What do folks think of the recommended WinMerge and Perforce Visual Merge, over Beyond Compare?
I've been using Beyond Compare for years and have yet to see anything I like better.
Total Uninstall should also be on this list, to keep your machine clean if you're like me and try out dozens or hundreds of different software titles per year.
SysInternals belongs up there with NirSoft.
I used Teracopy for a while but found it buggy on occasion and worried about forgetting what I had queued. If it's gotten better I might give it another whirl.
I've got a slew of great utilities I've collected over the years which I find indispensible on Windows.
There's a lot of overlap with Scott's, but I think he's missing some gems. Could share my own list if anyone is interested.
In the same field as Total Uninstall, there's Bulk Crap Uninstaller[0] that helps you stay sane when fixing up a relative's computer. It finds and helps you uninstall applications unattended, also removes leftover files after the uninstallation.
Some others I haven't noticed mentioned here yet are Open Shell (classic start menu), QTTabBar (tabs in Explorer), Launchy (like Everything but for your apps), HashTab, Unlocker (SendTo target to see what process has locked your file), UltraMon, USBLogView, sdelete.
WinMerge is the best diff tool I’ve found. I haven’t used it for merges, because I prefer four-pane merges (original, left, right, and final) and it doesn’t support that. For that I use kdiff3, though I’d love to find a replacement...
WinMerge is open source - maybe free software, I don’t know. Development halted for years but was picked back up. It’s so solid that I haven’t upgraded in a decade? or more.
Total Uninstall should also be on this list, to keep your machine clean if you're like me and try out dozens or hundreds of different software titles per year.
SysInternals belongs up there with NirSoft.
I used Teracopy for a while but found it buggy on occasion and worried about forgetting what I had queued. If it's gotten better I might give it another whirl.
I've got a slew of great utilities I've collected over the years which I find indispensible on Windows. There's a lot of overlap with Scott's, but I think he's missing some gems. Could share my own list if anyone is interested.