Millions of people have installed Windows 10 on their computers and laptops, upgrading for free from Windows 7/8/8.1 or buying a license for it. Shortly after its launch, the new OS already received updates containing bug fixes and other improvements, and now, Windows 10 works like a charm. If you haven’t decided yet which applications to install on your device, below you’ll find a list of suggestions, but we’re pretty sure that you’ll want to download them immediately.
VLC Media Player
With this free media player, which was created by VideoLAN, you will be able to open pretty much every media type. The application supports all kinds of audio and video compression methods and it also has streaming protocols, being able to stream media over computer networks.
CCleaner
When you feel that your device is starting to behave strangely and its performance is disappointing, it means that it’s time to clean up the digital junk, in order to regain some storage space. Only this way, your computer’s performance will be boosted. CCleaner has a free version which does its job. Once you launch the application, you will select to either delete temporary or potentially unwanted files or to correct the problems from the Windows registry.
7-Zip
This is an open source file archiver/application which compresses files and it has been around for 6 years. It’s very popular, being able to open RAR and ZIP formats, and it can be used from a graphical user interface, a command line interface or with a window-based shell integration.
Audacity
This free open source digital audio editor and recording application is 15 years old and it’s compatible with Windows, OS X, Linux and other operating systems. Audacity imports and exports a variety of audio files and file formats supported by libsndfile library, and it offers a bunch of features, allowing you to cut, copy, and paste portions of sounds, add digital effects etc.
Nitro Reader
This is a free PDF reader and the ecosystem consists of Nitro Pro, Nitro Cloud, Nitro Reader, but there is also a suite of document conversion sites. It has a cool design and Nitro Cloud works with any web browser.
Foobar2000
This free music player was created by Piotr Pawlowski and it was launched in December 2002. It has a highly modular design and the interface is customizable, plus there are plenty features for organizing metadata, files and folders.
Paint.NET
This is an excellent replacement for the Microsoft Paint program, being initially created by Rick Brewster as a Washington State University student project. This editor has support for layers, transparency, it offers plugins, and the interface is intuitive.
Notepad++
As you already guessed, this is a replacement for the Microsoft Notepad program, but it’s superior, because it provides a better experience, thanks to its additional features: tabbed editing, document mapping, auto completion etc.
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