This list was created for my own reference to keep all the links in one handy location. It might be useful for ideas for you too when you’re installing a new Windows PC or laptop. Not all of these are free, but the vast majority are.
- Mozilla Firefox
- Adblock Plus
- Web Developer Toolbar
- Password exporter
- Screengrab (fix version from Alexander Popov)
- Firebug
- Greasemonkey
- SEObook Rank Checker
- SEObook SEO for FF (requires free account on SEObook.com)
- Flash plugin
- Free anti-virus: Microsoft Security Essentials OR
- Free anti-virus: Avira Free
- Old version of Tweetdeck (before Twitter ruined it)
- Old version of Skype (before Skype ruined it)
- Dropbox
- LibreOfficeOR Office 2007 (from DVD) OR
- Notepad2 (Modified version from Kai Liu)
- Search tools – both highly recommended:
- Voidtools Everything – super fast (instant) search of all filenames across all harddrives
- Agent Ransack – fast search of file contents across all harddrives
- Remove duplicate files: Free Duplicate File Finder
- Filezilla
- Putty
- Foxit PDF Reader
- 7Zip
- Klite mega codec pack and/or
- VLC player
- CCleaner
- Virtual Clonedrive
- VMware Workstation
- AbbyFine OCR – highly recommended for scanning large docs.
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Not a bad list. I personally prefer Notepad++ over Notepad2, but then that’s more for the syntax highlighting and programming features than just being a superior replacement to notepad. I’d be very interested to know how the two stack up when opening *HUGE* 1G text file, e.g. database dumps.
That was Notepad Plus Plus (and it removed the plus symbols)
Notepad2 has syntax highlighting for quite a few languages – all the ones I need for web work at least (html, css, php, javascript, java). The most vital thing for me is instant loadtime. I use a text editor really often, and there are plenty of richly featured ones but few that open instantly with zero delay.
I haven’t opened 1GB file with it, might test it out at some point.
Edit note: I fixed the ++ for you.
Updated list for Dec 2009.