Small free apps we might want?

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  1. bphlpt

    bphlpt A lowly staff member Staff Member

    Ran across these three apps that might be of interest:

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    OneClickFirewall

    https://winaero.com/download.php?view.1886

    Description:

    OneClickFirewall is a small app which will give you the ability to block any app from accessing the Internet. It integrates with the Explorer context menu. All you need to do is right click the application you want to block and select "Block Internet Access".

    Download OneClickFirewall

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    Windows Firewall Control

    https://www.binisoft.org/wfc.php

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    Windows Firewall Control - Managing Windows Firewall is now easier than ever

    Program Overview

    Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool which extends the functionality of Windows Firewall and provides new extra features which makes Windows Firewall better. It runs in the system tray and allows the user to control the native firewall easily without having to waste time by navigating to the specific part of the firewall. This is the best tool to manage the native firewall from Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Server 2016, Server 2012. Windows Firewall Control offers four filtering modes which can be switched with just a mouse click:

    High Filtering - All outbound and inbound connections are blocked. This profile blocks all attempts to connect to and from your computer.
    Medium Filtering - Outbound connections that do not match a rule are blocked. Only the programs that you allow can initiate outbound connections.
    Low Filtering - Outbound connections that do not match a rule are allowed. The user can block the programs he doesn't want to allow initiating outbound connections.
    No Filtering - Windows Firewall is turned off. Avoid using this setting unless you have another firewall running on your computer.

    Windows Firewall Control doesn't do any packet filtering and does not block or allow any connection. This is done by Windows Firewall itself based on the existing firewall rules.

    Program Features
    √ Notifications of outbound blocked connections.
    √ Learning mode that automatically allows digitally signed programs.
    √ Create temporary rules which are automatically deleted when they expire or on program restart.
    √ Intuitive user interface which is easy accessible through a system tray icon.
    √ Full support with standard user accounts. Elevated privileges are required only at installation.
    √ Disable the ability of other programs to tamper Windows Firewall rules and state.
    √ Integrated support of creating, modifying and deleting Window Firewall rules.
    √ Multiple and easier ways of creating new rules in Windows Firewall.
    √ Lock feature which can disable the access to the settings of the program and Windows Firewall.
    √ Shell integration into the right click context menu of the executable files.
    √ Automatically display invalid rules for programs that do not exist any more.
    √ Possibility to find and display duplicate firewall rules.
    √ Merge multiple similar rules or duplicate existing ones.
    √ View recently allowed and blocked connections and create new rules from the Security log.
    √ Import and export of partial sets of rules.
    √ Protection to unauthorized uninstallation.
    √ Possibility to restore previous settings at uninstallation.
    √ Global hot keys are supported and various shortcut keys are available.
    √ Integrated multi language support in 29 languages.
    √ And many, many more. Just try it out.

    System Requirements
    √ Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5 or a newer version.
    √ Compatible with all x86 and x64 versions of Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Server 2016, Server 2012.
    √ Windows Firewall service is required to be enabled for Windows Firewall Control to run.
    √ DNS Client service is required to be enabled for the notifications to work properly.

    Known Limitations
    √ Windows Firewall is incompatible with software proxies, web filtering modules, NDIS drivers and any other security software that may redirect the traffic from Windows Firewall to their own filtering module.
    √ Due to multiple system configurations and software installed there may be incompatibility problems. Please report them and help us to improve Windows Firewall Control. Thank you for your support !

    Current version
    Version: 6.0.2.0
    Date: 04 March, 2019
    SHA256: 535c7f214e16ef525f546e5dadf4124ffdc7eab0b6089cdc0da56888ec24bd2d

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    Easy Context Menu v1.6

    https://www.sordum.org/7615/easy-context-menu-v1-6/

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    Easy Context Menu (ECM) lets you add a variety of useful commands and tweaks to the Desktop, My Computer, Drives, File and Folder right-click context menus. This enables you to access the most used Windows components quickly and easily. Simply check the box next to the items you wish to add. Once added, just right click and the select the component shortcut to launch it. Easy Context Menu is both portable and freeware.

    Last update – March 3 2018 (Silent Update)

    [Fixed] – Right click Sticky notes feature doesn’t work

    Last General update (08.08.2015)

    [Fixed] – Windows 10 Registry writing Problem
    [Fixed] – Restricted user permission issues
    [Fixed] – If you change a group name in the List editor, target combo menu doesn’t update itself
    [Fixed] – Block keyboard needs admin permission
    [Fixed] – Tooltip doesn’t work properly
    [Fixed] – Attrib screen is too narrow
    [Fixed] – Command prompt bug and some minor translation errors
    [Added] – Load saved settings icon

    How to use

    Extract the ZIP to the folder of your choice, and then run the program. Select your desired context menu entries by ticking the adjacent checkbox, then click the Apply Changes button.

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    Easy Context Menu has six main categories, and three sub-categories:
    1. Desktop Context Menu
    2. My Computer Context Menu
    2a: Tools
    2b: System Tools
    2c: Turn Off options
    3. Drives Context Menu
    4. Folder Context Menu
    5. File Context Menu
    6. EXE file Context Menu

    Found within are all of Sordum’s small tools: Delete Temp Files, Restart Windows Explorer, Show or Hide Hidden Files/Folders, Show or Hide File Extensions, Rebuild Shell Icon Cache, Select All Files, Copy IP address, Reduce Memory, Fix Print Spooler, Take Ownership (which has no UAC problem and it also works in Windows XP).

    You can elect to show or hide the icon for any item by right clicking on it and selecting “Enable Icon”. Click “Enable Icon” again to toggle it back off.

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    The same menu allows you to arrange icon positions (Top, Middle or Bottom) or jump directly to the registry key for that item. The “Enable Shift-Click” option sets the item as hidden on the menu until you press the Shift key, which then makes it visible.

    Add any program to your context menu

    With Easy Context Menu, it is very easy to add any program to your right click menu. To do so:
    1. Open the List Editor
    2. Drag and drop your desired program into the editor

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    3. Click the “Save Changes” button and close then List Editor
    4. Now you will see the newly added program in ECM’s main window. Just select it and click the Apply Changes button.

    How to Clean the Right Click Menu

    The context menu is often abused by software vendors who add useless entries without asking permission. You can use ECM’s new context menu cleaner feature to remove all unwanted entries.

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    Just select an unwanted entry and click the Delete button to remove it from your context menu. It’s that simple.

    Block a Program in Windows Firewall

    To block a program in Windows Firewall using ECM:

    1. Add the ‘Block In Windows Firewall’ entry to your context menu
    2. Right click on any application (exe) and select Block In Windows Firewall. To remove an application from being blocked, right click and then choose “Remove From Windows Firewall”.

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    Windows 10 BUG

    Please be aware of a well known (except, apparently, by Microsoft) bug in Windows 10 — if you change the “Open File Explorer to” This PC, and then add context menu items, you cannot use Windows Explorer properly because explorer.exe will automatically run the most recently added right click item. We have reported this bug here (with no response, as yet).

    There is a temporary workaround you can use – if you add anything under the My Computer context menu, please check the box by “My Computer (for Win 10 bug)” entry as well. Then you’ll be able to use Windows Explorer normally.

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    NOTE: We are still waiting for a fix from Microsoft
    Please don’t use take ownership feature on windows system files and folders (For example Fonts folder etc.) . It may cause windows to not work properly

    Supported operating systems: Windows 10 , Windows 8.1 , Windows 8 , Windows 7 , Windows Vista , Windows xp – (both x86 and x64)
    Supported languages: English , Turkish , German , Italian , Vietnamese , Russian , Polish , Korean , Spanish , Hungarian , Chinese (Simplified) , Chinese (Traditional) , French , Japanese , Portuguese-Br , Greek , Danish , Dutch , Persian , Ukrainian , Hebrew , Romanian , Uighur , Czech , Arabic , Swedish , Slovenian , Portuguese-PT , Indonesian , Serbian

    File: EcMenu_x64.exe │ Virustotal
    MD5: d4cae9981946b6e2fb1cf52eedd10261
    SHA1: 721e03a68539a11c72a0be3849dbb34a4989e3fa

    File: EcMenu.exe │ Virustotal
    MD5: fdea0366e834590a45a95bd697b4b1a3
    SHA1: 0e1754ef45d6cb2c95c56522a6a9da915f875796


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