Stock up your Windows 7 PC with software for nothing. We've picked 20 of the best programs you can download free to give your Windows 7 PC a new lease of life. TechRadar is part of Future. Download free software for Microsoft Windows. Sorted in categories with brief descriptions and direct download links.

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It might be nine years old, but Windows 7 is still one of the world's most popular desktop operating system – and for good reason. It's an excellent operating system that's still supported by Microsoft and receives regular security updates (unlike ), doesn't pester you with popups like Windows 10, is much more open than macOS, and is easier for beginners to master than Linux. Here, we've picked 20 of the best programs you can download free to give your Windows 7 PC a new lease of life. Check out our Linux vs Windows vs Mac - OS comparison video below. Windows 7's version of Microsoft Paint is a big step up from the edition provided with Windows Vista, but it's still not much use for editing photos or creating your own graphics from scratch. (the GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a brilliant open source photo editor that's amazingly powerful, and is available to download and use completely free.

It's not quite as feature-packed as Adobe Photoshop, but it has everything hobbyist photographers need to make their shots look amazing before printing them or sharing them online. You can even add more tools and filters by installing plugins –. • • Prev Page 2 of 21 Next Prev Page 2 of 21 Next MusicBee.

If you're still using Windows Media Center to play music in Windows 7, you're doing your tunes a disservice. Is designed to organize songs and podcasts in a logical way, add accurate metadata, and give you the best sound quality your PC can provide – whether you have a high-end soundcard or not.

MusicBee supports every music file format you can name without the need to download additional codecs, as well as streaming services and online radio. • • Prev Page 3 of 21 Next Prev Page 3 of 21 Next VLC Media Player. If you poke around in the Accessories section of Windows 7's Start Menu, you'll find the Sound Recorder. 'Basic' hardly describes it - all it does is take input from a microphone and save it in WAV format. If you want to make your own podcasts, record music, or edit existing sound files, you need something far more powerful. That something is. This open source audio editor lets you record in stereo, remove noise, apply various effects, edit channels individually, cut and combine files, remove vocals from songs and much more.

Like GIMP and VLC Media Player, Audacity also supports plugins so you can tailor it to suit your exact needs. • • Prev Page 5 of 21 Next Prev Page 5 of 21 Next Shotcut. Windows Movie Maker was a great video editor when it was first released, but its inelegant interface and cheesy effects now look very dated. After many long years of service, it's time for Windows 7 users to wave goodbye and upgrade to instead.

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Shotcut isn't the most powerful free video editor around (that would be ), but it strikes a perfect balance between features and usability. You don't need to study a manual to start making a great-looking video, and there's a huge set of tools and filters to experiment with. • • Prev Page 6 of 21 Next Prev Page 6 of 21 Next Google Chrome. If you don't like the idea of Google getting its roots into all your online activity, or you just want an alternative for occasions when privacy is particularly important, take a look at. Tor (the Onion Router) works by encrypting your data and redirecting it through a series of remote servers around the world, making it all but impossible to trace. Be careful if your Windows 7 PC is on a work or college network though – some organizations take a dim view of Tor because it's often used for nefarious purposes like pirating movies and music. • • Prev Page 8 of 21 Next Prev Page 8 of 21 Next WindScribe.