This fortnight’s top new software downloads to help you make
the most of your PC, and they’re all FREE
Hallelujah! It’s not raining men, just water. This tiny program
adds araindropeffect to your Windowsdesktop. You can
adjust various settings, such as the transparency of the drops,
render quality, type (mouse drops, desktop drops or both),
performance, intensity, size andlength. Any changes you
make happen immediately, andyou can endthe rain at any
timeby clicking the Disable box. It doesn’t serve any useful
purpose, but it’s a bit of fun.This speedy alternative to the Windowsdisk-defragging
util ity can consolidate freespace, list fragmented files,
analyse drives, folders or singlefilesand defrag them.
You’ll needto upgradeto the Pro version for £21.21 if you
want to optimise an SSD. The softwarecan check for errors,
wipe freedisk space andset a defrag priority (low, normal
or high). This release gains anew interface andspeeds up
the defragmentation process.
DISK DEFRAGMENTER
Disk Defrag9 Free
bit.ly/defrag481
Min requirements:Windows7/8.1/10 File size:14.7MB
DESKTOP EFFECT
OK.It’s.Raining.Men
bit.ly/rain481
Min requirements:Windows7/8.1/10 File size:106KBNew Windows 10 AppNotepads – Beta
bit.ly/npads481
File size:32.43MBMost peopleare perfectly happy
with Windows’ built-in Notepad
tool, but if you want a more useful,
modern alternative, give Notepads
a try. This beta app’s design fits in
well with Windows10, andits use of
tabs lets you work on multiple
documents with ease. It’s fast and
responsive, andeven offers
handwriting support.Best Free SoftwareRecommend free downloads atwww.facebook.com/webusermagazine 7 - 20August 2019 29Ashampoo Music Studio 2019 was originally priced at $29.99 but is now free,
although you needto create an account to use it. The softwarelets you rip, edit,
burn andorganiseyour music, design CDcovers, generate playlists, make mix tapes
andrename songsautomatically. It can also extract audio tracksfromvideos. Its
interface is easy to use, with all the options availablefroma singlescreen.
Look out for a workshop onAshampoo Music Studio 2019 in our next issue.
AUDIO SOFTWARE
AshampooMusic Studio 2019
bit.ly/mstudio481
Min requirements:Windows7/8.1/10 File size:44.8MB