Useful Software

########################## SOFTWARE FOR NEW INSTALLS ##########################

>>>Drive cloners, useful for moving your existing install to a new drive
>>Windows 10 and newer can detect and install drivers for new hardware on boot for seamless C:\ drive clone-upgrades
	https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v7/v7.3.6391/reflect_setup_free_x64.exe
	https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v7/v7.3.6391/reflect_setup_free_x86.exe
	https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v8/v8.0.7783/reflect_setup_free_x64.exe
	https://download.macrium.com/reflect/v8/v8.0.7783/reflect_setup_free_x86.exe

	Reflect v7.3.6391 is the final version of Reflect 7.3, which has unlimited free use.
	Reflect v8.0.7783 is the final version of Reflect 8.0, which has unlimited free use.
	Reflect v8.1.XXXX and newer from the official site are limited to 30 day trial.

	Clonezilla: https://clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=stable
	(Works, but purely keyboard based UI makes using advanced functionality painful)

>>>Partition Managers
	https://www.paragon-software.com/us/free/pm-express
	https://cdn2.minitool.com/?p=pw&e=pw-free
	https://www.diskpart.com/download-home.html
	https://download2.easeus.com/epm.php?product=epm_free
	https://gparted.org/download.php

>>>Game save backup tools, for dealing with games by moronic devs who save to AppData
	https://www.gamesave-manager.com
	https://github.com/mtkennerly/ludusavi

>>>All-in-One Visual C++ runtimes installer
	https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist

>>>Archive Utility
	https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
	https://www.win-rar.com/download.html

>>>Torrent Client
	https://www.qbittorrent.org/download

>>>Media Players
	https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases
	https://potplayer.daum.net
	https://www.kmplayer.com/home
	https://www.smplayer.info/en/download-windows

>>>Codecs for x265/x264 that may not come bundled even with newer video players
	https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases

>>>Thumbnails for videos/WebMs
	http://www.babelsoft.net/products/mediapreview.htm
	https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/icaros.html
	(Use only one at a time, not both)

>>>Image Viewers
	https://www.xnview.com/en/xnview/#downloads
	https://www.faststone.org/FSIVDownload.htm
	https://nomacs.org/docs/getting-started/installation
	https://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm
	https://github.com/sylikc/jpegview
	https://en.bandisoft.com/bandiview (formerly HoneyView)
	Do not use ImageGlass, the dev tried to hide code in the program that turns users' machines into exit nodes for a VPN service.
https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/blob/51f9f5eaa17f6fc42e4c55241e3c3d1081d1a395/Source/Components/ImageGlass.Library/Language/Language.cs#L663-L664

>>>Fast File Search
https://www.voidtools.com/downloads (Everything)



############################# PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE #############################

>>>Piracy Megathread
	One of the few good uses for /r/eddit
	https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread
	https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread/software

>>>Complete Adobe collection
	https://w14.monkrus.ws
	Least suspect source for Adobe piracy, no community found issues/problems/reports so far, alternative is GenP which is also regarded as safe

>>>VMware Workstation Pro 17 (VMware-workstation-full-17.0.0-20800274.exe)
	https://archive.org/details/vmware-workstation-full-17.0.0-20800274_202305
	https://web.archive.org/web/20240317060631/https://download3.vmware.com/software/WKST-1700-WIN/VMware-workstation-full-17.0.0-20800274.exe
	SHA256: 977e44df8ad7ea6f80ca14a1f817a65a38bb1660d1b776d4ad80577d9d52c2c7
	KEY: MC60H-DWHD5-H80U9-6V85M-8280D
	(VMware still uses ordinary key activation to this day)
	Downloads from VMware have been taken down after Broadcom corporate takeover.

>>>PDF Reader/Editor
	https://www.pdfgear.com/pdfgear-for-windows/
	https://www.foxit.com/downloads/#Foxit-PhantomPDF-Standard
	https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader
	https://pdf-xchange.eu/pdf-xchange-editor/trial-form.htm

>>>Package Managers
	https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli
	https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop
	https://chocolatey.org



############################# MISC SOFTWARE #############################

>>>Program Cleanup/Uninstaller
	https://github.com/Klocman/Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller
	https://www.bleachbit.org

>>>File Managers
	Total Commander https://www.ghisler.com/download.htm
	Directory Opus https://www.gpsoft.com.au/DScripts/download.asp
	Q-Dir https://www.softwareok.com/?Download=Q-Dir

>>>Mass Youtube video and playlist downloader
	yt-dlp based front-end GUI made for Windows
	https://github.com/ErrorFlynn/ytdlp-interface

>>>Advanced Notepad replacement
	https://notepad-plus-plus.org

>>>Fast advanced video converter (for making WebMs)
	https://www.xmedia-recode.de/en/download.php

>>>On-screen WebM recorder
	https://github.com/michaelmob/WebMCam

>>>File recovery
	https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/recuva_portable.html
	http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete

>>>Comic reader / archive image viewer
	https://www.cdisplayex.com

>>>Backup tool
	https://cdn2.minitool.com/?p=sm&e=sm-free

>>>Robocopy (Robust File Copy for Windows)
	Created by MS for Windows NT4, built in since Vista. For when you want more detail and control.
	3rd party GUI: https://www.pcassistsoftware.co.uk/robocopygui.html

	CLI Usage examples:
		robocopy C:\folder D:\folder
		robocopy C:\folder D:\folder /move /e /z /r:5 /w:10 /reg /ipg:50
	Arguments:
		/move (deletes source after copying)
		/e (includes subdirectories)
		/z (resumes from mid-point on fail, good for very large files)
		/r:# (retry on fail # number of times)
		/w:# (wait for # seconds before retry)
		/reg (saves /r:# and /w:# values as defaults)
		/ipg:# (for slowing transfer rate, useful for pulling data off a dying drive that disconnects on full throttle)
	Full arguments list: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy