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System utilities covers small programs that tune, clean, or extend the computer you already use. The topic includes package managers, keyboard and clipboard helpers, window and taskbar tweaks, driver catalogues, and diagnostic tools. Before you install one, compare it with what your operating system already offers, check the platform and version it supports, and look at how often the project ships fixes. Several entries are open source projects kept by a small team, so an active issue tracker and a recent release tell you more than a long feature list. Some tools also need administrator rights or a background service, which is worth knowing in advance.
Quick Access Popup is a free Windows utility that launches folders, documents, applications, web links and snippets of text in one click. It works with Explorer windows, file dialog boxes, console windows and alternative file managers, and is available in several languages, some translations incomplete.
Shell is a free, open source context menu customizer for Windows File Explorer. It lets users choose items for the context menu, create custom commands, and modify or remove existing items. It is a portable utility configured through a plain text file named shell.nss, and it supports Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11 on x86, x64 and arm64.
Windows software reference for checking installed programs and deciding what to uninstall.
Silent Install Builder is a Windows tool for automating software installation across multiple devices. It records installation automation scripts, builds silent installation packages, and installs exe and msi files unattended. It can recognize common installer types and supports custom installation conditions using JavaScript and the .NET Framework API. Packages can be deployed via GPO and third-party tools.
TaskRunner is a freeware application from Key Efficiency for automating common tasks. Its central function is a Task Scheduler that can run executables and scripts, back up files locally or to FTP, send emails and notifications, monitor processes and services on local or remote machines, ping IPs, and perform system cleanup. It also includes an FTP Browser, Email Monitor, Shortcut Toolbar and Web Search tool.
Ten Forums is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
A curated list of terminal frameworks, plugins and resources for command-line users. It collects shells, ZSH and Bash frameworks, plugin managers, prompts, terminal emulation applications, package managers, text editors, tools and plugins, grouped by category.
UUP dump lets users download Unified Update Platform files, such as Windows Insider updates, directly from Windows Update servers. The site lists builds for Windows 11, Windows 10 and Windows Server, offers quick options by release type and architecture, and notes it is not affiliated with Microsoft.
WTF is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
ChangeWindows is a Windows system utility for cleanup, diagnostics, tweaks, processes, or administration.
OS.click is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
The PortableApps.com Platform is a portable software system that ties portable apps together and lets users build a custom portable app suite for use in a synced cloud folder, on a local PC, or on a portable USB drive. It is free and open source and offers app organization, automatic software updates, themes and customization, and integrated backup and restore.
MultiClipBoardSlots is a small portable Windows program that extends the clipboard to up to 10 clipboard memory slots. It stores texts, images and other objects, which can be inserted between programs with freely selectable Windows keyboard shortcuts. The shortcuts are predefined but can be adjusted. The program can be installed or used without installation, and can be uninstalled at any time.
busybox-w32 is a port of BusyBox to the Microsoft Windows WIN32 API. It brings a subset of BusyBox functionality to Windows in a single self-contained native executable and implements well over a hundred Unix-style commands, including the ash-based shell, awk, sed, vi, find and grep. It is suggested for shipping shell scripts with software or running Unix utilities on Windows, while Cygwin, Gow or UnxUtils may suit needs for full bash or GNU utilities.
Core Temp is a program that monitors processor temperature and other vital information. It displays the temperature of each individual core of every processor in a system, showing fluctuations in real time with varying workloads. It is motherboard agnostic and works with Intel, AMD and VIA x86 processors, running on Microsoft Windows versions from XP through 11 and corresponding server editions.
This is a backup of a Reddit post collecting free tools and software for Hackintosh and macOS systems to monitor and use them. It lists Hackintosh-specific tools such as Hackintool, KextUpdater, DarwinDumper and ProperTree, OpenCore-specific utilities including ocvalidate and OCConfigCompare, network tools such as Lulu and HoRNDIS, and Android/macOS continuity tools like scrcpy and Snapdrop.
PC Health Check is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
7+ Taskbar Tweaker is a program that allows configuring various aspects of the Windows taskbar. Most options it provides cannot be tweaked using taskbar properties or the registry. It is designed for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10. It does not support the Windows 11 taskbar and probably never will.
A page presenting sample diagnostic troubleshooting flowcharts for PC hardware failures, excerpted from the third edition of the book Computer Repair with Diagnostic Flowcharts. Charts cover topics such as power supply, video, hard drive, CD and DVD, modem, sound, network, peripheral and boot failures. The page notes that inactive links correspond to charts included in the book but not available online.
UniGetUI is a graphical interface for Windows package managers, combining packages from WinGet, Scoop, Snap, Chocolatey, Pip, Npm, .NET Tool and PowerShell Gallery. It allows installing, updating and uninstalling software without the command line, along with package discovery and filtering, bulk operations, and exporting and importing package lists between machines. It is free and open source under the MIT license.
USB Device Tree Viewer is a Windows utility derived from Microsoft's USBView sample application. It displays USB device trees and decodes descriptors, collects Windows Device Management information to show child devices including drive letters and COM ports, and supports safe removal, device restart and port restart.
WezTerm is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
Sysinternals is a collection of advanced system utilities and technical information created in 1996 by Mark Russinovich. The utilities are intended for IT Pros and developers to manage, troubleshoot and diagnose Windows and Linux systems and applications. Sysinternals Live is a service that enables running the tools directly from the Web without manually downloading them.
CoolStar is a Windows system utility for cleanup, diagnostics, tweaks, processes, or administration.
