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With more than 85% of market share, Windows is the most popular desktop operating system. No
surprise, it supports loads of apps and tools for each and every task from media/entertainment to
system or security. Some tools are very essential and we all know their names like Chrome, Firefox, VLC,
Zip etc. However, there is another class of utilities that gets less attention. So, weve compiled a list of
less known, but helpful, free Windows tools that are worth installing.
Most of these programs come with free, as well as paid version.
Table of Content
Communication
Productivity
System and Security
Entertainment and Media Management
Cutomization and Troubleshooting
Developers Tools
Miscellaneous
Communication
1. Pidgin
Pidgin is an easy-to-use, universal chat client. It supports all big clients and chat networks including Yahoo,
Google talk, AIM, MSN and more. With Pidgin you can connect to all of them at once and chat with as
many people as you want on multiple chat network.
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2. Digify
Digify is the most inexpensive way to protect and track your data/message once it was sent to someone
else. Files sent using digify are copy-protected and self-destructing, and you can unshare them even after
sending.
3. Betternet
Betternet allows you to access any website in any country, by bypassing internet restrictions and all
blocked websites. That means you can open any website censored by government or workplace. It also
lets you surf the web anonymously while keeping your private data safe from malicious attacks.
Productivity
4. WPS Office
WPS Office offers a simple and easy-to-use interface that lets you write documents, create presentations
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and spreadsheets. It is packed with tons of free fonts and templates, fully compatible with Microsoft
Office.
5. doPDF
doPDF creates PDF files and converts any type of printable documents (more than 400 formats) into PDF
files. There is a multi-language interface to create searchable PDFs that can be indexed by search engines.
6. Free Opener
Now you dont need to spend your time downloading programs for each file type you want to open.
With Free Opener, you can open more than 350 files in one application. It supports almost all kinds of
audio, video and text formats.
7. Defraggler
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Defraggler is one of the best defragment tools that can defrag an entire hard disk or even individual
files. It shows you a health status and drive map to let you decide if defragmentation is required for
drives. It supports FAT32 and NTFS file system.
8. WordExpander
This is a PhraseExpander that provides quick access to common phrases. The software eases your writing
work by auto-completing words and phrases. It works with all Windows programs including browsers and
text-editors.
9. Wunderlist
Wunderlist allows you to organize and share your to-do work, movies, grocery, household list and
whatever you are planning, no matter how big or small the task is. You can set due dates, reminders and
share your list and work collaboratively with friends and colleagues.
10. PDF Eraser
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PDF Eraser lets you edit, join and split PDF files. You can also add images and text to them. It treats every
PDF document as an image file which allows you to erase (or add anything) using a simple tool like eraser.
System and Security

11. Process Explorer
Windows has a task manager system that provides a lot of useful information about the program. Usually,
it does the entire job but for some rare operations you need an alternative. For example, if you are trying
to figure out which program is using your printer, youll need Process Explorer. It shows you what files are
in back-end use, what hardware and each program is doing.
12. Speccy
With Speccy, you can get a quick summary or dig deeper into every aspect of your computers hardware.
It shows detailed information of every single piece of hardware including RAM, processor, motherboard,
sound and graphic card. Moreover, it displays real time temperature of critical components so you can spot
problems before they occur.
13. MalwareBytes
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You may have a good anti-virus program running all the time, but no anti-virus software catches
everything. So, its better to install a secondary program for extra security. MalwareBytes is one of them
it detects and removes worms, trojans, spywares, rootkits and other harmful malware present in your
hardware.
14. AdwCleaner
If you have accidentally installed any annoying toolbar that just wont go away, all you need is this
software. AdwCleaner removes all unwanted ad programs, toolbars and hijackers (hijack of browsers
homepage).
15. VirusTotal Windows Uploader
The VirusTotal uploader allows you to scan any file with over 50 antivirus tools at once. Just install it and
right click on any file (less than 32 MB) and select VirusTotal. The scan result will be displayed in your
browser.
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16. Sandboxie
Sometimes, we open the random programs or files, even though we know its harmful. Next time, if you
are going to do it, at least use protection. Sandboxie is the software that runs programs independent of
the rest of your system. In this way, random programs cant access, infect or interfere with other
applications. Moreover, you can use Sandboxie as a testing tool.
17. Should I Remove It?
This program helps you decide what application should you remove from your PC. It simply scans the
whole computer and then ranks what should be removed to make your PC work more efficiently. This
includes all sorts of bloatware and crapware such as toolbars, spyware, unwanted programs as well as
different forms of malware.
18. Advanced SystemCare
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Advanced SystemCare is a one click solution to clean and speed up your computer. The software does
this by removing unwanted programs, optimizing registry files and boosting start-up speed. It comes with
SSD optimization and multi disk defragment that will drag your drives to extend the service life and
improve the system performance.
19. Recuva
Recuva helps you recover your accidentally deleted files quickly and easily. It can recover pictures,
documents, music, video, emails or any other file types you have lost. You can recover from any
rewritable media like external hard disk, USB stick, memory card etc.
Entertainment and Media Management

20. Irfan View
Ifran View is fast and compact graphic viewer and converter. It supports plenty of formats, languages and
Adobe Photoshop Filters. It is packed with multiple useful features like painting, slideshow, multi-page TIF
editing, file search, directory view multimedia player and more.
21. MediaMonkey
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MediaMonkey can manage thousands of audio and video file, without bogging down. It automatically scans
your files and tags them with correct album, lyrics and other metadata. Moreover, it organizes and
renames audio/video files on your hard drive into a logical hierarchy, and syncs them with a wide range of
portable device.
22. Virtual DJ
Virtual DJ is commonly used by DJs to replace their turntable and use digital music instead of vinyl and CDs.
It has more option than other media players (like iTunes) you can mix songs, adjust speed, crossfade
from one side to the other, and apply effects like loops and more.
23. PicPick
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PicPick is full-featured screen capture tool, color picker, image editor, protector, pixel ruler, whiteboard,
crosshair and more. You can take screenshot of the entire window (or any specific region), edit your
image and share it with everyone.
24. RIOT
RIOT (Radical Image Optimization Tool) is simple, lightweight and fast tool for optimizing pictures. It lets
you visually adjust compression parameters while keeping the file size as small as possible. It comes with an
effective interface to compare the original and optimized photo (along with their size) in real time.
25. Any Video Converter
As the name suggests, the software lets you effortlessly convert any video file to any format. You can rip
and extract audio tracks, sounds or background music. It also supports converting audio files between
different formats.
26. Lyrics Finder
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Lyrics Finder aims to perform just one task it lets you find lyrics of music files and automatically adds
them to the tracks metadata.
27. Tomahawk
Tomahawk is a cross-platform music player that unites your local audios, songs download, music streams,
playlists, cloud music storage and radio stations in a single music collection. Also, you can connect your
friends to browse and play their libraries or just listen along whatever they are playing.
28. PhotoScape
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PhotoScape is easy and fun image editing software that lets you fix and enhance photos. Some of its
main features include, batch editor, face search, image converter, splitter and combiner.
Cutomization and Troubleshooting

29. Ultimate Windows Tweaker
This is a freeware tweaking utility for optimizing and tweaking Windows 7 and Vista. You can use it as a
portable application to customize your Windows (both 32 and 64 bit) to meet your requirements.
30. Stress Testing Tools
If you have overclocked your CPU, its better to install some stress testing utilities like LinX and GIMPS.
They can be useful when your processor is having issues. For example, if some of your programs are
crashing, they can help you figure out whether your CPU is the problem or is there something else.
31. YUMI
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YUMI is a multiboot USB creator that allows you to put multiple live CDs on one flash drive that means
you can create numerous antivirus utilities, operating systems, diagnostic tools and more.
32. BrightExplorer
For now, Windows doesnt offer any way to open multiple directories via tabs. BrightExplorer fills this
gap by adding tabs to Window Explorer, allowing each Window to be opened in its own tab.
33. Start Screen Unlimited
Windows 8 (and above) start screen is not very customizable. For instance, it doesnt show time or
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network status without entering the desktop. Start Screen Unlimited fills this gap and tries to make the
front screen more useful.
34. Sysinternals Suite
This is a pack of Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities that contains individual troubleshooting tools and
help files such as CacheSet, PendMoves, PipeList, DebugView, PsPing, ShellRunas, LDMDump and many
more.
35. Driver Booster
Driver Booster claims to fix and update over 400,000 windows driver. It automatically updates these
driver, saving you loads of time and effort. It creates an automatic restore point before updating the
drivers and it has options to automatically reboot or shutdown your machine after its done.
36. FixWin
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FixWin is a portable freeware that lets you fix and repair Windows 10 problems and annoyances. The
programs has been categorized into 6 section, each representing problems with a specific components like
system tools, file explorer, troubleshooters, Internet and connectivity.
Developers Tools
37. Moo0 File Monitor
In Windows, its really hard to tell what is going on in the background. However, the default task manager
shows the CPU and RAM usage. If you want to monitor file changes (and their associated data) in real
time, look no further than Moo0 File Monitor. The application is capable of tracking all files without bogging
down your computers performance.
38. ChrisPC DNS Switch
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If you are facing any issues with DNS provided by ISP, the quick solution is to swap it with other DNS
using tools like ChrisPC DNS Switch. It has a big list of presets from popular DNS servers that you can
switch to. Also, it allows power-users to specify custom DNS servers.
39. Blender 3d
Blender is 3d graphic creation tool that allows you to perform modeling, animation, rendering, real-time
interactive 3d and more. It includes camera and object tracking, rigify meta-rigging system, fracture
objects, powerful video editing tool, complete node and render layer support. And yes, you can develop
your own game logic.
40. Web Essentials for Visual Studio
These tools extend Visual Studio with a lot of new features that web developers have been missing for
many years. If your work revolves around CSS, HTML, JavaScript, CoffeeScript or LESS, then this is a
must-have tool for you.
41. DOSBox
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There are some old programs that you cant run on current/new operating systems and thats where this
application comes in use. DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library. It has been already ported
to many different platforms such as Linux, BeOS, Windows, MacOS and more.
42. Ophcrack
Ophcrack is by far the best Windows password cracker that will find all your passwords and display them
on screen. It is known to recover up to 99.9 percent passwords from Windows XP, in a matter of
seconds. Any 14 character (or less than this) password that has any combination of numbers, capital and
small letters should be crackable.
43. Blackbird
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Blackbird is developed to reduce hours and effort spent on tweaking privacy setting by using some
less-known techniques to fully disarm Windows without leaving behind even the smallest possible
footprint. It helps you block Windows spyware, on both network and application level, with dynamic
filtering, and without editing the Hosts file and firewall setting.
Miscellaneous
44. Wireless Network Watcher
If you think someone is stealing your Wifi network, Wireless Network Watcher is the best tool to find out.
It shows a list of all devices on your network along with MAC/IP address and other information.
45. SUMo
SUMo stands for Software Update Monitor. It keeps your computer up-to-date and safe by checking for
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updates and patches for installed software. You can exclude the programs you dont want to track.
Moreover, it automatically detects driver and beta updates.
46. Tixati
Tixati is the uTorrent alternative with no Java, no.Net. It is simple, fast and easy-to-use, and supports
magnet links with extensive bandwidth reporting and management.
47. Everything
Windows desktop search engine is great, but Everything is one step ahead of that. It looks for all files and
folders, including system folders and temporary files. You can also use regular expressions in your search
queries.
48. WinDirStat
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WinDirStat is a space usage data viewer and cleanup tool that scans all your disks and shows you the
biggest folder, which files are taking much space, and more. There is a treemap that displays the whole
contents of directory tree straight away.
49. DimScreen
All monitors allow users to control brightness level. However, if you are working in dark, the minimum
brightness setting of monitor still hurts your eyes. DimScreen gives you full control to adjust the
brightness/opacity of the screen, below the monitors default level.
50. GoodSync
GoodSync is a file backup and synchronization tool that automatically backs up and syncs your data
between any drive, computer and mobile device, FTP, Google drive, SkyDrive, Amazon S3 with or
without using cloud.
51. TakeOwnerShip
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TakeOwnerShip is a tiny program that solves those annoying cannot delete and access denied errors.
It allows you to ownership and grant full permissions of any files or folders. All you need to do is just
drag-drop the file/folder to the program.
52. PeaZip
PeaZip is free file archiver and data compression software that supports more than 150 files formats. You
can manage all archive types through single, easy-to-use interface. It also supports speed and compression
ratio, encrypted and spanned archives.
53. RealTimes
RealTimes is story-maker software that allows you to edit the story to make them truly yours and share
them with the world. It automatically searches for the best photos and videos, and you can tweak them,
add your soundtracks and filters and make your story interesting and appealing.
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54. Wise Folder Hider
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Wise folder hider hides private files, photos, audios, videos and other personal data on local drives as well
as portable drives. It also has a second password feature that provides an extra layer of security. And
yes, it does come with user friendly interface and context menu option.
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Akash Maddy 2 y ears ago

lovely! u guys rockz
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Computers for Beginners 2 y ears ago

This is a good list. Some useful apps.
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Arpine @ Getsocial.io 2 y ears ago

thanks for sharing, very interesting list.
Most of the functions are very useful like RIOT or PhotoScape, too bad they do not market it properly.
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$udhi 2 y ears ago

This is a aw esome list for me!
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System and Security

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17. Should I Remove It?

18. Advanced SystemCare

Entertainment and Media Management

25. Any Video Converter

26. Lyrics Finder

Cutomization and Troubleshooting

30. Stress Testing Tools

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