List Your Favorite Apps

[clubhouse]

EMET

WSA Essentials

EXE.Watch V1.1

WinAmp

Xilisoft iphone Transfer

WinTools.net Professional

DNS Jumper

Puran Defrag

Hostsman

Paragon HD Manager

[HandyPAF]

Lots of apps but each has it's purpose, each has it's pros and cons..

AIMP

AnyDVD HD

AnyReader

AVI ReComp

CCleaner

CloneCD

CloneDVD

CloneDVDmobile

Curse Client

DigiDNA DiskAid

Digsby

Driver Genius Pro

Dropbox

DuckLink Screen Capture

EASEUS Partition Master

Easy CD-DA Extractor

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

ESET Smart Security

Foxit Reader

Fraps

Game Jackal

GIGATweaker

Google Chrome

HD Tune Pro

Hitman Pro

Install Creator Pro

iTunes

JetBoost

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

Lightscribe System Software

Macrium Reflect

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

Microsoft Office 2010

MiniBin

MiPony

Mozilla Firefox

mp3DirectCut

Mp3tag

Nero Lite

PeerBlock

PhotoFiltre Studio

Process Lasso

PS3 Media Server

Skype

Speccy

Spoon Virtualization Studio

Spybot - Search & Destroy

SpywareBlaster

SuperCopier

TCP Optimizer

Torrent2Exe

Total Uninstall

Universal Extractor

Unlocker

uTorrent

Ventrilo

VideoGet

VirtualBox

VLC Media Player

Vopt Defrag

Windows 7 Manager

Windows Firewall Control

WinRAR

wxMP3gain

x64 Components

XMedia Recode

z_o_o_m's File & Image Uploader

[Casper]

Apps I cannot live without

Opera

Winamp

VirtualDub

7-Zip

Inno Setup

K-Lite Codec Pack (yes, I know it's not really an application as such)

AnyDVD

µTorrent

Exact Audio Copy

Notepad++

KeePass

Free Download Manager

Mp3Tag

[Shaggy619]

great topic, here is my list

FireFox- Browser 3.6.17 & 4.0

CCleaner

unlocker

formatfactory

winrar

wmp9, vlc player

ultraISO

Utorrent

your uninstaller

skype

internet download manager

teamviewer 7

printkey2000

Edited June 15, 2012 by Shaggy619

[downloadkct]

Google Chrome is the one i use most

Steam

Utorrent to get games, movies and apps from Torrentleech

Speedfan

Fifa 12

Advanced Systemcare

System Mechanic

League of Legends

[Tarik]

cFosSpeed

Google Chrome

ESET

DFX

IDM

Metasploit

Nessus

Foobar

Rainmeter

RocketDock

7zip

Dropbox

Nmap

VLC

Picasa

Lightshot

Xarp

Malwarebytes

[wdm]

cFos Speed, Dropbox, IDM, Skype, uTorrent, Chrome, Sumatra PDF, BurnAware Free, Daemon Tools Lite, K-Lite Codec Pack (Media Player Classic), Process Hacker, Tera Copy, Total Commander, CCleaner with winapp2.ini & Radio Sure

:lol:

[hahahuiran]

LIKE:

• Firefox
• MS Office 2003
• CCleaner
• O&O Defrag
• MPC-HC
• Adobe Reader
• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Photoshop

HATE:

• Windows Media Player
• Windows Update(although it's not a software)

[manu]

opera 12

google chrome

powerdvd 12

arcsoft total media theatre 5

splash player 1.13

daum potplayer

7zip

daemon tools lite

nero lite 12.0.02000

ccleaner pro+ ccenhancer

windows 7 manager

avast internet security

ms office pro plus 2010

youcam 5

paint.net

format factory

diskeeper

batterycare

nfopad

srs audio sandbox

[wdm]

LOVE :wub:

uTorrent

MSE

SumatraPDF

The Bat!

WinRAR

BurnAware

CCleaner + winapp2.ini

cFos Speed

Dropbox

Chrome

IDM

MPC HC + K Lite CP

Radio?Sure!

Skype

Total Commander

TrueCrypt

HATE :mad2:

WMP - slow

iTunes - cpu hog

Speccy - something is wrong with this :wtf:

Outlook....

Edited October 14, 2012 by wdm

[Bergo]

[Djoldi]

Firefox

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended

Adobe Illustrator CS6

Acrobat X Pro

Adobe Flash Professional CS6

Adobe Dreamweaver CS6

Adobe After Effects CS6

AVG Internet Security 2013

WinRAR

Skype

Nero Burning ROM 12

PowerDVD Ultra 12

Cubase 6

VLC

uTorrent

ACDSee Pro 6

AutoCAD 2013

Autodesk 3ds Max 2013

XBMC media center

[superei]

CCleaner

[Sonar]

Just starting back up on windows 8!

[pintas]

Comodo Programs Manager - Best uninstaller

Look 'n' Stop Firewall - Strong highly configurable firewall

Peerblock - For even safer browsing

AdFender - To stop ads

Hitman Pro - On demand scanner

Autoit - For basic scripting needs

Sketchup - 3D design

XMoto - been addicted to this damn game for ages....

Fences - Desktop tidy and pretty

Sailing Clicker - To control Powerpoint presentations and iTunes from my phone

Vopt Defrag - Really cool defragmenter

Maxthon - Best browser ever!

MPC-BE - Media Player Classic - Black Edition... Need i say more?

XMPlay - Coolest Audio player ever!

Also love a bunch of security apps, like ESET, CIS, and so on.......

Edited November 17, 2012 by pintas

[liverpal]

• Rainmeter
• ESET Nod32
• PotPlayer
• IconPackager
• Lovely Folder
• Foobar
• AIMP3
• Ms office
• Opera
• Firefox
• Process Lasso
• TaskbarTweaker
• IDM
• Photoshop
• SnagIt
• Windows 7 manager
• Winrar
• Xnview
• Macrium Reflect
• Restorator
• WSB
• Resource Hacker
• RocketDock
• qBittorrent
• Notepad++
• Foxit

Thanks, :peace: :D

:snack:

Edited February 22, 2013 by liverpal

[randomjester]

• Kaspersky Anti-Virus (One of the most effective security software products available)

• Comodo Firewall (Award-Winning personal firewall software on Internet)

• SUPERAntiSpyware Professional (Advanced security application that detects and removes malicious threats)

• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (One of the fastest and most effective quick scan & malware removal capabilities)

• Mozilla Firefox (A fast, full-featured Web browser)

• RoboForm (Password Manager & Form Filler)

• CCleaner (PC Optimization and Cleaning)

• Foxit Reader (Fast, lightweight PDF reader)

• ImgBurn (Lightweight CD/DVD burning application)

• Revo Uninstaller Pro (Uninstalls and removes software correctly & thoroughly)

• Sandboxie (Runs your programs in an isolated space)

• Second Copy (Automatic backup software)

• SoundTaxi Professional (Protected Music (Audio) and Video Converter)

• Thunderbird (Cross-platform email, news and chat client)

• xplorer² Windows File Manager (Explorer replacement)

• 7-Zip (Utility for manipulating archives)

• Everything Search (Locates files and folders by filename instantly)

• Folder Guide (Fast access to your frequently used and favorite folders)

• HashTab Shell Extension (File hasher that integrates into Windows and remains very light on computer resources all the time)

• MPC-HC (Based on the original Media Player Classic, audio and video player for Windows)

• Paint.NET (Image and photo editing software)

• Send To Toys (Enhancement of the Send To menu, easily send your files anywhere within your computer)

• Startup Control Panel (Applet to configure which programs run when the computer starts)

[pintas]

Forgot XMPlay

Edited November 17, 2012 by pintas

[alexxf]

Chrome

Media Player Classic HC - Video

Aimp - Music

Winrar

Revo Uninstaller

Imgburn

Vuze

Thunderbird

Total Commander

Internet Download Manager

Dfx

Windows Defender (Windows 8 )

Libre Office

Edited November 20, 2012 by alexxf

[echo2]

Aimp

7-zip

DISM

uTorrent

cFosSpeed

Srware Iron

Photoshop

Office

Maxthon

Skype

IDM

Ccleaner

[xpmule]

This is a list of free programs i think are worth recommending.
I did not bother trying to rate or compare them (some i use more than others)
They are in no specific order and the formatting should be obvious.
Also i only listed programs that do NOT offer a paid version etc.
For example CCleaner has versions that cost money so i did not list it.
I tried to keep the overclocking and hardware tools to a minimum (there is too many)
The cpu arch in brackets is to state what version i use and if a 64bit version
is available there is *almost always a 32bit version available.
I want to see if I get any feedback before I think about doing a shareware version.
I think it would be a good way to give and receive some new ideas for programs.

Comments / contributions are welcome.. is there a must have free only program i missed ?

Firefox (x86) - http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/fx/
- Web Browser.
My favorite free program of all. Grease monkey scripting has made the web better for me.

Chrome (x86) - http://www.google.com/chrome
- Web Browser.
I only use this *rarely for surfing non english sites (for autotranslate functionality)

uTorrent v2 (x86) - http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7001277/uTorrent_v2.2.1.25302_-_DHT_Patched_CUE
- Torrent client. (with DHT patch)
Last v2 client before controversial major changes. Fast and no bloat !

xpMule (x64 only publicly) - http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7290208/xpMule_%28eMule_Leecher_Mod%29_0.50a_64bit_Only
- P2P File sharing program.
ed2k / kad based client. Goal is to improve the GUI and add some features.

Notepad2 (x64) - http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html
- Text Editor.
Simple yet has just the right amount of extras and fast.

TestDisk (x64) - http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
- Hard Drive partition repair.
Very advanced and powerful GUI / console program.

Avidemux (x64) - http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
- Video encoding.
Good GUI layout, filters, features and scripting. For example converting an .mkv video to an .avi video.

MKVextractGUI (x64) - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mkvextractgui-2/
- Video encoding.
Mkvtoolnix GUI for building mkv containers.

Process Explorer (x64) - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653
- Multi Program monitor.
Keep track on how your programs are acting.

Process Monitor (x64) - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
- Advanced Program monitor.
Sort of like Process Explorer but focused on advanced tracking / logging.

Autoruns (x64) - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902
- Startup config & info.
Good tool to save you from keeping track of start up stuff manualy.

Hiren’s BootCD (DOS) - http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd
- Bootable freeware software collection.
Fix your computer.. I use this mostly for HDD related tools.

Spek (x64) - http://spek-project.org/
- Acoustic Spectrum Analyser.
Great simple tool to see visually your mp3's or flac's etc. Can be used to help identify music people trancoded from mp3 128 kbps to flac for example.

LAME (x64) http://lame.sourceforge.net/download.php
- Command line Mp3 encoder.
The standard for Mp3's (i use this in DBPowerAmp)

DivFix++ (x64) http://www.divfix.org/
- Avi video repair tool.
Great for rebuilding problematic avi containers (stuttering seek etc) Has fixed quickly many videos Avidemux or others have created poorly with out re-encoding.

Mp3tag (x86) - http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html
- Music file Tag editor.
Has more options than most but I still prefer Tag&Rename's GUI.

Infranview (x86) - http://www.irfanview.com/
- Image viewer and editor.
Has some handy features like fine grained rotation ability.

Bitpim (x86) - http://www.bitpim.org/
- Manage data on CDMA phones from LG, Samsung, Sanyo and others.
Good way to get file system access on many older phones.

Shark's Win 7 Codecs (x64) http://shark007.net/x64components1.html
- Codec / Filters collection installer.
Convienent package but lacks save / restore functionality. I like it for LAV + FFDShow usage with Win 7 WMC.

OllyDBG (x86) - http://www.ollydbg.de
- Assembler level analysing debugger.
Good tool for patching 32bit windows apps.

MediaInfo GUI (x64) - http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download/Windows
- Media data info tool.
Stopped updating at v7.60 because of changes to default windows size.

Damn Nfo Viewer (x86) - google (last update = Sep 12th 2002)
- .diz / .nfo file viewer.
View your nfo's properly.. fast and has some good display options.

USBDeview (x64) - http://www.nirsoft.net/
- GUI to view USB devices.
Great program and similar to many others available from Nirsoft.

7zip (x64) - http://www.7-zip.org/
- File archiver with a high compression ratio.
Good program for creating / extracting files but i still prefer Winrar.

CUETools (x64) - http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/CUETools/
- Lossless audio file format conversion.
Really good for cutting image single file flac albums into tracks and much more.

EAC (x86) - www.exactaudiocopy.de/
- Audio grabber for audio CDs.
Using the right downloaded flac image you can fool the accurip plugin into verifying your drive.

GPU-Z (x64) - http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
- Information tool for your video card and GPU.
Old and good tool for seeing key info on your gfx card.

Nvidia Inspector (x86) - http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5077-nvidia-inspector.html
- Driver config changes, monitoring, overclocking, Fan Speed adjustment + more.
Offers more control over the nvidia drivers than nvidia's control panel.

EVGA Precision X (x86) - http://www.evga.com/precision/
- Nvidia graphics card monitoring, overclocking, Fan Speed & voltage adjustment.
Nice GUI with skins, works great and has a usefull auto fan speed feature (works on ANY brand nvidia card)

EVGA OC Scanner X (x86) - http://www.evga.com/ocscanner/
- Tool for GPU overclocking, artifact scanning, benchmarking and information.
Can do DirectX benchmarks as well as OpenGL. (like Furmark)

ExplorerSuite (x64) - http://www.ntcore.com/exsuite.php
- PE file editor and viewer.
Good for viewing info or various tasks like patching resources, also has 64bit .exe and plugin support.

HashSlash (x86) - http://xylemstudios.com/products/hashslash.php
- Tool for viewing a wide variety of file hashes.
Fast and simple.. Launch app, drag/drop, select hash, copy and close ..done.

PeerBlock (x64) - http://www.peerblock.com/
- List based internet control.
Controversial program used mostly by file sharers to avoid the bad guys but DOES have more uses..

RawReg (x86) - http://reboot.pro/files/file/95-rawreg/
- Tool to edit offline Windows NT registry hives.
This handy tool can bypass security restrictions and read / edit offline registry data.

Resource Hacker (x86) - http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/
- Utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit & 64bit pe exe's.
Old and still great program for changing resources like icons and supports 64bit exe's unlike PeExplorer.

UPXShell (x86) - http://upxshell.sourceforge.net/
- GUI for the UPX packer program.
Makes using UPX way easier and supports tons of options as well as multiple versions of upx.

PeID (x86) - http://tuts4you.com/download.php?view.398
- Signature based PE file format detection tool.
Old and still good.. has a lot of plugins and uses lists that can be updated.

CPU-Z (x64) - http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
- Tool for hardware info with a special focus on the cpu.
Old and still good program.. does what it claims and well.

Core Temp (x64) - http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
- CPU Temperature tool.
Great for getting a more accurate temp reading on many fairly recent Intel CPU's.

Real Temp (x86) - http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/
- CPU Temperature tool.
Great for getting a more accurate temp reading on many fairly recent Intel CPU's.

LinX (x86) - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?201670-LinX-A-simple-Linpack-interface
- CPU / Ram stress testing tool.
GUI for the Intel Linpack math library. Great CPU benchmark and stress testing tool especialy for overclockers.

Prime95 (x64) - http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/
- Mersenne Prime number search tool and CPU / Ram stress testing tool.
Great CPU benchmark and stress testing tool.. can detect and notify when your cpu fails when over-clocked.

GraphStudioNext (x64) - http://code.google.com/p/graph-studio-next/
- Fork of RadScorpion's GraphStudio. a DirectShow focused media tool like Microsoft's GraphEdit.
Good for tracking and viewing what codecs / filters and splitters are being loaded on a video.

Edited January 31, 2013 by xpmule

[rach]

my fav apps

- VLC media player

- foobar2000

- EagleGet

- qBittorrent

- Notepad++

- HashTab

- Paint .NET

- HWiNFO

- Pidgin

- SumatraPDF

- ImgBurn

- UltraDefrag

- Media Player Classic - BE

- 7-Zip

- IrfanView

- PrivaZer

- Mozilla Firefox

- Mozilla Thunderbird

Edited August 20, 2013 by rach

[GreenMan]

Great list(s) guys! Thanks!

[XenoCoder]

i hope you add more free soft in your list? where is emule? i see just xpMule :lol:

[majithia23]

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