Old Windows Software
By Paul Rudoff on Jan. 1, 1999 at 9:08 PM in Miscellaneous
Here are some old Windows software programs that are no longer being developed, but which I still find to be useful, so I have archived them here for all to enjoy. I have tested all of these programs in 64-bit Windows 7, so they should work in newer versions of Windows, too, but I make no guarantees. Registration information and patches is provided with the programs that were originally shareware in order to enable all features, as there would be no point in preserving this software otherwise. Some of these "registration patches" my trigger your anti-virus program, but that is a false positive. Everything here is clean of viruses.
Please note that I did not write any of the programs listed on this page, so please do not contact me for program support. Everything listed here is provided AS IS, with no support whatsoever. Many of the software developers are no longer in business.
• FileGrab - Ver. 1.0 (150 Kb) - When you drop files from Windows Explorer (or any other drag-and-drop capable app) onto the FileGrab window, you get a usable list of filenames rather than the files' contents. You can then save the list to disk, print it, or copy it into the clipboard for pasting into another application.
• Gallery Wizard - Ver. 2.0 (573 Kb) [Custom No Installer] - Lets you crate html image galleries with thumbnails for your website.
* NOTE: The original installer version would not run in 64-bit Windows, so I zipped up the installed files from a 32-bit copy of Windows. That version runs fine in 64-bit Windows. For more information on the program, visit the archived copy of the official website.
• JewlLinr - Ver. 2.6 (281 Kb) [Custom No Installer] - Prints and saves liners for CD Jewel boxes.
* NOTE: The original installer version would not run in 64-bit Windows, so I zipped up the installed files from a 32-bit copy of Windows. That version runs fine in 64-bit Windows. For more information on the program, visit the archived copy of the official website.
• L View Pro - Ver 1.D2 (313 Kb) - View, edit and convert many picture formats inc: JPG, GIF, BMP, PCX and more. You can also acquire images from Twain compliant scanners and do batch conversions.
• Windows 2000 CD Player - Ver. 1.0(?) (118 Kb) - A basic compact disc player that was originally bundled with Windows 2000. (I suspect that the online album look-up feature no longer works.)
These are a few add-ons (aka extensions) for the SeaMonkey browser that I have had to modify so they could be installed with the current version of the browser.
• Linkification - v1.3.9 modified - This extension converts text links into genuine, clickable links.
• Open Multiple Locations - v0.5 modified - This extension adds a "File" menu option to open multiple locations at a time. Just input a list of urls and it'll open them all at once in separate tabs. (A not-quite-as-elegant alternative is to use this webpage to open multiple tabs.)
• User Agent Switcher - v0.7.3 modified - This extension adds a menu to switch the user agent of the browser. It is designed to provide functionality similar to the "Browser Identification" feature of Opera and allows configuration of the list of user agents to display in the menu. With this extention you can let a website think you're using another browser, which can be handy in some cases. (alt homepage)
Please note that I did not write any of the programs listed on this page, so please do not contact me for program support. Everything listed here is provided AS IS, with no support whatsoever. Many of the software developers are no longer in business.
• FileGrab - Ver. 1.0 (150 Kb) - When you drop files from Windows Explorer (or any other drag-and-drop capable app) onto the FileGrab window, you get a usable list of filenames rather than the files' contents. You can then save the list to disk, print it, or copy it into the clipboard for pasting into another application.
• Gallery Wizard - Ver. 2.0 (573 Kb) [Custom No Installer] - Lets you crate html image galleries with thumbnails for your website.
* NOTE: The original installer version would not run in 64-bit Windows, so I zipped up the installed files from a 32-bit copy of Windows. That version runs fine in 64-bit Windows. For more information on the program, visit the archived copy of the official website.
• JewlLinr - Ver. 2.6 (281 Kb) [Custom No Installer] - Prints and saves liners for CD Jewel boxes.
* NOTE: The original installer version would not run in 64-bit Windows, so I zipped up the installed files from a 32-bit copy of Windows. That version runs fine in 64-bit Windows. For more information on the program, visit the archived copy of the official website.
• L View Pro - Ver 1.D2 (313 Kb) - View, edit and convert many picture formats inc: JPG, GIF, BMP, PCX and more. You can also acquire images from Twain compliant scanners and do batch conversions.
• Windows 2000 CD Player - Ver. 1.0(?) (118 Kb) - A basic compact disc player that was originally bundled with Windows 2000. (I suspect that the online album look-up feature no longer works.)
SEAMONKEY BROWSER EXTENSIONS
These are a few add-ons (aka extensions) for the SeaMonkey browser that I have had to modify so they could be installed with the current version of the browser.
• Linkification - v1.3.9 modified - This extension converts text links into genuine, clickable links.
• Open Multiple Locations - v0.5 modified - This extension adds a "File" menu option to open multiple locations at a time. Just input a list of urls and it'll open them all at once in separate tabs. (A not-quite-as-elegant alternative is to use this webpage to open multiple tabs.)
• User Agent Switcher - v0.7.3 modified - This extension adds a menu to switch the user agent of the browser. It is designed to provide functionality similar to the "Browser Identification" feature of Opera and allows configuration of the list of user agents to display in the menu. With this extention you can let a website think you're using another browser, which can be handy in some cases. (alt homepage)
NOTE: User Agent Switcher ver. 0.6.11 is the last version that will store its settings in the browser's prefs.js file. Later versions store their settings in a UserAgentSwitcher subfolder (in the browser's profile folder). Also note that the program *isn't* supposed to retain the user agent after closing - normally or forced. To retain the user agent, go into about:config and set useragentswitcher.reset.onclose to "false" (if not present, add as a new boolean item). It will stay set to a different user agent whether closed normally or forced/crash. Of course, this setting configuration is unsupported. You may experience a bug in SeaMonkey where it will keep the user agent even though the about:config settings is set to true. If you don't want the settings retained, switch it to false then back to true.
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