Essential freeware – these programs don’t fit a particular category – but are essential for every day needs.
Check out more freeware on www.mintywhite.com.
7-Zip
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File archive designed originally for the Microsoft Windows operating system. You can use 7-Zip on any computers, including computers in commercial organizations. |
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Ccleaner
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System optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. |
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CDBurnerXP
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Burns CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. |
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EasyCleaner
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Searches the Windows registry for entries that are pointing nowhere. EasyCleaner also lets you delete all kinds of unnecessary files such as temporary and unused backup files. |
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FreeCommander
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Easy to use alternative to the standard windows file manager. The program helps you with daily work in Windows. |
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ImgBurn
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Small program for burning CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray in Windows |
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IrfanView
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Popular, fast and small, compact graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista |
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jZip
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Based on proven and reliable 7-Zip archiving technology. jZip sports an elegant, easy to use yet powerful user interface. |
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Notepad2
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Fast and light-weight Notepad-like text editor with syntax highlighting. Notepad2 does not need to be installed on your computer. |
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Notepad++
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Source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages. |
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Process Explorer
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Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded in Windows. |
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XnView
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Image viewer to view, convert, organize and edit graphic and video files. XnView supports more than 400 graphics formats. |
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Rich is the owner and creator of Windows Guides; he spends his time breaking things on his PC so he can write how-to guides to fix them.
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Good list
Good list
Good list
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THANKS FOR THE LINKS RICH…[]
THANKS FOR THE LINKS RICH…[]
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Good list, I would add Revo uninstaller
Good list, I would add Revo uninstaller
Good list, I would add Revo uninstaller
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thanks a lot…
thanks a lot…
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For programming needs can’t nothing beat Vim – no need to dabble with this notepad++ stuff..
For programming needs can’t nothing beat Vim – no need to dabble with this notepad++ stuff..
For programming needs can’t nothing beat Vim – no need to dabble with this notepad++ stuff..