SRS...I'm glad you found some useful... WinPatrol is so essential, I forget it's there until it DOES remind me that something is trying to 'change' something...(usually by putting a program in startup).

In that page you found, I see several favorites....but also several that I think have better alternatives. None look like problems, so whatever one thinks would be useful.

Right now, let me suggest several that help in managing a Windows computer..(bearing in mind that I am still in XP, and that Win7 can get picky about what it runs)


IndexYourFiles will do what it says... index any or all of your drive(s)
and allow you to INSTANTLY find any file, and show a preview of it. If have lost a file you know should be there, but may have downloaded or moved, this is an excellent way to find it.
   Use it in combination with WinDirStat, which gives a graphic view of an entire drive and allows you to quickly 'see' what is taking up space. Amazing way to get familiar with locations and disk usage!


Then, to manage everything that you find, FreeCommander is an **excellent** replacement for MyComputer. It is a powerful, configurable 2-pane file manager which is the easiest way I've found to MOVE files (it needs certain non-default features to be enabled for the easiest tricks) and a quick way to preview files...images and text and sound, etc... right in the 2nd pane.
   It is regularly updated & improved. There is one file manager that is probably better, but it is not free)

I'll think about other programs...

(Oh...and yes...those portable apps are great...I have a bunch on a flash drive, thought I seldom actually need/use them since I am mostly at home.)