| Sublime Text | Text editor for computer programming. |
| Programmer's Notepad | Lightweight text editor (with syntax highlighting). |
| Console 2 | A pretty good terminal for Windows (but not a shell). |
| MinGW + MinSYS | A port of the g++ compiler for Windows and a collection of tools like bash |
| Foxit Reader | A program to view PDF files. |
| IrfanView | A very fast program to view pictures. |
| Thumbnail Me | Program to make thumbnail picture files of videos. |