What are the ten most indispensable programs on your Windows 10 PC?

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    What are the ten most indispensable programs on your Windows 10 PC?


    Not counting games and gaming software, and not counting anything MS installed (Edge and Snipe & Snitch don't count), how many programs do you have? I've divided my inventory into those that I chose to INSTALL, and those that don't mess around with Program Files, PF(x86), ProgramData, or Users\AppData, i.e., uninstalled or "portable" applications and utilities.
    I'm just curious about what you gurus think is a reasonable complement of software for a Windows 10 installation.

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    Here are mine, installed unless specified . . .

    • 7-Zip
    • Adobe Reader
    • AOMEI Backupper Standard
    • AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard
    • AutoRuns [ Portable - EXE ONLY ]
    • CCleaner
    • EdgeDeflector
    • Everything [ Portable ]
    • Glary Utilities
    • Google Chrome [ Standalone ]
    • MiniTool Partition Wizard [ Portable ]
    • Notepad++ [ + Compare Plugin ]
    • OpenOffice
    • Registry Backup [ Portable - Tweaking.com ]
    • Revo Uninstaller
    • Rufus [ Portable ]
    • uTorrent [ Portable ]
    • VLC

    For the Portable programs, I have them in a Folder on the System Root. I then have a Shortcut for EACH in my Toolbar. It works brilliantly. You could of course create a Desktop Shortcut that does the SAME thing.

    Therefore, my Desktop it completely CLEAN. NO Icons whatsoever.

    Last edited by Paul Black; 22 Jul 2021 at 09:26.
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    Thanks, Paul. Interesting. I'll look into some of those.

    I was beginning to think this topic was dead in the water. I seem to have a knack for asking questions NOBODY else is interested in.

    <sigh>
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    Hello @Wisewiz,

    Wisewiz said:
    I was beginning to think this topic was dead in the water. I seem to have a knack for asking questions NOBODY else is interested in.

    As you only posted this an hour ago, I do think that you will get a good response.

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    "Therefore, my Desktop it completely CLEAN. NO Icons whatsoever."

    I have two: This PC and Rec Bin.

    I use the This PC icon many times a day, and I use the Rec Bin icon to monitor the bin and empty it before shutdown. I know how to NOT SHOW those, and it's easy to put This PC elsewhere, but I'm not sure how I could monitor the Rec Bin somewhere else.

    [Update]
    Never mind. Found it in Brink's tut's.
    Last edited by Wisewiz; 14 Jul 2021 at 18:35.
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    Hello @Wisewiz,

    Wisewiz said:
    "Therefore, my Desktop it completely CLEAN. NO Icons whatsoever."
    I have two: This PC and Recycle Bin.

    In the Taskbar, I have three Shortcuts which take me to . . .

    • This PC
    • This PC > Data (D:) Partition
    • This PC > System_Image (S:) Partition
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    @Edwin,

    Are all 66 of those programs actually installed?

    Do you have a program that generates that image, with the count and total size of installed programs?
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    Paul Black said:
    Therefore, my Desktop is completely CLEAN. NO Icons whatsoever.
    Well, my friend, thank you for the inspiration. Mine is now completely clean, too.
    What are the ten most indispensable programs on your Windows 10 PC?-home.jpg

    Now all I have to do is find a design for all that empty space. Maybe in "Show us your desktop"?
    Last edited by Wisewiz; 15 Jul 2021 at 15:50.
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    Hello @Wisewiz,

    I thought I would share mine with you. The first is just the Desktop, and the second is with my My Toolbar clicked . . .

    What are the ten most indispensable programs on your Windows 10 PC?-desktop_1.png
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