Windows Media Player for Windows: Store App, Legacy Differences & Tips
Windows Media Player is Microsoft’s modern Store media app for music and video playback on Windows, with clear limits around video formats, DVDs, and the older Legacy app.
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Browse a list of some of the most popular Windows apps of course we also include and regularly feature fresh Windows software that you might have not heard about just yet.
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Windows Media Player is Microsoft’s modern Store media app for music and video playback on Windows, with clear limits around video formats, DVDs, and the older Legacy app.
Bing Wallpaper is a free app from Microsoft for Windows 10 and Windows 11 that automatically sets a new stunning photo on your desktop every day. Each image is hand-selected by the Bing team and includes location info, a related quiz, and travel details. You can browse the last 7 days of images and set any of them as your wallpaper.
Bitdefender is an award-winning antivirus suite for Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS. This guide covers every consumer plan, how to install it on Windows 10 and 11, what each plan protects, and how pricing works.
SentryPC is cloud-based monitoring and control software for Windows, Mac, Android, and Chromebook. It records activity, filters content, and lets you set time limits from any browser, anywhere.
The Google App for Windows puts a floating AI search bar on your desktop. Press Alt + Space to search the web, find local files, query your Google Drive, and ask Gemini questions about what is on your screen, without opening a browser.
Dolby Access is the official Dolby app for Windows that helps you set up Dolby Atmos on headphones, home theater gear, or supported built-in speakers. The app is free to download, while Dolby Atmos for Headphones is a paid add-on with a free trial.
BreeZip is a Microsoft Store archive app for Windows 10 and 11 that lets you open, browse, and extract ZIP, RAR, 7Z, ISO, and other common archive formats. The free version covers everyday file extraction, while Premium adds extras like archive repair, photo preview, and an ad-free experience.
Lively Wallpaper is a free, open-source app for Windows 10 and 11 that lets you use animated videos, web pages, and interactive scenes as desktop wallpaper. It can pause automatically during full screen apps and games to reduce performance impact.
Seelen UI is a free, open-source desktop customization tool for Windows 10 and 11. It adds a custom taskbar, tiling window manager, app launcher, and themes, with downloads available from the Microsoft Store and GitHub.
TranslucentTB is a free, open-source tool that changes your Windows taskbar from a solid bar to transparent, blurred, or frosted glass. It uses almost no RAM or CPU, works on Windows 10 and 11, and has over 19,000 GitHub stars. Available from GitHub or the Microsoft Store.