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Downloadsquad.com has listed a list of 40+ free Windows applications you can down load in 2 seconds:

Depending on your internet connection you might be able to download a
lot more (or a lot less) than 1Mb in two seconds – but calling this a
post about apps under a meg just isn’t quite as much fun!

No,
you don’t really need to pay too much attention to an application’s
hard drive footprint any more. After all, when you can buy a 1.5Tb
drive for less than $150US, what difference does a few megs here or
there make?

On the other hand, it’s amazing to see what some developers are able to accomplish with a very small amount of code.

There
are a ton of great, free applications that have been created in less
than 1Mb – I didn’t fully realize just how many until I started putting
this list together. This is by no means a complete list, so if your
favorite got overlooked make sure to share it in the comments!

Desktop/Shell Enhancements

Launchy (408Kb) – Hotkeys FTW! Launchy does more than hotkeys, of course, but even if you add a bucketload of plugins it’s still under 1Mb.

Open++
(114Kb) – Helps you tweak your context menu six ways from Sunday. Pair
it with another app like NirCmd for a nice one-two punch.

ViGlance
(198Kb) – Want Windows 7’s iconized taskbar in XP or Vista? ViGlance
pulls it off in just under 200Kb. It also swaps the start button for
the orb (on XP, of course) and does program grouping and pop-up window
lists.

VirtuaWin
(385Kb) – Most Linux distributions enable multiple virtual desktops by
default. Windows doesn’t support them out of the box – so you’ll need
an app like VirtuaWin. It’s a good way to keep your workspace organized.

XNeat
(797Kb) – No need to bother with separate apps to shuffle your taskbar
icons, roll up windows, or add transparency. XNeat does it all in a
single, tiny package. Also allows you to hide windows, minimize to
tray, create keyboard shortcuts, and a whole lot more.

Encryption

DiskCryptor
(740Kb) – One thing TrueCrypt can do that OmZiff can’t is encrypt
volumes. DiskCryptor can do it, too, and it’s well under the 1Mb mark

LockNote
(320Kb) – If the only thing you really want to encrypt are some private
thoughts and notes, Steganos’ GPL LockNote is a good choice.

OmZiff
(408Kb) – Protecting sensitive data with encryption is never a bad
idea. While OmZiff doesn’t have the massive featureset of TrueCrypt,
it’s one-tenth the size and provides all the essential functions and
includes a file shredder and password generator.

File Tools

7-Zip
(919Kb) – Sure, 7-zip’s main application window is ugly, but who uses
it? All the archiving and extracting power you need is just a
right-click away.

Everything
(334Kb) – A great desktop search tool, Everything indexes your drive
contents quicky and supports find-as-you-type. There’s a portable
version available as well, and it’s even smaller.

FastCopy
(194Kb) – Both FastCopy and TeraCopy are great, free apps that make
copying and moving large amounts of data easier. For me, FastCopy wins
because it’s free for commercial use, Open Source, and about one
quarter the size of TeraCopy.

Fling (230Kb)
- Those cheap hard drives make an excellent place to back up and
archive your files. Fling not only handles drive-to-drive sync, but it
also plays well with FTP servers and USB flash drives. It’s one of my
favorite discoveries this year.

QDir (439Kb) – If you can get used to the multi-pane crazines, QDir is an awesome tool for manually managing your files and folders.

Space Sniffer
(863Kb) – CCleaner does a great job of removing crap from your system,
but sometimes you need to dig a little deeper. Space Sniffer helps you
locate unwanted space hogs graphically.

Suction
(180Kb) – One great way to keep mess to a minimum on your system is to
consolidate similar directories – that’s exactly what Suction does.
It’s portable, too!

WinCD Emu
(783Kb) – Daemon Tools and Virtual CloneDrive are more well-known
programs for mounting ISO images as virtual optical drives in Windows,
but WinCD Emu provides almost the same functionality in a smaller
package. It handles ISO, IMG, CUE, BIN, and RAW files.

Internet and Networking

Ammyy Admin
(548Kb) – While it lacks TeamViewer’s speed and bonus features, Ammyy
still provides firewall-friendly remote control. There are no ports to
open, and if trust is an issue you can run your own Ammyy router (85Kb)
instead of using theirs.

GMail Notifier Plus (985Kb) – With kicked-up support for Windows 7’s jumplists, this is a useful, sexy helper app for anyone with a GMail account.

Hamachi
(989Kb) – Even though it’s about 50% bigger than it used to be, Hamachi
is still pretty dang small – and very useful. Its zero-config VPN makes
remote access to your systems a breeze.

HydraIRC (949Kb) – The installer
pushes HydraIRC over 1MB, but the portable version squeaks in under the
wire. Features a tabbed interface, skin support, DCC chat and
transfers, channel monitoring, and loads more.

iFTP
(838Kb) – I love the second line from the developer’s site: ” I
originally wrote i.Ftp to be the first freeware graphical client for
BeOS, but someone beat me to it by a few days and well nobody notices
who comes 2nd.” That might be true, but he still put together a very
capable FTP client with SFTP support.

NewsSifter
(262Kb) – An intelligent RSS feed reader that analyzes new items based
on content and sorts them into categories that you create.

Putty (444Kb) – Classic SSH/terminal client. ‘Nuf said.

uTorrent
(270Kb) – I’ve been using uTorrent as long as I’ve been downloading
torrent files. It’s got all the features I need in a client (and more)
and it’s well under the 1Mb mark even if you add the WebUI zip file.
Sure, there are other options, but uTorrent takes it easy on my system
resources and just gets the job done.