Download software without visiting the website

If you’ve just bought a new PC or reformatted your old one, downloading your favourite software all over again can be a time-consuming hassle. Help is at hand from DDownloads (www.morethanacleaner.de) which provides a huge list of essential free programs that you can download directly without needing to visit the individual websites. You can sort the list by name or category, search for a particular program, then grab an installer or portable version (if there’s one available). DDownloads also offers unattended app installation support, so you don’t have to wait around while a chosen program installs. Alternatively, try Ninite (ninite.com), which works in a different way but is equally useful. Visit the website to select the applications you want to download, and Ninite generates an installer that will grab them all in one go. It even deselects bundled toolbars and other unwanted options, so you don’t have to do so yourself.