripper and MP3 encoder.
JLC SplitIt 95 Splits large files and creates a batch file which reassembles the file using DOS copy.
FolderWatcher Provides notification of file changes in a specified directory.
Direct Control Allows tweaking of DirectX settings.
FastVid Turns on switches on Pentium Pro and Pentium II CPUs to increase video speed.
RunWinDiff Nice front end for MS WinDiff file comparing utility.
ResViewer Views resources inside executables.
Programmer's File Editor Fast, customizable text editor.
SoftFSB Allows front side bus speed to be changed dynamically from within Windows.Only works with a limited number of motherboards.
TClockEx Enhances the Windows Explorer tray clock. Allows both date and time to be displayed in many formats.
WinSystem98 Displays free memory, motherboard temperature, CPU usage, disk and modem activity.
FreeMem Standard Attempts to free memory by making Windows page out unneeded items in memory.
Startup Manager Allows programs in registry and Startup group that load on starting Windows to be easily disabled or removed.
PS2Rate Changes sampling rate of PS/2 mice.




Task Viewers/Killers

Name Description
Scout Designed for Windows 3.1, shows 16-bit tasks and DLLs.  
Unload Same as above.  
PViewPlus Shows all process in Win95. Priority can be set for individual apps.
DLLShow Shows all running tasks and the DLLs they have loaded.
DLL Explorer Shows all loaded 16-bit and 32-bit EXE, DLL files, and other controls and drivers.
WinTop Shows how much CPU time each running application is using.
WinKill Tray icon that can close or kill processes.
TaskInfo98 Similar to WinTop but shows much more information. Download
System Info Shows running tasks and hierarchical view of all visible and hidden windows.
PrcView A process viewer and killer that runs in 95 and NT too.
Power Procs Shows tasks, DLLs and visible and hidden windows.




Internet Apps

Name Description
Internet JunkBuster Proxy server that blocks banner ads and cookies. Allows referrer or user-agent to be changed.
Internet JunkBuster Modified version with graphical interface and banner image replacement.
Naviscope Another ad blocker.
WebWasher Ad blocker that can de-animate GIFs.
Proxomitron Proxy that can do extensive filtering/customization of HTML. Ad and cookie blocking. Many other Web page annoyances can be removed.
Dimension4 Synchronizes clock to atomic clock by connecting to SNTP servers.
WS_FTP Great FTP client.




Systems Internals

Name Description
OpenList Shows a list of all open files.
Sync Flushes a drive and closes open files.
NTFSDOS Gives read-only access to NTFS partitions under Win95.
Filemon Monitors all file activity.
Regmon Monitors all registry activity.
VxDMon Monitors calls to virtual device drivers.




PC Magazine Utilities

Name Description
Defolder Allows Explorer folder icons to be changed.
Dupeless Searched for duplicate files on your hard disk.
FileGrabber Drag files from the Windows Explorer to get a list of the files.
Freedom of Association Easy maintaining of applications associated with file extensions.
Hotkey Detective Shows a list of hotkeys defined in Explorer shortcuts.
Inctrl3 Monitors install programs and gives a list of changes to files and the registry.
Inctrl4 New version of above. Provides real-time monitoring.
Monsys Improved System Monitor.
OpenTrap Monitors file activity.
SeeThru Makes highlighting around desktop icons transparent.
SiteSnagger Downloads entire Web sites for offline viewing.
WinTidy 95 Allows locations of desktop icons to be saved and restored.




Free Virus Scanners

Name Description
InoculateIT Personal Edition Free graphical scanner with real-time scanning
F-Prot Scanner from Icelandic company. Offers heuristic scanning and scanning inside zip files.  
Norton AntiVirus DOS scanner Free Norton scanner.
Norton Kill_CIH Tool Disables the CIH virus.
Proland Win95.CIH remover Cleans the CIH virus.




Fun Toys

Name Description
Johnny Castaway screen saver Watch the antics of a guy shipwrecked on an island.  
AutoInsult Generate funny insults such as "You bad breathed wheelbarrow-full of grisly camel manure."  
Bart Bart pops out from random locations and sticks out his tongue.  




My Very Own Home Brew Freeware Utilities

Name Description
Boot Check Takes a snapshot of the master boot record and compares it to a previous snapshot to see if it has changed.  Not yet available
Change Directory A quick way to change directories while at a DOS window. Download
DeskClick Makes a single click on a desktop icon act as if it were double-clicked.  Not yet available
Enum Keys Go through all keys and values in the registry and make sure there aren't any inaccessible parts of the due to a damaged registry.  Not yet available
FastBuild Automatically closes Microsoft Developer Studio nag dialogs and sets priority of build tools.  Not yet available
Fix Desk Saves and restored positions of desktop icons.  Not yet available
Floppy VCache Flusher Flushes the disk cache for a floppy drive so a file compare against a file will read the file from the floppy instead of the cache. Download
Flush ShellIconCache Writes out the ShellIconCache file.  Not yet available
GoTo Dir Creates a list of often used directories in the Explorer's Go To Folder when pressing Ctrl+G. Not yet available 
Hide Desk Hides the desktop icons when the Taskbar is set to Auto hide. Download
Keyboard Disabler 1.1 Disables the keyboard system-wide. Download
KeyLock 1.1 Lock any of the Num Lock, Caps Lock or Scroll Lock keys either on or off. Dowload
Kill Animations Hides flying paper and other types of annoying animations in windows.  Not yet available
Kill F3 1.3 Disables the Find F3, Windows+F and Ctrl+F hotkeys for security purposes. Download
Lock NumLock 1.0 Locks the Num Lock key either on or off. Download
Max QuickView Runs the QuickView program with the window maximized.  Not yet available
Max Notepad Same as above, but maximizes Notepad.  
Mouse Disabler 1.0 Disables the mouse pointer system-wide. Download
No Recent Docs Delete files and registry entries associated with the Start menu's Documents menu item.  Not yet available
Right Mouse Click Disabler 1.4 Disables the right mouse button and special key combinations like Alt+Enter on the desktop for security purposes. Download
Set Process Priority Sets the priority of a list of running tasks.  Not yet available
Power Manager/Power Tray Make the monitor go into standy or suspend mode immediately.  Not yet available
Print Screen Disabler 1.1 Empties the clipboard immediately after the Print Screen key is pressed. Download
Protect Prevent a file from being written.  Not yet available
Quick Desk 1.0 Press the right mouse button in the top right corner of the screen to minimize all windows. Repeat to undo. Download
Rebuild Icons Rebuilds list view icons like the Tweak UI feature.  Not yet available
ResetShell Kills a list of applications and reloads the Explorer. Easy way to restore tray icons if the Explorer crashes and restarts.  Not yet available
SeeThru Desktop Icons Makes the captions around desktop icons transparent.  Not yet available
Server Spy Reads a list of Web sites and determines what type of Web server the site uses.  Not yet available
Shared DLL Checker Reads the Shared DLLs registry key and prints a list of entries for files that don't exist.  Not yet available
Start Menu Popup Makes the Start menu pop up when you left click on a blank space on the desktop.  Not yet available
ShowMem 1.0 Shows free physical memory and current VCache size. Download
Shut Down Restart, reboot or exit windows with large, graphical buttons.  Not yet available
TrayCalendar Shows the day in a tray icon.  Not yet available
WinKey Killer 1.7 Disables the Windows keys and context menu key. Great for preventing interruption of DOS or DirectX games. Download Source Code
WinKey Killer Redistributable DLLs 1.6 Libraries that can be used by software developers to disable special keys. Download
Other Redistributable DLLs 1.0 Libraries from KillF3, Keyboard Disabler, Mouse Disabler, Print Screen Disabler, Right Mouse Click Disabler and KeyLock. Download




Home Brew Utilities that may be posted eventually

Name Description
Clean SpeedStart Checks Norton Utilities' SpeedStart log files and deletes files that point to non-existent programs.  Not yet available
Improved WinKill WinKill with enhancements such as the ability to exclude Windows required processes.  Not yet available
ListView to Clipboard Copies the contents of a ListView control to the clipboard.  Not yet available
Modified/Improved Wiz Improved version of Info-ZIP's Wiz graphical unzip program.  Not yet available
Netscape WebWalker Quick navigation with a list of frequently viewed Web pages.  Not yet available
Nuke Loop Repeatedly attempt to delete a file that is locked by an application.  Not yet available
Password protection for AUTOEXEC.BAT DOS program that prompts for a password and cannot by bypassed.  Not yet available
Quote of the Day Displays a different quote each time it is run.  Not yet available
Random Insult Generator Randomly build a funny insult from a list of words. Not yet available 
Registry Extensions Fixer Create a list of frequently accessed registry keys for Registry Extensions. Not yet available