Setting up a fresh Windows 11 PC is the perfect moment to lock in a core toolkit of free apps that handle everyday tasks better than the built-in defaults. I focus on a small set of utilities that ...

You can now find, install, and update Microsoft Store apps using a command prompt on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. No GUI ...

In a job like this, you spend more time than most setting up Windows 11 devices, and these are the first apps I have to install. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

But re-installing all your favorite and necessary apps can be a right pain, and it even means opening Edge to download Chrome (shudder). Fortunately, there’s an app that simplifies all of that: Ninite ...

Once I’ve unpacked a new Windows PC, the anticipation wears off and reality sinks in. It’s time to get everything set up and ...

The Microsoft Store on the web now lets you create a multi-app install package on Windows 11 that installs multiple applications from a single installer. This means you can now install multiple apps ...

This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.