- Jul 2, 2014
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After an insanely positive response to my earlier thread in 2014, I have decided to create a new thread as per @Jack 's recommendation.
This is still a partial list, and more categories will be added soon. Sadly I had to limit to 1 software per category. Also included only desktop software's no browser extensions etc. Do give your recommendations and alternatives and hopefully you like the list.
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List Updates:
*Project Management- Added Taskade (Sep 15 2021
*Sandboxing Software- Added Sandboxie Plus (Mar 14 2021)
*Font Management- Added FontBase (Mar 14 2021)
*Graphic Card Manager - Added MSI Afterburner (Mar 07 2021)
*Duplicate File finder - Added Auslogics Duplicate File Finder (Jan 06 2021)
*IM Client - Replaced Pidgin with All-in-One Messenger (Sep 24 2020)
*Antimalware - Replaced Zemana Antimalware with Emsisoft Emergency Kit (Jun 11 2020)
*Archiver- Replaced Bandizip with 7-zip (Apr 26 2020)
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This is still a partial list, and more categories will be added soon. Sadly I had to limit to 1 software per category. Also included only desktop software's no browser extensions etc. Do give your recommendations and alternatives and hopefully you like the list.
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List Updates:
*Project Management- Added Taskade (Sep 15 2021
*Sandboxing Software- Added Sandboxie Plus (Mar 14 2021)
*Font Management- Added FontBase (Mar 14 2021)
*Graphic Card Manager - Added MSI Afterburner (Mar 07 2021)
*Duplicate File finder - Added Auslogics Duplicate File Finder (Jan 06 2021)
*IM Client - Replaced Pidgin with All-in-One Messenger (Sep 24 2020)
*Antimalware - Replaced Zemana Antimalware with Emsisoft Emergency Kit (Jun 11 2020)
*Archiver- Replaced Bandizip with 7-zip (Apr 26 2020)
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- Ad-blocker - StopAd
- Antivirus - Kaspersky Security Cloud Free
- Antispyware - Emsisoft Emergency Kit
- Calender - Vueminder Lite
- CD-DVD Burner - cdrtfe
- Copy utility - FastCopy
- Desktop Search - UltraSearch
- Device File Transfer - Zapya
- Dictionary - TheSage
- Disk/File Cleaner - Wise Disk Cleaner
- Disk Defrag - Auslogics Disk Defrag (portable)
- Disk Imaging - AOMEI Backupper Standard
- Disk Partitioning - AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard
- Download Manager - Xtreme Download Manager
- Driver Backup/Update - IOBit Driver Booster
- Duplicate File Finder - Auslogics Duplicate File Finder
- E-Mail Client - eM Client
- Eye Protection - Iris mini
- File Archiver - 7-zip
- File Manager - FreeCommander
- File Recovery - Recuva Free
- Firewall - Comodo Firewall
- Folder Lock - Wise Folder Hider
- Font Management - FontBase
- FTP Client - Cyberduck
- Graphic Card Manager - MSI Afterburner
- IM Client - All-in-One Messenger
- Image Editor - GIMP
- Image Viewer - FastStone Viewer
- Lyrics Viewer - Minilyrics Free
- Media Player - PotPlayer
- Music Manager - MusicBee
- Network Monitor -
- Office Suite - WPS Office Free
- Parental Control - Qustodio
- Password Manager - Bitwarden
- PDF Reader - Foxit Reader
- Program Launcher - Executor
- Project Management - Taskade
- Radio Player - Audials
- Registry Cleaner - Wise Registry Cleaner Free
- Remote PC Viewer - Anydesk
- Rescue Disk - Ultimate Boot CD
- Sandboxing Software - Sandboxie Plus
- Screen Capture - ShareX
- Screen Recording - Active Presenter Free
- Software Repository - DDownloads
- Software Updater - SuMo Portable
- System Information Tool - HWiNFO
- System Monitor - Process Explorer
- System Recovery - Toolwiz Time Freeze
- Task Manager - Process Hacker
- Torrent Client - Tixati
- Tune-up Suite - Glary Utilities Free
- Uninstaller - HiBit Uninstaller
- USB Protection - MCShield
- Vector Image Creation - Inkscape
- Video Chat - Need suggestions for clean Group video chat softwares
- Video Converter - XMediaRecode
- Video Editor - DaVinci Resolve
- Virtual Drive - Winarchiver Virtual Drive
- Video Recording/Streaming - Open Broadcaster Software
- Virtualization(hw/sw) - Oracle VirtualBox
- Web Browser - Vivaldi
- Website Ripper - Darcy Ripper
- Windows Anti-Spy - O&O ShutUp 10
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