The Big Useful List Of Free Useful Programs To Use Usually For Free

[potato580+]

this might be usefull for potato system budget like me
https://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-Custom-Resolution-Utility-CRU by toastyX, this software pretty much change monitor, some called it as monitor overclock software, even have a free/gsync option (i managed to oc my LG tv from 60-70hz & 2k acer vgo from 75-83hz, beware to read the instructions, this might cause error or damage your monitor)


also this https://dxgl.org/ and nglide i forgot where to download, those stuff for interpolation scaler which have a magic to display in any non native resolution without blurry, but not all game work well after forced by those software, just test it enjoy

i forgot abt this fancy duck software, here its, aint free, but you can try a demo, so consider it as free software

Lossless Scaling - Integer Scaling for Games on Steam

Play your favorite games without blur! No more quality loss when you run the game at a resolution less than the native display resolution.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Roddey]

MouseZoomer for Firefox

MouseZoomer – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-US)

Download MouseZoomer for Firefox. Zoom IN/OUT with the mouse clicking left or right button + wheel UP/DOWN Two permissions required: TABS: To do ZOOM in the tabs :-) STORAGE: To store settings

addons.mozilla.org

Make the toolbar,address toolbar, bookmark toolbars text bigger in Firefox

how can i make my toolbar,address toolbar, bookmark toolbars text bigger | Firefox Support Forum | Mozilla Support

support.mozilla.org

 

[W1zzard]

The 2005 x86/x64 version included in the all-in-one has a exploit that was patched in 2011

already using that version

updated the download with the new 2015-2019 runtime

 

[Space Lynx]

this might be usefull for potato system budget like me
https://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-Custom-Resolution-Utility-CRU by toastyX, this software pretty much change monitor, some called it as monitor overclock software, even have a free/gsync option (i managed to oc my LG tv from 60-70hz & 2k acer vgo from 75-83hz, beware to read the instructions, this might cause error or damage your monitor)


also this https://dxgl.org/ and nglide i forgot where to download, those stuff for interpolation scaler which have a magic to display in any non native resolution without blurry, but not all game work well after forced by those software, just test it enjoy

i forgot abt this fancy duck software, here its, aint free, but you can try a demo, so consider it as free software

Lossless Scaling - Integer Scaling for Games on Steam

Play your favorite games without blur! No more quality loss when you run the game at a resolution less than the native display resolution.

store.steampowered.com

yep I have used toastyx for many years now. great program. most monitors need not apply though, its only for very niche.

 

[Frick]

Always On Top Maker

Very niche thing, but likely handy.

 

[biffzinker]

Sandboxie v5.31.4 has switched to freeware, only requires email registration.

Sandboxie - Download the latest version of Sandboxie

Sandboxie - Sandbox security software for Windows. Install and run programs in a virtual sandbox environment without writing to the hard drive.

www.sandboxie.com

 

[lexluthermiester]

Sandboxie v5.31.4 has switched to freeware, only requires email registration.

Sandboxie - Download the latest version of Sandboxie

Sandboxie - Sandbox security software for Windows. Install and run programs in a virtual sandbox environment without writing to the hard drive.

www.sandboxie.com

Interesting. I wonder why they did that?

 

[jaggerwild]

A good link to MANY FREE programs "majorgeeks.com"
https://www.majorgeeks.com/

 

[biffzinker]

Interesting. I wonder why they did that?

No idea, seen it posted under the software section at Neowin.

 

[Splinterdog]

FastStone Image Viewer, you can sort, setting order, rename photos, pics
XnView, photo viewer, image resizer, batch image converter and more

VidCoder, DVD, Blu-ray and any video file to MP4/MKV video converter, based on HandBrake

Edit: gPodder, is a simple, open source podcast client written in Python using GTK+

FastStone Image Viewer is brilliant for batch conversions like image resizing when you have muliple images for example and the limit on a website might be 100KB per image. I usually default to this program rather than use TinyJPG/PNG.
It also features a handy (amongst many other cool features) rotate feature, allowing you full control over the rotation. All completely free, too!

 

[oobymach]

Audacity - free audio editing software with conversion

Audacity ® | Free Audio editor, recorder, music making and more!

Audacity is the world's most popular audio editing and recording app. Edit, mix, and enhance your audio tracks with the power of Audacity. Download now!

www.audacityteam.org

AIMP - free audio playback software supporting asio pcm, dsd and dxd

AIMP

AIMP : Free Audio Player : Официальный сайт программы

www.aimp.ru

 

[lexluthermiester]

One of My Favs is Paint.Net;

Paint.NET - Free Software for Digital Photo Editing

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows.

www.getpaint.net

As close to Photoshop as you can reasonably get. Been using it for years.
But you'll need the .Net Framework runtimes found below(offline installer);

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4054530/microsoft-net-framework-4-7-2-offline-installer-for-windows

 

[Kursah]

One of My Favs is Paint.Net;

Paint.NET - Free Software for Digital Photo Editing

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows.

www.getpaint.net

As close to Photoshop as you can reasonably get. Been using it for years.
But you'll need the .Net Framework runtimes found below(offline installer);

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4054530/microsoft-net-framework-4-7-2-offline-installer-for-windows

I like Paint.net and well but find Gimp more closely resembles Photoshop imho. I finally made the move to Gimp entirely about 6 years ago and don't regret it one bit. Is more of a resource hog and takes longer to load because of that, but can do quite a bit more too. Check it out

You can get either of those installed from ninite.com along with other free software you choose. I use it all the time to do fresh deployments and updates (same installer works for both of it was used to install the software initially).

If you guys haven't used ninite.com, you're missing out. It's worth a gander. I grab many things like Chrome, FF, VLC, Gimp, Revo, Putty, FileZilla, .Net, Java, Foobar, etc. Installs them without any additional bloatware which is the main reason I use it, aside from being a huge time saver.

 

[cucker tarlson]

DaVinci Resolve,it's unbelievable such software can come free.
I haven't created many videos in my life,but with davinci it's a lot of fun.
There's countless tutorials on youtube that will let you use it to the fullest.

 

[potato580+]

memory scanner like ce/artmoney, theres plenty else, dont remmember alr
ohyea something i forgot to mentioned
software like blender/unity, those are good

 

[R-T-B]

Interesting. I wonder why they did that?

Probably due to Windows 10 adding free functionality that is similar.

 

[Splinterdog]

I like Paint.net and well but find Gimp more closely resembles Photoshop imho. I finally made the move to Gimp entirely about 6 years ago and don't regret it one bit. Is more of a resource hog and takes longer to load because of that, but can do quite a bit more too. Check it out

You can get either of those installed from ninite.com along with other free software you choose. I use it all the time to do fresh deployments and updates (same installer works for both of it was used to install the software initially).

If you guys haven't used ninite.com, you're missing out. It's worth a gander. I grab many things like Chrome, FF, VLC, Gimp, Revo, Putty, FileZilla, .Net, Java, Foobar, etc. Installs them without any additional bloatware which is the main reason I use it, aside from being a huge time saver.

I use Gimp as well, but then moved over to Inkscape which I used to design the cover of my novel. What I found most useful was creating a pattern in Gimp, importing it into Inkscape and applying that pattern to a font. For example individual letters having the pattern of a flag, which was precisely what I was looking for.
It's amazing that these incredible programs are free in the first place. There's a bit of a learning curve and you have to stick at it, otherwise skill-fade kicks in.

 

[xrobwx71]

Do you want Nir Sofer's (nirsoft.net) and Microsoft's Sysinternals tools all in one place and updated frequently?

KLS SOFT - WSCC - Windows System Control Center

www.kls-soft.com

 

[Drone]

Quad Explorer

Q-Dir the Quad Explorer

Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) makes your files and folders easy to manage, either installed or as a portable Windows program.

q-dir.com

Empty Folder Cleaner

Empty Folder Cleaner - Delete empty folders, increase performance

Empty Folder Cleaner - Delete empty folders and increase performance.

www.4dots-software.com

QuickViewer

QuickViewer Project

 

[cucker tarlson]

displayfusion,a nice free tool to set separate wallpapers on each monitor

DisplayFusion

DisplayFusion will make your multi-monitor life much easier! With powerful features like Multi-Monitor Taskbars, TitleBar Buttons and fully customizable HotKeys, DisplayFusion will make managing yo...

www.displayfusion.com

 

[Splinterdog]

Yesterday I came across Subtitle Edit, a very intuitive subtitle creation program which is open source and within an hour or so I was rendering a video with hard coded subtitles.
It was a simple process of creating the .srt and then burning that into the video using another program.
A quite remarkable program and considering it's free, even more so.

Nikse.dk

www.nikse.dk

 

[cucker tarlson]

da vinci can do both video and subtitles

 

[lexluthermiester]

Quad Explorer

Q-Dir the Quad Explorer

Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) makes your files and folders easy to manage, either installed or as a portable Windows program.

q-dir.com

QDir is one of the best file managers made. Been using it for years!

da vinci can do both video and subtitles

True. I personally like Openshot better.

OpenShot Video Editor | Free, Open, and Award-Winning Video Editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows!

OpenShot is an award-winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Create videos with exciting video effects, titles, audio tracks, and animations.

www.openshot.org

 

[cucker tarlson]

QDir is one of the best file managers made. Been using it for years!


True. I personally like Openshot better.

OpenShot Video Editor | Free, Open, and Award-Winning Video Editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows!

OpenShot is an award-winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Create videos with exciting video effects, titles, audio tracks, and animations.

www.openshot.org

da vinci is easy enough for me for such an advanced tool,and cuda acceleration really speeds things up lot

 

[silkstone]

I use RBtray quite a lot on one of my computers where I have some programs, or DOS windows that I'd like running in the background, but not taking up taskbar space

RBTray

Take ownership of files and folders via right-click menu is another one. While not a program, i still find it really useful. You'll need to scroll to the bottom for the registry hack. https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/win...ership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/