Codaze's usefull software collection.
just a collection of software and sites that i use and / or find usefull.
all software here is safe to download
Sites
TechBench by WZT
Good for getting Windows and MS Office ISOs
https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php (Got discontinued)
https://files.rg-adguard.net/category
Genuine Windows install media
https://massgrave.dev/genuine-installation-media.html
Windows 10 LTSC iso's
https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links.html
Windows Install guide
https://rentry.org/windows_for_retards
Debloated Windows 10 install guide
https://rentry.org/ltsc
All-in-One Visual C++ runtimes installer
https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist
Tools
7-zip
File archiver
https://www.7-zip.org/
KMS_VL_ALL
Activator for Windows 7-11
https://pastebin.com/cpdmr6HZ
MAS
Activator for Windows 7-11
https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
MSI Afterburner
Has a good fps overlay
https://www.msi.com/Landing/afterburner/graphics-cards
OBS-Studio
Good recording & streaming
https://obsproject.com/download
Process Hacker 2
Alternative task manager
https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/downloads.php
qBittorent
Good torrent client
https://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php
Notepad++
Good text editor
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/
Visual Studio Code
Code editor
https://code.visualstudio.com/download
VMware Workstation Pro / Player
Virtual Machines managers
https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-pro.html
https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html
VirtualBox
Virtual Machine manager
https://www.virtualbox.org/
WinDirStat
Disc usage viewer
https://windirstat.net/download.html
WizTree
Faster and more modern version of WinDirStat
https://www.diskanalyzer.com/download
Rufus
Tool for creating bootable USBs
https://rufus.ie/en/
Paint dot net
Image editor
https://www.getpaint.net/
IrfanView
Image Viewer
https://www.irfanview.com/
VLC Media Player
Media player
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Open Hardware Monitor
Monitoring software for Hardware temps
https://openhardwaremonitor.org/downloads/
youtube-dl
Youtube videos downloader
https://youtube-dl.org/
HandBrake
Video transcoder
https://handbrake.fr/
Audacity
Audio Editor
https://www.audacityteam.org/
Emulators
Xenia
Xbox 360 emulator
https://xenia.jp/download/
https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary
PPSSPP
PSP emulator
https://www.ppsspp.org
RPCS3
PS3 emulator
https://rpcs3.net/download
Dolphin Emulator
GameCube/Wii emulator
https://dolphin-emu.org/
Cemu
WiiU emulator
https://cemu.info/
Switch emulators
(*) 2018-2024
Experimental compatibility layer
The compatibility layer below is VERY EARLY in development so almost no games will be able to run sadly. But you could help out the developer on the github repo!
shadPS4
PS4 compatibility layer
https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4
Customization
These programs might introduce problems!
A Windows Update could break some of these programs, some of these need to be used together in Windows 11 and some may not work on Windows 10 and earlier
Open-Shell
Taskbar & Start menu customizer
https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
Winaero Tweaker
Windows Tweaker
https://winaerotweaker.com/
MicaForEveryone
Add's the Mica theme to not supported software (Windows 11 only)
https://github.com/MicaForEveryone/MicaForEveryone/
Rainmeter
Widgets for the Desktop
https://www.rainmeter.net/
Windhawk
Customization marketplace for Windows programs
https://windhawk.net/
last content update: 01-10-2024 // format dd-mm-yyyy