These are my favorite Windows Apps, from power tools, to media players and everything in between.
Everything
You can't find a file.
So you open file explorer and search for it.
And wait.
And wait.
And go eat lunch.
And go to sleep.
And wake up.
And get married.
And its still. searching.
Everything searches for, well, everything, and fast.
Type in your search, and the results are already there.
This is one of my favorites.
FastCopy
Its name says it all.
FastCopy is the fastest file copying utility out there.
Quicklook
Instantly preview your files without opening any apps.
Press the space bar when a file is selected, and a small window pops up with a preview of the file.
Press it again, and it closes.
Bumptop
Innovative 3D desktop to make order out of the chaos on your desktop.
With Bumptop, your desktop looks like a 3D room, with walls that you can hang files on.
Make piles out of shortcuts to group them together.
Bumptop is a great FOSS piece of software bought out by Google and then sent to the graveyard.
I would love if someone would revive it, but its already great the way it is.
Mpv
Mpv is a minimalistic video player that loads videos fast.
Just open it, and its playing.
Upscayl
Easily Upscale images with AI locally.
Just drag, drop, and click Upscayl.
Auslogics BoostSpeed
Auslogics BoostSpeed is an all-in-one PC optimization tool designed to enhance computer performance and maintain system health.
With features like disk defragmentation, registry cleaning, startup optimization, and real-time monitoring, BoostSpeed improves system stability, speeds up boot times, and enhances overall performance.
Microsoft Powertoys
An app packed with power tools for power users.
Stay On Top to keep a window pinned to the top of your screen.
Remap keys with Keyboard manager.
Quickly extract text from the screen with Text extractor.
Snap your windows to custom layouts with Fancyzones.
These are just a sampling of PowerToys.
Picasa 3
Best offline photo manager, Picasa was killed by Google in 2016, but still beats every other photo manager out there.
Its one-click touch-up beats the Auto-Enhance on the newest versions of Microsoft Photos.
Most accurate offline facial recognition.
Albums.
Filters.
Would love if I could find something newer and with more accurate facial recognition, but for now I'm sticking with Picasa.
BitDefender Free
Best free security solution, with the highest real-time malware detection rates.
It sometimes hogs resources when it detects viruses on a drive you just attached, but overall a great antivirus.
Dopamine
Beautiful Fluent music player, Dopamine is a sleek and well-featured app, and what I use every day.
LM Studio
Great app to run LLM's locally.
LM Studio lets you download LLM's inside the app, or you can download GGUF's yourself and import them into the app with their easy-to-use command-line tool.
. But only thing I could find that is decent. I wish there was a better simpler copy of “MacOS stacks”
Everything