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Actual Window Manager

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Total Windows® Facelift!.

Tabbed Explorer feature adds tabs to vanilla system Windows Explorer (also known as File Explorer since Windows 10).

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  • Windows
3.8 / 5 Avg rating (5)
39likes
7comments
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  1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
  2.  Extensible window manager
  3.  Snap windows
  4.  Window docking

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Actual Window Manager information

  • Developed by

    RU flagActual Tools
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Commercial product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $50.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.8
  • Alternatives

    37 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 7 comments and reviews about Actual Window Manager, and it has gotten 39 likes

Actual Window Manager was added to AlternativeTo by KnowledgeWorker on Mar 3, 2010 and this page was last updated Jul 30, 2021.

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Top Positive Comment
st0rm
Oct 31, 2019
2

There's is and have never been any equal to this application for Windows, when it comes to window management. You can customize almost every aspect, and get YOUR software to do what YOU want it to. Programs sometimes struggle with this, trying to enforce their own wills, but AWM usually gets the last word.

But... It's other features are lacking, the sheer amount of injects and hooks slows down performance of your pc, despite have their respective options disabled. I don't want or need anything from this but the window management, and would really wish that the installation offered the ability to control what features you want, since it's now bordering on bloatware. This is the AIO of Actual's various applications, some features in this are available as single apps but not the window management.

UI hasn't gotten an overhaul since it's release, tho it's not bad, it's not intuitive or pretty either, and it's getting crowded.

Top Negative Comment
Hexaae
Jun 29, 2020
2

Plenty of useful features, it adds handy titlebar buttons too... but in my opinion has a huge problem: single user license is expensive and free updates are only for 1 year, not lifetime.

nadinenb
Oct 30, 2018
1

Very impressed with the Tabbed Explorer feature that is becoming my new replacement of Clover - and I've used Clover for years! I also like the sleek design and the unobtrusive, intuitive integration of all the productive tools in the native Windows 10 environment. The one-click access to recent folders and favorites within the native Windows 10 file explorer windows is a major productivity boost for someone who needs to deal with a large amount of files in a short window of time. 5-star experience of this app so far.

Guest
May 25, 2017
0

Comprehensive tools. From snapping to virtual desktops.

Nailz
May 10, 2017
-1

It's quite bloaty and can slowdown my machines at random times. :(

realnabarl
Dec 6, 2014
1

Windows needs something to enhance its experience, so there're many related softwares around. Actual Window Manager is the ultimate tool IMO, both the number of the features and the quality are good. It's a decent plan to buy this instead of using a bunch of other softwares even they are free. For window managing DM2 icon DM2 is also very powerful but it lacks updates but this do. I also like finding path through the caption button, it looks more intergrate than Listary icon Listary's menu, but cannot handle all the windows yet like flash open file window from a browser (what Listary can do).

[Edited by realnabarl, December 19]

User7992828
Aug 11, 2013
0

The most powerful tool I have ever seen. I use it for resizing and positioning windows .

What is Actual Window Manager?

Actual Window Manager is 13 tools in 1.

FILE FOLDERS improves Windows folders navigation adding two additional title buttons: recent folders, favorite folders.

ADDITIONAL TITLE BUTTONS adds additional buttons, such as minimize to tray, stay on top, roll up, etc, to the title bar of each window.

INDIVIDUAL SETTINGS FOR EACH WINDOW allows you to set individual settings for desired window, folder, or program.

CLIPBOARD MANAGER improves Windows clipboard functionality with 2 additional features: Clipboard Templates and Clipboard History.

DESKTOP DIVIDER llows you to split the entire large desktop or each monitor into several non-intersecting areas (tiles).

MULTIPLE MONITORS greatly improves your multi-monitor environment adding additional fully-functional taskbars and other useful tools.

VIRTUAL DESKTOP allows you to use unlimited number of virtual desktops on one or several monitors.