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, RBTray, 4t Tray Minimizer and Actual Window Manager.

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PowerMenu is a small application that some extra menu items to the windows control menu in addition to the standard...

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PowerMenu alternatives page was last updated Jun 12, 2025
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  1. Ghoster icon
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    Dims all windows except the active one.

    Features:

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

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Ghoster VS PowerMenu

     
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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.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PS Tray Factory VS PowerMenu

     
  3. Always on Top icon
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    Always-on-top is the free utility that allows any program window to stay on top of all other windows even when it does not have the focus.

    9 Always on Top alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Always on Top VS PowerMenu

     
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    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).

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer

    Chameleon Window Manager Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  On top

    Chameleon Window Manager VS PowerMenu

     
  5. FireTray icon
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    FireTray is system tray extension for Linux and Windows that targets Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Waterfox
    • Pale Moon
    • Thunderbird
    • SeaMonkey
    • Firefox
    Discontinued

    The developer announced in December 2015 that the extension was no longer developed: https://foudil.fr/blog/209/the-web-is-not-the-platform/ The extension still works on XUL-based Firefox forks like Waterfox icon Waterfox and Pale Moon icon Pale Moon

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Legacy Firefox Addon

    FireTray VS PowerMenu

     
  6. AltMove icon
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    Adds more functionality to your mouse for interacting with windows. The moving. You can move windows and controls which do not support this ability. The resizing. You can resize windows and controls which do not support this ability. The hiding and restring. .

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    AltMove has not been updated since October 2015.

    AltMove VS PowerMenu

     
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    Process Manager for Windows is a utility which allows you to to set process priority, minimize windows to the system tray, and more—all via taskbar window button right-click menus.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Process Manager for Windows Features

    1.  Transparency

    Process Manager for Windows VS PowerMenu

     
  8. MinimOther icon
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    Endlessly minimizes all windows except the active one.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    MinimOther VS PowerMenu

     
  9. TopMenu icon
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    TopMenu is a functionality clone of PowerMenu, but designed to be compatible with Windows 7 and 64-bit systems.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TopMenu Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Transparency
    3.  On top

    TopMenu VS PowerMenu

     
  10. TrayIt! icon
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    TrayIt! - minimize to the system icon tray any program (Outlook Express, Notepad, Word, Internet Explorer, Sunbird, Thunderbird, Opera, OpenOffice etc.) and get more room in the Taskbar!

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 4.6.5.5, released on June 2008, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.

    TrayIt! Features

    1.  On top
    2.  Transparency

    TrayIt! VS PowerMenu

     
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