Best Replacement Softwares and Portable Programs for Windows 8.1

After removing Windows features such as Internet Explorer or Media Player, you will need something to replace them. Below list is free, more functional, lighter and memory efficient alternatives.

Feature	Recommended	Alternatives
Browser	Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox	Chromium, Firefox Nightly
Video Player	Media Player Classic Homecinema	VLC Player
Music Player	Foobar2000	WinAMP, Songbird
System Tools	CCleaner + CCEnhancer	HWInfo, Cpu-Z, Gpu-Z, HWMonitor
Messenger, Chat	Skype for Desktop	Skype, Pidgin
File Archiver	7-zip	Peazip
E-Mail Client	Mozilla Thunderbird	Opera Mail
Video Converter	Video to Video	---
Disc Burner	Imgburn	---
Image Viewer	Windows Image Viewer	Irfanview
Torrent	qBittorrent	uTorrent