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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    Window on Top can be used to make any application topmost,that is to keep it above all other windows. This functionality is identical to the "Always on Top" setting found in some programs. With "Window on Top" you can add this feature to any program.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Minime icon
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    Minime is a tool that allows you to minimize applications to the system tray using a simple hotkey. What makes this tool somewhat unique is that it keeps your system tray clean by minimizing all applications into a single tray icon.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Glass2k icon
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    Small little program that allows Windows 2000/XP users to make any window transparent. Right-click on any window or press the keyboard shortcuts (Control + Shift + [0-9]) to make any window transparent. Its that simple.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Clicky Gone icon
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    Clicky Gone allows you to hide your selected windows from view, this includes the taskbar button associated with the application. This utility particularly helps with protecting your privacy by hiding things like your browser with banking details up and someone walks in on you.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  5. Stick-It! icon
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    Simply double-click programs systray icon, and then left click the title of the window wanted to be Always on top.... Cool feature: Windows shake when set to stay on top, with the aforementioned method.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. GhostTile icon
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    Hide your running applications from Dock.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • GhostTile is the most popular Mac alternative to PowerMenu.

    • GhostTile is Paid and ProprietaryPowerMenu is Free and Proprietary
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    Set a window to stay on top with this single-function but handy application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    xNeat is a windows enhancement utility. With the free version you can change any windows transparency, hide it, make it always on top, send it to tray, change the process/thread priority, Shuffle the taskbar etc.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. ZoneSize icon
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    Define zones that autosize windows dropped on them.

    Features:

    • Hold a window over a zone for .5 sec to autosize it.
    • Doubleclick the tray icon to center the active window.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    browser window always on top.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
    • Always on Top (browser add-on) is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to PowerMenu.

    • Always on Top (browser add-on) is Free and ProprietaryPowerMenu is also Free and Proprietary
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    Stalonetray is a stand-alone system tray (notification area) for X Window System/X11. Working with virtually any EWMH-compliant window manager, it has minimal build and run-time dependencies (X11 lib only). Complete XEMBED support under development.

    12 stalonetray alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • openSUSE
    • Arch Linux
    • Openbox
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Compiz
    • Debian
    • X11
    • Enlightenment
    • Xmonad
     
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    Thunderbird-Tray is a system tray launcher tool for Mozilla Thunderbird.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Thunderbird
     
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