Like a car, a Windows system requires periodic maintenance, and sometimes, when Murphy is around, some repairs. Rather than collecting tools here and there for analyzing, monitoring, testing or repairing all kinds of Windows components, get a 'handy Harry' as Windows Repair Toolbox.
Windows Repair Toolbox
PriceFor free
Language
English
OS
Windows XP and above
Website
//windows-repair-toolbox.com 9 Score 90
- Pros
- Handy and compact
- Downloads on request
- Solid toolset
- flexible
- Negatives
- Recognition of downloaded tools
The tool describes itself as '(Almost) everything you need to repair Windows problems in one small handy tool', and that is hardly an exaggeration. To be clear: the tool in itself is little more than a simple interface with links to (mostly well-known) third-party tools.
Interface
Once you have extracted Windows Repair Toolbox (WRT), you can start the tool. A sexy interface is by no means, because WRT is little more than a series of boring buttons on a handful of tabs. But behind almost every button is a link to a downloadable portable tool that runs immediately after the download. These buttons alias tools are divided into headings like Hardware, Repair, Backup&Recovery, Uninstallers and the somewhat generic Useful Tools. The name of the buttons does reveal which tool it is each time, and a descriptive tooltip also appears for each button. It concerns about 50 tools plus a number of utilities on the tab Malware Removal. Some names of available tools will give you an impression: HWiNFO, CPU_Z, Furmark, NirLauncher, WinRepairAIO, Autoruns, PatchMyPC, Recuva, Revo Uninstaller and so on.
Downloads
If an underlying tool has been downloaded, you do not need to download it again next time. Nevertheless, it is annoying that you cannot see on the 'view' which tools you have already picked up. However, it is also possible to download all tools at once at the touch of a button (about 2.7 GB in total).
Moreover, you do not have to limit yourself to the tools that WRT itself has to offer. On the tab Custom Tools you will find the necessary instructions to integrate your own favorite (portable) tools into the program or to include links to downloadable applications.
Conclusion
The makers of Windows Repair Toolbox may not have had too much of a job, but the program is no less useful: one interface gives you quick access to many utilities. This practical approach makes WRT so versatile and handy that you will soon find it indispensable.
