Q – I’ve followed your freeware guides for years. Thanks! What programs do you use that aren’t free?
A – You’re most welcome. Though I’ve used many over the years, here are the non-free programs I currently use:
Acronis Disk Director 12 – Partition manager.
Acronis True Image – Image backup.
Axialis IconWorkshop – Makes and converts icons.
Catraxx – Can’t buy it anymore. Music cataloging software.
dBpoweramp – Music converter / ripper.
MediaMonkey (Gold) – Music player. Did the lifetime registration years ago.
Microsoft Office – 5 PC subscription + 1 TB Onedrive storage
MP3TagStudio – Old and a pistol to get working on Win 7/8 but still great.
Ninite Updater – Software updater.
Paragon ExtFS for Windows 2.0 – Allows you to mount Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 partitions from Windows.
Photoshop CS2 – Graphics editor.
Sound Forge Audio Studio 10 – Audio editor.
Start8 – Windows start menu replacement.
Non-Free Apps I Use