Comments on: The Free Programs I Always Add To Windows https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/ Computer Help, Tips, How-to's, and News Fri, 28 Nov 2025 02:09:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Joe Hill https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-170891 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 02:09:20 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-170891 In reply to Marc Thomas.

True, but I don’t usually carry a USB stick.

It seems a good idea to use portable apps on our home computers too.

Am I right on this? Why or why not?

]]> By: Marc Thomas https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-170704 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:02:19 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-170704 In reply to Joe Hill.

Portable also means you can carry the programs around on a pen drive and use them where you like.

]]> By: Joe Hill https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-170568 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:31:44 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-170568 In reply to Marc Thomas.

What do people think of my mostly portable apps software?

My thought is that if I don’t have to install a piece of software & mess with the OS, I shouldn’t.

I’m not entirely sure how much benefit it is though.

]]> By: Joe Hill https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-170566 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:29:18 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-170566 In reply to Hal.

That sounds useful, I’m going to try it.

]]> By: Hal https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-170535 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:45:29 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-170535 In reply to Joe Hill.

With PF you can edit out unnecessary portions of the PDF, as well as alter text and image sizing.

]]> By: Marc Thomas https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-170530 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:21:31 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-170530 Thanks for all your great suggestions!

]]> By: Joe Hill https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-170491 Sat, 22 Nov 2025 22:46:07 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-170491 In reply to Hal.

Good recommendations, I’ll have to try I Print.
How is Print friendly any different than “Save to PDF” in the print menu?

]]> By: Hal https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-170457 Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:09:13 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-170457 I would add two:
1) I print – a virtual printer that allows you to see and organize what you are printing, and also allows you to combine several printouts into one pdf.
2) Print friendly – a web browser addition that can turn most website articles into a pdf for saving or printing.

]]> By: Marc Thomas https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-170438 Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:05:13 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-170438 In reply to Colin B.

Ha ha, Colin
But seriously, my phone takes photos in 4000x1868px resolution at 2MB or higher files size. For websites to load quickly, most phots on a site need to be small in file size, often only around 100KB and this resizing can be achieved in numerous ways without losing quality.
Cheers
Marc

]]> By: Joe Hill https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-170413 Sat, 22 Nov 2025 05:27:25 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-170413 1. Portable Brave + Firefox (+ unlock origin extension) browsers
2. Portable Faststone viewer
3. Portable Sumatra PDF
4. Portable VLC
5. Portable Wise Cleaner + Portable Privazer
6. Portable apps registrator

The only installed apps are:
1. 7-zip
2. Standalone MS Excel

Then do system slimming through powershell:

]]> By: Colin B https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-170377 Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:16:51 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-170377 “I find it very useful for resizing my photos, which are usually around 3MB, thus too large for many websites”.??
What??
Maybe time for a new camera!
There you go..problem solved!

]]> By: Haakon https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-169977 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:09:46 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-169977 A geek for 45 years and working IT for 30 years, Everything is one of the very few things that really boggle my mind. I’ve used it for years and it’s invaluable for me to near-instantly find a document or spreadsheet I think I remember the name of I made in Windows 3.1. Or that mp3 I dropped into the wrong directory last year. I sometimes delete the everything.db file just to watch it bring up 950,000+ objects in a few seconds. Granted, they’re on three 970 Evo SSDs and one microSD in a i9-9900K home built, but still.

I find NirSoft’s CurrPorts TCP/IP connections viewer another can’t-live-without program.

]]> By: Wally https://davescomputertips.com/the-free-programs-i-always-add-to-windows/#comment-169865 Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:28:42 +0000 https://davescomputertips.com/?p=149298#comment-169865 Fastone Picture viewer IS ALSO on the top of my list! Thanks for “Everything”. I’ll have to try it.

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