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Best Free Windows 64-bit Software
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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 ( The secondary focus of this article is to identify 32-bit applications that are compatible with 64-bit Windows ( 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. |
) 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.
). 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.|
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.
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| November 2011 | Major update completed: convert to a multipage article, reformat product reviews, add categories, remove screenshots, and start adding new products. | Remah |
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No change to content. Quick Selection Guide converted to the new format. Add change log. |
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| April 2011 | Latest update | Rik |
| June 2009 | Article created. | Rik |
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Freeware for 64-bit Windows 7, Freeware for 64-bit Windows Vista, 64-bit Windows freeware, Freeware for 64-bit Windows, 64-bit freeware |
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No review on SlimCleaner (https://www.slimwareutilities.com/slimcleaner.php) ? On the website has PC Mag best of the year 2012 badge.. but I trust Gizmo more :)
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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.
Please respect the policies of this site and the rules under which you agreed to be bound at the time of registration. Open a thread in the forum if you wish to discuss this topic or communicate with us privately as requested in rule #7. Further public comments will be regarded as trolling. MC - Site Manager.
Money Manager EX - 32bit only.
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.
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.
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?
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
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.
[x64 Browser]
*** Cyberfox ***
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cyberfox/
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.
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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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.
I have file in CHM formate i wanted to convert in pdf formate plz suggest any software for this
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.
plz update once in month and add new feature and any help from my side?
New features, like?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?.
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!
Opera is available in 64-bit now, and definitely deserves a mention.
Thank for all.
God bless you and all........
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!
1. Later this month.
2. See Anupam's comment.
This is a freeware site, and therefore, we provide information on free software only, not paid ones.
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.