Shock Caption Alternatives
Shock Caption is described as 'Make Windows in caption bar size and recover again. Version 1.5 available. Version 1.1 download is compromised' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Shock Caption for Windows, PortableApps.com and Windows Explorer. The best alternative is Dexpot. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try SmartSystemMenu or altdrag. Other great apps like Shock Caption are Sizer, RBTray, Taekwindow and KDE Mover-Sizer.
Shock Caption alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be System Cleaners. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Shock Caption.
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
SmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system. It appends next custom items to menu:
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AltDrag allows you to move and resize windows much easier. When you have it running you can simply hold down the Alt key and then use your mouse to drag any window, and it doesn't matter where in the window you click.
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Sizer is a freeware utility that allows you to resize any window to an exact, predefined size. This is extremely useful when designing web pages, as it allows you to see how the page will look when viewed at a smaller size.
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Allows almost any program to be minimized to the system tray by right clicking its minimize button.
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DiscontinuedLast update is from 2015 but the project has been forked: https://github.com/benbuck/rbtray
Taekwindow is a simple, lightweight and free Windows program that allows you to move and resize windows by dragging them with the Alt key, similar to many X11 window managers.
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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
WinSize2 can move windows automatically to a predefined place and / or resize the width and/or height to a predefined size.
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DiscontinuedNo updates since "V 2.38.04 (2011-06-10)". See http://winsize2.sourceforge.net/en/
