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.