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  1. ########################## SOFTWARE FOR NEW INSTALLS ##########################
  2.  
  3. >>>Drive cloners, useful for moving your existing install to a new drive
  4. >>Windows 10 and newer can detect and install drivers for new motherboards on boot for seamless C:\ clone hardware upgrades
  5. https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v7/v7.3.6391/reflect_setup_free_x64.exe
  6. https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v7/v7.3.6391/reflect_setup_free_x86.exe
  7. https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v8/v8.0.7783/reflect_setup_free_x64.exe
  8. https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v8/v8.0.7783/reflect_setup_free_x86.exe
  9.  
  10. Reflect v7.3.6391 is the final version of Reflect 7.3, which has unlimited free use.
  11. Reflect v8.0.7783 is the final version of Reflect 8.0, which has unlimited free use.
  12. Reflect v8.1.XXXX and newer from the official site are limited to 30 day trial.
  13.  
  14. Clonezilla: https://clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=stable
  15. Works, but purely keyboard based UI makes using any extra functionality (move, resize, etc) extremely painful
  16.  
  17. >>>All-in-One Visual C++ runtimes installer
  18. Must run on any new install if you have any portable programs or games, since they likely won't have their runtimes installed.
  19. https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist
  20.  
  21. >>>Partition Managers
  22. https://www.paragon-software.com/us/free/pm-express
  23. https://cdn2.minitool.com/?p=pw&e=pw-free
  24. https://www.diskpart.com/download-home.html
  25. https://download2.easeus.com/epm.php?product=epm_free
  26. https://gparted.org/download.php
  27.  
  28. >>>Game save backup tools, for dealing with games by moronic devs who save to AppData
  29. https://www.gamesave-manager.com
  30. https://github.com/mtkennerly/ludusavi
  31.  
  32. >>>Archive Utility
  33. https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
  34. https://www.win-rar.com/download.html
  35.  
  36. >>>Torrent Client
  37. https://www.qbittorrent.org/download
  38.  
  39. >>>Media Players
  40. https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases
  41. https://potplayer.daum.net
  42. https://www.kmplayer.com/home
  43. https://www.smplayer.info/en/download-windows
  44.  
  45. >>>Codecs for x265/x264 that may not come bundled even with newer video players
  46. https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases
  47.  
  48. >>>Thumbnails for videos/WebMs
  49. http://www.babelsoft.net/products/mediapreview.htm
  50. https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/icaros.html
  51. (Use only one at a time, not both)
  52.  
  53. >>>Image Viewers
  54. https://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads
  55. https://www.faststone.org/FSIVDownload.htm
  56. https://nomacs.org/docs/getting-started/installation
  57. https://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm
  58. https://github.com/sylikc/jpegview
  59. https://en.bandisoft.com/bandiview (formerly HoneyView)
  60. Do not use ImageGlass, the dev tried to hide code in the program that turns users' machines into exit nodes for a peer-based VPN service.
  61. https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/blob/51f9f5eaa17f6fc42e4c55241e3c3d1081d1a395/Source/Components/ImageGlass.Library/Language/Language.cs#L663-L664
  62.  
  63. >>>Fast File Search
  64. https://www.voidtools.com/downloads (Everything)
  65.  
  66.  
  67.  
  68. ############################# PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE #############################
  69.  
  70. >>>Piracy Megathread
  71. One of the few good uses for /r/eddit
  72. https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread
  73. https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread/software
  74.  
  75. >>>Complete Adobe collection
  76. https://w16.monkrus.ws
  77. Least suspect source for Adobe piracy, no community found issues/problems/reports so far, alternative is GenP which is also regarded as safe
  78.  
  79. >>>VMware Workstation Pro 17 (VMware-workstation-full-17.0.0-20800274.exe)
  80. https://archive.org/details/vmware-workstation-full-17.0.0-20800274_202305
  81. https://web.archive.org/web/20240317060631/https://download3.vmware.com/software/WKST-1700-WIN/VMware-workstation-full-17.0.0-20800274.exe
  82. SHA256: 977e44df8ad7ea6f80ca14a1f817a65a38bb1660d1b776d4ad80577d9d52c2c7
  83. KEY: MC60H-DWHD5-H80U9-6V85M-8280D
  84. (VMware still uses ordinary key activation to this day)
  85. Downloads from VMware have been taken down after Broadcom corporate takeover.
  86.  
  87. >>>PDF Reader/Editor
  88. https://www.pdfgear.com/pdfgear-for-windows/
  89. https://www.foxit.com/downloads/#Foxit-PhantomPDF-Standard
  90. https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader
  91. https://pdf-xchange.eu/pdf-xchange-editor/trial-form.htm
  92.  
  93. >>>Package Managers
  94. https://github.com/marticliment/UniGetUI
  95. https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
  96. https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop
  97. https://chocolatey.org
  98.  
  99.  
  100.  
  101. ############################# MISC SOFTWARE #############################
  102.  
  103. >>>Program Cleanup/Uninstaller
  104. https://github.com/Klocman/Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller
  105. https://www.bleachbit.org
  106.  
  107. >>>File Managers
  108. Total Commander https://www.ghisler.com/download.htm
  109. Directory Opus https://www.gpsoft.com.au/DScripts/download.asp
  110. Q-Dir https://www.softwareok.com/?Download=Q-Dir
  111.  
  112. >>>Drive space usage analyzers
  113. WizTree https://diskanalyzer.com/download
  114. WinDirStat https://windirstat.net/download.html
  115. TreeSize https://customers.jam-software.de/downloadTrial.php
  116.  
  117. >>>Mass Youtube video and playlist downloader
  118. yt-dlp based front-end GUI made for Windows
  119. https://github.com/ErrorFlynn/ytdlp-interface
  120.  
  121. https://stacher.io
  122.  
  123. >>>Advanced Notepad replacement
  124. https://notepad-plus-plus.org
  125.  
  126. >>>Fast advanced video converter (for making WebMs)
  127. https://www.xmedia-recode.de/en/download.php
  128.  
  129. >>>On-screen WebM recorder
  130. https://github.com/michaelmob/WebMCam
  131.  
  132. >>>File recovery
  133. https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/recuva_portable.html
  134. http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete
  135.  
  136. >>>Comic reader / archive image viewer
  137. https://www.cdisplayex.com
  138.  
  139. >>>Backup tool
  140. https://cdn2.minitool.com/?p=sm&e=sm-free
  141.  
  142. >>>Robocopy (Robust File Copy for Windows)
  143. Created by MS for Windows NT4, built in since Vista. For when you want more detail and control.
  144. 3rd party GUI: https://www.pcassistsoftware.co.uk/robocopygui.html
  145.  
  146. CLI Usage examples:
  147. robocopy C:\folder D:\folder
  148. robocopy C:\folder D:\folder /move /e /z /r:5 /w:10 /reg /ipg:50
  149. Arguments:
  150. /move (deletes source after copying)
  151. /e (includes subdirectories)
  152. /z (resumes from mid-point on fail, good for very large files)
  153. /r:# (retry on fail # number of times)
  154. /w:# (wait for # seconds before retry)
  155. /reg (saves /r:# and /w:# values as defaults)
  156. /ipg:# (for slowing transfer rate, useful for pulling data off a dying drive that disconnects on full throttle)
  157. Full arguments list: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
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