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Productivity - Desktop Accessories (16)

4ur-Windows-8-Mouse-Balls v4.66 Updated

Andrew Lee on 27 Aug 2023
  • 63KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 24 Aug 2023
  • Suggested by joby_toss

4ur-Windows-8-Mouse-Balls generates 8 or more balls to follow the mouse pointer on your windows desktop.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 4ur-Windows-8-Mouse-Balls_p.exe or 4ur-Windows-8-Mouse-Balls_x64_p.exe (for 64-bit OS).
What's new? See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/4ur-Windows-8-Mouse-Balls/History
Latest comments
smaragdus on 2013-11-02 17:50

Great program!
@Checker
Can fun be pointless?

Checker on 2013-11-02 18:48

@ smaragdus: In this case it couldn't be point-less ;)

smaragdus on 2014-03-29 23:07

@Checker
I should confess that I love pointless things created for the sake of being pointless, which is not pointless;)

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12-Ants v6.33 Updated

Andrew Lee on 26 Aug 2023
  • 374KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 24 Aug 2023
  • Suggested by joby_toss

12-Ants or more for your desktop. Itching is not excluded. Watching the little rascals and have fun.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 12-Ants_p.exe or 12-Ants_x64_p.exe (for 64-bit OS).
What's new? See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/12-Ants/History
Latest comments
mrpink on 2011-12-11 20:21

I know. I thought you guys might have a trick to make it stealth

joby_toss on 2011-12-12 05:26

@mrpink: you could use JauntePE to take care of those registry keys; or some other wrapper.

mrpink on 2011-12-19 13:27

There's two more from the same site (didn't bother to look at the main page), cockroach and ladybug lol. David Pi has made a launcher for all 3 of them

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PicPick v7.2.2 Updated

lintalist on 2 Aug 2023
  • 113MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 2 Aug 2023
  • Suggested by Cornflower

PicPick is a versatile all-in-one tool for images on the desktop. Includes a powerful screen capture tool, editor, color picker and palette, pixel ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and more. Can upload images automatically to FTP, Facebook, Twitter, default e-mail program, or send to installed Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, or PowerPoint).

Alternatively, PicPick Portable is stealth and automatically adjusts paths.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No. Leaves picpick in APPDATA, Cloud Explorer in LOCALAPPDATA, and picpick in ALLUSERSAPPDATA.
Unicode support: Yes
License: Free for personal use. Note that without a blank picpick.ini file, the program will offer optional installation of the Bing toolbar.
How to extract: Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Create a blank file called picpick.ini in the same folder. Launch picpick.exe.

Optionally, delete unnecessary language files.
Similar/alternative apps: ShareX
What's new? See full changelog at: https://picpick.app/en/changelog
Latest comments
kiwichick888 on 2022-10-24 04:49

I just downloaded using the link here and got the previous version 6.3.1. Downloaded again from the website and got the right one. The link on the website Download page (Portable Version) is different to the one here.

Ennovy on 2022-10-24 09:07

@kiwichick888: Thanks for the info, I changed the download link

Pendrive on 2023-08-02 11:53

It is now at v7.2.2.

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True Launch Bar v8.0 New

webfork on 17 Jul 2023
  • 17MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 1 Dec 2022
  • Suggested by Ennovy

True Launch Bar is an easy and fast program launcher alternative for the standard Quick Launch bar. True Launch Bar allows combining your shortcuts into groups, which appear as popup menus. It includes standard Quick Launch items to improve your shortcut management capabilities and save work space on your desktop.

Supports drag-and-drop and lets you create new menus by right-clicking and selecting "Create menu." Supports quick links to Control Panel, Printers, Network, etc. via Virtual Folders.

Other features include:

  • Grouping links into popup menus
  • Full support of Windows XP Visual Styles
  • Virtual Folders
  • Separators
  • The Recently accessed button
  • Thumbnails View
  • Hot keys
  • Running shortcuts without a click
  • Skins and plug-in support
  • Fast switching of toolbars
  • Related Links
  • Changing appearance of buttons, including support for Windows XP-style icons

Category:
Runs on:Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch tlbHost.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: SideSlide SyMenu RocketDock WinBar

Stickies v10.1d

Ennovy on 4 Apr 2023

Stickies work like customizable post-it notes with available styles, fonts, colors and buttons. Notes can be resized or snapped to the edges of other notes to keep them lined up. They can also act as reminders when hidden for a period, until a specified date and time, even upon waking every day, week, or month.

Alternatively, Stickies Portable is available.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and install to the default folder
  2. Copy folder Stickies to your preferred place
  3. Uninstall the program
  4. Create 2 empty files called stickies.ini and stickies.db in the application folder
  5. Launch stickies.exe
Similar/alternative apps: 7 Sticky Notes, Stickypaper
What's new? See: https://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/versions.html
Latest comments
pipperu on 2019-12-26 19:00

In order to use old version notes with the new 10.0a version you hve to UPGRADE from old version to the new 10.0a. You can NOT restore the working folder from a backup because v10.0a uses SQLITE.

Pendrive on 2022-03-25 15:30

I'm not convinced that the following instructions are sufficient:
How to extract:
1 Download the installer and install to the default folder.
2 Copy folder Stickies to your preferred place.
3 Uninstall the program.
4 Create an empty file called stickies.ini in the application folder.
5 Launch stickies.exe.

I think 4 should be:
4 Create two empty files called stickies.ini and stickies.db in the application folder.

Andrew Lee on 2022-03-26 06:54

@Pendrive: Thanks! I have verified your correction and updated the database entry.

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LightBulb v.2.3.3

Andrew Lee on 25 Oct 2021
  • 9MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 15 Jun 2021
  • Suggested by freakazoid

LightBulb is a eye-strain prevention tool that gradually modifies screen colors over the course of your day. The program is very configurable with lots of controls for defining daytime and nightime, and will exclude applications where color specifics are important e.g. GIMP or PhotoDemon.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: .NET Core v3.1
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv3
How to extract: Download the ZIP file and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Lightbulb.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: SunsetScreen
What's new? See:
https://github.com/Tyrrrz/LightBulb/blob/master/Changelog.md

Desktop Info v2.10.1

billon on 25 Jan 2021
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 25 Jan 2021
  • Suggested by I am Bass

Desktop Info displays system information on your desktop in a similar way to some other desktop information tools. Unlike others, this application looks like wallpaper but stays resident in memory and continues to update the display in real time. Uses very little memory and nearly zero CPU. Perfect for quick identification and walk-by monitoring of production or test server farms. Everything is customisable including language.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DesktopInfo.exe.
What's new? See:
https://www.glenn.delahoy.com/category/desktop-info/
Latest comments
billon on 2018-11-06 17:00

@__philippe:

Same here

__philippe on 2018-11-07 08:22

@billon: Thanks for checking
Just dropped a note on developer's blog; we'll' see...

https://www.glenn.delahoy.com/forums/forum/desktop-info/

aazard on 2020-11-30 23:53

super nice.. super light & "out of the way" = A++
*disable "full screen optimization" (worked for me, no blink on Windows fundamentals for legacy PCs/XP sp3)

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WinCompose v0.9.6

billon on 4 Dec 2020
  • 6MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 3 Dec 2020
  • Suggested by Midas

WinCompose allows the insertion of special characters such as é ž à Û ø ¤ « ¿ ® ™ using short and often very intuitive key combinations. For instance, ö is obtained using o + " and ™ is obtained using T + M.

The program is based on the well known Unix compose key and WinCompose ships with more than 2,000 compose rules.

Note: Versions 0.7.0 and up require the .NET Framework. Download link for the last non-.NET version is at v0.6.13 (direct download)

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: WTFPL
How to extract: Download the "NoInstall" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Delete unnecessary locale resources. Launch WinCompose.exe.
What's new? See:
https://github.com/SamHocevar/wincompose/releases
Latest comments
webfork on 2014-12-27 01:45

MIKLO: sure, but please thank the dev Sam Hocevar too :) [See website link for his email address ... it's at the bottom of the page.]

bzl333 on 2014-12-29 19:07

i like it but i wish it was easier to search for say symbols like dollar signs, ampersands etc and keep all the alphabet letter variations separate. Also, should be able to have a "favorites" tab that the user adds the best ones to.

MIKLO on 2016-01-14 15:06

webfork yes I did thank some time before I posted this, its not something I do often but this App really helped me and made it very easy to do what I was trying to do. Before using WinCompose it was a real nightmare to do things I wanted and most often I failed. So once again thanks for the hard work on this great useful software. ^5
MIKLO

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ClickMonitorDDC v7.2

billon on 7 Nov 2020
  • 639KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 30 Jun 2020
  • Suggested by Midas

ClickMonitorDDC enables easy controls to adjust monitor brightness, contrast and colors, as well as audio volume. The program supports color profiles, rotation, monitor inputs, and dim, reset, and power off/on monitor. The program can also differentiate between monitor speaker volume and system volume, rotate display and more.

Note that some functions require an up-to-date graphics driver. Supports command-line functionality.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch ClickMonitorDDC_X_X.exe
  3. Right click on the tray icon, select Settings
  4. Uncheck both LogOnAutoRun and Save settings in C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\ClickMonitorDDC\ClickMonitorDC.xml
Similar/alternative apps: ControlMyMonitor
What's new? See:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201016064411/https://clickmonitorddc.bplaced.net/
Latest comments
webfork on 2019-08-30 22:04

Absolutely a must-have if you are in a place with a changing light setting or you need to be moving your laptop frequently. The access to brightness and volume in the notification area is definitely something I can't lose again. Also, the automatic start at a lower light level has saved me loads of battery since I installed it. Some of the advanced tools and functions aren't super clear, but the basic tools are easy and effective.

Cornflower on 2020-11-07 16:21

I just got a 404 error on the page, but the following work:
Website:
http://web.archive.org/web/20201001204420/https://clickmonitorddc.bplaced.net/

Download v7.2
http://web.archive.org/web/20201001204420/https://clickmonitorddc.bplaced.net/ClickMonitorDDC_7_2.zip

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Spews v1.1.3

billon on 22 Jan 2019
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 22 Jan 2019
  • Suggested by Checker

Spews (Simple Process Excluding Wallpaper Switcher) is designed to automatically switch your wallpapers on a configurable schedule. You can add image folders, choose wallpaper options and check/uncheck the images paths as needed; only checked paths will be scanned for images.

The program will automatically suspend wallpaper switching if it detects any process names you configure in the Exclusions section. This can be beneficial, for instance, when running games that will be disrupted if the wallpaper is changed.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Spews.exe.
What's new? See:
https://www.dcmembers.com/skwire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/apps/spews/changelog.txt
Latest comments
Ganamyde on 2014-01-17 15:41

@Skwire,
You can easily clean up your temp left over, here is what I use...
run, CMD /C CD /D "%a_temp%" & PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 2000 & RMDIR /S /Q "%script_tempFolder%",,hide useErrorLevel

MIKLO on 2015-01-26 19:24

The word "Stealth" came into use recently in reference to the "stealth" airplanes the United States government started to use back in the 80's. As for these "stealth" airplanes they are in fact not invisible, what they show is a very small imprint in hopes to fool a radar operator into thinking that what they see is nothing to worry about. I suppose the fact of the matter is that there is no magic way to keep anything totally invisible on a computer. I for one can live with this free software calling itself "stealth" cuz that's what it looks like to me... Just sayin :) Thank you to the person for their hard work in bring me this free "stealth" software that does what it says.
MIKLO

misan on 2016-04-11 12:39

:-)

There are portable apps that are "stealth". I use lot of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth

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