Desklayer Alternatives
Desklayer is described as 'windows manager that provides to arrange windows on the desktop in various types of layout. Desklayer allows you to move windows across all positions of the layout and arrange the windows size and the layout arrangement dynamically according to the size of the' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Desklayer for Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com, Windows Explorer and X11. The best alternative is Dexpot. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try KDE Mover-Sizer or GridMove. Other great apps like Desklayer are DM2, QuickTile, RegToy and MoveInactiveWin.
Desklayer alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be System Cleaners or System Tweakers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Desklayer.
Dexpot turns your monitor into up to 20. It creates and manages virtual desktops and enables you to work far more efficiently and comfortably with many simultaneously opened windows on Windows 95/98/ME and NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista (incl. x64).
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DiscontinuedDead app. 3 years since the last update. Not compatible with current version of Windows. See changelog: http://www.dexpot.de/?id=changelog
KDE Mover-Sizer is a lightweight program enabling KDE-style alt-click moving and resizing for Windows XP, 7, 2000, 2003, Windows Server, and Vista.
GridMove - A window management tool that can quickly arrange your windows into desktop grids.
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DM2 provides several Windows enhancements that may help in every-day work. One of the nicest and most popular features of DM2 is minimizing windows to floating icons® (unique feature!) freeing both task bar and tray bar space.
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DiscontinuedLast version is from 2007
A lightweight utility for allowing you to quickly snap windows to a tiling grid under your existing Linux window manager. Can be triggered via keyboard shortcuts, the command line, or D-Bus calls.
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Registry Tweaking, Services Manager, Startup Manager, Registry Backup, Renew Registry, Registry Cleaner, Registry Search & Replace, Window Manager, Tray Icon Manager, Shell Context Menu Extension, Screen Capture, Shutdown Scheduler, Wallpaper Changer, Screen Saver...
Discontinuedlast available version, 0.7.4.1, is from before 2010. my ISP is blocking the official website on account of it being / hosting malware.
Sometimes a lot of deskop clutter can hide a window (eg, open file, programs, files-explorer, dialogs)
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Endlessly minimizes all windows except the active one.
Chameleon Window Manager will allow you to control the windows of your programs using customizable buttons added to the title bars of the windows (Always on Top, Minimize to Tray, Minimize to Caption, Specify Transparency, Position window at left/right of screen).
Features
Make all windows but the active one transparent.
Features:
- User defined transparency level.
- Can ignore always ontop windows.
- Won't make parent windows transparent while children is active.
