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AltDrag allows you to move and resize windows much easier. When you have it running you can simply hold down the Alt key and then use your mouse to drag any window, and it doesn't matter where in the window you click. This is especially useful in netbooks, with respect to the small screen and touchpad. It simply allows you to do more with less mouse movements.
EarTrumpet is a powerful volume control app for Windows
Features • Visualize audio with multi-channel aware peaking • Standalone volume mixer • Move apps between playback devices • Default playback device management • Automatic updates via the Microsoft Store • Support for light/dark mode and all accent colors • Configurable hotkeys • Modern context menus • Growing multilingual support
Supported operating systems: Windows 10 and Windows 11
This application aims to provide a Fluent Design System based replacement for the old, built-in, Metro Design based Audio/Airplane mode/Brightness flyouts present in Windows (which haven't been updated since Windows 8 LOL) which are shown while pressing the media or volume keys or even the brightness keys (may be absent on Desktop PCs) or when airplane/flight mode is toggled.
Features • Fluent UI (similar to Windows 10X). • Supports Light, Dark & High contrast themes. • Media session controls have additional options such as Shuffle, Repeat, Stop and Timeline Info. • Redesigned audio and brightness flyouts along with additional flyouts for Airplane mode, Lock keys and Insert/Overtype. • Each module can be disabled individually. • Flyout's TopBar can be pinned, unpinned or hidden. • Flyout is Draggable and autosaves the position. It also has feature for default position. (Check out the settings) • Smooth Animations & Transitions. • Opacity of the background of flyouts can be changed. • Timeout of flyouts can be changed.
Note: The built-in flyout will not be permanently affected. It will be hidden temporarily while this application is running. So, no reason to fear breaking your system. For more information on how to recover the original flyouts, check out this How To page.
Users are provided the freedom to choose between the Windows built-in flyouts or modern flyouts from ModernFlyouts or neither of them.
It is impossible to have a flyout for the keyboard backlight brightness or for the function (Fn) key because they are not passed as keys but as hardware signals (which the OEMs decide). Any OS can receive those signals if they have the required driver.
This project has its roots in AudioFlyout by @ADeltaX with additional implementations for "Airplane mode", "Brightness" and "LockKeys" (includes Insert key, Caps, Num & Scroll lock keys) flyouts. This project stands as a complete replacement for the built-in one.
Shell is a context menu extender that lets you handpick the items to integrate into Windows File Explorer context menu, create custom commands to access all your favorite web pages, files, and folders, and launch any application directly from the context menu. It also provides you a convenient solution to modify or remove any context menu item added by the system or third party software.
Features • Fully customize the appearance. • Adding new custom menu items such as sub-menu, menu item and separator. • Modify Windows File Explorer menu items. • Support all file system objects files, folders, desktop and taskbar. • Support expressions syntax, with built-in functions and predefined variables. • Support colors, glyphs, SVG, embedded icons, and image files such as .ico, .png or .bmp. • Support search and filter. • Support for complex nested items. • Support multiple columns. • Lightweight, portable and relatively easy to use. • Quickly and easily configure files in plain text. • Minimal resource usage. • No limitations.
Requirements • Microsoft Windows 7/8/10/11
Easy Window Switcher makes switching between different windows as easy as alt+ (that's alt+backtick). Forget having to alt+tab between a million-and-one different open windows to find the one you are looking for, with Easy Window Switcher, tabbing between windows of the same program is only a alt+ away!
Easy Window Switcher brings the convenience of Mac's easy window switching to Windows, and in typical NeoSmart fashion, makes it ridiculously easy and painless to get going. Taking up less than 1MiB and starting automatically in the background, we guarantee you'll fall in love with Easy Window Switcher and go around installing it on every PC you use at work and around the house.
Moo0 SystemMonitor is a smart free program that shows what is going on with your computer. The program uses a minimal amount of ressources, and you can learn from it where your computer "hangs". You can see your computer under many perspectives, and with the features you can diagnose your computer. You can have as many features as you want open and have them in the way that fits you best on the screen. It could be installed or also have a portable version.
Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform through which you can enhance your Windows computer at home or work with skins: handy, compact applets which float freely on your desktop, much like Windows Sidebar gagdgets, or dashboard widgets for the Mac. Rainmeter skins provide you with useful information at a glance. Its easy to keep an eye on your system resources, like memory and battery power, or your online data streams, including email, RSS feeds, and weather forecasts. Many skins are even functional: they can record your notes and to-do lists, launch your favorite applications, and send your tweets to Twitter - all in a clean, unobtrusive interface that you can rearrange and customize to your liking.
With Rainmeter, there are no secrets. Our bundled library of open-source skins covers a wide range of functions, but if you want your desktop to do something new, you dont have to wait for us. Every inch of a skin is completely customizable. Rainmeter skins are written in a simple, elegant language thats easy to learn for anyone whos willing to put in the effort. Skins call upon measures, a set of powerful built-in modules that do all the heavy lifting, and create interactive meters to display that information however you decide. In this way, Rainmeter brings productive innovation together with creative artistry like no other platform of its kind. Rainmeter is built by people like you. In the span of just a few months, a thriving community has built up around Rainmeter, as average users freely contribute their own original skins, their generous knowledge and support, and their inspirational ideas to a project whose scope and capabilities are constantly expanding.
Sizer is a freeware utility that allows you to resize any window to an exact, predefined size. This is extremely useful when designing web pages, as it allows you to see how the page will look when viewed at a smaller size. The utility is also handy when compiling screen-shots for documentation, using Sizer allows you to easily maintain the same window size across screen grabs.
MenuTools is a simple program that extends the basic functionality of the Windows system menu.
Main features
- Process priority
- Window transparency
- Always on top
- Minimize to tray
TranslucentTB is a lightweight utility that makes the Windows taskbar translucent/transparent.
Features:
- multi monitor support
- command line options
- clear taskbar option
- colorful taskbar option
- unicode support.
Aquasnap is a powerful window manager that helps you arrange and organize multiple applications on your desktop with minimum effort. It allows you to achieve maximum multitasking, especially if you own a high-resolution monitor or a multi-monitor setup.
With simple gestures (window docking), you are able to split your screen in 2, 3 or 4 areas and to easily adjust the layout to best fit your needs. By making your windows behave like magnets (window snapping), it allows you to efficiently align them without losing a pixel. Need to keep an eye on a small window? Just shake it and it will become transparent and always on top. AquaSnap also adds many easy to remember and customizable keyboard shortcuts to make you even more productive. And these are only some examples of what AquaSnap has to offer, try it and be amazed!
Key Features:
- Dock window to sides or corners of the screen
- Adjust the layout to best fit your needs
- Snap window to monitor edges or other applications
- Expand window by double-clicking on the edge
- Shake a window to make it top-most
- Multi-monitor support
- Works with child windows of Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
- Many keyboard shortcuts
- Highly optimized native code
Ditto is an extension to the standard Windows clipboard. It saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any of those items at a later time. Ditto allows you to save any type of information that can be put on the clipboard, text, images, html, custom formats. 17 translations available.
Don't be confused with Ditto! (iOS messenger).
Features
- Easy to use interface
- Search and paste previous copy entries
- Keep multiple computer's clipboards in sync
- Data is encrypted when sent over the network
- Accessed from tray icon or global hot key
- Select entry by double click, enter key or drag drop
- Paste into any window that excepts standard copy/paste entries
- Display thumbnail of copied images in list
- Full Unicode support (display foreign characters)
- UTF-8 support for language files (create language files in any language)
- Uses sqlite database (www.sqlite.org)
Fences allows you to organize your PC by automatically placing your shortcuts and icons into resizable shaded areas on your desktop called fences that are designed to match Windows 10 and 11. Some of Fences features include:
Desktop Quick-peek Instantly clean up your desktop. Double-click any blank space on your desktop and your desktop icons will fade out. Double-click again and they will return. You can even pick icons and individual fences to exclude.
Fences Peek Press Win+Space to bring your fences on top of all your windows, allowing you quick access to apps and content.
Folder Portals Fences can act as a portal to any folder on your PC. For example, your documents or pictures folders can be mirrored onto your desktop as a fence enabling quick access to their contents without adding clutter to your desktop.
PowerMenu is a small application that some extra menu items to the windows control menu in addition to the standard "Close", "Maximize", etc options. The extra menus are: Priority, Always On Top, Transparency and Minimize To Tray.
