Best Windows apps this week
Five-hundred-and-twenty-two in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 and 11 on the Microsoft Store and elsewhere in the past seven days.
Microsoft plans to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 10 devices with an Edge update in February 2023. Official support for Internet Explorer 11 ended in mid-2022.
As always, if I've missed an app or game that has been released this week that you believe is particularly good, let me know in the comments below or notify me via email.
Discounts this week
The following list is a selection of the best deals. Make sure you check out the Store for all offers.
Some apps are discounted for more than one week. Only new apps and games are listed below. Check out the previous post in the series for past offers that may still be valid.
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023, for $74.99
- MagicPods, for $1.00
- Movie Maker - Video Editor PRO, for $14.99
- Recipe Keeper Pro, for $13.49
- TP Clock, for $3.49
New or improved Windows apps
PeaZip 9.0 is the latest version of the open source cross-platform archiver. The program supports all common and many uncommon archive formats, including popular formats such as zip, rar and 7z.
The new version improves the graphical user interface, the installation of plugins, and performance for large archives.
The Winamp revival is picking up speed. The latest version of the Windows audio player improves memory usage, loading times and the maximum bandwidth significantly.
The developers have fixed several issues in the new release, and updated several libraries to the latest versions.
WindowBlinds 11.0.1.0 (23.99€)
The latest update of the Windows customization program WindowBlinds includes a Windows 95 theme that users may enable on newer supported versions of the Windows operating system.
Notable updates
PowerShell 7.4.0 Preview is now available. It comes with a large list of improvements and fixes.