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I bundled 7 little tools Windows should have shipped with into one free portable app

Hey! Author here. Second tool I publish, after ProKill last week.

The idea: every time I fix a friend's PC, it's the same routine — too much stuff at startup, a full drive with no idea what's filling it, duplicate photos everywhere, a Downloads folder from hell. Each of these has a dedicated tool, but my non-technical friends will never install five different programs.

So ProBox puts 7 modules in one dark-themed portable app:

– Startup manager: see/disable/delete everything that launches at boot (uses the same official mechanism as Task Manager, fully reversible)

– Network: real-time bandwidth, which apps are connected and where to, plus a diagnostics window with a "Repair my connection" button (flush DNS, renew IP, Winsock reset)

– Duplicate finder: by CONTENT, so renamed copies are caught. Whole-drive scans, biggest files first, stop anytime and keep the results, image previews on hover, deletion goes to the recycle bin

– Tidy up: sorts the Downloads mess by type, preview first, undoable

– Wi-Fi passwords: every network saved on the PC (same data Windows shows in settings, 100x faster to reach)

– Cleanup: temp files, browser caches, recycle bin, Windows Update leftovers — with per-category sizes and a detailed view of what would be removed BEFORE anything is deleted

– Disk space: a pocket TreeSize — heaviest folders, largest files, basic drive health

Also: an action history of everything the app changed on your system (for peace of mind), a live CPU/RAM/disk status card, bilingual EN/FR interface auto-detected from Windows, and update notifications.

Single portable exe, no install, no account, no telemetry. Python + tkinter, source fully readable in the repo. Yes, dedicated tools like CCleaner, Everything or WizTree do each job with more depth — ProBox aims at the "I just want my PC fixed" crowd, with safety rails everywhere (analyze before delete, recycle bin, undo).

Feedback very welcome!

https://github.com/karkarofff/probox

Source: r/coolgithubprojects · by /u/karkarofffdev

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