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The reviews and opinions below are posted by SnapFiles visitors. They do not necessarily reflect our opinion, and are solely based on the experience of individual users.
- Freeware
98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
Excellent program 
Copernic Desktop Search version 2.3
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Just what was needed with more bells and whistles than I would expect for a free program. This lets you monitor your hard drive to ensure that you have what you think you have and nothing more. When space gets tight on your old HD, all of the extra stuff you don't need is easy to find with this.
Review date: Jul 10, 2008
- Freeware
- 2000/XP/Vista
Great program
CPU-Z version 1.44.2
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This jewel is a stand-alone system that gives all the pertinent system information you need. SnapFiles has, in my opinion, under-rated it. It is a 5-star program for anyone who wants to know about their PC. Many other higher-rated programs, for example, cannot tell you what kind of RAM your PC runs - this does.
Review date: Apr 29, 2008
- Freeware
- Win (All)
This is as good as it gets
WinHTTrack version 3.42
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
You can't find the facilities in downloaders you pay for that you get here for FREE. Don't be a dummy and pay for an inferior item, get this for nada.
Review date: Dec 10, 2007
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Great program
Any FLV Player version 1.1.2
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Any FLV Player got my client`s FLV file online and working PRONTO and with no error or effort. Good job guys!
Review date: Nov 28, 2007
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Excellent software
Xenu Link Sleuth version 1.2h
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This is excellent software. You do not need to go any further. I tried various other systems and this is by far the bast.
Review date: Jul 09, 2007
- Freeware
- 2000/XP/Vista
Really rocks!
VideoLAN version 0.8.6a
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I needed a quick viewer to help with vob to avi conversions I am doing and WinAmp wasn't cuttin' it and I've given up on Windows Media Player years ago. VideoLAN is very, very light and as fully-featured as anyone could want for a video file viewer. It got me through the vob work very quickly and allowed me to easily flit from one file to another. Screen resize is a breeze and, well, you couldn't ask for more. Now VideoLAN has completely replaced WinAmp and I've never figured out how to uninstall Windows Media Player so I'm just stuck with Bill's monstrously pendulous monstrosity. :-)
Review date: Jun 08, 2007
- Free Trial ($9.95)
- Win (All)
Excellent program in transition
Hixus Email Address Protector version 2.3
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This program generates a link (text or grahpic) that disguises an email address rendering it almost impossible for a spambot to harvest your email address from a website. I have tried a dozen programs trying to get around the weakness of MS FrontPage boldly displaying my email addresses to everyone including PHP, ASP and proprietary forms of software. I have even worked with outside vendors to avoid being spambotted. This is the only simple way I've found that works. The company that originally produced it, Hixus, has sold the software to Multimedia Australia and it contacted me when I complained that there were some page links missing. I was told by Multimedia Australia that these minor problems will be fixed soon. So, this is good value for ten bucks and I suggest you buy it as soon as Multimedia Australia completes its do-over of the links. But, even without the links the GUI is so clear nothing is really needed.
Review date: Mar 05, 2007
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP
Completely customizable, perfect in every way
CoffeeCup Free DHTML Menu Builder version 1.0
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
CoffeeCup Menu Builder is all a web designer could ask for. Completely customizable. Perfect in every way. The CSS Tab Designer has its strong points and I use it often since downloading. But, it didn't have flexibility with drop-down menues. I looked and looked and finally decided to give CoffeeCup Menu Builder a try. I should have gotten it first. WOW. It customized my horizontal nav bar in just a few minutes, gave me a look I wanted (including use of the site's selected font) and installed easily. This is a MUST have for your design library.
Review date: Jan 11, 2007
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP
Moff soft calc is kool!
Moffsoft FreeCalc version 1.2.06
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Does everything I ever wanted a calculator to do. Simple (but very capable) PLUS produces that tape you can use to prove up your calculations. GREAT. You should charge $9.95 for this spiffy item.
Review date: Jan 09, 2007
- Freeware
- 2000/XP
Superscan 4.0 is a quantum leap forward
SuperScan version 4.0
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
With all due respect to the Editors of SnapFiles, they missed both the rating and recommendation on this item. It is only rated as 4-stars. It should be 5-stars. It is suggested in the review than Version 3.0 might be kept. Such wrong advice. 4.0 is a "quantum leap forward". I have used 3.0 for more than a year and it was excellent software; however, 4.0 does all of what 3.0 can and many, many other tasks such as whois, host discovery and Windows Enumeration. This software replaces three other items I have used in the past to augment SuperScan Version 3.0. Additionally, the item is extremely fast, indeed it is "blisteringly" fast. Finally, fault was found with SuperScan 4.0 producing a text file. I contrarily found that the text file is stored (something 3.0 lacked to my knowledge) and cutting and pasting is easy. If you need to scan ports or IPs - for whatever reason - or find out information about a domain name or IP address, then this is your tool.
Review date: Jan 07, 2007
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Half of a dynamic duo - memoinfo and ramboost
RamBooster version 2.0
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I was having some RAM problems and began an investigation to reduce the RAM usage. What I came up with that solves my problems is MemInfo which I also reviewed (and gave 5-stars) and RamBoost 2.0. With MemInfo sitting in the taskbar running you have a visual cue on how much RAM is left. When available RAM gets low just click on RamBoost and - using its presets - it will give you up to 75% of your RAM back. Easy and much quicker than going through the geek-names in Task Manager and trying to figure out which unused programs to manually purge from memory. I found that MemInfo uses much less RAM than RamBoost and so decided this dynamic duo fit the bill. In case you're asking, I have a 3.4 Mhz CPU and 1 Gig of RAM. But, I tend to run multiple programs, especially while doing web designs so this solution is really helpful to me. Thanks to SnapFiles for making this available. :-)
Review date: Nov 26, 2006
- Freeware
- NT/2000/XP
This program should be called meminfo +
MemInfo version 1.76.2
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
It is amazing sometimes what gifts people will make to complete strangers such as me. In this case, the gift is MemInfo which is a handy little tool that give you a "visual" on your task bar of your RAM usage in a nice variety of ways. It just sits there with a number, say 289, so I know that I'm only using 289 about of 1,000 MB of memory. I decided to try the program because I was having some performance issues. Now I know for sure that the problems are not caused by the amount of RAM left and I know this on an on-going basis. Additionally, MemInfo has a quick "memory defragmentation" routine that freed up about 25 MB of RAM and it seems also made the desktop a little quicker. All in all, if knowledge of what your RAM is doing is what you want then this tool will certainly fit your budget (free) and its small footprint won't hurt performance. As a plus, the taskbar graphic is real professional looking, too.
Review date: Nov 22, 2006
- Freeware
- Win (All)
G-split is a g-reat program
Gsplit version 2.0
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Can you believe it? This program is given away for free. It is so good, quick, complete and reliable that giving it away makes no sense. Snap(files) it up before they start charging for it. You won't regret it.
Review date: Oct 23, 2006
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP
This is a fantastic tool for everyone!
Papel version 4.82
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
The idea behind Papel is to give any text author a "palette" into which as many daubs of color as wanted can be added where the "palette" is just a folder and the colors are icons. You can make your icons different - signifying a different purpose - and readily discern the difference. This is the most intelligent design for handling ongoing text projects I have seen in 25 years of computing. The author has limited his description to writers but this can be used by anyone. It answered the exact need I had, incredibly, because I used to keep a text editor open with several projects. Of course in XP the links to each text file join in the task bar, but with Papel you only have one and this makes the selection or creation of new files easily organizable. I'm looking to see if I can change the descriptions of the icons - hope I find it; if not, well the descriptions provided are certainly adequate.
Review date: Sep 08, 2006
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Excellent program
NoteTab Light version 4.95
- Interface: 5
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This is an excellent program worthy of anyone's use. It has easily understood features and popups for those items that are novel.
Review date: Sep 08, 2006
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Picsizer is not multi-faceted
PicSizer version 3.0
- Interface: 4
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 2
- Value: 5
- Overall:
While PicSizer will rapidly and efficiently process a batch of your digital photos into the designated size, type and quality, it requires that you manually manipulate every photo that you wanted rotated. Other free systems will do the resize and rotation much more easily.
Review date: Apr 07, 2006
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Perfect tool for its purpose
Atomic TLD Filter version 1.20
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This is a great tool. Culls unwanted domains quickly. I loaded a large file of email addresses and wanted it broken into smaller files so I wouldn't overload my mail server. I clicked the button and seemingly nothing happened. So, I looked in the designated folder and all the files were already loaded; it worked so fast I didn't see it happen. :-) GREAT TOOL.
Review date: Mar 31, 2006
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP
Excellent program - under rated, in fact!
Solway Multimail version 1.2
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This program is excellent! I tested out five other programs today and this is the BEST one. Just make a page in html (FP) and save it to your desktop. From the FP "Design" view select all, copy and then paste into the Solway's message window. Then, browse to your email text file and select it. Then, make a few tweaks to config to tell it who you are and OFF YOU GO! Worked flawlessly. Doesn't seem to have a save function for a project but all of the other programs did - AND THEY DIDN'T WORK. So, anyone can save an html page, copy and paste it. That is no big deal. The big deal seems to be getting the mailer to deliver the goods, so to speak. Solway Multimail did deliver the good very quickly and with no effort. Too bad the guy went out of business (link doesn't work). But don't remove this program simply because we can't find the author. It is just too good a freeware program. No bells and whistles - just solid performance.
Review date: Mar 31, 2006
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP
Great software and zero second learning curve
AviSplit version 1.42
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
ONLY criticism of this program is that it does MORE than described. It handled the AVI file from my digital recorder no problem. Completely intuitive GUI leading to fast result (really, about a minute from download to production). Just call me "Cecil B.".
Review date: Jan 29, 2006
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP
Swiffrec is crazy to make this free :-)
SwiffRec version 1.04
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This program is great. I truly can't believe it is not charged for. TRUE: I spent about a hundred bucks for a program from Australia that does nothing more than give a few extra buttons. First, the instructions are so simple you can make a great swf file while sleeping. :-) Second, the program makes a wav file that you can check before going to the swf stage. Third, then the program makes your swf file, html page and you're finished except for posting to your website. If you already have a wav file this little hummer lets you drag it on to the GUI to start the process (cool). The author used two GNU programs (including LAME) so the quality of the swf recording is almost IDENTICAL to the wav yet it is only 8% of the size of the wav file. SUGGESTION: Put in (a) an option for a couple buttons and a slider and maybe color selection; and (b) charge a fair price for this, say about $20.00. Anyway, thanks Snapfiles for bringing us another jewel.
Review date: Jan 20, 2006
- Free Trial ($39.00)
- Win (All)
Coffeecup form builder spilled its beans
CoffeeCup Form Builder version 5.0
- Interface: 1
- Features: 1
- Ease of use: 1
- Value: 1
- Overall:
1. No privacy (won't save results to protected folder); 2. Rude tech on chat (told me I had an @ sign in file name when I didn't); 3. Error prone (won't save file - gives error "filename incorrect" for no reason); 3. Won't snap to a grid and alignment is poor; 4. Can't highlight all fields at once (must laboriously click on each one and if you miss dead center on any you have to start over again); 5. Email field does not function (you can denominate the field as "email" and then on the form enter "123" and it accepts this as an email address (hmm, what are these guys thinking)); 6. Can't modify presets such as states to add territories, etc.; 7. Can't set parameters for any field, not even a telephone number; 8. Difficulty putting into an SSL webpage due to coding for flash plugin which must be removed; 9. Instructions full of errors and many omissions; 10. SUMMARY: This program is not worth $34.00.
Review date: Jan 13, 2006
- Freeware
- 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
Perfect program - does exactly what it says!
1st AutoRun Express version 1.0
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This is a great program. The GUI works perfectly. It is not only intuitive, the author thought through some steps and provided solutions. For example, it asks if you wish to use an alternative icon and then guides you through selection of the particular icon you want from your own store of icons. The steps were reduced to the bare minimum and the program set in a quiet state while I arranged some of my files and folders to accommodate the steps. The author of this program got it exactly right and by doing so allowed me to get it exactly right the first time. The idea here is simply to locate a folder and an index.htm page (or other file) that you want to use to show the reader, or listener, of your CDRom, then the folder where everything it to be located. Finally, the program then creates in that folder all of the operating files needed to the CDRom auto-run. The last step is just to burn all of the files in that folder onto your CDRom. Cool and Effective.
Review date: Nov 10, 2005
- Free Trial ($12.50)
- 98/ME/2000/XP
Doesn't give a sample...
CD Autostart Creator version 2.1
- Interface: 1
- Features: 1
- Ease of use: 1
- Value: 1
- Overall:
This program offers a free trial. But, it only allows a pre-set file to run; so, you don't know if your file will run when you actually buy it. Not a good sales tactic.
Review date: Nov 10, 2005
- Free Trial ($12.95)
- Win (All)
Very poor program - not worth a try
Autorun Action Flash version 6.0
- Interface: 1
- Features: 1
- Ease of use: 1
- Value: 1
- Overall:
Sorry to be tough on this little guy, but it is a waste of time. I went through the instructions very carefully, made myself a beautiful bmp splash file, went through all of the steps of locating the html page to start, etc. THEN, when I pushed the "Finish" button guess what happened? The program disappeared. This little guy needs some serious work before being put on SnapFiles. Save yourself some time, don't bother. [Editor: tested it again today and worked without problems for us]
Review date: Nov 10, 2005
- Freeware
- Win (All)
A great little program
Free Web Buttons version 1.01
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This program is really under-rated. It generated really cool metallic tabs for me in about five minutes of download, installation, figuring it out and then publishing the tab buttons. Thank you SnapFiles for offering it and thanks, also, to freewebbuttons.com for making it. As good as it is for free I can only imagine what the upgrade version can do for me. Made my day!
Review date: Sep 26, 2005
- Freeware
- Win (All)
Jurycom
PrimoPDF version 1.0
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
This is a really wonderful program. Easy install. Easy use. Beats everything else I've tried including Adobe Acrobat because it is 10 times faster. With Adobe, you have to wait for the program to load. With PRIMO it is already loaded, apparently as a printer driver, and BAM you have your pdf to save. Wonderful. Thanks to SnapFiles for bringing this to the world.
Review date: Jun 29, 2005
Create interactive Flash movies and tutorials to show how applications and systems work.
