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
• Mac → GraphicConverter, best in 90s. i haven't used since 2009
• Linux: Image Viewers

Image Editor, Paint, Line Drawing

Drawing Software

Screenshot

• Microsoft Windows → ShareX

Video Player

• VLC media player

Video Streaming

• OBS. for sreaming YouTube twitch etc. Open Broadcaster Software

old: Screen Video Capture, Screencasting, Softwares

Video editor

• 2021-04-02 recommended by friends OpenShot

Video Chat, Video Conference

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

dvd ripper

• 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) (epub)

Microsoft Help File (.chm extension)

• 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

Keyboard Macros and Launchers

• Windows Keyboard Software Guide
• Mac Keyboard Tools
• 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 or 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
• PuTTY

Anti-Virus

on Windows 10, just use its default.

old: Windows: Best Anti-virus Software .

Sys Admin

• PowerShell Basics

Graphical tool for showing folder size

• Ncdu
• Disk Usage Analyzer
• qdirstat https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat
• Disk Inventory X Disk Inventory X
• grandPerspective http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/

Windows Tools for Programer

• Process Explorer At http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653
• FTP client. FileZilla
• FTP client, Firefox add-on: FireFTP.
• 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 Command line tool to view or set file permissions.

• Wireshark (a packet sniffer)
• Peer gardian (IP blocker)
• 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. (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 .