PowerMenu Alternatives

PowerMenu is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to PowerMenu for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com, File Explorer and Thunderbird apps. The best PowerMenu alternative is SmartSystemMenu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PowerMenu are MenuTools, KDocker, RBTray and Actual Window Manager.

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  1. SmartSystemMenu icon
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    SmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system. It appends next custom items to menu:

    44 SmartSystemMenu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Windows alternative to PowerMenu.

    • SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PowerMenu.

    • SmartSystemMenu is Free and Open SourcePowerMenu is Free and Proprietary
  2. MenuTools icon
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    MenuTools is a simple program that adds options for task priority, window transparency, and Always On Top to open dialog windows.

    16 MenuTools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Comments about MenuTools as an Alternative to PowerMenu
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    it replicates its exact functionality and even works on windows 10

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    Same functions as PowerMenu, works on Windows 10 1909

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    azekthi
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    Does exactly what PowerMenu does, open-source, updated in 2020

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks MenuTools is a great PowerMenu alternative.

    • MenuTools is Free and Open SourcePowerMenu is Free and Proprietary
  3. KDocker icon
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    KDocker will help you dock any application into the system tray. This means you can dock Openoffice, xmms, Firefox, Thunderbird, anything!

    Just point and click. Works for all NET WM compliant window managers - that includes KDE, GNOME, Xfce, Fluxbox and many more.

    16 KDocker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • KDocker is the most popular Linux alternative to PowerMenu.

    • KDocker is Free and Open SourcePowerMenu is Free and Proprietary
  4. RBTray icon
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    Allows almost any program to be minimized to the system tray by right clicking its minimize button.

    44 RBTray alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    4t Tray Minimizer is a lightweight but powerful window manager, which helps you to free up space on the desktop and the taskbar via the following actions:

    23 4t Tray Minimizer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    SmartContextMenu adds a context menu to all windows in the system. 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.

    20 SmartContextMenu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. DM2 icon
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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.

    40 DM2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  8. TurboTop icon
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    Like the "Always on Top" feature that some programs have? TurboTop lets you set any window to be "Always on Top!"

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. eXtra Buttons icon
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    eXtra Buttons lets you add up to 10 additional buttons to the title bar of each window, which allow you to minimize the window to the tray, keep it on-top, send it to the background, adjust the window's transparency and more.

    11 eXtra Buttons alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
     
  10. Ghoster icon
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    Dims all windows except the active one.

    Features:

    • Place a transparent image across the screen.
    • Highly configurable.
    39 Ghoster alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    PS Tray Factory allows you to take a full control over icons in the system tray area of the taskbar. With PS Tray Factory you can: hide icons from system tray into menu, change the order of icons in the system tray (sort tray), restore tray icons after Explorer.

    11 PS Tray Factory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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