FREE Great Programs for Windows 7 [2]

Thank you Colin. Removed from list.

ColinWG said:

PC Tools firewall is gone.

Well if you still want it you can get it from here:

hxxp://www.pctools.com/mirror/fwinstall.exe

If you have your own reasons for installing it. For most users it would be best to avoid installing it as it's no longer supported or updated.

If I can't find a download that doesn't contain Open Candy then I just use this batch file to install the software. Just drag and drop the executable into the window that opens when you run the batch file and you get a clean install.

Looking for freeware to burn bin/cue other than imgburn

Unchecky catches OpenCandy and most other PUPs.

akjudge said:

kado897 said:

Unchecky catches OpenCandy and most other PUPs.

I could be wrong... but I think Unchecky only catches PUPs (like OpenCandy) IF the download site gives you a choice about running the PUP. If the site does not let you "uncheck" the optional PUP, Unchecky will not catch it.

Guys, Unchecky and a lot of other software mentioned in this thread can be installed silently in the background in Windows 7 and later without none whatsoever fear of PUPs or other unwanted elements.

In Seven and Eight it's done with Chocolatey: Chocolatey - Install Apps from Command Line

In Ten with PowerShell OneGet: PowerShell OneGet - Install Apps from Command Line - Windows 10 Forums

Let me run this by and see if I got it right. If you type the name of the installer on the command line and just add the param NOCANDY it won't install the candy? Or am I fantasizing?

MilesAhead said:

Let me run this by and see if I got it right. If you type the name of the installer on the command line and just add the param NOCANDY it won't install the candy? Or am I fantasizing?

You are fantasizing a bit :)

In Seven and Eight where you cannot use the marvelous native Windows 10 PowerShell module OneGet, you can use Chocolatey instead. It's simple and fast to install, see the tutorial link in my previous post for instructions. The OneGet module in Windows 10 PowerShell is more powerful but Chocolatey does a good job in Seven and Eight.

When Chocolatey is installed you can install software from command line. In fact, you can install all your software with one command, installers then running silently in the background. This command would install the VLC Player, Adobe Reader, Chrome and Opera browsers, 7zip, WinRAR and Unchecky:

Code:

choco install vlc, AdobeReader, GoogleChrome, Opera, 7zip, WinRAR, Unchecky

No browsing to download sites, no clicking "Next" and "Accept", no questions about "Would you also like to install this additional software?".

If you know apt get or yum install or similar in Linux (install from repositories), Chocolatey in 7 & 8 and OneGet in 10 work almost exactly the same way. At the moment of posting this, the Chocolatey repository has almost 2,900 packages to install. You can check the repository here to see if the software you need is available: https://chocolatey.org/packages