I have to use Windows on my work computer and I am finding it hard to get FOSS applications on Windows that can do stuff like

  1. Record a video (like SimpleVideoRecorder does)
  2. Take a screenshot (there’s snip, but it isn’t very customizable)
  3. Unzip .zip files

Just the routine things I used to take for granted on Linux, so I was wondering if there was a FOSS app store for Windows

And it would be very helpful if someone could suggest alternative for

  1. SimpleVideoRecorder
  2. Archive Manager

Even the apps I installed for these things either had ads or asked me for payment to record more than 2 minutes of video, I am pretty sure there are FOSS apps to do these things out there, but I don’t know where :')

PS: To everyone who has tried to help, thank you very much. I was feeling guilty for not replying to most of you, so I thought I would reply to all of ya, but funnily enough, lemmy had had enough of my gratitude!

  • infeeeee
    12·
    1 month ago

    Yes that is another option. I know 7zip works there, win11 is mostly the same as win7 under the hood, but I would install a supported frontend instead of fiddling with the registry, tweaks like that can break after updates

    I don’t use windows personally, just set it up for others. I don’t care enough to tweak the registry for them, if there are more convenient solutions

    • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      tweaks like that can break after updates

      That’s a perspective. I think 11 is broken that it does not show the expected context menu items that programs still put there, but it just ignores it.

      I don’t care enough to tweak the registry for them, if there are more convenient solutions

      If you set it once and export the reg key, it’s just a double click on the reg file for any future PCs.

    • Corr
      1·
      1 month ago

      I use win11 at work sadly so I’m stick with it there. I find the new context menu unusable so I prefer the old one