I love these programs. I can’t imagine owning a computer without these freeware gems.

• Karen’s Replicator. It backs up what you what, when you want it.
• Everything. My ultimate search engine. No more waiting for that Windows magnifying glass!
• SlickRun. Suddenly, I can load nearly anything with magic words. The single most-used program on my computer.
• RevoUninstaller. More than just a thorough uninstaller, it also makes it easy to manage startup objects that can slow down your loading time.
• CCleaner. Cleans out spare files, helping your computer run faster.
• Defraggler. An easy-to-use disk defragmenter. The built-in Windows one just never worked right for me.
• Irfanview. Lightweight image viewer that’s also good at batch conversion/resizing and renaming.
• FoxIt. Free PDF reader that doesn’t take forever to open.
• Belvedere. Not perfect, but helps me get rid of files gathering dust in my downloads folder.
• CutePDF Writer. Save all kinds of files as PDFs for free!
• NAPS2. Scan. Simply.
• Musicbee. So I finally moved on from WinAmp!
• MusicIP Mixer. Many music plugins aspire to be as good as this discontinued one.