Top 5 Windows 10 Tools Professionals Need to Know

There are a few Windows 10 tools that although the average user might not find useful, it can still be utilized by professionals in order to get the best out of their computer's performance. These specific tools were noted by an article from Explica.

1. Winget

This is reportedly one of Microsoft's best innovations at the recent BUILD 2020 developers conference. This is an open source tool that has specifically been developed independently of Windows 10 and is reportedly included within the system.

This tool will allow developers and users alike to easily download and install applications in a much more powerful as well as flexible way compared to the typical installation process from an application store or the popular double-click that most are used to. This tool is extremely useful for users that are trying to install applications either alternatively or to automate the whole installation process of a number of programs in a much more efficient way.

2. Pokemon

This is a particular Windows 10 network packet sniffer that includes two new features added in the recent spring 2020 update. This enables the ability to view the tracked packets in real time as well as convert certain Pktmon logs to the PCAPNG support. This is because PCAPNG is easily compatible with a number of network monitoring systems. It is said to provide users with certain additional options for it to analyze logs.

3. Windows File Recovery tool

From the name itself, this tool allows users to restore certain accidentally or intentionally deleted files. The tool is a particular command line that is executable called the winfi with three different default usage modes. In order to use this particular tool, it must first be downloaded from the official Microsoft Store.

4. PowerToys

This particular tool has made the Windows 95 function better and has been changed drastically for the second version that was previously released for the Windows XP back in 2002. Now, the new PowerToys tool arrives for Windows 10.

The main idea is to be quite the same as the original one for the Windows 95 but should offer greater customization as well as productivity in many tasks. In order to use this, download the particular PowerToysSetup.msi and simply run it. Once the tool is finished, click the icon that will launch the PowerToys Configuration UI.

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5. Windows Terminal

This tool apparently took inspiration from Linux and Microsoft is now trying to turn it into the ultimate command line tool for Windows 10. This tool was developed with other great objectives of interaction from one single interface with the basic classic command prompt, but with the advanced Powershell console and it will also run with WSL 2 that users will see later on.

The tool will reportedly still be a particular text-based interpreter that will work by executing certain commands and modifiers. It will also have some new features like the user interface with tabs, certain support for the GPU acceleration for its word processing, there will also be full support for the Unicode including emojis, fonts, themes, and also further customization.

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