TOP 5 BEST/ POPULAR PROGRAMS BY CATEGORY...

ThrashZone · Feb 18, 2022

Hi,
Finally figured out how to get a wide screen recorder profile so I don't have to record black areas of a movie... along with a full screen recording profile when movies are full screen using obs studio

I can stop using shareX since it has no Pause option it was pretty dependent on stream buffering quality, if bad you get to record all the loading delays which suxed now I can pause the recording while the movie... buffers if it does mess up which does happen :party:

So yeah obs studio rocks for recording movies/ tv series/...

Dch48 · Feb 18, 2022

Edwin said:
I'm pleasantly surprised to see that Bing's voice search is completely responsive, if not more responsive than Google's!
Why? Cuz I'm lazy! I hate typing if I don't have to!

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LOL. I never use the voice functions on anything. I just feel foolish talking to a machine.

Wynona · Feb 18, 2022

AdvancedSetup said:
Did someone say they like Jasc Paint Shop Pro?

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Yes, @dwall said he likes Corel Paint Shop Pro, which was originally distributed by Jasc. I used it until it was sold to Corel.

AdvancedSetup · Feb 18, 2022

Wynona said:
Yes, @dwall said he likes Corel Paint Shop Pro, which was originally distributed by Jasc. I used it until it was sold to Corel.

Yep, I used Jasc Paint Shop Pro since version 1.02 back in 1992 and purchased upgrades up until version 8 as well.
Later on some magazines handed out the version 8 and 9 CD.

I pretty much changed over to PhotoShop many years ago but I did use PSP 8 on XP for quite a while.

I don't know if the program still runs on Windows 10 or 11 but the Internet Archive appears to have a copy.

Ghot · Feb 18, 2022

AdvancedSetup said:
Did someone say they like Jasc Paint Shop Pro?

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Just found PSP 9.01 on OldVersions

And I found Paintshop Pro 7.04 Anniversary Edition as well...

jerrypc1 · Feb 18, 2022

TheMystic said:
TOP 5 BEST/ POPULAR PROGRAMS BY CATEGORY

I have compiled a summary of popular programs/ software for Windows, including links to download them.

If you have suggestions (new categories, change of options listed, etc.), please bring them up and I'll modify the post accordingly.

In most cases, I prefer the PORTABLE option for non-essential programs, if available.

*Apps available in Microsoft Store are marked with an asterisk (*) and Store Link is also provided. You can download from Microsoft Store instead of the Desktop version. The Store version of the app may be limited in functionality compared to the Desktop version, due to restrictions imposed by the Store T&C. So choose what works best for you.

Shareware (i.e. time-limited Trial) and paid software are in Italics.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

WARNING

I haven't used/ tested all of the software in the links below. They are a mix of what I use personally and those recommended by members in this forum here.

Some of the programs may be flagged by VirusTotal. It could be false positive, but there is no assurance of that. Be careful, scan all programs on VirusTotal first and make an informed decision.

I have seen that products from Auslogics, IOBit and some others almost always bundle Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) with their software, some of which are even classified as Trojans in VirusTotal. This is also true for some of the products from CCleaner, Glary Utilities, Wise Cleaner, etc. So pay attention to the permissions granted if you must install such products. The flags on VirusTotal need not be false positives, i.e. the programs can indeed be malicious even if just one or two security engine flags them.

Sl. Category Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Option 5
01 Archiver 7zip PeaZip Power Archiver
02 Browser Chrome Edge Firefox Brave Vivaldi
03 Bulk File Rename Bulk Rename Utility
04 Certificate Manager Kleopatra
05 Clipboard Clipto Clipdiary CopyQ
06 Cloud OneDrive Google Drive pCloud Mega Box
07 Customization/ Personalization 8GadgetPackSetup Folder Marker IconPackager qttabbar RainMeter
08 Data Recovery AOMEI Partition Assistant DiskGenius
09 Disk speed monitor CrystalDiskMark* - Store Link
10 Disk/ Partition Management AOMEI Partition Assistant DiskGenius Gparted EaseUS MiniTool
11 Duplicate cleaner CCleaner Portable Wise Duplicate Cleaner
12 E-book Calibre
13 Email client ThunderBird
14 File Explorer Explorer++ Free Commander Total Commander Directory Opus
15 File Backup Personal Backup AOMEI Backupper
16 File Sync Personal Backup Resilio Sync Free File Sync Synchronize It GoodSync
17 File System Reader Linux Reader (Disk Internals) - can read Apple File Systems!
18 Firewall TinyWall SimpleWall
19 Hardware Monitor Speccy CoreTemp SpeedFan HWInfo HWMonitor
20 Internet Security (Antivirus) BitDefender Norton Kaspersky MalwareBytes VirusTotal
21 Music Management MusicBee* - Store Link MediaMonkey Audacity
22 Music Player MusicBee* - Store Link MediaMonkey iTunes foobar2000* - Store Link
23 Music Tag Editor MusicBee* - Store Link MediaMonkey iTunes mp3Tag
24 Network File Sharing WinSCP FileZilla CyberDuck
25 Network Monitor Net Uptime Monitor
26 Office MS Office 365* Libre Office WPS Office Google Docs
27 Password Manager LastPass Keepass Roboform
28 PC Maintenance CCleaner Portable Wise 365 Glary Utilities Kerish Doctor
29 PDF SumatraPDF Xodo*- Store link WPS Office Foxit Adobe
30 Picture Editor Adobe Photoshop GIMP Affinity Photoscape X
31 Picture Manager Adobe Lightroom
32 Picture Viewer IrfanView* - Store Link XnView FastStone qView
33 Privacy Tools VeraCrypt O&O Shutup
34 Program Manager Revo Uninstaller Ninite IOBit
35 Remote Desktop Chrome Remote Desktop Team Viewer
36 Screenshot/ Screen Recording ShareX* - Store Link ScreenPresso GreenShot LightShot OBS
37 Search Engine Google DuckDuckGo Ecosia Startpage Wikipedia
38 Software Testing/ Isolation Sandboxie Plus Sandboxie
39 Storage Analyzer WinDirStat
40 System Backup AOMEI Backupper Macrium Reflect AOEMI One Key Recovery (2nd link)
41 Torrent Downloader qBitTorrent
42 Utilities Microsoft SysInternals Microsoft PowerToys NirSoft Utilities
43 Video Editing Handbrake Adobe Premiere
44 Video Player VLC PotPlayer Media Player Classic - BE SM Player Real Player
45 VPN ExpressVPN SurfShark PrivateInternetAccess (PIA) NordVPN
46 Windows Installation WinToUSB Rufus Ventoy

TheMystic said:

TOP 5 BEST/ POPULAR PROGRAMS BY CATEGORY

I have compiled a summary of popular programs/ software for Windows, including links to download them.

If you have suggestions (new categories, change of options listed, etc.), please bring them up and I'll modify the post accordingly.

In most cases, I prefer the PORTABLE option for non-essential programs, if available.

*Apps available in Microsoft Store are marked with an asterisk (*) and Store Link is also provided. You can download from Microsoft Store instead of the Desktop version. The Store version of the app may be limited in functionality compared to the Desktop version, due to restrictions imposed by the Store T&C. So choose what works best for you.

Shareware (i.e. time-limited Trial) and paid software are in Italics.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

WARNING

I haven't used/ tested all of the software in the links below. They are a mix of what I use personally and those recommended by members in this forum here.

Some of the programs may be flagged by VirusTotal. It could be false positive, but there is no assurance of that. Be careful, scan all programs on VirusTotal first and make an informed decision.

I have seen that products from Auslogics, IOBit and some others almost always bundle Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) with their software, some of which are even classified as Trojans in VirusTotal. This is also true for some of the products from CCleaner, Glary Utilities, Wise Cleaner, etc. So pay attention to the permissions granted if you must install such products. The flags on VirusTotal need not be false positives, i.e. the programs can indeed be malicious even if just one or two security engine flags them.

Sl. Category Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 Option 5
01 Archiver 7zip PeaZip Power Archiver
02 Browser Chrome Edge Firefox Brave Vivaldi
03 Bulk File Rename Bulk Rename Utility
04 Certificate Manager Kleopatra
05 Clipboard Clipto Clipdiary CopyQ
06 Cloud OneDrive Google Drive pCloud Mega Box
07 Customization/ Personalization 8GadgetPackSetup Folder Marker IconPackager qttabbar RainMeter
08 Data Recovery AOMEI Partition Assistant DiskGenius
09 Disk speed monitor CrystalDiskMark* - Store Link
10 Disk/ Partition Management AOMEI Partition Assistant DiskGenius Gparted EaseUS MiniTool
11 Duplicate cleaner CCleaner Portable Wise Duplicate Cleaner
12 E-book Calibre
13 Email client ThunderBird
14 File Explorer Explorer++ Free Commander Total Commander Directory Opus
15 File Backup Personal Backup AOMEI Backupper
16 File Sync Personal Backup Resilio Sync Free File Sync Synchronize It GoodSync
17 File System Reader Linux Reader (Disk Internals) - can read Apple File Systems!
18 Firewall TinyWall SimpleWall
19 Hardware Monitor Speccy CoreTemp SpeedFan HWInfo HWMonitor
20 Internet Security (Antivirus) BitDefender Norton Kaspersky MalwareBytes VirusTotal
21 Music Management MusicBee* - Store Link MediaMonkey Audacity
22 Music Player MusicBee* - Store Link MediaMonkey iTunes foobar2000* - Store Link
23 Music Tag Editor MusicBee* - Store Link MediaMonkey iTunes mp3Tag
24 Network File Sharing WinSCP FileZilla CyberDuck
25 Network Monitor Net Uptime Monitor
26 Office MS Office 365* Libre Office WPS Office Google Docs
27 Password Manager LastPass Keepass Roboform
28 PC Maintenance CCleaner Portable Wise 365 Glary Utilities Kerish Doctor
29 PDF SumatraPDF Xodo*- Store link WPS Office Foxit Adobe
30 Picture Editor Adobe Photoshop GIMP Affinity Photoscape X
31 Picture Manager Adobe Lightroom
32 Picture Viewer IrfanView* - Store Link XnView FastStone qView
33 Privacy Tools VeraCrypt O&O Shutup
34 Program Manager Revo Uninstaller Ninite IOBit
35 Remote Desktop Chrome Remote Desktop Team Viewer
36 Screenshot/ Screen Recording ShareX* - Store Link ScreenPresso GreenShot LightShot OBS
37 Search Engine Google DuckDuckGo Ecosia Startpage Wikipedia
38 Software Testing/ Isolation Sandboxie Plus Sandboxie
39 Storage Analyzer WinDirStat
40 System Backup AOMEI Backupper Macrium Reflect AOEMI One Key Recovery (2nd link)
41 Torrent Downloader qBitTorrent
42 Utilities Microsoft SysInternals Microsoft PowerToys NirSoft Utilities
43 Video Editing Handbrake Adobe Premiere
44 Video Player VLC PotPlayer Media Player Classic - BE SM Player Real Player
45 VPN ExpressVPN SurfShark PrivateInternetAccess (PIA) NordVPN
46 Windows Installation WinToUSB Rufus Ventoy

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Thanks for the list Mystic:) I use a lot of them already I will try to think of something but you pretty well covered most of them

TheMystic said:
Lots of empty boxes above. Please help in filling them if you have a great app not listed in any category. New category suggestions too are welcome.

Other useful software:

01. BleachBit
02. Everything (search)
03. ExplorerPatcher
04. iCaros
05. Link Shell Extension
06. Notepad++ (notepad)
07. Resource Hacker
08. SIV
09. SnagIt
10. sTabLauncher
11. SyncBack Free
12. ThrottleStop
13. TransculentTB
14. Media Player Classic (clsid2)
15. K-Lite Codec Pack Full
16. PDF-XCHANGE
17. Winaero Tweaker
18. CopyTrans HEIC viewer

Hiren's BootCD
EasyBCD
GPU-Z
CPU-Z

Thanks for the list Mystic I already have a lot of them I will check and see if I can think of anything to add:)

Bree · Feb 18, 2022

AdvancedSetup said:
I don't know if the program still runs on Windows 10 or 11....

It does, I use it to this day....

AdvancedSetup · Feb 18, 2022

Bree said:
It does, I use it to this day....

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No, I meant version 9. I tried to install it on one of my systems and it would not complete the install. Not sure if there was something on my system blocking it or not or if they changed something in the installer.

Thanks and glad to see still working for you.

cereberus · Feb 18, 2022

Dch48 said:
LOL. I never use the voice functions on anything. I just feel foolish talking to a machine.

Imagine this in an open plan office - it is bad enough with Teams!

Josey Wales · Feb 18, 2022

It is a Great list but I only use Two on the OP's list. Revo (PRO) and Notepad ++.

Bree · Feb 18, 2022

AdvancedSetup said:
No, I meant version 9. I tried to install it on one of my systems and it would not complete the install.

PSP 9.01 installed for me. But it's a 60 day 'Try and Buy' free trial - and with JASC no longer around buying it may prove difficult.

Ghot · Feb 18, 2022

OK, it seems Christmas came early on oldversions.com

PSP 7.04 Anniversary Edition...

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 - 10th Anniversary Edition (ISO) : Jasc Software Inc. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Fixed ISO version of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7.04 by @sketch_the_cow.Original: https://archive.org/details/Jasc_Paint_Shop_Pro_v7.04_Win95_2001_Eng

archive.org

PSP 9.01

Jasc Paint Shop Pro v9.01 (Windows)(2004)(Eng) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Jasc Paint Shop Pro v9.01 (Windows)(2004)(Eng).Contents of this ISO have been verified with ISOBuster; the ISO image is valid.

archive.org

In both cases, download the ISO image and save it to your desktop.
Then MOUNT the image.

Open the mounted Image and then open either the hidden (PSP9 > Paint Shop Pro 9 folder in the PSP 9.01 ISO) or the (PSP folder in the PSP 7.04), and right click the .msi installer (which will be at the bottom), and choose: Install. That's it, and it's legal... now.

Animation shop install "with" PSP 7.04 automatically.
For Animation Shop in PSP 9.01, you'll have to separately run the Jasc Animation Shop 3.msi installer in the PSP9 folder.

@Bree @AdvancedSetup
You installed it incorrectly. See above.

If you install from the normal setup.exe, you'll get the trial. You need to find the hidden .msi installer.

I just did it for both the PSP 7.04 Anniversary and the PSP 9.01

For PSP 9.01 ...each of these folders has it's own .msi installer that needs to be run separately.
Even the autorun.exe will not work. You'll still get the trial.
The 1st time you run PSP 9.01, you'll have to close out of a few boxes. They won't return.

This all assumes you use the links I provided in this post.
They are to the actual ISOs of the CDs. I also scanned them locally and at Virustotal. They are 100% clean.

And last but certainly not least, you can disable that UGLY splash screen at PSP startup...

Bree · Feb 18, 2022

Ghot said:
@Bree @AdvancedSetup
You installed it incorrectly. See above.

I used the OldVersions download. That one is a .exe and has no such option to install the way you described.

Ghot · Feb 18, 2022

Bree said:
I used the OldVersions download. That one is a .exe and has no such option to install the way you described.

Yes it does. I just did it.
To "try again" you need to remove everything from the last try, with REVO.
Please don't make me take a pile of screenshots to show you.

I didn't install the Photo Album 5.
I use XnView for those tasks.
And that folder doesn't have an .msi installer, so I don't know if that will work.

Side Note: PSP 9.01 is a lot more powerful, but it's also a lot more cumbersome.

This is a screen of PSP 9.01 running on Win 10, which I'm on atm...

The major improvements I saw were all the stuff on the right side. And on the left side the dodge, burn in, and color selection (magic wand), tools are new or just way better.
At first glance... the stuff on top is seriously cumbersome.

Remember: If you mess up the install, you need to completely remove the program, before you try again.
It leaves tracks all over the registry.
Just to be on the safe side... I also deleted the Jasc folders in AppData > Roaming and in Program Files (x86)

I did NOT try to install PSP 9.01 with PSP 7.04 installed.

Ok, that's it. Everything I know about this is in posts #92 and #94

Ghot · Feb 18, 2022

OK... I lied.

1. First thing I did was completely UN-install PSP 7.04 with REVO (free)
2. Then removed the Jasc folders in Users > username > AppData > Roaming and ProgramFiles (x86)
3. Then I ran CCleaner > Registry
4. Then I installed PSP 9.01, just like post #94

During install, it asked if I wanted shortcut on Desktop... I said yes... it didn't make one.
I had to go into the install directory and make a shortcut from the executable to the Desktop.

Ok, that's everything.

Ghot · Feb 18, 2022

I also found these but didn't try them...

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8.1 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8.1, 2003

archive.org

Paint Shop Pro 4.12 : Jasc, Inc. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Jasc Paint Shop Pro 4.12

archive.org

Way, way back, I used to run PSP 4.xx
If you're completely new to PSP, you should probably try this one first. It's really easy to learn.
I believe that PSP 4.12 is easy to install as well. (Scans clean locally and at Virustotal)
Just MOUNT and go to X:\PSP4\INSTALL\setup.exe and double click setup.exe

Then when you get PSP 4 down pat... go to PSP 7.04
For me... PSP 7.04 is good enough.

Dch48 · Feb 18, 2022

cereberus said:
Imagine this in an open plan office - it is bad enough with Teams!

I'll take your word for it. I never used Teams. I dumped it in fact.

Edwin · Feb 18, 2022

Dch48 said:
I'll take your word for it. I never used Teams. I dumped it in fact.

Teams is a screwed up monstrosity!

AdvancedSetup · Feb 18, 2022

No, I extracted the ISO and ran the .msi installer. It simply never completed. But that was a heavily locked down Windows 10 computer and I was only testing it out. I use PhotoShop now for a long time which is miles ahead of Paint Shop Pro

Ghot · Feb 18, 2022

AdvancedSetup said:
No, I extracted the ISO and ran the .msi installer. It simply never completed. But that was a heavily locked down Windows 10 computer and I was only testing it out. I use PhotoShop now for a long time which is miles ahead of Paint Shop Pro

I'm thinking Photoshop, took PSP out to the back alley, when no one was looking.