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    Classic Shell

    Classic Shell

    Start menu and Windows enhancement software

    Classic Shell adds some missing features to Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Vista like a classic start menu, toolbar for Explorer and others. Note: The software available here is not the latest version. Visit the new website www.classicshell.net to download the latest version and to access the new forums and documentation.
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    Downloads: 228 This Week
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    Squirrel Shell is a cross-platform alternative to system shells like bash in Linux and cmd.exe in Microsoft Windows. It is based on scripting language "Squirrel".
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    Downloads: 64 This Week
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    Swish
    Access your remote files over SFTP directly from Windows Explorer and 'My Computer'.
    Downloads: 20 This Week
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    Process Manager for Windows (PMW)

    A easy to use task manager that lets you control your apps

    Process Manager for Windows is a smart Task Manager that lets you manage priority, transparency, visibility of your processes with few clicks. It lets you kill one process or all processes in with just shortcut key and let you gain control of your unresponding windows computer and let you regain all the resources back, of course when killing apps you always have the risk of losing the unsaved data. ================= This tool flourished from 2008 to 2013, and was downloaded over 200K times, However, it was decommissioned in 2013 by the sole developer Arif Ali Saiyed This tool was free with optional donations to milaap.org that raised about $1400 and just that small amount helped 15,372 needy people through microlending and created a new source of income stream for 3401 entrepreneurs. Check out the link below to see the impact you all made by donating. https://milaap.org/users/6877/impact
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    Downloads: 15 This Week
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    DAT Freight and Analytics - DAT

    DAT Freight and Analytics operates DAT One truckload freight marketplace

    DAT Freight & Analytics operates DAT One, North America’s largest truckload freight marketplace; DAT iQ, the industry’s leading freight data analytics service; and Trucker Tools, the leader in load visibility. Shippers, transportation brokers, carriers, news organizations, and industry analysts rely on DAT for market trends and data insights, informed by nearly 700,000 daily load posts and a database exceeding $1 trillion in freight market transactions. Founded in 1978, DAT is a business unit of Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP), a constituent of the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500, and Fortune 1000. Headquartered in Beaverton, Ore., DAT continues to set the standard for innovation in the trucking and logistics industry.
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    SoupToNuts is a repository of technical articles and example software covering Postfix, OpenSSH, C and C++, Live Linux CD, MySQL, SQLite, Berkeley DB, Bash and System Administration.
    Downloads: 29 This Week
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    Blackbox for Windows is an alternative shell for Microsoft Windows. It is based stylistically on the Blackbox window manager for the X Window System, however it does not use the same codebase except for the gradient rendering code.
    Downloads: 9 This Week
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    A Windows Installer Database To XML Bi-Directional Converter. The command line tool msi2xml converts Windows Installer Databases (.msi) to text based XML files. The complementary tool xml2msi reconstructs the .msi from the XML file.
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    Downloads: 12 This Week
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    fshell is the Symbian equivalent of bash + telnet + a posix-like set of command-line tools. In other words it's a console framework for Symbian OS with support for remote connections and a suite of tools for debugging the device.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    Kobo XCSoar Launcher

    a customizable boot menu for your Kobo Mini

    Mainly this project aims at easing startup and use of XCSoar (see xcsoar.org) on Kobo Mini. But the scope of use should not be limited solely to XCSoar. The Launcher should be small in code size, reuse most of the original libraries, provide flexible configuration to any application that might be ported to the Kobo Mini. It supports customizable fonts, toolbox-pages, buttons (also graphical), labels, autostart and sleep timers.
    Downloads: 14 This Week
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    eProcurement Software

    Enterprises and companies seeking a solution to manage all their procurement operations and processes

    eBuyerAssist by Eyvo is a cloud-based procurement solution designed for businesses of all sizes and industries. Fully modular and scalable, it streamlines the entire procurement lifecycle—from requisition to fulfillment. The platform includes powerful tools for strategic sourcing, supplier management, warehouse operations, and contract oversight. Additional modules cover purchase orders, approval workflows, inventory and asset management, customer orders, budget control, cost accounting, invoice matching, vendor credit checks, and risk analysis. eBuyerAssist centralizes all procurement functions into a single, easy-to-use system—improving visibility, control, and efficiency across your organization. Whether you're aiming to reduce costs, enhance compliance, or align procurement with broader business goals, eBuyerAssist helps you get there faster, smarter, and with measurable results.
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    mp3ext
    This is Michael Mutschler's famous mp3 shell extension, also available for Windows7 and 64 bit.
    Downloads: 13 This Week
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    Alternative Windows Console v2

    Alternative Windows Console v2

    Alternative Windows(tm) Console - extended interface to Windows shell

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    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    GeoShell is a Windows Shell Replacement. It replaces the standard 'Start Menu', 'Desktop', 'Task Bar' and 'system tray' of windows with a smaller, faster, and more configureable program, with an extensible bar-oriented minimal interface.
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    Dreamos is an operating system developed on Sega Dreamcast to be ported to an array of embedded devices. The goal of the project is to be able to run non-ported Unix programs on the Sega Dreamcast and other embedded devices with ease and POSIX compliance
    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    RemCom is RAT [Remote Administration Tool] that lets you execute processes on remote windows systems, copy files, process there output and stream it back. It allows execution of remote shell commands directly with full interactive console.
    Downloads: 8 This Week
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    cLaunch - Highly customisable PocketPC Today Screen Launcher based on tdLaunch code
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    this is a very primitive dos multitasking gui i think it will help alot of people with window management it also comes with some example progams
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    This program is a simple shell. chdir, echo, mkdir,rmdir,cat, history, variables, a little help, ... are supported. For more info see the changelog! There's also a script installer/uninstaller. (you can run it using GabySH!!!). Win32 Plateform.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    Shell Extension Manager helps you activate / deactivate MS Windows shell extensions in order to improve the stability and speed of your computer. Your actions with this program could fail your Windows Explorer Shell! Use with caution!
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    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    USB Extension

    Software for the placement of removable devices shortcuts.

    Software for the placement of removable devices shortcuts on the desktop in Microsoft Windows. Support cd-rom, usb-drives, flash cards, network drives and etc. Work on Windows XP and later. Written on c++. Now the installer (1.0.2) with required DLL-files.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Context Menu (Shell Extension)

    Free configurable Windows Explorer context menu extension.

    ContextMenu is a free configurable shell extension allowing users to define their own menu items to be included in the Windows Explorer’s context menu. This project consists of two DLLs (x86 and x64) written in native C++ with plain access to the Win32-API representing the shell extension, a composer written in C# to be used to configure all shell extensions at once as well as of a help file explaining all necessary details. The composer is also available as x86 and x64 version. Note this shell extension is tested under Windows XP (64) and under Windows 7 (32). Furthermore, a parallel usage (multiple installations) of this shell extension is also possible.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    F2Ashell
    This Shell allows you to have an easy text interface to probe your code. Your code must be related to a DLL library to interact with the shell. A template to implement this is provided. Project WEB: http://sites.google.com/site/f2ashell/
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Google Page Rank

    Google Page Rank

    A tool and library to gather the Google Page Rank of web pages.

    This project is a simple Qt library extension that is used to retrieve the Google page rank of any public web page. You can use the library capability asynchronously which means you can send a request and a little later you get a message with the answer which you continue to do other work. The project also includes a command line tool that is used to synchronously get the page rank of a URL. This tool can be used in shell scripts.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    A simple program that redefines the function of PNA's hardware keys (tested only on ViaMichelin X950). It allows task switching, volume control, closing applications and showing soft keyboard
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Quake II-based 3D shell, currently aimed for Windows (Linux in consideration). The project hopes to create a much more logical user experience for performing common tasks inside a computer, while establishing a three-dimensional online world.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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