My Top 10 favorite FREE Windows programs of all-time!

Not every "good" program for Windows has to cost you money. Here are my top 10 favorite Windows apps that are 100% FREE!

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Chapters:
00:01 - my favorite Windows apps
01:11 - Open Office
03:45 - Libre Office
05:12 - SuperCopier
06:34 - MalwareBytes
10:10 - Media Player Classic
11:20 - VLC Media Player
11:47 - PhotoSync
13:33 - GreenShot
13:51 - 7-zip
14:18 - PhotoPea
14:59 - DriverMax

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⚡️ Here are tools that I *highly* recommend and use personally every day...
Hardware ---
◼ 142-piece magnetic electronics precision screwdriver set with 120 bits
◼ Sabrent USB-C docking station for SATA and m.2 with offline cloning
◼ StarTech 4-bay USB 3.0 hard drive docking station 6Gbps
◼ StarTech 2-bay USB 3.0 hard drive docking station SATA 6Gbps
◼ Netgear A6100 wifi adapter
◼ Godshark NVME to USB adapter M.2 SSD to Type-A USB 10Gbps
◼ Cordless, rechargeable air duster 6000mAh 10w fast-charging

💢 Here is some helpful/useful and FREE everyday software that you might enjoy!
◼ Ninite (used to automatically download and install your favorite software):
◼ Defraggler (used to defragment and organize your files on hard drives, not for SSD):
◼ Open Office (Microsoft Office FREE replacement)

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Thanks so much for stopping in and watching!

[denniswinton]

Thanks for the tips on these programs. I have to say that your youtube channel is, hands down, the most useful for non-techies like me. I appreciate all the work you put into them.

[NIWJ]

Excellent video thanks so much, I use a lot of your recommendations, and learned a few new

[mikimouse]

Great video, i really appreciate that you're being honest about your affiliation with malware bytes, as for the software im using if the os has it included(even if it's inferior to other alternatives), and if its free im just gonna use that, less hassle, less bloat. One piece of software i cant live without is 7zip.
Anyway keep up the good work and dont mind the rude comments, your videos are like therapy for me.👍

[cmaples]

I actually already use several of these and am of course in total agreement with you. :) It made me feel good that I use a few that the experts utilize.

[DaveTechGuyCT]

Thanks, Scott! I rediscovered Thunderbird for my Mac. I hate using the default Apple Mail client.

[D.von.N]

For drivers you rather start with your machine manufacturer's website. I have found the Dell's one top notch. Even the Intel (if you have Intel) has a good one, and it will advise you to check whether the machine producer doesn't have a newer one, to prefer that one. Did my update just a couple days ago. Any other third party software can be just as good as Microsoft alone. They might not be exactly up to date, checking up on the original sources anyway. I would use this software as the final tuner, in case I missed something.

[JoeBur]

Thank you. Some good advice, as usual. 🙂

[farfiman]

A few others": "everywhere" to find files, Lightshot for screen capture, Total commander for file copying, Treesize(free)

[julian-gen]

Driver Max is not as good as
Snappy Driver Installer


SDI is completely free, maintained by volunteers and has no daily limits.

[MerwinARTist]

I appreciate your no BS way of presenting your information! Thanks for sharing things that help make us all better off.

[drumpfall]

FreeFileSync should be on your list. It’s awesomeness!

[pcman]

Discovered your top 10 favorite. Love them.

[jamesmarchetti]

Great overall and important video and reminders for me for when I might have to use my laptop instead of my iPhone !! I liked, Subscribed and Shared !!! 😊

[soundman]

I use Linux Mint, as of a month ago, and Libre office is superb.

[LeeMyers-Jr]

Programs that I always install Everything (file searcher) ShareX or Flameshot (screen copier) Irfanview (image viewer) FastCopy or TeraCopy (file copiers) WizTree (file space imager)

[MichaelSouhoka]

Inkscape and GIMP are not bad. They are free and have Windows versions. I use Inkscape as an alternative to Adobe Illustrator, and GIMP as an alternative to Adobe Photoshop.

[lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment]

Great information. Thank you. I have used Apache longer than I can remember.

The "best" application is an application that I use often, because it addresses an interest I have and it is designed in a way that makes sense to me.

The least desirable development in software is the trend toward online applications and subscriptions. Software development is expensive, but paying an endless subscription to use software is a poor solution for end-users. Open-Source is a very attractive alternative, which I "donate" to when I can.

A personal requirement at my age is the capability for Dark Mode.

[fremandg]

As always, great advice and from someone you can trust to give great advice.

[rambledogs]

MPC is great for anyone using their PC alongside a home cinema set up. It allows passthrough to an amp amongst other things and there are a good few instructional setups on the net based on what you want.

[jimdean]

Hello Scott, I would like to say that, you are the man, your channel is FANTASTIC!!! 👍 JD The old guy NZ.