• no warranty for the following links, please always check if the links are still valid!
• I highly recommend to use https://www.heise.de/download/ for downloading software.

Program	Application	Link
Everything	Very fast search engine for NTFS partitions	https://www.voidtools.com/
Greenshot	Screenshot software with a good editor	https://getgreenshot.org/
XnView	Easy way to cut images	https://www.xnview.com/de/xnview/
IrfanView	Best picture/image viewer	https://www.irfanview.com/
Inkscape	Image Editor (I like version 0.92.5)	https://inkscape.org/release/0.92.5/windows/64-bit/
Notepad++	Best text editor	https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/
Firefox	Browser	https://www.mozilla.org/de/firefox/new/
Thunderbird	Email client	https://www.thunderbird.net/de/
Cryptomator	Free encrypter for cloud storage	https://cryptomator.org/de/
Google Drive	Cloud storage	https://www.google.com/intl/de/drive/download/
VeraCrypt	For encrypting sensitive data	https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html
Zotero	collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research	https://www.zotero.org/
ImgBurn	create .iso file	https://www.imgburn.com
7zip	file archiver	https://7-zip.org/
WinMerge	WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows	https://winmerge.org
Total Commander	File manager	https://www.ghisler.com/
USB Flash Drives Control	provides quick access to control the way in which USB flash drives are used on your computer	https://www.binisoft.org/
ShellExView	displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension.	https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
USBDeview	is a small utility that lists all USB devices that currently connected to your computer, as well as all USB devices that you previously used	https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
7gif	play, pause, frame by frame playback of .gif animations	https://www.xtreme-lab.net/7gif/en/index.html
Ventoy	create a bootable USB-stick, just copy the .iso on the USB drive	https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

Plugin	Application	Link
ublock origin	AdBlock	https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
HTTPS everywere	Enabling HTTPS encryption automatically on sites that are known to support it	https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/https-everywhere/
Leech Block	Simple productivity tool designed to block those time-wasting sites	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/leechblock-ng/
Simple Translate	Quickly translate selected or typed text on web pages	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simple-translate/
Zotero	collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research	https://www.zotero.org/download/

Plugin	Application	Link
Quicktext	create templates that can be easily inserted into your own emails	https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/quicktext/?src=search
BorderColors D	Shows a colorful border around the "New Message" window, so you can tell different identities apart	https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/bordercolors-d
Identity Chooser	Identity Chooser helps you to always use the correct identity when composing a new email	https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/identity-chooser
Manually sort folders	allows you to manually sort (order) your folders	https://addons.thunderbird.net/de/thunderbird/addon/manually-sort-folders
Minimize on Close	minimize thunderbird instead of closing the app	https://addons.thunderbird.net/de/thunderbird/addon/minimize-on-close
Send later	send email on a specific date/time	https://addons.thunderbird.net/de/thunderbird/addon/send-later-3

Program	Application	Link
MemTest	tests the RAM in your computer for faults	https://www.memtest86.com/
GPU-Z	provide vital information about your video card and graphics processor	https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

1. Open Excel and create your table
2. Copy the Excel table to Notepad++
3. Replace all tabs with |

1. start diskpart.exe via command line, you may want to exit GoogleDrive first!
2. list disk
3. select disk <N>
4. lis par --> sanity check if the space of the USB-stick is valid
5. sel par <N> --> select partition, default should be 1
6. clean --> will delete all content of your selected disc - BE CAREFUL !
7. create partition primary
8. format fs=FAT32 LABEL=”Win10-EDU” QUICK OVERRIDE
9. active
10. exit
11. extract the content of the .iso file with e.g. with 7zip

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/restore-old-right-click-context-menu-in-windows-11/a62e797c-eaf3-411b-aeec-e460e6e5a82a

1. cmd as admin
2. reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve