Freeware Windows utilities

This page holds various small utilities I've made to make my life easier; they're here in the unlikely event they'll be of use to anyone else. These programs are all are Windows .net applications; so version 4 or better of the .net framework is recommended.

Feedback & bugs can be sent to utils@cresstoehne.com

Note to 3rd party hosts: direct links to the .zip files here will be redirected to the app's homepage; this is to mitigate links to out-of-date versions. You are, of course, welcome to host the files yourself.

Recent Updates:

• notes Version 1.4; 2019-08-28

  • Added: Search feature in individual notes. Toggle the search panel via the magnifying-glass link on the note editor. Related keys: press F3 or ctrl-f to show the search panel (or run a search if the panel is already open)
  • Added: Now remembering the caret position in closed note editors.
  • Added: Accelerator keys on context menus
  • Fixed: Bug in save file dialog.

• multiSum Version 1.2; 2019-08-28

  • Added: %RELATIVEPATH% as an avalible replacement string.
  • Fixed: some fixes in the %.md5% and %.sfv% replacements.

• rawKeyLogger Version 0.7; 2019-08-22

  • Changed: In the activity report, we now quote the app name and properly escape existing quotes; also added 'keystrokes' and 'clicks' columns.
  • Changed: Wait cursors added when running exports so the users know the program is working on it.
  • Fixed: Improved error handling when reading a log file that was terminated unexpectedly (ie: process termination or power failure).
  • Fixed: Typing log fix to reduce window change flood.
  • Fixed: Math error in activity reports.

• clipLogger Version 1.2; 2019-08-21

  • Added: Search feature. Toggle the search panel via the maginfying-glass link on the lower rightish. Related keys: press F3 or ctrl-f to show the search panel (or run a search if the panel is already open) press escape to hide the search panel if it's visible.
  • Changed: Some accelerator keys on the Quick Access menu: 'd' no longer dismisses, instead it clears the buffer. Use the Escape key to dismiss. 'v' now pastes as well as 'p'.
  • Fixed: improved hotkey code for function keys.

• DupeKill Version 1.0; 2019-08-21

  • Added: Blake2B hash function; in most cases it's faster than even SHA1 and md5 while providing a vastly larger address space. This is the new default hash, no more worrying about those damn SHAttered pdf's :)
  • Added: Extra warning in case the user has selected all extant copies of a file for deletion.
  • Added: You can now drag a folder to the app to start scanning it. (Files too, it'll scan the parent folder.)
  • Changed: Better progress bar(s). Also we now use a wait cursor during the 'execute actions' work.
  • Changed: Some new requirements: we now target version 4.6.2 of the .net framework to take advantage of long-path aware API's. We also moved to an x64 executable to take advantage of BLAKE2B's speed. The older 'any CPU' version supporting .net 4.0 will remain here: https://cresstone.com/apps/DupeKill/DupeKill_v0.8.zip#oldVersion
  • Fixed: Some improvements in data entry & tab navigation on the 'advanced criteria' form.