Sh@dow Player

Sh@dow Player is a software application which helps people play music from their hard drives, as well as load and create playlists.

This tool is portable, meaning you do not have to install it on the computer. You can simply copy the program files to any location on the HDD and click the executable in order to run it. It is also possible to place the aforementioned items to a portable storage unit, such as a USB flash drive or other portable storage unit, and use Sh@dow Player on any computer you can connect to.

It is also important to mention that the Windows registry is not going to suffer any changes, and there will be not leftovers after its removal.

This software utility supports a few audio files (MP3, WMA and WAV), as well as some playlist formats such as SP, AXP and M3U.

The interface has two modes it can be switched to, an enhanced and a standard one. The latter is quite cluttered, while the other is plain, displaying just a list of songs. In both viewing methods, the playback controls (play, pause, stop and next) are displayed in a separate window, which can be closed at any point.

Songs can be added only with a file browser. The “drag and drop” function is not integrated, which is considered to be a setback, seeing it could have helped users manage items faster.

It is possible to repeat and shuffle the playlist, view the file path, change the font size and size and use a search function.

Sh@dow Player is a pretty decent piece of software which does not put a strain on your computer’s performance and has a good response time. However, it could definitely use more work.