windows software

Application Manager

Programs to quickly install and update

• Recommendation. These are the most useful of them all!

• PortableApps ~ A portable-application framework.

• Ninite ~ Create a customized exe installer for various popular applications and driver.

• Chocolatey ~ A command line installer, like apt-get or yum. It calls the Chocolatey repo to download and install. Also check out ChocolateyGUI package for GUI installer.

• Meh... ** [http://www.cameyo.com/ Cameyo] ~ A tool to create a portable app. *** [http://online.cameyo.com/public http://online.cameyo.com/public] ~ A public repo of existing portable apps! ** [http://www.spamfighter.com/OUTDATEfighter/ OUTDATEfighter] ~ Analyze and update software on your machine. ** [http://www.liberkey.com/en/ LiberKey] ~ A portable-application framework for USB.

=== Browser ===

• Obvious: Chrome, Firefox, IE
• Alternative: Tor, Opera, PaleMoon, Cyberfox, Maxthon, Vivaldi

=== Desktop ===

• Wow ** [http://jamie-o-connell.software.informer.com/ Desktop Restore] ~ If you hate how your icons arrangement get messed up after changing your resolution, this is your holy grail by Jamie O'Connell. ** [http://http://dexpot.de/ Dexpot] ~ Add expose and space to your Windows.
• Okay ** [http://www.betterdesktoptool.com/ BetterDesktopTool] ~ Similar to Dexpot. It adds virtual windows, space, and expose! ** Growl For Windows ~ Just like the name said ** Power Menu 1.5.1 ~ A little tool to minimize any windows to your tray icon. ** Virtual Win ~ Simpler than Dexpot. If you just need multiple virtual desktop, this is it

=== Files and Navigation ===

• [http://ejie.me/ Clover3] ~ Add tabs to your File Explorer
• [http://lifehacker.com/5835770/the-best-application-launcher-for-windows Application Launcher] ** [http://executor.dk/ Executor] ** [http://www.keybreeze.com/ Keybreeze] ** [http://www.launchy.net/ Launchy]+++
• [http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html Link Shell Extension] ~ A tool for adding softlink, hardlink, and junction point for Windows OS. ** Softlink will work under UNIX also!
• [http://www.listary.com/ Listary] ~ List all files as you type
• LockHunter ~ Unlock those files that prevent deleting
• [http://www.ntwind.com/software/vistaswitcher.html VistaSwitcher] ~ Change the visualization of switching between application (ALT+TAB)

=== Hardware Utility ===

• [http://www.autohotkey.com/ AutoHotKey] ~ Remap your mouse and keyboard to be more useful ** [http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/scripts/index.htm Script Showcase]
• [http://old.r1ch.net/stuff/forcebindip/ ForceBindIP] ~ Force an application to use a specific network interface (ex: Wifi card over Ethernet wire) ** [http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/force-specific-applications-internet-connections-forcebindip-windows/ Tutorial]
• KatMouse ~ Scroll without clicking on the item
• [http://users.telenet.be/jbosman/applications.html PowerOff] ~ Schedule turning off OS
• StrokesPlus ~ A mouse gesture utility. Work with any application
• WizMouse ~ Scroll without clicking!
• USBDiskEjector ~ A quick click to eject your USB memory drive.
• VirtualCloneDrive ~ Emulate CD/DVD for your ISO.

=== Information Management ===

• Evernote ~ A note taking software
• KeePass Password Safe ~ A password manager

=== Network ===

• [http://www.inssider.com/ inSSIDer] ~ Show Wifi information

=== Security ===

• CryptSync ~ Local encryption and syncing via 7-zip
• [http://www.sandboxie.com/ Sandboxie] ~ Sandbox a running application

== Command Line == === Windows ===

• Powershell ~ Just in case you need it

=== Linux ===

• Awesome way to use Linux ** Cygwin ~ As always and will be de facto for Linux on Win *** [https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg apt-cyg] ~ A useful addon to Cygwin. Add package manager control inside cygwin. ** [https://msysgit.github.io/ msysGit] ~ A light-weight of Unix tools (bash, git, etc) for Windows. Mainly for git.
• Alternatives. In case, Cygwin is a no-go. ** [https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop Scoop] ~ A command-line installer for Windows ** [https://github.com/CybeSystems/CygwinPortable CygwinPortable] by CybeSystems
• Obsolete projects. Either dead or on a life-support. ** [http://www.colinux.org/ CoLinux] ~ Linux on your Windows! Only works on 32-bit WinOS though ** [http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ GnuWin] ~ A toolbox of Unix commands for Windows ** [https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow GOW] (GNU on Windows) ~ Another Unix tools on Windows ** [http://www.qhull.org/bash/doc/road-bash.html road bash] ~ A cross-platform bash and Unix tools ** [http://sourceforge.net/projects/win-bash/ Win-Bash] ~ Another collection of Unix tools for Windows

=== Linux Terminal ===

• [http://gooseberrycreative.com/cmder/ Cmder] ~ A console emulator for Windows
• [http://conemu.github.io/ ConEmu] ~ Another console emulator.
• [https://github.com/cbucher/console ConsoleZ] ~ A fork of Console2. A terminal wrapper. Add tabbing to your various command line tools (cygwin, cmd, powershell) ** http://devtidbits.com/2014/05/21/create-a-better-windows-command-line-prompt/
• Mintty ~ A more modern terminal for BASH. Come with cygwin.
• [http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/ MobaXTerm] ~ Various protocols connection manager
• [https://mosh.mit.edu/ Mosh shell] ~ An improved mobile bash shell
• [https://www.netsarang.com/products/xsh_overview.html XShell5] ~ Various protocols connection manager

== Multimedia ==

• [http://aviaddxsubs.blogspot.com/ AVIAddXSub] ~ An excellent tool to combine your AVI with subtitle file to create a divx file
• [http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm FastStone Image Viewer] ~ An image viewer with batch editor (resize, rename, downsize, crop, etc). A perfect companion to Paint
• [http://handbrake.fr/ Handbrake] ~ An open source video converter. Specifically convert to AVI, MP4, or MKV
• [http://www.shchuka.com/software/mergemp3 Merge MP3] ~ Merge multiple MP3 files into one
• [http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/ MP3Gain] ~ A program to level out the volume of MP3 files
• [http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ Mp3Tag] ~ A free program to tag mp3 files
• [http://www.urusoft.net/products.php?cat=sw&lang=1 Subtitle Workshop] ~ An excellent program for editing subtitle

=== Editor ===

• [http://atomisystems.com/activepresenter/ Atomi ActivePresenter] ~ Capture and record your desktop for presentation.
• [http://fontforge.github.io/en-US/ FontForge] ~ Create and edit fonts
• [http://www.getpaint.net/ Paint.NET] ~ A simple image editor
• [http://www.virtualdub.org/ VirtualDub] ~ A simple editor for performing cut, filters, resize, etc. No longer in development. ** [http://code.google.com/p/ffinputdriver/ ffInputDriver] ~ [http://forums.virtualdub.org/index.php?act=ST&f=7&t=20025 Full description] ~ VirtualDub plugins for loading more recent CODEC and format (asf, flv, mp4, wmv, vob, and more!!!) ** [http://www.donsalva.com/2011/07/03/how-to-use-mkv-mp4-flv-mov-and-other-file-formats-with-virtualdub Don Salva's Post] ~ He posts a link for aac and ac3 sound filter

== Development Tools ==

=== Office ===

• Microsoft Office's alternative ** [http://www.freeoffice.com/ FreeOffice (by SoftMaker)] ** [https://www.libreoffice.org/‎ LibreOffice]

=== Editor ===

• SublimeText2 and SublimeText3 ~ A powerful and extensible editor. Available on Mac and PC ** http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-and-tips/sublime-text-2-tips-and-tricks/ ** [https://sublime.wbond.net/ Package Control] -- List various plugin packages ** [https://sublime.wbond.net/packages/CTags CTags] -- Adding CTags for easier navigation. More useful for Ruby code. ** [https://packagecontrol.io/packages/Indent%20XML IndentXML] -- Indent XML ** [https://github.com/danielmagnussons/orgmode orgmode] -- Create a document in org-mode ** [https://github.com/joelpt/sublimetext-print-to-html Print-to-HTML] -- The editor does not support print, so this is a workaround ** [https://github.com/n1k0/SublimeHighlight SublimeHighlight] -- Copy text/string with highlight and line numbers. Export to RTF/HTML
• Diff/Merge -- KDiff3, [http://meldmerge.org/ Meld], [http://winmerge.org/ WinMerge]

=== Servers ===

• WAMP ~ Windows' Apache, MySQL, and PHP
• [http://zwamp.sourceforge.net/ Z-WAMP] ~ Portable version of WAMP
• [http://www.uniformserver.com/ Uniform Server] ~ A lightweight (portable) server solution for running a web server under the WindowsOS.

=== Virtualization ===

• [https://www.vagrantup.com/ Vagrant] ~ A deployment tool to install and setup an OS using VirtualBox.
• VirtualBox and VMWare ~ Two software to create virtualized OS.

=== Windows Dev ===

• CMake ~ A tool to create build files for multiple platforms
• Visual Studio Plugins ** DPack plugin - Used to locate the file in Solution Explorer ** Color Printing - Add color printing to VS10 ** Highlighter for Visual C++ 2010
• VMs for Internet Explorer: IE6 to IE11 ** http://dev.modern.ie/tools/vms/windows/