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 MenuTools, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PowerMenu are SmartSystemMenu, RBTray, KDocker and SmartContextMenu.

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  1. MenuTools icon
     33 likes

    MenuTools is a simple program that adds options for task priority, window transparency, and Always On Top to open dialog windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    MenuTools vs PowerMenu Comments
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    Guest
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    it replicates its exact functionality and even works on windows 10

    Guest
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    Same functions as PowerMenu, works on Windows 10 1909

    azekthi
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    Does exactly what PowerMenu does, open-source, updated in 2020

    3 of 5 comments
    • MenuTools is Free and Open SourcePowerMenu is Free and Proprietary
  2. RBTray icon
     33 likes

    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
     
  3. KDocker icon
     5 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. 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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. 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
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. eXtra Buttons icon
     19 likes

    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
     
  7. DM2 icon
     26 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  8. TurboTop icon
     7 likes

    Like the "Always on Top" feature that some programs have? TurboTop lets you set any window to be "Always on Top!"

    12 TurboTop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. TransOther icon
     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Ghoster icon
     7 likes

    Dims all windows except the active one.

    Features:

    • Place a transparent image across the screen.
    • Highly configurable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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