Windows

Free apps you can’t live witho

April 2020 | |^11

YOU CAN’T

LIVE WITHOUT

FREE APPS

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heneverwereinstall

Windows,there’s

alwaysa collection

ofappsthatwe

installasa matterof

urgency.These

programsareessentialfora variety

ofreasons,andwe’dliketoshare

them with you in case any have

slipped through the gaps in your PC

knowledge.

The ten applications we’ve

chosen for this roundup are all free

to install and use – some may have

additional features locked behind a

one-time purchase, but their core

functionality (and the sole reason

they’re in this list) is completely

free to use.

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recommendations for such diverse

activities as browsing the web,

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videoandlisteningtomusic.There

arealsotoolsforbackingup,

increasingyourPC’ssecurity,editing

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photos.Throwin theultimatemedia

playerandfreedatarecoverytool

andyourlistis complete.

Oris it?Foreverysingle

application we suggest, we’ve

thrown in a bonus program. In

some cases, these are simple

alternatives to our main

recommendation, to give you

more choice in case our main

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But in others, they’re companion

apps that you should install

alongside your main application

for additional functionality.

Ready to discover the apps

you’ve been missing all your

(computing) life? Turn the page

to get started.

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Everybody – and we mean everybody – needs this

collection of free tools and apps, curated by Nick Peers