7+ Taskbar Tweaker |
Tweaking |
Adjust taskbar behavior. |
AltSnap |
Window management |
Easily move windows with mouse. |
Autoruns |
Startup management |
Turn off startup processes. |
CCleaner |
System cleanup |
Upsells are a little annoying. |
dBpoweramp |
Audio encoder |
Transcode music batches in parallel. |
DisplayFusion |
Tweaking |
Plethora of multi-monitor, desktop, and shell tweaks. |
Driver Store Explorer |
System cleanup |
Uninstall unused drivers. |
Firefox |
Web browser |
Very customizable, pro-user. |
IrfanView |
Image viewer |
Can be customized for minimal photo viewing. |
KeePass |
Password management |
Passwords not as a service. |
KMS_VL_ALL |
Activation |
Supports Windows 10 and Office 2019. |
Launchy |
Program launcher |
Easily start applications. |
Lupas Rename |
File management |
Complex path renaming. |
MainType |
Fonts |
Install and uninstall fonts, group them into folders, load them temporarily. |
Mongoose |
Web server |
Lightweight, portable HTTP server if you just need to serve a directory temporarily. |
NetPerSec |
Bandwidth monitor |
Very old and still the best. |
Notepad2 |
Text editor |
Very simple editor for small tasks. |
Process Explorer |
Task management |
Best in the business. |
Process Monitor |
Tracing |
Log filesystem, registry, and process operations. |
PS Tray Factory |
Tweaking |
Clean up notification area icons (not just hide them in a menu, actually remove them while leaving their programs still running). |
Recuva |
Undeletion |
Works well. Doesn't support ReFS. |
SharpKeys |
Keyboard |
Remap keys without a background process. |
Sublime Text |
Text editor |
More complex editor that can handle sophisticated text manipulations, very customizable and extensible. |
TagScanner |
Audio metadata editor |
Much better Discogs API client than Mp3tag. |
Total Commander |
File management |
Great keyboard shortcuts. |
TreeSize |
File management |
Analyze disk space usage with tables and graphs. |
UltraMon |
Tweaking |
A few multi-monitor, desktop, and shell tweaks. |
VirtuaWin |
Virtual desktops |
Lightweight, straightforward. |
Vivaldi |
Web browser |
Innovation, control, and respect. |
VLC |
Video playback |
Superior UI, hotkeys, and customization to Windows Media Player. |
Winaero Tweaker |
Tweaking |
GUI for lots of registry changes to make Windows better behaved. |
Winamp |
Music playback |
Still the best after all these years. |
WinRAR |
Archiving |
Reads plenty of formats, straightforward. |