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Windows 10 FAQ |
Updated: 12 Nov 2020
| Name of Utility | Description |
|---|---|
| 7-Zip | Free Archive tool for 7z, zip, tar archives |
| Astra32 | System information Tool |
| AusLogics Disk Defragmenter | Disk defragmentation tool |
| Avast! | Antivirus software |
| AVG Free | Antivirus software |
| Avidemux | Free video editor to cut, filter and encode video |
| Bootcamp | Bootcamp drivers and information |
| CamStudio | Free video recording tool |
| CCleaner | Internet, temp files, registry cleaner |
| CDBurnerXP | Free CD or DVD Burner software |
| CloneZilla | Full disk backup |
| CPU Z | CPU Information tool |
| Cygwin for Windows | Bash shell and X-Windows |
| DivX | Multimedia player |
| Dependancy Walker | Lists dependancies for programs e.g. DLLs, ActiveX etc |
| Docker | Application virtualisation |
| DosBox | DOS Emulator |
| Driver Easy | Driver management |
| Edge | New Microsoft Chromium based browser |
| Editpad Lite | Text Editor tool with tab, search |
| EasyBCD | Easy Bootloader editor for Window 8 (better than bcdedit) |
| FFmeg | Video encoding tool |
| FileZilla | File Transfer tool |
| Firefox | Web browser |
| GIT for Windows | Git command line tools |
| Google Chrome | Web browser |
| GPU-Z | Graphics card information tool |
| Handbrake | Video conversion tool |
| Hijack This | Virus and malware information tool |
| ImgBurn | Create ISO files of disks or burn ISOs back to disk. |
| IsoBuster | Recover CD/DVD disks and ISO files. |
| Keepass | Password Manager |
| Kodi | Media center for music, movies and TV |
| LibreOffice | Free office software |
| Malware Bytes Anti-Malware | Good anti-malware tool |
| Moborobo | Mobile device file transfer, backup and sync tool |
| Notepad++ | Notepad editor replacement |
| Open Live Writer | Blog writing tool (open source replacement for Live Writer) |
| OpenSSL | Useful SSL certificate tools |
| OpenOffice | Free Office software |
| Project Libre | Free Project software |
| PsTools | Power tools for Windows |
| Recuva | Recover deleted files and folders |
| SheepShaver | Classic Mac emulator. |
| Sysinternals | System tools |
| Thunderbird | Alternative E-mail program |
| TortoiseGit | Download and sync tool |
| Unity3D | Full graphics and game development tool |
| Windows USB/DVD Download Tool | USB or DVD bootable disc tool |
| Visual Studio 2019 | Visual Studio development tools |
| VirtualBox | Virtual Machine Emulator |
| VLC Player | Media player |
| WinClone | Backup or clone Windows partition on Mac. |
| WiX Toolset | Windows Installer XML toolset |
| ZoneAlarm | Firewall software |