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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.|
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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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| Date | Change | Editor |
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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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| 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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Super Antispyware does not work in Windows7 RC
WinRAR version for Windows x64 is available
Yes it does - running in 7100
As long as you use version 4.26.1002 or higher of SuperAntiSpyware, it will install and work under the Windows 7 release candidate (build 7100.)
Rik Mayell - Category Editor
Unfortunately, WinRAR is not freeware.
7-Zip and PeaZip are both available as free 64 bit applications and contain all of the functionality of their 32 bit counterparts. Readers interested in a comparison of these products should refer to our review:
Best Free File Archiver/Zip Utility
Rik Mayell - Category Editor
That's quite an old an useless discussion here in TSA. Use wathever you like.
Perhaps you wrongly assume that the performance of 32 and 64 bit Zip utilities will be the same under Windows 7 / Vista 64? Likewise I presume you think that the 32 bit shell extensions used by 32 bit Zip utilities will work with 64 bit Explorer? They won't.
If you want the best performance and integration from a Zip utility under Windows 7 / Vista 64 then use a 64 bit version. This is new ground for an old topic, and therefore worth pointing out.
Rik Mayell - Category Editor
Hey there, i don't discuss that, i don't even discuss 7-zip is an excellent choice (it is). Only the fact that you replied that WinRar is not freeware as to justify that it was not included, Winrar does a non-expiring trial and should be considered. I really don't care if licence states 'shareware'.
BTW, what is this confusion of Windows 7 / Vista 64 ? There's also 32 and 64-bit 7 windozes, as always... maybe in 2050 we will have only 64-bit OSES.
I specifically stated that WinRAR wasn't freeware to indicate why it doesn't appear in the article. I don't deny for a moment that it is an excellent product.
I agree that the title of the article 'Best Free Windows 7 / Vista 64 bit Software' might appear confusing. It's supposed to mean Best Free Software for 64 bit Windows 7 / 64 bit Windows Vista. If you have suggestions for a better title I'd appreciate you passing them on. All I ask is that you mark your response with some sort of 'name' so that if one of your suggestions is chosen you get the credit for it.
Rik Mayell - Category Editor
we need more 64bit aps listed
As I come across native 64 bit applications I will include them. Unfortunately, many of the freeware categories we cover don't have 64 bit versions yet.
If anyone comes across something I've missed then please pass on the details and I'll look into it.
Rik Mayell - Category Editor
nice work Rik Mayell.....thumbs up!!
BTW....Foxit Reader is also a good PDF reading freeware
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/download.php
also...JKDefrag is now called MyDefrag....and its new website is http://www.mydefrag.com/
I have been completed my testing of MyDefrag and it now appears in the review. As a result of the testing it has replaced JKDefrag as Gizmo's Top Pick.
Rik Mayell - Category Editor
Foxit Reader is a good 32 bit solution, assuming they have fixed the rendering problem I reported to them back in April. I haven't had chance to test this yet. I have also read reports that the installation routine installs unwanted software.
The aim of the review is to identify 64 bit freeware, where possible, hence the recommendation for PDFXChange in this category.
Rik Mayell - Category Editor
hi iam having 64 bit windowsvista home prieum edition i cannot install .net software and sql database so what i have to do
Mostly the editors deal with support issues like this in the forum as the posts need to be sequential. If you register and post again here you'll be guaranteed to receive a personalized response.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/freeware-forum/general-computer-support/
You can find more freeware and shareware for win7 at
Thank you for that, I will take a look.
Rik Mayell - Category Editor
As MC has pointed out, your best chance of resolving the issues you have is by posting in the forum. I would add that you should include in your post the version of .NET installed on your machine, the version of .NET required by the software you are trying to install, and also which SQL database product you are trying to use.
Rik Mayell - Category Editor
your review is great you forgot comodo system cleaner(free).
Moderator comment : reference to shareware/commercial software removed.
The comments in this Wilder's thread http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=235664 would suggest this software should be approached with caution.
Rik Mayell - Category Editor
Nice article, thanks.
Could you clarify one point for me please.
When you say, "If you decide to use a third party disk defragmenter, don't be tempted to disable the built in Windows 7 / Vista 64 disk defragmenter.", does this include merely turning off the defrag scheduler, or are you referring to another more permanent way of disabling it?
Cheers.
You should leave the Windows Defragmentation tool untouched. I suggest you check when the Windows tool is due to run via the Task Scheduler and ensure that you don't run any other defragmentation tool on the same day.
Under Vista and Windows 7, ReadyBoot (sic) monitors the files loaded during the last 5 system boots and generates a boot plan that is independent of the Prefetch plan in C:\WINDOWS\PREFETCH\LAYOUT.INI. When the Windows disk defrag tool runs it has access to this ReadyBoot information and adjusts file layouts accordingly.
I'm still working my way through the Windows 7 Software Development Kit, but have yet to find any means for third party applications to access this information.
There is one thing that I came across recently that I found rather odd. Mark Russinovich of SysInternals fame, and now Technical Fellow at Microsoft, stated in one of his interviews that the Windows defragmentation tool runs every three days to process ReadyBoot information. As it normally only runs once a week this would suggest it is being launched from elsewhere?
Rik Mayell - Category Editor
Interesting, thanks.
I'm currently using MyDefrag, so it's not ideal to have Windows defragmenter stepping in from time to time and changing things around (potentially undoing some of the optimization performed by MyDefrag). Although I still would like to benefit from ReadyBoot of course.
From what Mark Russinovich said, it seems that maybe ReadyBoot optimization is performed independently of scheduled defragmentation. In which case, I'm tempted to setup Windows scheduler to run monthly, and in the middle of the night so that it never actually runs (my PC is usually always shut down overnight). The fact that the ReadyBoot process runs every 3 days also makes it sound very much like the built-in Windows XP boot time optimization process which runs independently of defragmentation if I'm not mistaken.
Addition: Of course I may still not get the full benefits of ReadyBoot if MyDefrag optimization undoes it!
I run MyDefrag as well and share your concerns.
I'm currently waiting for the latest copy of the book co-authored by Mark to be delivered (I'm sure you know the one I mean.) Hopefully it will shed more light on this issue. If so, I'll update the review accordingly.
Rik Mayell - Category Editor
Comodo Internet Security (CIS)
Fails to install on Windows 7 RTM, ive tried every possible install method, i dont have UAC or driver signing mode enabled so this shouldnt cause an issue.
Win 7 RTM 64bit
Just so other folks know.
This problem seems to come and go, I've never been able to pin down the exact cause.
To workaround the problem:
1. Create an icon on your desktop that points to the CIS installation routine.
2. Right click on the icon and select Properties.
3. Click on the Compatibility tab and select 'Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)'
Ensure that 'Run this program as an administrator' is selected under Privilege Mode and then click on OK.
If you double click on your newly created icon you should find that CIS installs okay. After a reboot it will function normally.
Rik Mayell - Category Editor