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SmartSystemMenu v2.27.1 Updated

SYSTEM on 9 Sep 2024
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 31 Aug 2024
  • Suggested by billon

SmartSystemMenu enables a variety of functionality to all windows on your machine. When you click the top-left corner of any window, you'll see available visual effects such as resizing, transparency, alignment (such as moving to the lower-right corner). Window movement functions include as sending to tray, staying on top, and the ability to drag the window without using the top bar ("drag-by-mouse").

The program also supports system functions such as window information, saving a screenshot, copy text to clipboard, and process priority. An available launcher menu can be customized, and SmartSystemMenu can be disabled for individual programs.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
Administrator rights
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SmartSystemMenu.exe.
What's new? A visually more convenient way to drag a window by the mouse ("Drag By Mouse" menu item)
Latest comments
gbrao on 2024-07-05 00:40

There is a 'enhanced version' called SmartContextMenu.

Here : https://github.com/AlexanderPro/SmartContextMenu

Quote : This program is enhanced version of SmartSystemMenu. I hope it will be more convenient, because it supports all types of windows, including windows without a system menu. It should also be more stable and lightweight, as it does not use hooks in separate dll modules...

Midas on 2024-07-05 09:05

@gbrao: without meaning to belittle your valuable contribution in any way, I reckon such findings would be better placed at the forum...

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DxWnd v2.06.05.fx1 Updated

lwc on 17 Aug 2024
  • 19MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 2 Jul 2024
  • Suggested by Special

DxWnd lets you run many applications that default to fullscreen in a window, ideal for games. The program is a Win32 "hooker" program that intercepts and alters the behavior of window messages and APIs. It picks up events and injects code into the configured tasks to run fullscreen programs in a windowed environment while maintaining expected behavior.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the RAR package and extract to a folder of your choice.
  2. Launch dxwnd.exe.
What's new?
    fix: [advapi.cpp] fixed logging of key values
    add: [binkw32.cpp hooktable.cpp] added hooking of bink2w32.dll
    add: [d3dumddi.cpp] rewriting of most of it, added Z trimming (@#@ "Thief 2" stars bug) and experimental scaling
    fix: [dinput.cpp] fixed QueryInterface wrapper crashing when obp is NULL
    fix: [dshow.cpp] improved DirectShow hooking, bug fixing.
    add: [dxhelper.cpp] added decoding for legacy values of GDI ROPs from Charles Petzold "Programming Windows 95"
    fix: [dxhook.cpp] fixed SetHook call
    add: [dxwcore.cpp] added dedicated topics for COM, DirectShow and d3ddumddi tracing
    add: [dxwcore.cpp] added key functions for zoom-in and zoom-out
    [dxwnd.cpp]mflag KEEPCURSORWITHIN renamed as TRIMMOUSEPOSITION
    add: [guids.cpp] added more GUIDs from DirectShow
    fix: [hd3d.cpp] fixed CreateDevice wrapper, fixes @#@ "Call for Heroes Pompolic Wars"
    fix: [hd3d11.cpp] fixed missing hooks in D3D11 device creations
    [hdxgi.cpp] added missing hooks for QueryInterface operations
    fix: [kernel32.cpp] changed default limit for fake HD space - @#@ "Cossacks" requires more than 100 MB free
    fix: [kernel32.cpp] skipped LoadLibrary(kernel32.dll) operation crashing FFDShow filters
    fix: [mciwrapper.cpp] fixed mci parser because of two spaces found in @#@ "Age of Empires Gold Edition"
    add: [msvcrt.cpp] added _stat wrapper, needed for @#@ "MechWarrior 3"
    add: [ole32.cpp] fixed QueryInterface wrapper to handle IID_IBasicAudio objects
    add: [opengl.cpp] added more tracing wrappers
    fix: [queryint.cpp] fixed QueryInterface wrapper crashing when obp is NULL.
    fix: [user32.cpp] in GetWindowLong wrapper when pretending fullscreen then also pretend the main window is borderless
    add: [user32.cpp] added "propsfxblack" class to the black window list. Fixes @#@ "Crashday"
    fix: [user32.cpp] in fullscreen emulated-color mode don't change the pixel format. Fixes @#@ "Midtown Madness"
    add: [winproc.cpp] added ENABLEZOOMING flag for experimental handling of zooming with function keys and mouse wheel
    fix: [winproc.cpp] fixed WM_NCHITTEST handling pretending that the cursor is always in client area when TRIMMOUSEPOSITION
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Special on 2017-03-25 17:18

Who are you? Like if gho the main guy behind DxWnd move over to Github, only then I would consider it an "official" repo, but other wise it seems pretty unofficial to me when a random person sets one up.

What are some of your contributions to DxWnd? Why didn't gho set it up instead?

refack on 2017-04-22 14:53

@Special, I'm just helping gho with the "mechanics" of the mirror. He owns and approves the mirror.

Midas on 2017-07-04 10:04

Tip: no help files are included in recent builds, so it is advised you grab v2_04_10 from Sourceforge which has the most up to date files.

BTW, the GitHub repository mentioned above by refack is currently empty.

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GUIPropView v1.30

Andrew Lee on 25 May 2024
  • 149KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 19 May 2024
  • Suggested by billon

GUIPropView displays extensive information about all windows currently opened on your system. All top-level windows are displayed in the upper pane and, when selected, the lower pane lists selected child windows.

Controls include the ability to select one or more items and close, hide, show, minimize, maximize, disable, enable etc. You can also click-and-drag the targeting object to point to identify and select a given Window.

Window listing and status details can be exported to a text file or HTML report.

Category:
Runs on: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 GUIPropView.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: WinLister
What's new?
  • Added 'FocusKeyText' action to the /Action command, which sets the keybaord focus to the specified window and then sends keystrokes to this window according to the specfied text.
  • For example: this command sends 'RegEdit.exe' keystrokes to the Explorer 'Run' dialog-box:
  • GUIPropView.exe /Action FocusKeyText "RegEdit.exe" Process:Explorer.exe Class:#32770 Title:Run Child.ID:1001
  • Added 'FocusKeyPress' action to the /Action command, which sets the keybaord focus to the specified window and then sends the specified key combination to this window.
  • For example: this command sends Ctrl+A (Select All) and Ctrl+C (Copy to the clipboard) to the opened window of Notepad:
  • GUIPropView.exe /Action FocusKeyPress "Ctrl+A Ctrl+C" Process:notepad.exe Visible:Yes

AquaSnap Personal Edition v1.24.0

Ennovy on 31 Oct 2023
  • 10MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 31 Oct 2023
  • Suggested by treis

AquaSnap is a resource-friendly window organization tool. Windows can quickly and easily resize to 1/2 (vertically or horizontally) and 1/4 of the screen by just dragging them to an edge or corner. Other available effects include window-stretching capabilities, making a window transparent when moving it across the screen and ability to manually "shake" a window, enabling transparency or minimizing other windows. Various color and design skins are available for window resize feature.

AquaSnap Personal Edition has all the features of the Professional Edition with the exception of mouse shortcuts, window tiling, "move windows together" and multi-monitor support. Package includes a 32-bit and a 64-bit version and a PortableApps format version is also available.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Free for personal use
How to extract: Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AquaSnap.Daemon.exe
Similar/alternative apps: WinSplit Revolution
What's new? See: https://www.nurgo-software.com/company/news/13-aquasnap
Latest comments
webfork on 2016-06-05 00:03

Cool, thanks shnbwmn

Ennovy on 2016-09-26 09:50

With version 1.18 Windows XP and Vista are no longer supported

Ennovy on 2016-09-26 09:54

The latest version for Windows XP and Vista: http://www.nurgo-software.com/download/AquaSnap_1.17.1/AquaSnap.zip

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ShellBagsView v1.35

Andrew Lee on 28 Aug 2023
  • 69KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 21 Aug 2023
  • Suggested by JohnW

ShellBagsView displays the list of individual window's folder settings. These settings, saved to the registry every time an Explorer window is opened, include date/time opened, entry number, display mode (Details, Icons, Tiles and so on...), the last position of the window and the last size of the window.

Program allows you to set the mode of the selected Windows Explorer folders: Tiles, Details, Content, List, Small Icons, Medium Icons, Large Icons.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ShellBagsView.exe.
What's new?
  • Added 'BagMRU Key' column.
  • Added 'Open BagMRU Key In RegEdit' option (Ctrl+F2).
Latest comments
rodger123 on 2012-10-16 22:36

Nice utility but I wish I never downloaded it because I keep checking the bags and wind up deleting them all the time!There are really a lot of shellbags-everytime you open a folder it creates a bag.HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam -DELETE THE SUBKEYS,bagmru and bags then folders will be reset.Helps if windows does not remember folder settings.

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LeoMoon HotKeyz V1.8.12

rbon on 11 Jun 2023
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 11 Jun 2023
  • Suggested by hamasaki

LeoMoon HotKeyz is a lightweight system-wide hotkey manager that lets you assign global hotkeys to files, folders, programs, system actions, active windows, URLs, and text snippets. An unlimited number of system-wide hotkeys can be defined, and the program itself can be enabled/disabled with a hotkey (by default [Ctrl]+[Win]+[2]).

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch LeoMoon HotKeyz.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Shortcut Keys, X-Hotkey-P
What's new?
  • Added more Active Window actions
    • Added Generate Random Password (Letters and Numbers)
  • Fixed date based text macros not evaluating properly

RBTray v4.14

Andrew Lee on 21 Mar 2022
  • 149KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 21 Mar 2022
  • Suggested by modussn

RBTray allows you to minimize application windows to the system tray by:

  • Right-Clicking its minimize button
  • Shift-Right-Clicking on its title bar
  • Using the Windows-Alt-Down hotkey
Note that not all all of these methods will work for every window, so please use whichever one works for your needs.

Restore a window by left clicking that window's tray icon, or by selecting 'Restore Window' from the tray icon's right-click menu.

Note: The program has no tray icon of its own. To exit the application, minimize a window, right-click the resulting tray icon and choose 'Exit RBTray'. Alternatively, run RBTray.exe with the "--exit" parameter.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch RBTray.exe.
What's new? See: https://github.com/benbuck/rbtray/releases/tag/v4.14
Latest comments
tajjam on 2020-12-25 15:37

So I am using RBTray, but it is not working on Firefox and Opera. Right Click does not minimize these browsers to tray.

PAFuser on 2021-09-19 10:09

Works fine on Firefox if Title Bar visible, if not use Shift-Right-Clicking on Tab Bar (mine in on top) or Windows-Alt-Down. Also works with Thunderbird. Do not use Opera, but one of the three methods in description seems to work on every program I use, so give it a try.

PAFuser on 2022-03-21 09:42

All 3 methods work on Firefox without Title Bar in 4.14 version. Great app.

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Pulover's Macro Creator v5.4.1

Ennovy on 24 Sep 2021
  • 16MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 24 Sep 2021
  • Suggested by webfork

Pulover's Macro Creator is an automation tool and script generator that provides users with a variety of functions, as well as a built-in activity recorder. You can not only add keystrokes and mouse actions to your scripts, but also manage windows, controls, files, strings, search images/pixels and even create if/else statements to control the flow of your macros. The program helps both with simple, repetitive tasks as well as complex automation efforts.
Tutorial videos are available.

Developed using AutoHotkey.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract: Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch MacroCreator.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: AutoHotkey, Mouse Recorder Premium, LSMacro
What's new? See:
https://github.com/Pulover/PuloversMacroCreator/releases
Latest comments
Ennovy on 2016-08-04 13:16

On the homepage the link to the portable version downloads version 5.0.3
Direct download link to version 5.0.4 is: https://github.com/Pulover/PuloversMacroCreator/releases/download/v5.0.4/PuloversMacroCreator-Portable.zip

webfork on 2016-08-04 21:51

@Ennovoy: confirmed, updated

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SuperF4 v1.4

billon on 18 Feb 2019
  • 37KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 16 Feb 2019
  • Suggested by I am Baas

SuperF4 allows users to kill the foreground program when the key combination Ctrl+Alt+F4 is pressed. This is different from programs that respond to Windows' normal "close" hotkey Alt+F4, which only asks the foreground program to exit. This is important because many programs don't cooperate with a close request due to a bug, nag screens, or other issues.

Additionally, you can also kill a process by pressing Win+F4 and then clicking the window you wish to kill with your mouse. This mode behaves like xkill for GNU/Linux, BSD etc.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: GNU GPLv3
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SuperF4.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Advanced Process Termination, ProcessKO, Task Killer
What's new? Released 1.4.
  • Fixed keyboard input lag. Thanks to Victor Robertson.
  • Do not enter xkill mode if Ctrl key is pressed. Ctrl+Win+F4 is a new shortcut to close virtual desktops, so we don’t want to prevent that. Thanks to José Rebelo.
  • Add a process blacklist, with explorer.exe in the list by default.

I apologize for my tardiness. I use Windows less and less every year, and I must confess that I have not even been running my own programs when I do. I hope this release makes up for it somewhat.

TaskSpace v0.5.0.0

webfork on 27 May 2018
  • 8MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 5 Jul 2017
  • Suggested by Schumi 053

TaskSpace is a window management tool that lets you collect a series of windows into one view. Added windows can be placed in a split-screen view or broken up into separate tabs with their own split views. The program is a great way to easily gather and manage a large set of programs by project, task, or other system.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
License: Free for personal use
How to extract:
  1. Download the self-extracting Exe to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch TaskSpace.exe for 32-bit or TaskSpace64.exe for 64-bit
Similar/alternative apps: TidyTabs, WinSplit Revolution
What's new? See:
http://www.systemgoods.com/downloads/TSChangeLog.txt
Latest comments
webfork on 2019-02-19 22:49

Sadly doesn't appear to work on Windows 10 any longer. Tested today and couldn't add existing Windows to the interface.

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