A popular essential app, CCleaner removes unused and temporary files from your devices giving you more storage space. CCleaner's often solid advice translates into a one-click solution to gain back space, a lifesaver for those of us who rely on somewhat scarce SSD storage. The latest Windows version improves Chrome and Opera history cleaning, and Firefox session and cache cleaning, among other things. There's also CCleaner Portable, for Android and for Mac, free of charge.

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Microsoft Visual Studio has been around for 20 years and the latest version shows why it's been a long time favorite among programmers. Offering up to date tools for popular languages, a cleaner interface and faster installation, Visual Studio 2017 can be used to develop apps for Windows, Android, iOS, the web and cloud -- and for those getting started, the Community Edition is available free of charge.

Hoping to avoid reinstalling her OS, newly joined forum user Ijacnlly is seeking a way to reset or remove a forgotten password for an offline Windows 10 account. Ophcrack comes to mind, but is there a simpler solution?