Great Software for Windows

This page lists great software for Windows that i personally use. Most are also available for Mac and Linux.

Image Viewer

• Windows → [ IrfanView ] [ 2021-01-20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IrfanView ]
• Mac → [ GraphicConverter ] [ 2021-01-20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GraphicConverter ], best in 90s. i haven't used since 2009
• Linux: Image Viewers

Image Editor, Paint, Line Drawing

Drawing Software

Screenshot Software

• Microsoft Windows → ShareX

Video Player

• [ VLC media player ] [ 2020-11-24 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player ]

Video Streaming

• OBS. for sreaming YouTube twitch etc. [ Open Broadcaster Software ] [ 2020-11-24 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Broadcaster_Software ]

old: Screen Video Capture, Screencasting, Softwares

Video editor

2021-04 recommended by friends:

• [ OpenShot ] [ 2021-04-02 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenShot ]
• [ Kdenlive ] [ 2021-04-20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kdenlive ]

Video Chat, Video Conference

2021-02-08 https://meet.jit.si/

dvd ripper

• [ HandBrake ] [ 2021-02-08 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HandBrake ] → Can't really rip encripted DVD. But good for converting DVD format to some video format as a file.

See also: Convert Video from Different Formats

Audio player

• VLC media player

See: Audio Recorder, Synthesizers, MIDI Software .

ebook file Reader

• [ Calibre (software) ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibre_%28software%29 ] (epub)

Microsoft Help File (.chm extension)

• [ XCHM ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCHM ] xchm

File Sharing, BitTorrent

• Transmission (BitTorrent client) (Mac, Linux)
• Deluge (software) (Windows, Mac, Linux)
• Vuze (Windows, Mac). Requires Java. I do not recommend.
• Windows: μTorrent

Text Editor

• emacs. [see Practical Emacs Tutorial]
• [ Visual Studio Code ] [ 2021-02-08 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Studio_Code ]

Keyboard Macros and Launchers

• Windows Keyboard Software Guide
• Mac Keyboard Software Guide
• Linux: Keyboard Software Guide

File Secure Deletion

• How to Secure Delete Files, Shred Files, Wipe Drive

Math

• Great Math Software

3D Modeling Software

• List of 3D Modeling Software

Unix utils

Mac: build-in. But to install extra, use [ Fink ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fink ] or [ MacPorts ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacPorts ].

Windows: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Old school is Cygwin. [see Installing Cygwin Tutorial]

VirtualBox. Best tool for running linux on Windows. [see How to Install Linux on VirtualBox]

Text Terminal

• [ Mintty ] [ 2021-04-02 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintty ]
• [ PuTTY ] [ 2021-04-02 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY ]

Anti-Virus

on Windows 10, just use its default.

old: Windows: Best Anti-virus Software .

Sys Admin

• PowerShell Tutorial

Graphical tool for showing folder size

• [ Ncdu ] [ 2020-11-24 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ncdu ]
• [ Disk Usage Analyzer ] [ 2020-11-23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Usage_Analyzer ]
• qdirstat [2020-11-24 https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat ]
• Disk Inventory X [ Disk Inventory X ] [ 2020-11-22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Inventory_X ]
• grandPerspective http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/

Windows Tools for Programer

• [ Process Explorer ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_Explorer ] At http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653
• FTP client. [ FileZilla ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileZilla ]
• FTP client, Firefox add-on: FireFTP.
• [ 7-zip ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-zip ] (zip, unzip, gzip, extracting installer exe etc.)

• i never used. Microsoft Log Parser 2.2. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24659
• [ Cacls ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacls ] Command line tool to view or set file permissions.

• [ Wireshark ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireshark ] (a packet sniffer)
• [ Peer gardian ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_gardian ] (IP blocker)
• [ ZoneAlarm ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZoneAlarm ] (full featured firewall)

For monitoring network, see also: tool for monitoring network traffic on Windows 7 Home At http://superuser.com/questions/302559/tool-for-monitoring-network-traffic-on-windows-7-home/

[ Inno Setup ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inno_Setup ]. (create installers)

This isn't exhaustive list of install software. Though, it contains all apps i use daily.

• Daily: emacs, cygwin, Google Chrome, Firefox, IrfanView, Safari, Opera, Skype.
• Weekly: GIMP, iTunes, Mathematica, VirtualBox, Firestorm/Phoenix (Second Life), Inkscape, Google Earth, Picasa, Thunderbird. (Mathematica should be there)

Just noticed a Walmart Photo Center there. lol. That's one of those bundled bloatware which somehow escaped my notice. It's going to trash now. Also, note that ComboFix.exe. It is supposed to be a rootkit detector or remover, but i haven't researched enough to be sure it's good. It is there temporarily.

For tools i use on linux, see: Xah Linux Setup .