Top 7 Free Windows Programs (You Need Right Now) 

No one uses VLC to have video quality. People use VLC because it plays every video file format under the sun.

Such a joy to watch this dude's videos. Straightforward, unbiased, just the right amount of humour here and there. Keep up the good work lad.

winwar is free, you can easily bypass the "you need to upgrade" by pressing a cool button that looks like a red X

Loved it when you said "Completely legally"

Thanks for handbrake ThioJoe!

Thank you so much, this helped me a lot. The "everything" program is the best. thx.

Concise, distinct and always easy to follow...really great!

Why do people give you a thumbs down? It's free info you give and not only that but you sound professional and you get right to the point. Your tutorials are are amazing you even give us background how why things work.

I'll add some other few programs I use and find very useful: - Paint.NET: for fast photo editing, supports plugins - PotPlayer: best video player imho, lots of customization - Inkscape: a free Illustrator, a bit laggy but it's great - Hybrid: the best video encoder imho - Waifu2x-caffe: upscales and denoise images, uses neural networks to detect jpg noise, it's really great - MKVToolnix : demux and remux MKVs - Subtitle edit and Aegisub: create/edit subtitles in any format

VLC has the advantage that it is self contained. MPC need to have decoders for every file format. It's usually bundled with them but since they are installed into Windows they can cause conflicts with existing drivers. Also subtitle decoding can be less than adequate.

OMG! I was curious to know programs like these. This made my life easy! Thanks! Nice content. Subscribed.👍

You really helped with Audacity. I was searching this program for 2 years!!! Thank god there is someone like you on RU-vid.

useful recommendation, thanks.. ..also, there is this useful and neat utility called FolderChanger which I use to manage and organize my computer folders. You can find it if you google for "folderchanger"

"Top questions science still can't answer" How can video have 3 👀 views and 33 👍 likes? 🤔

I discover your video series and really enjoy your presentation and your humor!

Thank you for the "Everything" suggestion, it's exactly i was looking for!

Handbrake looks great. Thanks Joe. I do lots of editing to having a format converter is a must.

8:53 throw in another 2min in the video to reach 10min 😂😂

Fantastic list. I hadn’t heard of ninite.

YOU ARE THE MOST AWESOME RU-vidR SHARER EVERRRRR!!!!, THOSE TOOLS ARE SO INGENIOUSLY USEFUL , I THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN AND AGAIN, IT IS SO COOL TO HAVE YOU HERE! XO

Ransomware a great free program

nice list, thx. also some friends recommend Folderchanger to easily organize files in Windows. You can find it if you google FolderChanger

you are the best!!! you literally saved my laptop bro!!

ThioJoe....Thank you so much for one of your ad's. I watched it to completion. Cried....thinking, about a niece I lost to that. You are awesome who makes us all aware, of so many important things in life. Even beyond our computer's or other devices.

If you don't use Audacity to create the dankest earrape memes, you're doing it wrong.

SpaceSniffer is a good alternative to WinDirStat!

Another great video! Your videos are always so useful! Thanks for making them!

This is the first top list of recommended software that I've ever completely agreed with. Half of these I was already using, the other half I've started using and really enjoy.

ThioJoe the type of guy to pay for Winrar

Very beautiful

Hello Thio. Thanks for this great video. I especially love Everything and Ninite they make my life much much easier.

Excellent buddy! Thank you very much. Keep on updating us with cool free programs.

I just compared MPC to VLC and saw no difference. Maybe MPC automatically uses hardware color decoding, but with VLC, it must be configured manually in your graphics card settings.

Did you say like WinRar BUT free?

WOW! just ran windirstat on a drive I want to clean up and it is incredible, thanks for this great tip!

How did I get here? I have no idea, but instead of finding a tube with tired old has been stuff, this..its like finding a gold nugget laying in the street, some very good programs and fun stuff. Subbed !

I can't believe you had the Audacity to add another program onto this "7 program" list.

But can I make Everything search replace Windows file search?

i love your videos man...thanks a lot for taking the time to make and upload them

awesome stuff. thanks. what size are our desktop monitors in the background?

You forgot Audacity in the description

Wake me up inside

This is amazing, I download and started using before the video ended

I didn't know about Handbrake and MPC . Thank you both are good.

i've never used mpc, i always use the one that comes with windows, windows media player i think ? lmao can you make a comparison between them ? ty :3

Will all of them run on XP tho?

Thanks. That's a very practical list.

Most of these, I've either used them, had some sort of alternative, or didn't need them. But everything sounds useful, and I've never heard of such a program, Definitely going to try it out.

Expected you to mention f.lux

Joe, are you okay? You look like you haven't slept in a week.

Great, thanks ! There were several I did not know about !

Thanks bud I work with computers but sometimes you forget about these simple things, that was a nice video :)

Does Audacity now work with Windows 10?

If you do this again put in rainmeter it’s super useful and awesome

Yesss! I've always use MPC. I like its simplicity plus I find it really light weight.

I always enjoy a ThioJoe video and The trolls

VLC is most well known media player. BUT POTPLAYER is the best you can download SVP to upgrade your FPS to 60 FPS

> no sharex mention REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I downloaded "everything" and tried it and it's great- searches very quickly thanks Thio.

In behalf of all of us who are not computer geeks, (and there must be a lot of us since you get so many views,) Bless Your Heart! Just keep making videos! We really appreciate you!

thiojoe cmon.. legends says if ur early af joe replies by saying hi.

I deleted system 32 :(

Excellent video thanks for sharing!

Just got Windows 10 to install Windows 11... And then this came on... Brilliant stuff, ThioJoe 👍

But is it valid in india tho?

To solve the VLC gamma issue, open settings, go to the video tab and uncheck yuv to rgb conversion, leave a like if it worked for you PS- VLC is the best and always will be

Most useful "Top ________" video that had genuinely interesting items!

Joe, I'm so lucky for finding your channel! Firstly I learned to be more careful and I wanted to, this is how I found you because I just got my new laptop. Than I got very paranoid for almost everything and started to search like crazy about what is legit and now I found myself in a situation that need downloading winrar and when Microsoft Store opened I said to my course project - see you tomorrow - because I felt literally lost. Than I came back and though you're a kind of person who leaves links for everything, even if it isn't a main topic - you know!

Viagra? 08:03

I have win rar instead of 7 zip. It's better than 7 zip.

How many times I gotta ask Thio? What are your render settings? Video quality is gorgeous.

You're amazing! How do you find out this stuff?! Thanks for sharing with us! Dallas TX

1. Winrar > 7Zip 2. VLC for life man.

ThioJoe, go back to your satire!!! Use ThioJoeTech for this normal type stuff... Please??? Like so he can see.

I love your channel so much. always giving us the best stuff

WOW. Ninite is amazing, thanks for telling me about it, definitely using it in the future.

Is This valid in india? xD

My name Jeff

Loaded and used WinDirStat to located and delete a Beta game that I could not find on the Hard Drive (after using Uninstall**). Recovered 28GB of disk space. 3 Gold Stars for WinDirStat and thanks ThioJoe. Lots of good stuff in the rest of the Video

Thanks this was helpful I installed 3 of these programs.

oh no no not 7 zip, it might be a trustful app , but once i accidentally installed an app infected with a virus, it kept downloading several softwares without my consent from the internet which included "7zip" no matter how many times i uninstall 7 zip comes back, i hate 7 zip !!! i vote for winrar

Winrar > 7-zip

i already have 7zip. but I found out mpc is really helpful, thx dude!

Thanks Thio very useful, great job

Firstly, thanks for posting! I've been using MPC for years and years (I'd guess close to or over 10yrs ago) and it really does give better video and often sound quality. It's also really easy to boost your sound if your video has low levels, however it will increase the volume but often at the expense of sound quality. It's a great, light, easy to use player. I discovered it originally when I first got klite codec pack as it came included. I haven't used any other media player since, including for audio. Audacity is also a fantastic program. As to effects, there are loads of them that you can find on the net. You can do an awful lot with it if you're into sound editing. It's my go to recording and mix down program. I have both winRAR and 7zip. I only use 7zip occasionally but it's good for the odd file winRAR has trouble with. I still use CCleaner for many things and find I don't have a problem with the registry cleaning feature in Windows 10 as long as it's on its default settings and, of course, always choose the option to back up the registry before cleaning. Piriform programs are all good - recuva is a great tool for recovering accidentally deleted files or files that are lost due to a PC problem. I've used it a few times on friends' computers where they've lost docs and pics and it does a good job. Of course, the ability to recover files depends on how overwritten they are, but you can even get partial files with docs, which, in an emergency, can be better than losing everything. There's also another free utility that help to unscramble corrupted docs as well. I can't think of it at the moment, but I'll post the name of it when I do. A friend of mine who's an author lost several chapters of a manuscript once and I used recuva and this other program and managed to get back about 90% of her work.

Hi there, thanks for all the helpful information. do you have any good picture editing sites you can recomend.

All of them are great, I had them all but thank you bro

A very useful video thiojoe keep it up!

thanks this is really explosivly helpfull

love these videos. i use vlc but if mpc is better thats great, really helpful.

Again Joe mate so easy to follow and I did know about some but really have not had it explained as you did WinDirStat for example. Thank you so much for the videos mate am going to watch some more. I just wonder how you manage the time and the quality of the videos really cool so sad that one or two the comments have to be so vulgar and in really bad taste.

hi, bro thanks for your tutorials. it been very helpful. Be Blessed.

super COOL ....! Thank You very much. Please continue.

Thank you for the Plex, which I need right now

Great suggestions! Have to give props to Handbrake and Audacity, as those I already know, and are great indeed! New subscriber for sure! :-)

Helpful video thanks

i couldnt have seen this at a better time in the morning i finish building a new computer and was dreading the installing programs part

I loved 7-Zip even before my current laptop and then I found out that it came with my laptop!

this video is really useful . thanks

So cool advice. Thx mate.