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Best Free Windows 64-bit Software

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Introduction

Here are the top freeware picks for 64-bit Windows in their various categories. This list will continue to grow as we add new categories and new products. Go to the page index for the category you are interested in or read more about 64-bit Windows by following the links in the related articles. Where a product has a review in another category I will usually provide an excerpt from that review. Other comments will usually relate to 64-bit compatibility and operation.

My primary goal is to find the best native 64-bit applications () in each category. Where a 64-bit application is recommended the Quick Selection Guide will only include details related to the 64-bit version and not the 32-bit version, if any.

The secondary focus of this article is to identify 32-bit applications that are compatible with 64-bit Windows (). These 32-bit applications will usually run slower (due to emulation of the 32-bit environment) but are either the best in their class or have features that will be particularly useful to many 64-bit Windows users.

Although we do mention Windows XP Pro 64, all testing has been under 64-bit versions of WIndows Vista, 7 and 8.

Let me know if you have an idea for an application or category I could cover. Anyone can leave a comment at the bottom of this page, Registered users (free to anyone) can contact me in the forum under Contact Info or may post in the 64-bit Freeware forum.

Best Free Windows 64-bit Software - Page Index
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This list of the best software for 64-bit Windows has 48 categories with 91 products consisting of 51 native 64-bit applications and 40 compatible 32-bit applications. To read brief descriptions of the items, click a page number.
  • Page 1. Introduction and What's New
    What is 64-bit Windows and why should I use it?
    Is my system 64-bit?
    How do I migrate my system to 64-bit Windows?
    How do I run 32-bit software on a 64-bit Windows?
  • Page 2. Home and Office
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Office Suite - LibreOffice | SSuite Office |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Word Processor - Jarte | PolyEdit Lite | AbiWord |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Non-Adobe PDF Reader - PDF-XChange Viewer |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit PDF Writer - Bullzip PDF PRinter | NitroPDF Reader |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit PDF Tools - PDFill PDF Tools |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Electronic Book Reader - Reader for PC |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Personal Finance - Money Manager Ex |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Personal Information Manager (PIM) - EssentialPIM | Pimero Free |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Reminder and To-Do List - Rainlendar Lite |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Notes Organizer - (now testing products)
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Outliner - (now testing products)
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Font Manager and Viewer - FontRunner |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Unit and Currency Converter - Convert |
  • Page 3. Image View and Edit
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Image Editor - Paint.NET | Lightbox Image Editor | GIMP |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Image Viewer - Zoner Photo Studio Free | XnView |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) Editor - Picturenaut |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Digital Image Stitcher - Microsoft Image Composite Editor |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Vector Graphic Editor - Inkscape |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Flow Charter and Diagrammer - yEd Graph Editor |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Image Optimizer - RIOT |
  • Page 4. Multimedia
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Media Player - PotPlayer | Media Player Classic - Home Cinema | iTunes |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Media Centre - XBMC |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Audio Editor - Audacity |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Video Editor - Avidemux |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Music Creator - LMMS |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit CD and DVD Burner - InfraRecorder | Imgburn | Ashampoo Burning Studio |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit CD and DVD Emulator - MagicDisc | Gizmo-Drive |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit CD and DVD Ripper - HandBrake |
  • Page 5. Disk and File
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Disk Defragmenter - MyDefrag | Defraggler |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit File Manager - Q-Dir | MultiCommander | Double Commander | Q-Dir |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Folder Synchronizer - FreeFileSync | SyncToy |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Disk Cleaner - CCleaner |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Program Uninstaller - Comodo Programs Manager |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Data Recovery and File Undelete - Recuva |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Secure File Eraser - Eraser | CCleaner |
    Best Free Windows File ZIP and Archive - 7ZIP | PeaZip |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit System Information - SIW | PC WIzard |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Registry Tools - CCleaner | Wise Registry Cleaner | Free Registry Defrag | Registrar Registry Manager Lite |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit PC Tune-up - Glary Utilities | SysInternals Suite |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Built-in System Tools - Resource Monitor | Problem Steps Recorder | PowerShell |
  • Page 6. Desktop and GUI
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Screen Session Recorder - CamStudio |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Icon Tool - Iconoid | IcoFX |
  • Page 7. Security and Privacy
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Malware Scanner - Microsoft Security Essentials | Avira Antivir Personal Edition | Avast! Free Antivirus | SUPERAntiSpyware | MalwareBytes Anti-Malware |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit On-demand Malware Scanner - Hitman Pro | Emsisoft Anti-Malware | Trend Micro HouseCall | SUPERAntiSpyware Portable |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Firewall - Comodo Firewall | Windows 7 Firewall Control |
  • Page 8. Internet and eMail
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Browser - Pale Moon (Firefox) | Waterfox (Firefox) | Opera | Internet Explorer | Chrome |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Email - Earlybird (Thunderbird) |
  • Page 9. Network, Website & Server
    Best Free Windows 64-bit FTP Client - Null FTP |
  • Page 10. Programming
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Programming Editor - Notepad++ | Bluefish |
    Best Free Windows 64-bit Color Picker - Color Cop |
  • Page 11. Education and The Arts
  • Page 12. Games
 

What's New: Currently testing applications on Windows 8. Items added or updated:
13 November 2012
Web Browser: NewOpera , NewChrome
Email Client: NewEarlybird

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Editor

This software category is maintained by volunteer editor Remah.

  "I've used TechSupportAlert and the older Support Alert Newsletter for almost a decade so I have saved hundreds of hours of work and many more dollars by following Gizmo's Freeware recommendations. Thanks for the opportunity to give something back."  

If you have had a similar experience then you should consider becoming a reviewer too.

Change Log
Date Change Editor
November 2011 Major update completed: convert to a multipage article, reformat product reviews, add categories, remove screenshots, and start adding new products. Remah
October 2011 No change to content.
Quick Selection Guide converted to the new format. Add change log.
Remah
April 2011 Latest update Rik
June 2009 Article created. Rik
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by mikesmess on 7. March 2013 - 2:08  (106001)

I wish to Thank the persons who run this site. I'm not very computer literate that being said (and probally mispelled Lol) I feel the "Mods" are very understanding to this weakness or lack of knowlege and make it very easy to understand the information.I feel very fortunate to have stumbled upon this site. This information is a blessing to me.My hat is off to you all!! Keep up the great work,
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by BearPup on 22. February 2013 - 23:54  (105671)

Your banishment of IOBit is becoming boorish. Even convicted criminals get paroled. They have certainly served their time for something they were never convicted of! This is the only site with this policy. Enough already.

by MidnightCowboy on 23. February 2013 - 0:39  (105673)

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by Bodisson on 17. February 2013 - 0:45  (105476)

Money Manager EX - 32bit only.

by sisellie on 31. January 2013 - 7:45  (104986)

I am looking for the best & free program that converts music from MP3 to waves. Your help would be very appreciated. I am using Windows 8 that is 64-bit.

by UPflyer on 11. May 2013 - 7:29  (107650)

Audacity, would be my recomendation. I am using Windows 7 64 bit, and an older version of Audacity (1.3)-No problems.
Simply import a copy of your MP3 file, Audacity will prompt you to do this or it will convert your original file. Click Export as WAV(to wherever you want to store it ). The process takes a few seconds.

by richienyhus on 18. January 2013 - 17:16  (104621)

Nitro Reader isn't 64bit.

From their website:

"The Nitro Reader application itself is 32-bit but Nitro can be run on both 32-bit and 64-bit Operating Systems. We do not have a 64 bit version of the Nitro Reader application."
http://support.nitroreader.com/entries/21757742-how-to-install-64-bit-ve...

Why do they have two separate versions for "32bit" and "64bit" then? is the installer 64bit and the app itself is 32bit?

by rgrun1 on 12. March 2013 - 18:32  (106181)

Nitro Pro installs as a 64 bit app
Also there was another post that the reader was not a printer - it includes an excellent printer that will allow you to APPEND to an existing PDF either as the first or the last page

by richienyhus on 12. March 2013 - 21:23  (106188)

Edit: the the main write up has a 64 bit icon next to it, not a 32bit icon. I think it is wrong to label it 64 bit if only the installer is 64 bit.

by Home User on 17. January 2013 - 13:19  (104565)

[x64 Browser]

*** Cyberfox ***

http://sourceforge.net/projects/cyberfox/

by setinhere on 23. May 2013 - 14:50  (107993)

Yes! I use nothing but Cyberfox. Faster then 32bit in my opinion. Updates are only a few days behind and are easy to install. Uses the same code as firefox, just compiled as x64 bit. Theme has been change too. Can run congruent with firefox. Uses same profile which lets you use the sync feature. I haven't used either Waterfox or Pale Moon so can't compare them.

by PBJ on 24. December 2012 - 18:53  (103942)

I found the IObit Smart Defrag superior,as long as you opt out of the Toolbar and Advanced care options during the install, which are not hidden and easily deselected.

It runs under 64, and the interface is clear and nice, and you can analyze, optimize or just defrag. Go to setting and deselected to run at startup if you do not want that.

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by Anupam on 24. December 2012 - 18:59  (103943)

Sorry, but here at Gizmo's we do not recommend IObit's software.. reasons explained many times. The comment will be deleted.

Also, please do not post direct links to files. One of the site rules.

by Vm (not verified) on 29. November 2012 - 14:52  (103070)

I have file in CHM formate i wanted to convert in pdf formate plz suggest any software for this

by Levent (not verified) on 25. November 2012 - 20:55  (102895)

IE10-x64, Opera-x64 12.11, Waterfox-x64 16.0.1 and Pale Moon-x64 15.3 are really 64-bit web browsers. But Google Chrome and Firefox are 32-bit.

Mozilla Stops Developing 64-bit Version Of Firefox For Windows. Waterfox and Pale Moon are based on Mozilla Firefox. I wish, they develope Waterfox and Pale Moon.

by vm (not verified) on 25. November 2012 - 8:09  (102870)

plz update once in month and add new feature and any help from my side?

by Anupam on 25. November 2012 - 8:14  (102871)

New features, like?

by geoh777 (not verified) on 17. November 2012 - 17:18  (102484)

I so far have had a good experience with Earlybird email client (Mozilla Thunderbird 64-bit beta). Unlike Thunderbird, after it installed, it quickly recognized my gmail account. Thanks to all for the end to that frustration.

by t (not verified) on 7. November 2012 - 1:17  (101964)

For those that do not know LibreOffice is spin-off of Open Office and it is not nearly as good. Lots of strange quirks. Open Office is by far superior and should be the office suite of choice for most people.

by jiggyj2z (not verified) on 19. November 2012 - 22:32  (102581)

I'm an instructor at a Tech College and write quite a bit. I've been using LibreOffice for a few months now on three different computers (all Win 7 Pro 64-bit) and find it very stable. I'm not sure what "quirks" are being referred to, but so far I haven't had any issues with it. Fewer, as a matter of fact, then OpenOffice which I'd used before. Maybe LibreOffice isn't a 64-bit app, but it's working fine as is.

by Bone of Contention (not verified) on 6. November 2012 - 15:58  (101947)

The rating for Jarte doesn't take into consideration that it is quirky. I have lost date so many times with this programming freezing and crashing that I finally gave up on it. Jarte did not respond to my questions.

PolyEdit Lite. Far more stable than Jarte and more features, easily accessed. Only thing that Jarte has and PolyEdit doesn't is screencapture. But having FastStone Capture loaded at the sate time solves that problem. Works great on thum drive also.

AbiWord just doesn't cut the mustard for me. Yes, it looks nice, but PolyEdit Lite has more features and is very easy to use.

So in my review, PolyEdit Lite is Number One.

by bluesjunior on 26. October 2012 - 8:53  (101367)

Running Windows7 64bit PC. I cannot see a link for the 64bit version of Audacity. After reading here a 64bit version was available I checked mine only to find that my install was the Audacity version 2.0.2 32bit version. When I went to the Audacity site to get the 64bit version there is only the one link with no obvious options for 32 or 64 bit downloads?.

by UPflyer on 11. May 2013 - 7:10  (107649)

Also running Windows 7 64 bit Pc. My 'audacity 1.3' (beta)runs fine. Using it to transfer vinyl to CD, either WAV or MP3. Works beautifully and easy to use!

by Rachel (not verified) on 8. October 2012 - 1:30  (100463)

Opera is available in 64-bit now, and definitely deserves a mention.

by aungmyohein (not verified) on 18. July 2012 - 13:09  (96356)

Thank for all.
God bless you and all........

by Jsmith (not verified) on 16. July 2012 - 9:15  (96262)

Great list. I have 2 questions though.

1. When are you going to update the list? :)

2. Is there a list with best software both free and paid ones?

Thanks!

by Remah on 16. July 2012 - 19:45  (96294)

1. Later this month.

2. See Anupam's comment.

by Anupam on 16. July 2012 - 11:01  (96264)

This is a freeware site, and therefore, we provide information on free software only, not paid ones.

by clas on 4. July 2012 - 13:14  (95720)

i agree with cc cleaner. nice program. has extras like getting rid of selected restore points. i wanted to mention a cleaner i have been using and like it. seems very complete. i run it and then cc cleaner and cc finds nothing, so pretty complete. its called Privazer... i think worth a try...free.

by Remah on 17. July 2012 - 4:06  (96311)

Thanks. Will have a look.