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Software Reviews

by tomdc7

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.

Sandboxie
  • Free Trial ($25.00)
  • Win2000/XP/Vista

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Sandboxie version 2.60
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Great program and it works well with the new Internet Explorer 7. With IE7's ability to tab the links you click, within the same browser window, you stay within the Sandboxie environment. Some links open a separate page with items that open outside the Sanbox which is covered by sandboxie if you pay for it but not for the free users. Still wonderful. Tabbed IE7 takes care of that. I haven't paid yet but I'm going to! Had a bit if trouble getting sandboxed and getting to use Netscapes WebExcelerator at the same time but figured it out. For Netscape users, sign in to Netscape the usual way and once your in, then open Sandboxie. It will open its own browser. You must re-sign in to Netscape in this "sandboxed" browser in order to get your Netscape add-ons to work in the same browser as Sanboxie. Well worth it! Great stuff.

    Review date: Sep 20, 2006

AnalogX SuperShredder
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

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AnalogX SuperShredder version 1.01
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Put a link to the exe file of this program into C: , and boot the PC into DOS with a floppy and run SuperShredder from DOS to eliminate files that Windows wont let you. Like those "index.dat" and system recovery checkpoints that are infected but protected from deletion by Windows. From DOS this program doesnt have to ask Windows for permission to delete. Good stuff

    Review date: Feb 20, 2006

LastChance
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

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LastChance version 1.03
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Unfortunately, most antivirus apps. that you might want to run before shut down, require human input as to what to do with found problems. If you have programs that do their job without human intervention, this is a good one. I use it with a mouse and key recorder program from this site called "Nmacrorec" that records your mouse and keyboard activity and creates an executable from it. These can be assigned to LastChance and work well. A neat program

    Review date: Feb 12, 2006

Slawdog Smart Shutdown
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

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Slawdog Smart Shutdown version 2005
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Good program and works well. It gives me an error, "internet disconnect failed" or something like that so had to use the log off thing and that dose it but the Netscape software thought it was a mistake and restarted the internet connection anyway. Otherwise, good program.

    Review date: Feb 12, 2006

EMCO MoveOnBoot
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

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EMCO MoveOnBoot version 1.5
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

You may not know this but MoveOnBoot clears the/your web traffic info Windows collects in the "Index.dat" files located in the "temporary Internet Files" folder the next time you reboot. This helps keep your web traffic info PRIVATE. MoveOnBoot is the best thing ive used. This program is the best! Right click the file Windows or the file author wont let you delete, and select "delete files on next boot" and when you re-boot, there gone. MoveOnBoot deletes files on bootup and doesn't ask "Windows" for permission. Occasionally, a virus will install a file that you cant delete. Or it will install it to a location that is protected by Microsoft and can't be deleted. This program is the best for getting rid of those elements that "won't go away". A must have!

    Review date: Feb 12, 2006

Rename4U
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

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Rename4U version 1.16
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This thing is great! I collect a great many files that I keep on my hard drive. They all have to be named and numbered and Rename4U does it all. It let me load 2400 items to rename at once! Awesome. It give you the ability to add prefix info and number values as well. This program is the best!

    Review date: Feb 12, 2006

Dexpot
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

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Dexpot version 1.3
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This program is the best! It lets me change screens with a flick of the hotkeys. I can hide my desktop activities before my Wife rounds the corner. The program lets me switch from the number one screen showing my stock investments to the thirteenth screen desktop with the taxes I was supposed to do. Each person gets their own desktop that uses the same PC. You can even transfer open windows between them. Great program

    Review date: Feb 12, 2006

Yankee-Clipper
  • Freeware
  • WinWin (All)

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Yankee-Clipper version 1.0.4.3
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This thing is great! I like to take still captures from the video movies I play on my PC and Yankee-clipper saves them all. It let me open the images it collected for me in windows pain, and save them to the hard drive from there. It also saves on the typing. Great idea!

    Review date: Feb 12, 2006

Cookie Muncher
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP

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Cookie Muncher version 3.7
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Great program to lose those cookies on arrival. Some sites dont let you have access if you dont have your cookies enabled. But you don't just want them enabled all the time so Cookie Muncher "chomps" them on arrival. It also gave me the option of deleting the temp file and history entries as well. Good stuff.

    Review date: Feb 12, 2006

Index.dat Suite
  • Freeware
  • Win98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista

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Index.dat Suite version 2.9.0
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Not only does it delete the index.dat files but it will also delete the entire Temp-internet-files folder as well. When you go online windows replaces it with a fresh empty one so you can get rid of the content of index.dat and contentIE5 folders in one swipe. I like to run it from DOS before Windows starts each time I boot up for the day. Windows is not a privacy based operating system so Index.dat Suite is just the thing you need! Locate the .exe file to this program in Program Files and send a link to it to C: That way you can easily run it from DOS.

    Review date: Feb 07, 2006

CCleaner
  • Freeware
  • Win2000/XP/Vista

qleft  You need this  qright

CCleaner version 1.26.218
  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Windows keeps all the internet addresses you visit in an "index.dat" file. Even if you delete cookies in the cookies folder or webb stuff in Temporary Internet Files folder, Windows still has all that stuff in the index.dat files. CCleaner kills these files! When Windows reboots, it sees theres no index.dat files and replaces them fresh "empty" index files. Windows wont let you delete index.dat files but CCleaner will. Great program. Reboot your PC and hold down the F8 key to boot into "Safe Mode with command prompt. Then type "cd C:" to change the directory to C drive and hit "DIR". Locate the link to CCleaner you put there and run this program from Safe Mode. Even better.

    Review date: Feb 07, 2006

Auto Movie Creator

Auto Movie Creator

Create movies using video clips, photo images, and music files.

Demo Builder

Demo Builder

Create interactive Flash movies and tutorials to show how applications and systems work.

RoboTask

RoboTask

A powerful, yet easy-to-use tool to automate any series of tasks you can do on your computer.