The best Windows apps this week

Five hundred and ninety-six in one seriesWelcome to this week's roundup of the best apps, games, and extensions released for Windows 10 and 11 in the Microsoft Store and elsewhere over the past seven days.

Microsoft has released the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 feature update in the Release Preview channel. This is the last step before the final release later this year. Recall, an AI feature that Microsoft unveiled earlier this week, is not yet part of the preview.

As always, if I missed an app or game that came out this week that you think is particularly good, let me know in the comments below or notify me via email.

Discounts this week

The following list is a selection of the best deals. Be sure to check out the store to see all the offers.

Some apps are discounted for more than a week. Only new apps and games are listed below. Check out the previous post in the series to see previous deals that may still be valid.

New or significantly improved Windows apps

Custom context menu

Custom Context Menu is an open source application for Windows 11 that allows you to add items to the (new) context menu of Windows 11.

Lively 2.1.0.6

The live wallpaper application now officially supports Windows 11 version 24H2. The update introduces more features, including a new music tunnel wallpaper, improved screen saver support, and a better control panel.

Additionally, the wallpapers are now more scalable and the application switches to a 64-bit processing architecture to improve application performance.

NanaZip 3

The new version of the archiving software introduces full dark mode and Mica support. It also includes the improvements of the latest version of 7-Zip and updates to various components.

NanaZip is a fork of 7-Zip that, according to the developer, is “designed for the modern Windows experience.”