Best Windows apps this week
Six-hundred-forty-three 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.
The Windows 11 Snipping Tool is getting improved OCR support. The functionality is now available directly via a button or the shortcut Shift-Windows-T. You had to take a screenshot first previously to extract text from it.
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.
- Advanced File & Folder Search for €3.94
- ArtRage Vitae for €39.99
- Cyberlink Media Player 18 Standard €27.99
- Diarium: Journal & Diary for €7.99
- DVD CD Blu-Ray Burner - Nero Burning Rom Pro for €35.99
- PingX for €3.89
New or notably improved Windows apps
Quicklook is a file preview tool for Windows that displays a preview of a file, e.g., a document or image, when you press the Space-key on the keyboard. It supports a wide range of file types and is often quicker than opening files in their designated apps.
Selen UI is an open source desktop environment for Windows that gives users control over menus, icons and other elements on the desktop. It features several apps, including a windows manager to display multiple windows at the same time and a music player.
The free program uninstaller for Windows supports batch removals and leftover scans. The latest version improves the speed of the uninstallation, adds a removal log, and option to skip "some analysis types" when scanning for leftovers on the system.