updated: November 14, 2006

Desktop

 BossKey [7k] + Create up to 10 virtual desktops  

traydesk v3.0 [10k] {S}+ Show/hide desktop icons, log on/off, restart or shutdown - all from the system tray.  

MenuSnap [20k] + Sort Programs & Favorites shortcuts alphabetically  

EatIcons [24k] + Speed up Windows Explorer by removing icons. Can be set to run at startup.  

 Floater [32k] {S}+ Quick launch toolbar.  

RUNit [39k] {S}+ Launchpad accessed via context menu.  

XEarth 1.0 [165k] {S}+ Port of xearth wallpaper for X-Window. Displays a user customized view of earth, rotating in the background.

Windows

 ShideWin [3.5k] {S}+ Enumerates all top-level windows and allows you to show or hide them. Especially helpful for finding windows that were made invisible after a crash.

 Handler [7k] + Window information tool

WinRoll 1.4 [7k] {S}+ Rollup windows to their title bar like Mac OS's WindowShade.

 Showin 2.0 [9k] + Enable windows that have been disabled, unhide hidden windows and force windows to stay on top or be placed below others. Perhaps one of the most popular uses of this program is to display hidden password editbox fields (text behind the asterisks *****).

PushPin 1.0 [22k] {S} Keep any window on top of all other windows.  

Nail It! v1.10 [25k] + Make windows"sticky" so that they remain above other windows.

 ResizeEnable [37k] + Turn non-resizeable windows into resizeable windows

 PowerMenu 1.5.1 [49k] + Adds "Always On Top", "Minimize To Tray", "Priority" and "Transparency" (W2K/XP only) sub menus to all top level system menus.

Media & Music

 CD 1.01 [5k] + Simple but fully functional CD player with controls  

 CDP [15k] {S}+ Simply starts playing a CD and exits

 TinyPiano 0.8e [19k] + Turn your computer keyboard into an electronic piano  

 Frequency Analyzer [32k] {S}+ Graphically displays in real time the Fourier transform of sound from microphone

 TinyCD [60k] + CD player  

VCDGear [70k] + Extract MPEG streams from CD images, do conversions of one video format to another, create VideoCD images, more. Many ports available.  

1by1 version 1.57 [100k] MP3 directory player. Requires MP3 ACM Codec or mpglib.dll (available on the 1by1 website).  

 SynFactory [119k] {S}+ Interactive Modular Software Synthesizer  

FMOD Media Player v3.40 [133k] + Media player supporting many formats and several OSs

HI-MD Renderer 0.30 [180k] + Convert OpenMG (OMA / OMG) files to WAV, MP3, FLAC, or OGG. More info on Sony's Hi-MD Recorders, SonicStage, and their proprietary OpenMG file format is available here.  

 CoolPlayer [219k] {S}+ Skinnable mp3 & wav audio player  

 STP - SysTrayPlay [209k] {S}+ Tiny yet powerful MP3 player   

 Mpxplay 1.46 [223k] {S}+ DOS based (32-bit) audio player. Supports: MP2, MP3, AC3, OGG, MPC, WAV, CDW.  

XMPlay 3.1 [299k] + Audio player with support for: OGG, MP3, MP2, MP1, WMA, WAV, MO3, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD, UMX audio formats, and PLS, M3U, ASX playlists. Many more formats are supported via Winamp plugins.  

 foobar2000 v0.667 [334k] + Simple yet powerful audio player with support for MP3, Ogg Vorbis, MPC, FLAC, Ogg FLAC, WAV, MOD, more.

CDex [1285k] {S}+ Rip CDs to WAV or MP3, convert files between WAV and MP3, more.  

Audacity 1.0.0 [1290k] {S}+ Audio editor that can record/play sounds, import/export WAV, AIFF & MP3 files, and much more. Windows, Mac, and *nix versions available.

Task Scheduling

 Delayer [28k] + Delay, repeat, and schedule the execution of programs.

nnCron LITE [217k] A system task scheduler compatible with Unix crontabs.

Clocks, Timers & Calendars

 Timer [4k] + Visual stopwatch  

 Neutron [6k] + Clock synch via Internet time servers  

 cal [12k] + Display the calendar for a year or a month.

 Calendar 1.34 [13k] + Standard calendar window with several functions including: copy date to clipboard, Always on top, custom formats, more.  

Past, Present, & Future 1.1 [18k] + 3 month calendar view. Free for non-commercial use.   

 TrayClock [18k] {S}+ Tiny analog clock for the system tray

 TinyClock [19k] {S}+ A tiny clock  

Minute Timer [39k] Countdown timer and alarm. Especially useful as a break reminder.  

Multi Timer 1.24 [122k] {S}+ Ten independent timers in one program. Count down to zero or up to max.  

Calculators, Converters & Graphing

 XCALC 2.4 [141k] + RPN calculator with many modes

Calc98 [296k] Scientific/Engineering calculator with units conversions and physical properties. Statistics, financial, array and matrix functions. Algebraic or RPN logic. Customisable appearance.  

Moffsoft FreeCalc [787k] Windows Calculator replacement with virtual tape (copy/save/print), sizeable display, "always on top" setting, double & triple zero keys, international support for thousand separators, and more.  

 Numerimal v1.1.1 [135k] + Converts between decimal, hexadecimal, octal, binary and any other user-selectable base up to 64-base.  

 Converber 1.4.0 [138k] + Convert between 924 various units of measure in 31 categories, from length and force to flow and temperature.  

Convert 4.10 [152k] + Unit conversion program  

 Grapher 0.9 [208k] + Graphs mathematical equations in any spatial dimension above the first

Fractals

 XaoS 3.1 [470k] {S}+ Real-time interactive fractal zoomer. Binaries available for many platforms.

 Fractint 20.0 [878k] {S}+ Full-featured fractal generator.

Addresses

 STASH 2.00 [20k] + Very simple database run from the command line. Suitable for small fragments of text like phone numbers, bookmarks, email addresses, etc.  

Custom Addressbook 1.1 [180k] + An easy to use, small, and extremely flexible Address Management program that can be run from floppy disk. Shareware version also available.  

Passwords

 PassDump [6k] + Similar to (and based on) PWReveal, but with just one goal - PassDump simply dumps to the console the text from any PassChar-protected textboxes that it can find.

 X-Pass v2.2 [5k] + Reveals almost *any* Win9x/2k/XP password field.   

 Showin 2.0 [9k] + Enable windows that have been disabled, unhide hidden windows and force windows to stay on top or be placed below others. Perhaps one of the most popular uses of this program is to display hidden password editbox fields (text behind the asterisks *****).

 PWReveal [11k] + Allows you to see the passwords behind most PassChar-protected text\editboxes in memory (allowing you to see behind the "*****" fields). Includes stay-resident option and a patch option to remove asterisks on the fly.

 PassPack v1.00 [15k] + Secure, streamlined and incredibly compact manager of passwords and confidential information. It features exceptional resistance to brute-force password search attacks. PassPack offers both import and export of unencrypted data.

Passwordlist-Viewer [20k] + View cached passwords (of the currently logged in User) saved in the corresponding pwl file.

Password Safe v1.7.1 [172k] + Store passwords securely using the Blowfish algorithm. Can also generate random 8 character passwords.

 PassKeeper 1.2 [85k] + Safe password storage. Free for individual & nonprofit use.  

 KeePass [309k] {S}+ Encrypted password safe with groups, drag-n-drop, search, password generator, export to TXT, HTML, XML & CSV.  

PINs [479k] {S}+ Store passwords securely. 448-bit Blowfish algorithm, secure deletetion of files, password generator, search, more.