What is the best program/app you have installed?

Bree · 24 Feb 2020

One of my favourites is just a modest little utility Microsoft published in 1996....

Microsoft GIF Animator - Wikipedia

...first used it in W'95, still works in x64 W10

BurrWalnut · 24 Feb 2020

I bet nobody has heard of ArcSoft’s PhotoStudio 2000. I got if free with a Canon scanner at the turn of the millennium and I’m still using it 20 years later.

AndreTen · 24 Feb 2020

dalchina said:

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- there's got to be one... surely... please someone??

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And Dynamic Theme.

I start my clean installs with PatchMyPC lately. Then select my 15 to 20 programs like Treesize free, 7-zip etc. Always direct from developer, and versions without any third party PUPs

TairikuOkami · 24 Feb 2020

Yandex browser - I found this little gem by a chance, its market share outside Russia is nonexistent.

SoFine409 · 24 Feb 2020

Bootice. It’s helped my fix all kinds of issues with partitions not booting.

Helmut · 24 Feb 2020

Edwin said:

I bet the OP is gonna get a ton of answers, and none of them will include UWP Apps!!!

UWP Apps, in use:
Settings
MS Store
Mail & Calendar
Edge Browser
Snip and Sketch
Calculator
WiFi Analyzer
VLC Player
Diagnostic Data Viewer
Weather
Youtube downloaders (whatever works)
Xbox Game bar
HP Smart
Scan
Live BBC Radio

BKnight · 24 Feb 2020

Skofab said:

Always interested in what people have found, and could be used by others.
For me, the best ever program (which has got me out of many a foolish move) has got to be Macrium. The times I have done something very silly and major happens from time to time. Good old Macrium has been an absolute life saver.
What do other recommend?
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Fully agree about Macrium.
Other than that --- O&O Shutup10

RolandJS · 24 Feb 2020

Ja, ja, I know this is tenforums.com -- however, I could not resist...
Believe it or not, I recently took a chance on Auslogics Driver Updater, and it actually worked for my two laptops. I was in the midst of numerous WUs, some of which "told" me I had to update some driver here, there, etc. After it made the backups, it updated what it found -- and so far, I detect no trouble with Windows7. Normally, I do not use driver updaters. Now onto more installs: Macrium Reflect, Image for Windows; Cyberlink products; TeraCopy...and so on.

f14tomcat · 24 Feb 2020

Microsoft SyncToy x64. Pushing 11 years old, but a simple, fast, reliable folder/file backup/sync app that does one thing and does it well.

Steve C · 25 Feb 2020

Microsoft Money still available for free and last updated c. 2005!

These are my essential utilities:
Macrium Reflect
Autoruns
Wise Disk Cleaner
BSOD Viewer
7 Zip
Belarc Advisor
AdwCleaner
TreeSize Free
Driver Store Explorer